Tangos Workshop

Flamenco Tangos Workshop in Pittsburgh on Tuesday February 9th and Wednesday February 10th 6:30pm to 9:30pm with flamenco dancer Cihtli Ocampo and guitarist / singer Ethan Margolis

Tuesday February 9thday at PNC Recital Hall Duquesne University

Wednesday February 10th at Pittsburgh Center for the Arts

Sign Up by Friday February 5th for 10% Discount

Workshop 2 Days at 3 hours per day $120.00

Workshop 1 Day for 3 hours $75.00

The workshop will consist of 3 hours per day for 2 days giving the participants 1.5 hours each with Flamenco Dancer Cihtli Ocampo and 1.5 hours per day with Guitarist & singer Ethan Margolis. Margolis will accompany the class with guitar and cante with the help of Cihtli Ocampo por baile.

This workshop covers the differents styles of tangos flamencos and how to dance, play, and sing them while maintaining “un aire gitano”. Tangos flamencos are very common in both stage performances and flamenco parties. Like bulerias, tangos is a palo that bases itself around the understanding of cante. It relies on significantly more verses than other flamenco palos (flamenco styles). Because of this, the success of the dancer and guitar player greatly depends upon their knowledge of cante por tangos.

Ethan & Cihtli will begin his workshop with a strong emphasis on compás (rhythm) and soniquete (flamenco feeling) within tangos. They will then move on to demonstrate a wide variety of tangos letras (verses). The purpose of this is to accustom the student to a wide variety of tangos verses thus facilitating their ability to dance, sing and play them. Some of these styles will include: tangos populares, tangos extremeños, tangos de málaga, tangos de triana, tangos de La Nina de Los Peines, tangos por fiesta, tangos-rumba, and rumba. He will also cover issues concerning the differences between modern tangos and tangos in the older, purer form.

Ethan & Cihtli will explain the differences between dancing tangos in a fiesta and dancing tangos on a stage. He will answer questions such as: How do we set a proper tempo for a stage performance? How long should I wait before I dance? What do I do first once I’m dancing? How do I rematar the letra? What kind of palmas should I play? Which steps are appropriate to dance and which are not? When should I do footwork? As a guitar player, where do I have to change dynamically in order to give my playing the desired aire?

To Register: www.gasfpittsburgh.org or 412 612 0499 or info@gsfapittsburgh.org