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Special Workshops and Performances
Close Embrace Tango - Lessons Group Lessons in Austin TX

Travel Schedule

Private Lessons

Upcoming Workshops:
January 29-February 4, 2008 - Austin, TX (private classes only)
February 5-8, 2008 - San Francisco, CA
February 8-10, 2008 - Seattle, WA
February 14-17, 2008 - Valentango Festival, Portland, OR (attending for fun!)
February 18-21, 2008 - San Francisco, CA
February 28-March 13, 2008 - Bucharesti, Romania
March 22-23, 2008 - Montreal, Canada
April 2008 - Buenos Aires
May 2008 - Slovenia (tenative workshops - TBA)
June 6-9, 2008 - Capri Tango Festival, Italy
June 27-29, 2008 - Syracusa Tango Festival, Sicily Italy (attending for fun!)
June 2008 - Capri Tango Festival, Italy

Workshop Topics Include:
Exploring Musicality: Tiempo, Doble Tiempo, Media Tiempo and Contra Tiempo
Musicality for Rhythmic Music
Musicality for Romantic Music
Walking with Elegance and Cadencia
Into to Villa Urquiza Style
Ocho Cortado Variations
Milonga con Traspie
Vals, Timing and Turning
Womens Technique and Embellishment Bootcamp I: Walking
Womens Technique and Embellishment Bootcamp II: Pivots and Turning
Technique for Perfect Turns
Dancing to Pugliese (and other Dramatic Music)
Pasos Muy Portenos (Very Argentine Steps, From the Milongas of BsAs)
Perfecting the Boleo
Sacadas
Advanced Turns with Enrosque & Lapiz
Advanced Sacadas: Leader & Follower Back Sacadas

Past Workshops & Performances include:
January 24-27, 2008 - Houston Tango Festival, Houston TX
January 18-21, 2008 - Fire and Ice Festival, Ann Arbor, Michigan
January 11-13, 2007 - Raleigh, NC
December 10-23, 2007 - Teaching at Patricia and Matteo's Tango School, Firenze, Italy
December 6-9, 2007 - Napoli, Italy
December 1-5, 2007 - Catania Sicily, Italy
November 13-20, 2007 - San Francisco, CA
October 4-16, 2007 - Bucharesti, Romania
October 17-21, 2007 - Warsaw, Poland
September 24-27, 2007 - San Francisco, CA
September 21-23, 2007 - Portland, OR
September 17-20, 2007 - San Francisco, CA
September 14-16, 2007 - Seattle, WA
September 7-9, 2007 - DC Tango Exchange #2, Washington DC
August 25-29, 2007 - San Francisco, CA
August 18-19, 2007 - Raleigh, NC
August 8-17, 2007 - Austin, TX (performance on 8th, milonga on 11th, and workshops on 11th and 12th)
Tango Joven Festival, Chicago IL - July 6-9, 2007
Rome, Italy - June 16, 2007
Perugia, Italy - June 15, 2007
Florence, Italy - June 12-14, 2007
Capri Tango Festival, Italy - June 8-10, 2007
South Padre Island, TX - May 25-27, 2007
Harvard University, Cambridge MA - April 13-15, 2007
Portland, Maine - April 11, 2007
Yale Tango Festival, New Haven CT - April 6-8, 2007
Corazon Milonga, NYC - April 4, 2007
Australia and New Zealand - February 2007:

Sydney, Australia - February 2-8, 2007
Brisbane, Australia - February 9-15, 2007
Perth, Australia - February 16-22, 2007
Auckland, New Zealand - February 23-March 1, 2007
Buenos Aires, Argentina - November 28, 2006-January 28, 2007:

