MONDAY in Sacramento
Tango On Broadway, 2416 18th Street, Adv Class (w/ Patrick Alessandri & Chooi Goh)
Time: 7:00 - 8:00 pm - practica follows, Price: $40/mth or $12 drop-in
For the month of September, work on Barridas. Explore the different ways to do barridas from different angle - side, front and back -, single & multiple and leading them, etc, breaking down details and giving step by step instruction to lead and follow these elements. The class is not about patterns and sequences but the skills to lead and follow an important element in tango. (Patrick is with TOB just a little over a month and he has been getting praises for his method of teaching and how he breaks down things step by step and make learning a difficult element easy to grasp).
8 - 10 pm : Práctica, $3 or free with class
Tango by the River, 128 J Street, Old Sacramento: Performance Tango Class 7:00-8:30 pm!
Take your tango to another level with Instructor Donna Tielsch assisted by Stephen Cahill. This is a great course for those who have always dreamed of performing tango on stage or just want to learn stage tango sequences to add some pizzazz to their dance. In each 4-week course, we focus on advanced tango sequences, tango poses, and learning parts of a choreographed routine. This class is for dancers with previous tango experience; not for beginners. No partner necessary. This is a wonderful way to build confidence in your dancing, on or off the stage. Practica from 8:30-9:30 pm.
$15 drop-in per class or $50 per person/$90 per couple for the month (a four-week series starting at the beginning of each month).
Berkeley:
Finnish Hall Cafe, 1970 Chestnut Street
La Practica Positiva w/ Nicholas & Stephanie×
7:00 - 7:45 Initiate Class (No experience necessary) - 7:45 - 8:00 Drills For All
8:00 - 9:00 Intermediate Class - 9:00 - 10:00 Practica
$12 for Community $10 for Students
Initiate Class welcomes people to tango and helps others grow with vital form and function.
Intermediate class expands a concept or step and polishes it with drills for both men and women.
Afterwards, enjoy practicing with Nicholas and Stephanie, eat dinner at the cafe and make new friends!
Orange Practica @ The Beat 2560 9th St. Between Dwight and Parker
8:15 - 9:15 Intermediate Tango class 9:15 - 12:45 Practica
$12 Class + Practica* $7 Practica only*
Join Felipe Martinez, Homer Ladas, and other local and visiting instructors/DJs for this weekly event.
DJed music varies from all traditional to mixed (some alternative)
TUESDAY Sacramento:
Tango by the River, 128 J St., Old Sacramento
Beginning Tango - Tuesdays, 6:30-7:30 pm - learn the fundamentals of Argentine Tango: the elements of the tango embrace and posture, and moving with a partner in simple steps, focusing on musicality and connection.
Intermediate Tango - 7:30-8:30 pm - builds on material from the beginning class, adding backward ochos, giros (turns), and occasionally barridas (sweeps) and sacadas (invasions). In all classes we focus on technique, connection on the dance floor, and how to apply all steps learned into the social setting. Tango Practica: 8:30-9:30 p.m. - $12 per class + $5 per practica
Fresno:
Tuesday, 8pm Studio 65/Adornos, 2965 North Maroa Ave.
Emeryville:
Allegro Ballroom - 5855 Christie Ave. - Classes with Nora and Ed.
7:30-8:30 p.m.: Beginners $12, 8:30-9:30 p.m., intermediates $12
Extended hours! 9:30-11 p.m.: Nora & Ed's Practica: $5
WEDNESDAY
Sacramento:
Step One, 1920 T St. (at railroad tracks:), "La Práctica" for all levels with Mike & Alisa 9-11 p.m. Beginners welcome.
Tango on Broadway, 2416 18th St.
Monthly: $30 $10 drop-in; contact tangoonbroadway@gmail.com, cegoh@aol.comor now or call 1-916-390-0219 .
6 - 7 pm: Basic Beginner Class (Working on posture, embrace, basic walk, salida, cruzada, and ochos)
7 - 8 pm: IntermediateWEDNESDAY: Beg & Int Tango (w/ Chooi Goh assisted by Karen Potts)In September, we work on Intermediate level Tango. In this class, we explore tango technique and introduce giros, right turn, left turn and the combinations of turns in the media luna and molinete.
