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Tango Vals Workshop

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Many call it "Tango Vals" while others "Vals Cruzado" but amongst Porteños, it is identified simply as "Vals Criollo", vulgarly "Argentine Waltz". The word "waltz" meant "dancing turning round". Its origin can be found around 250 years ago in Europe, where it was qualified as an indecorous dance.  In the late 700s, in Austria's Vienna, it reached its peak of popularity.  There, it became the "wedding dance". In the American continent, the waltz started to become a standard in the ball rooms circa mid 1800s, extending its popularity throughout the continent.   The huge wave of European immigrants brought their music and dance to Argentina in the 1870s. Thus, the first Argentine born generation grew up enjoying or even modifying the old tunes. That era coincide with the origins of the Argentine Folk.  The first generation of Argentine composers included feelings of their birthland to the European waltz, however preserving its style and allowing the newly born "Vals Criollo" to become a rhythm which allowed to be danced.

Tuesday 4 DECEMBER 2007.  The venue is The Tango Cathedral, 384 Swann Rd cnr Hawken Drive, St Lucia. Parking is available all round the Building.

The Program of the Course is summarised as follows:

¤ Vals cadence; walking patterns; Vals and tango basic configuration

¤ Walking sequences in a dance demonstration.

¤ Salidas; Giros

¤ Development of a final figure.

Numbers are strictly limited.  Cost: $45 per person.  Time: 7:30 to 9:30 PM

Minimum requirement is an intermediate level in Salón tango style.

Your instructor: Hugo Fernández.

This course is aligned to the highest standards of skills, mastered by Hugo’s personal expertise and shaped by his compatriot Masters of the Milonga pictured below:

(late) Pepito Avellaneda & Suzuki

‘Petaca’ Lehrman & Eugenia

This course has been designed, organised and produced by Alma de Tango, the School of Argentine Tango

Alma de Tango School of Argentine Dances

PO Box 990 Toowong 4066 Qld Australia

Telephone: (07) 3371 3098, Facsimile: (07) 3371 2018,

Email: almadetango@hotmail.com,

Web: www.almadetango.com