El Abrazo New Years Tour to Buenos Aires - December 27, 2006-January 3, 2007
Salt Lake City UT - November 17-21, 2006
Yale University, New Haven CT - October 29, 2006
Pittsburgh PA - October 21-22, 2006
New York Tango Marathon, NYC - October 14-15, 2006
West Point Academy (lesson and performance), NY - October 6, 2006
October: Every Thursday Night at Eastern Market in Washington, DC (In DC Wednesdays too for private classes)
Ithaca, NY - September 23-24, 2006
September: Every Thursday Night at Eastern Market in Washington, DC (In DC Wednesdays too for private classes)
Raleigh NC - August 25-27, 2006
Mar y Tango: Beach & Tango Trip to Montauk Long Island! (contact us for details) - August 20, 2006
Lesson & Performance at La Milonga at the Ukranian East Village Restaurant, NYC - August 18, 2006
Princeton University, NJ - August 12, 2006
Performance at Blue Moon Milonga, Dance Manhattan, NYC - August 11, 2006
Meet in the Middle Marathon Milonga, Mt Vernon Missouri - August 4-6, 2006
Workshop (at Stepping Out at 1pm) & Performance at La Boca (evening), NYC - Sunday July 30, 2006
Lesson at ITANGO post-show milonga - Thursday July 27, 2006
Lesson & Performance at La Boca, NYC - Tuesday July 25, 2006
MIT Tango Club, Cambridge MA - July 14-16, 2006
3rd El Abrazo Tango Trip to Buenos Aires - June 2006
Portland ME - June 3-4, 2006
Lesson & Performance at La Nacional, NYC - Thursday May 25, 2006
Portland ME - May 20-21, 2006 (Jennifer only - Ney in Houston)
Lesson & Performance at La Nacional, NYC - Thursday May 18, 2006
May Madness Festival in Ann Arbor, MI - May 13-15, 2006
Lesson & Performance at La Belle Epoque Ukrainian, NYC - Friday May 12, 2006
Romania and Europe - May 1-12, 2006
Columbus, OH - April 22-23, 2006
Lesson & Performance at La Belle Epoque Ukrainian, NYC - Friday April 14, 2006
Atlanta Tango Festival, Atlanta GA - April 6-9, 2006
Yale Tango Fest, New Haven CT - March 31-April 2, 2006
DC Tango Marathon, Washington DC - March 18-19, 2006
9th Annual TangoFest, Portland OR - October 12-16, 2005
Tango Technique Weekend in Albany NY, September 17-18, 2005
Tango Technique Weekend in Portland ME, September 10-11, 2005
Labor Day Milonguero Festival, Denver CO - September 1-5, 2005
Tango Magic Festival, Seattle WA - August 11-15, 2005
Meet in the Middle Marathon Milonga, Missouri, August 5-7, 2005
Baltimore, MD - July 30, 2005
Providence RI (Plus All Night Milonga!) - June 25 & 26, 2005
Toronto International Tango Festival, Toronto Canada - June 9-12, 2005
Albany, NY - June 3-5, 2005
Cincinnati, OH - April 23-24, 2005
Atlantas 1st Annual Southern Tango Social - April 8-10, 2005
Boston Meets New York Weekend, Boston MA (Jennifer Only) - April 1-3, 2005
Washington DC Tango Marathon - March 18-20, 2005
ValenTango, Portland OR - February 18-20,2005
Houston, TX - February 5-6, 2005
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - January 30, 2005
Singapore - January 22-23, 2005
Princeton, NJ - January 15, 2005
Performance at La Milonguita Ideal, Empire Dance - December 19, 2004 (6 PM)
Princeton, NJ - December 4, 2004
Ann Arbor, MI - November 12-15, 2004
Portland, ME - October 23, 2004
Portland, OR TangoFest - October 13-17, 2004
Yale University, New Haven CT - October 3, 2004
Washington DC - September 12, 2004
Denver, CO - Labor Day Weekend, Milonguero Tango Festival - September 1-5, 2004
Pittsburg, PA - August 28-29, 2004
Meet in the Middle Marathon Milonga, Missouri, August 6-9, 2004
Salt Lake City, UT - July 30-August 1, 2004
New York City Summer Festival - July 24, 2004
Ithaca, NY - June 18-20, 2004
Yale University, New Haven CT - June 6, 2004
Albany, NY - June 4-5, 2004
Princeton, NJ - May 22, 2004
Cincinnati, OH - April 17/18, 2004
Durham, NH - April 3-4, 2004

Washington DC - March 27-28, 2004
Baltimore, MD (Robin only) - March 2/9/16, 2004
Yale University, New Haven, CT - February 8, 2004
Albany, NY - February 6-7, 2004
Houston, TX - January 31-February 1, 2004
Providence, RI - October 26, 2003
Yale University, New Haven, CT - October 12, 2003
State College, PA - September 6, 2003
Denver, CO - Labor Day Weekend, Milonguero Tango Fest - August 28-September 1, 2003
Triangulo, New York City - August 1, 2003
Ithaca, NY - August 2003
Pittsburgh, PA - July 26, 2003
Ithaca, NY - May 2003
Albany, NY - May 2003
Ithaca, NY - April 2003
Albany, NY - March 2003
Providence, RI- January 2003
Ithaca, NY - December 2002