T a n g o R e l e a s e

Tango Release moves to Ponderosa!

2012-01-11T16:10:00.000-08:00

In preparation for the week in Ponderosa, Tango Release monthly events on the first sunday of the month in London are suspended until the Autumn.

1-8 July 2012

"Tango Diférente" @ Ponderosa (near BERLIN): a week of workshops and classes exploring the fusion of tango with Contact Improvisation, Feldenkrais, Yoga, Queer Tango, Meditation, Pilates, BodyMindCentering, Skinner Releasing Technique, Improvisation ... and more!

Lots of Jams, Milongas, Practicas and space to chill out.... even a lovely river for you to swim in!
Organization: Adriana Pegorer.

More info:
http://tangodiferenteponderosa.blogspot.com/

Ponderosa Tanzland Festival 2009 impressions photo slideshow from Ponderosa Dance on Vimeo.

Tango Release: sunday 4th of March 2012

2012-01-11T16:08:00.000-08:00

PILATES bodywork for TANGO dancing
with Adriana Pegorer

Level: All
Price: class £10
Where: Research Studio at Siobhan Davies Studios 85 St George's Rd SE1 6ER London

In this workshop we will investigate how the asymmetry in tango dancing affects the aligment and we will work to counter-act the accumulation of one-sideness.
Working with some Pilates matwork exercises and other movement principles we will develop a balanced, neutral postural awarenes.

We will explore some questions such as:
How is the spine displaced when in the embrace?
What happens to the muscles?
What are the consequences of 'crossing' or doing movements only on one side?

Tango Release: Monday 13th February 2012 @ ID

2011-12-06T08:22:00.001-08:00

Time: 6.30- 8.30 pm (you can warm up / stretch from 6 pm)
Price: £ 4.50
Level: All

Where: Roof Studio at Siobhan Davies Studios 85 St George's Rd SE1 6ER London
http://www.siobhandavies.com/studios/about/location.html

Topic: "legs as pendulums"
This class develops partnering work into a playful dialogue drawing from Tango Argentino vocabulary and Contact improvisation principles.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pendulum

Tango Release: sunday 5th February 2012

2011-12-06T08:18:00.000-08:00

2-4 pm

with Michael Parmenter

BAREFOOT TANGO - using some of the principles of tango to explore a more expanded range of movement possibilities.

Level: All
Price: class £10
Where: Research Studio at Siobhan Davies Studios 85 St George's Rd SE1 6ER London

Michael Parmenter is one of New Zealand’s leading dancers and choreographers. During the 80’s he danced in New York with Erick Hawkins and Stephen Petronio and in Japan with Butoh dancer Min Tanaka.

He directed his Commotion Company from 1990 – 2008 and has choreographed numerous works for Footnote Dance Company and the Royal New Zealand Ballet. His works span the spectrum from innovative solo works to large-scale opera-house productions.

WATCH A VDO INTERVIEW WITH MICHEAL

Over the past decades Michael has taught at Toi Whakaari/The New Zealand Drama School, the New Zealand School of Dance, and most recently at UNITEC School of Performing and Screen Arts where he is Adjunct Professor in Dance.

Michael has recently been developing the partner-improvisation forms PILOTING and TACTICS.

He is currently undertaking a doctoral research co-tutelle between the dance department of the University of Auckland, New Zealand (under Dr. Ralph Buck) and (under Prof. Renaud Barbaras) in the philosophy department of l’Université de Paris-1 (Panthéon/Sorbonne), France.

International New Year Contact Improvisation Jam London

2011-10-21T16:06:00.000-07:00

Tango Release class:

"Moving with/in and standing with/out"

saturday 31st December

14.30- 16.30

Movingartsbase studio

134 Liverpool Road

Islington N1 1LA London

(Angel tube Station)

Directions: http://www.movingartsbase.eu/contact.html

More info on the

International New Year Contact Improvisation Jam London

http://www.danielmang.com/node/10

Tango Release: sunday 6th November 2011

2011-08-24T03:43:00.000-07:00

Tango & High Heels with Adriana Pegorer
Kindly assisted by Larry (the skeleton)
2-4 pm class

This class is open to anybody who would like to explore the mechanics of the foot in relation to the spine and pelvis and it is open for people who do not wear high heels too!
It also aims to counterbalance the effects of hours of dancing on high heels...
The class will be influenced by bio-mechanics and functional anatomy as well as release technique's principles.