For the Intermediate class, we will alternate teaching Int Tango, Vals and Milonga and we will always be giving tango techniques & adornos that pertain to the execution of the elements that are being taught. ( e.g. October: Vals, November: Milonga, December: Int Tango and so forth).
$40/mth or $12 drop-in
The Ballroom of Sacramento, 6009 Folsom Blvd. with Paul Zimny 7 p.m. Argentine Tango 1 - Introductory class explores Argentine Tango basics- progressive class - refreshes by calendar month. 8 p.m. Argentine Tango 2 - you just need to know the basics for a class that further explores the many possibilities for both leaders and followers - progressive class with new theme each calendar month
THURSDAY -
Sacramento:
Tango by the River, 128 J St., Old Sacramento - -For the month of September….Intermediate/Advanced Tango -"Embrace Me Tango - A Month of Musicality!"
Thursdays in September, 2015
Eduardo Saucedo will be teaching the Thursday classes at Tango by the River for the month of September. He is focusing on how to express the movement with the different orchestras as well as the different styles of embrace: Open, Closed, Mixed, Nuevo. Each week we will explore a different group of orchestras to increase your vocabulary of steps, combinations, sequences, embellishments, and more! Eduardo is a phenomenal teacher and dancer ... don't miss this opportunity to take your tango to the next level!
Thursday, September 17, 7:00-8:30 pm
Thursday, September 24, 7:00-8:30 pm
Cost is $30 for one, $60 for two, $80 for three, or $100 for all 4 workshops! Click here to sign up now! If you would like a private lesson with Eduardo ($110 an hour), please contact Kikki directly at hikikki@yahoo.com.
Firehouse Five Studio: 2014 9th St., Chris Peake 6.30-7.30 p.m. Beginning Tango, 7:30-8.30 p.m. Continuing Tango Explorations 8.30 - 11-ish Open Practica - Cost $10 drop-in or $35/month or $5 for practica only
Tango on Broadway, 2416 18th Street. TOTAL TANGO w/ MIKE & ALISA
Mike & Alisa will be offering a tango class that will encompass all the concepts, skills and practice that will enable you to look and feel your best while expressing yourself through tango. You will need to have completed at least the beginning class to take this class.
7:30 - 9:00 pm :
Mike & Alisa have been dancing tango together for over 20 years, they have studied with many of the greatest Argentine Tango masters and are two of the fourfounders of Argentine tango in Sacramento. (They also host the Wednesday evening Práctica at Step One, 1920 T Street, 9 - 11 pm, only $3 for the practica).
$50/mth or $15 drop-in
Danville:
Blackhawk Tango, Sycamore club 635 Old Orchard Drive, 6:30 - 8:00 pm Beginner & Intermediate. 8-10 p.m. practica. $10
FRIDAY
Sacramento:
Firehouse Five Studio: 2014 9th St. Traditional Tango 7:30-9:30 p.m.Traditional Tango with Argentine native Michael Taillant
$40/month, $70/couple, $12/drop-in class Contact: 707-416-9680, tangobravo2k@yahoo.com
Pleasanton:
Club One, 5860 W Las Positas Blvd.
Classes and practica in large comfortable room with hardwood floor adjacent to and part of Club One boutique fitness center with clean, elegant, inviting atmosphere, minutes from highway 680 and 580 junction near W. Las Positas Blvd. and Hopyard Road.
6-6:30 p.m. Tango Chat
6:30-7:15 Beginners Class. Basic fundamentals
7:15-8 Intermediate Class. Popular steps for social dancing 8-9:30 p.m., practica
Cost: $12 – Free for Club One members, Includes light snacks and refreshments www.blackhawktango.com
SUNDAY
Sacramento:
Tango by The River, 128 J Street, Old Sacramento
Sunday, September 13th - 2.30pm and 4.30pm workshops with Eduardo Saucedo
Emeryville :
Allegro Ballroom, 5855 Christie Ave.
Beginner Class 2-3 p.m, Intermediate/Advanced Class 3-4 p.m - Julian Ramil, instructor
One class for $10, two for $15, dance practice 4-6 p.m., $6 (free w/class)
Fresno:
Studio 65, Adornos; 2965 North Maroa Ave.
Tango all levels. - 5-6 p.m., practica - 6-7 p.m. $10