Authentic Tango with Leilani Weis
Authentic Tango with Leilani Weis
Friday 7th & Saturday 8th May 2010
Friday 8pm- 10pm & Saturday 1pm- 5pm
Costs: £25/£15 concession
In the Echo Echo Dance Studio, Waterside Theatre, Derry
Leilani is back in Derry in May to perform with Echo Echo in Ripple Affect. While she is here, we wanted make sure all you Tangoers got your fix!
This time Leilani will continue to do some introductory work in the first session for newcomers and as a refresher for those who attended before. On the Saturday she will try to do some deeper Tango work.
Leilani Weis is originally from Chile but now lives and works in Italy. She teaches, experiments and performs Contact Improvisation and Tango. Leilani performed in Echo Echo Dance Theatre Company's last production Ripple Affect and the company has invited her back to teach in Derry for one weekend only.
Leilani brings a special fire and sensuality to her dancing and applies the open and free improvisatory attitude of Contact Improvisation to her Tango dancing and Tango teaching.
The workshop will be an introduction to Authentic Tango. The emphasis will be on understanding the "feel" of the dance rather than trying to learn lots of complicated steps.
It is open to all abilities but will be especially interesting for people with some movement experience in Salsa, modern dance, Contact Improvisation, ballroom dance.
The weekend is Friday 7th May 8pm- 10pm and Saturday 8th May 1pm- 5pm.
The previous workshop was very busy so if you would like to book a place, contact the Echo Echo office on 028 7134 2266 or email info@echoechodance.com as soon as possible.
Here's what previous participants from Leilani's Tango in Derry had to say:
"We shall all have to go and lie down in front of the airplane to stop her leaving Northern Ireland"
"More Leilani Weis style tango please!"
"wonderfully uplifting"
"You get fit and it is fun. The Tango teacher is lovely and the class had all different people, it offers a different experience of dance."
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