HIGH HEELS ON THE NEWS:

For the recent spring/summer collection, supermodel Gisele Bundchen refused to wear the 'absurdly arch elevating' heels, and the result was that all the models wore flat shoes for the cat walk!!

A recent poll of about 15,000 total votes revealed that 82% consider high heel a torture for their feet and only 18% were in favour of high heels.
http://thelook.today.com/_news/2011/08/17/7398147-gisele-refuses-to-wear-high-heels?gt1=43001

Level: All
Price: class £10
Where: Research Studio at Siobhan Davies Studios 85 St George's Rd SE1 6ER London

Tango Release: Monday 17th of October 2011 @ ID

2011-07-07T12:36:00.000-07:00

In the first part of the class we will explore ideas of body's function and structure, in particular in relation to magnetism, sound and electrical energy. This research is led by my own interest in the inspiring work of Liz Koch, Tom Myers, Emilie Conrad, Mabel Todd, Gerald Cizadlo, Richard Feyman, Hans Jenny amongst others.

The second part of the class will focus on the tango and contact improvisation fusion!

Time: 6.30- 8.30 pm (you can warm up / stretch from 6 pm)
Price: £ 4.50
Level: All
Where: Roof Studio at Siobhan Davies Studios 85 St George's Rd SE1 6ER London
http://www.siobhandavies.com/studios/about/location.html

Tango Release: sunday 2nd of October 2011

2011-07-06T05:19:00.000-07:00

Tango & SRT with Alex Crowe

Skinner Releasing Technique (SRT) is a gentle but powerful system of movement training that encourages a deepened sensory and imaginative awareness of the body. It teaches the fundamental movement skills and psycho-physical awareness that underlie almost any style of dance. In this class, we touch, imagery and improvised movement to develop agility in stepping and travelling, and different ways of cultivating a sense of suspension without rigidity. For more information about SRT, see www.skinerreleasing.com

2-4 pm class
Level: All
Price: Class £10
Where: Research Studio at Siobhan Davies Studios 85 St George's Rd SE1 6ER London

Alex Crowe is a performer and performance maker working mainly in movement based theatre. He holds an MA in Performance Making from Goldsmiths College, and teaches movement, improvisation and performance in both Higher Education, independent professional and community settings. Main influences include Skinner Releasing, Suprapto Suryodarmo, Action Theatre and clown work. Alex co-curates the Stranger than Fiction platform for improvisation in performance at Siobhan Davies Studios.

Tango Release: sunday 4th of September 2011

2011-07-04T02:57:00.000-07:00

Tango & Contact Improvisation with Adriana Pegorer

We will explore the complementary principles of Resisting and Releasing.

2-4 pm class
Level: All
Price: Class £10
Where: Research Studio at Siobhan Davies Studios 85 St George's Rd SE1 6ER London
http://www.siobhandavies.com/studios/about/location.html

SUMMER BREAK !

2011-07-02T09:43:00.000-07:00

please check back in August for upcoming sessions.
Check http://www.adagioconbrio.co.uk/13.html for Adriana summer activities!

Tango Release: Monday 27th of June 2011

2011-04-25T04:35:00.000-07:00

Tango & Contact Improvisation as part of Monday Nite Improvisation at Independent Dance programme
In this class we will explore ideas of magnetism and how we can use our bodies as carriers of small amounts of electrical energy that somehow can move two bodies closer or further apart. This research will be related to Tango and Contact Improvisation and informed by Seynman’s Fun to Imagine.

Time: 6.30- 8.30 pm (you can warm up / stretch from 6 pm)
Price: £ 4.50
Level: All
Where: Roof Studio at Siobhan Davies Studios 85 St George's Rd SE1 6ER London
http://www.siobhandavies.com/studios/about/location.html

"So i am not going to be able to give you an answer to why magnets attract each other, except to tell you that they do.... I could tell you that the magnetic forces are related to the electrical forces very intimately...that our relationship between the gravity forces and electical forces remains unknown, and so on... but i really cannot do a good job, any job, of explaning magnetic force, in terms of something else that you are more familiar with, because i do not understand in terms of anything else that you are more familiar with" Seynman

Adriana Pegorer is an independent dance artist interested in the interweaving of forms.
http://tangorelease.blogspot.com/
www.adagioconbrio.co.uk

Tango Release: Sunday 5th of June 2011

2011-04-25T04:33:00.000-07:00

Tango & Pilates with Adriana Pegorer

2-4 pm class
4-5 practica

Level: All

Price: Class £10 (Independent Artists & Conc: £6) Free practica/jam if you take the class. Where: Research Studio at Siobhan Davies Studios 85 St George's Rd SE1 6ER London

Pilates is a technique that uses repetition of low impact stretching and conditioning exercises. It aims to develop an harmonious body-mind relationship and an awareness of body aligment. In this matt-based class we will work on the dynamic connection of legs and arms to the spinal axis. We will then transfer to the vertical plane to explore how we can balance the activity of the head, torso and pelvis harmoniously and functionally whilst walking and dancing in partnership.

"Physical fitness can neither be achieved through wishful thinking nor outright purchase." Joseph Pilates

Adriana Pegorer is a certified Pilates matwork instructor. When teaching Pilates her focus is on raising awareness on how gravity and orientation affects our aligment whilst exercising and in everyday life.

Tango Release: sunday 1st of May 20011

2011-01-07T13:44:00.001-08:00

Tango & Bartenieff/Laban with Alexandra Baybutt
2-3.30 pm class
3.30 5 pm practica
Explore support for your tango dancing and learn to go beyond holding patterns and movement habits. Using movement re-patterning exercises, developmental movement, different dynamics and different spatial attentions we practically investigate movement concepts and principles from Rudolph Laban and Irmgard Bartenieff.

Bartenieff Fundamentals is an approach to movement training that deals with patterning connections in the body, according to principles of efficient functioning, within a context which encourages personal expression and full psychophysical involvement. For more information about Irmgard Bartenieff and Rudolph Laban see
http://www.limsonline.org/about-lims-irmgard-bartenieff
http://www.limsonline.org/about-lims-rudolf-laban

Alexandra Baybutt. Certified Laban/Barteneiff Movement Analyst (LSSI Canada), MA Performance and Culture (Goldsmiths London), BA Contemporary Dance Theatre (LABAN London)
Alexandra is a professional dance artist and movement coach and director, working in the UK and internationally. She works with actors, directors, musicians, dancers and other performers and non-performers to enhance and expand physical potential and communication. She takes great pleasure and care in facilitating both expressive and functional movement, collaborating closely with others to make relevant and potent new awareness and command of motion for performance and practical purposes.

Level: All

Price: Class £10 (Independent Artists & Conc: £6) Free practica/jam if you take the class. Otherwise £4/£2

Where: Research Studio at Siobhan Davies Studios 85 St George's Rd SE1 6ER London

http://www.siobhandavies.com/studios/about/location.html

Tango Release: sunday 3rd April 2011

2011-01-07T13:41:00.000-08:00

Special Tango & 'Roles in Motion' workshop with Charlotte Rivero (Sweden)

Queer tango dancing is associated with the exchange of roles and same sex dancing but it also gives you the possibility to explore sliding roles, in such an intense connection that it is not always clear who is leading and who is following. Charlotte will introduce you to the techniques for reaching this by opening to a connection that flows both in a traditional and open embrace and by guiding you to ways of listening to the music that provides opportunities to dance in a queer way. There will also be time to discuss the concept "queer tango".

2 classes, which can be taken independently, will allow you to learn some tools to create a mutual dance, with the possibility of exchanging and sliding the dancing roles roles within a traditional embrace aiming to a more active following and more sensitive leading.

2-3.30 class 1: will focus on the music

4-5.30 class 2: will focus on dissociation and changes of directions

3.30-4 pm and 5.30-6 pm: practice and/or discussion

Level: All

Price: one class £15 (£12 concession) two classes £25 (£20 concession)

Where: Research Studio at Siobhan Davies Studios 85 St George's Rd SE1 6ER London

http://www.siobhandavies.com/studios/about/location.html

Charlotte Rivero started teaching exchange of roles, same sex tango 10 years ago ( 2000) teaching women how to lead. From this she developed the queer tango in Sweden 2005. Charlotte founded the queer tango school, Tangoverkstan - Roles in Motion, in Stockholm in 2006. She organizes the annual Stockholm International Queer Tango Festival (this year 6 th edition 13-15 May). She presented her concept of queer tango pedagogy at the international dance research conference NOFOD, Stockholm Jan 2006.

Charlotte has also been teaching tango both in straight and queer communities in Russia, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Belgium, Argentina and Germany. She was invited to teach and perform at the queer tango festivals in Hamburg, Copenhagen, San Francisco and Buenos Aires.

She regularly presents lectures on queer theory and gender studiesin various Swedish organizations including the University of Dramatic Arts and the University College of Dance. The emphasis of her teaching is based on dynamic movements, musicality & improvisation, presence in the moment, connection and communication with awareness of power relations and gender structures.
http://www.queertango.se

Tango Release:sunday 6th of March 2011

2011-01-07T13:26:00.000-08:00

Tango & Franklin Method with Fiona Millward

2-3.30 pm class
3.30 5 pm practica/jam

In this session we will take time to listen and notice feedback from the body. Staying with this quiet observation, we will work with the Franklin Method Balls Work within given exercises, both alone and with a partner. Combined with suggested imagery and experiential anatomy, this work may offer alternative possibilities or experiences, with the aim of creating greater freedom and support within the body.
What is Franklin Method? http://franklinmethod.wordpress.com/

Fiona Millward has worked throughout the UK and abroad as a dancer, teacher and choreographer since 1985. She regularly teaches in the UK and abroad both independently and for the British Council. Her teaching takes place in a variety of settings, from independent classes to companies and institutions, and for a range of participants, from dance artists to actors to non-professionals. Since qualifying as a Franklin Method teacher in 2002, she has also shared this work in many different contexts, including the tango community in Oxford, Southampton and Bristol.
Her choreographic work has received a variety of awards and commissions over the years, and she has enjoyed collaborative ventures with a variety of artists.

Level: All

Price: Class £10 (Independent Artists & Conc: £6) Free practica/jam if you take the class. Otherwise £4/£2

Where: Research Studio at Siobhan Davies Studios 85 St George's Rd SE1 6ER London

http://www.siobhandavies.com/studios/about/location.html

Tango Release: monday 14th of February 2011 @ Independent Dance

2011-01-07T13:00:00.000-08:00

Let's celebrate St Valentine by dancing!

Tango Release on MONDAY the 14th of February part of Monday Night Improvisation
http://www.independentdance.co.uk/what/classes/monday-improvisation.php
Teacher: Adriana Pegorer Level: All
Where: Roof Studio at Siobhan Davies Studios Time: 6.30 - 8.30 pm
Price: £4.50 More details: studio available from 6-9 for warm-up and warm-down

This class develops partnering work into a playful dialogue drawing from Tango Argentino vocabulary and Contaqct Improvisation principles. We will focus on the awareness of our own body to others and to the surroundings. Using 'flocking' we will explore the richness of 'sculpting the space in between' in solos, duets and in a group.

happy new year!

2010-10-16T04:09:00.000-07:00

Dear Tango Release friends,
I have tried to keep the sessions running regularly on each first sunday of the month but due to space bookings, my other commitments and holidays such as xmas it has been challenging! My apologies.... The workshop on the 24th October -below- brings together the autumn sessions in one and i thought it would be appropriate to revisit all the special guest's contributions from the spring and summer seasons (aikido, feldenkrais, butoh, meditation and contact improvisation)

However, I feel that in the last two years things have gone pretty well!
thanks to all of you who participated and brought curiosity, intention and focus into the studio

The first session in 2009 started with a snow storm...
the first session in 2010 started at the New Year's Jam in Notting Hill.....
........i am not sure yet how the 2011 will start but will let you know soon!
my best wishes
Adriana

Tango Release Autumn Workshop: Sunday 24th October

2010-08-03T04:42:00.000-07:00

THIS WORKSHOP TAKES PLACE IN THE ROOF STUDIO!

with Adriana Pegorer 2-6 pm £ 20/15 level: general

In this workshop we will revisit elements from the 'Responsive Yelding' spring themed sessions on how to bring influences from Aikido, Feldenkrais, Meditation and Butoh into Tango dancing and, perhaps, viceversa. Elements of previous themed sessions like 'negotiating', 'engaging' and 'harmonizing' will also be addressed...
There will be plently of time for breaks, discussions, jamming!

Here is an informative -and rather funny!- lecture by Robert Farris Thompson on the Afro Argentine legacy of Tango. Nothing to do with what will we do in the workshop! Just something i came across recently although i have been reading his excellent book. Enjoy!

Tango Release @ Independent Dance: Monday 13 September 2010

2010-08-03T04:40:00.000-07:00

Tango Release session on MONDAY the 13th of September part of Monday Night Improvisation

http://www.independentdance.co.uk/what/classes/monday-improvisation.php

Improvised dance is about exploring the movement potential of our bodies and the creative potential of our minds. As well as enjoying the movement facility already available to you, teachers will use exercises to broaden your physical and mental range. In these classes, teachers create an atmosphere where work and play co-exist and where watching and talking support your dancing.

Teacher: Adriana Pegorer Level: All Where: Roof Studio at Siobhan Davies Studios
Time: 6.30 - 8.30 pm Price: £4.50 More details: studio available from 6-9 for warm-up and warm-down

Class description
This class develops partnering work into a playful dialogue drawing from Tango Argentino vocabulary and Contact improvisation principles.
We will be: engaging the spine, the limbs the and senses; negotiating resistance, support and weight shifts; harmonizing solos with duets and group work.

Tango Release: sunday special 5th September

2010-07-31T03:55:00.000-07:00

'Creative Partnering'
with Sebastian Garcia Ferro

2-4.30 pm WORKSHOP £15/12 workshop & jam £20/15
4.30-6.00 JAM only £5/3

Following on the intensive July workshop we will work on: sharing tools for developing repeatable Contact Improvisation sequences/scores as a base for performative work; revisiting fundamental principles of CI and bringing them into a dance; playing with material and bringing elements back into improvisation; witnessing and giving/receiving feedback.

Sebastián García Ferro is a Choreographer, Dancer, Contact Improvisation Performer and Musician from Argentina based in Barcelona (Spain). He directs his own company since 1999 and he is also one of the directors of the Barcelona International Dance Exchange (www.bide.be). Sebastian regularly teaches Contact Improvisation and Composition around Europe and South America and is the residence composer and sound designer at the Phonos Fundation at the Pompeu Fabra University-Barcelona.

Tango Release: sunday 1st August> CLOSED

2010-05-08T07:21:00.000-07:00

Back in september!

Tango Release @ Independent Dance: Monday 19 July 2010

2010-05-05T03:44:00.000-07:00

Tango Release on MONDAY the 19th of July part of Monday Night Improvisation
http://www.independentdance.co.uk/what/classes/monday-improvisation.php
Teacher: Adriana Pegorer Level: All
Where: Roof Studio at Siobhan Davies Studios Time: 6.30 - 8.30 pm
Price: £4.50 More details: studio available from 6-9 for warm-up and warm-down

Class description
This class develops partnering work into a playful dialogue drawing from Tango Argentino vocabulary and Contact improvisation principles.
We will be: engaging the spine, the limbs the and senses; negotiating resistance, support and weight shifts; harmonizing solos with duets and group work.

Tango Release: sunday special 4th July 2010

2010-05-05T03:10:00.000-07:00

'C r e a t i v e P a r t n e r i n g' with Sebastian Garcia Ferro

2-4 workshop in Roof Studio £15 (conc £10)
4.15 6.15 workshop in Research Studio (for those staying for the whole workshop)
jamming until 7 pm
whole workshop £35 (£30 conc)

In this workshop we want to share tools for developing repeatable CI sequences and scores as a base for performative work. The starting point will be a Contact practise, revisiting fundamental principles of this improvised dance form and bringing them into a dance. We will explore how to set CI based material, how to keep on playing within it and how to bring elements of it back into improvisation. Witnessing and giving / receiving feedback will be part of this explorative work. Rather often we will let go of this material to reconnect to the pure dance and improvising mode or to observe how a compositional mind enriches our choices and the connection within the group in a jam situation.

Sebastián García Ferro is a Choreographer, Dancer, Contact Improvisation Performer and Musician from Argentina based in Barcelona – Spain. He directs his own company since 1999 creating 16 dance pieces and more than 15 choreographies residences and commissions in Europe, won several prizes like the 1prix in the 12maspalomas dance contest in 2007. He regularly collaborates with other projects as an improviser and performer, touring in more than 17 countries(www.youtube.com/sgfdancecompany).
He regularly teaches Contact Improvisation and Composition in several festivals around Europe and South America and he is also the residence composer and sound designer of the Phonos Fundation at the Pompeu Fabra University-Barcelona.

Tango Release: sunday 6th of June 2010

2010-05-05T03:05:00.000-07:00

under the umbrella Responsive Yelding >

June session inspired by Meditation practice with with sister Ajan Uppeka

About the teacher:

Ajahn Upekkha was born in the south of France in 1949. She travelled to India in 1974 and became interested in the spiritual path through the study of yoga, meditation and service. In 1979, she learned about the late Ajahn Chah and the Thai Forest Sangha tradition, from one of his followers who was living and teaching in France with whom she studied for two years. She visited the newly established Amaravati Monastery in 1985 where she decided to stay on. She took Anagarika (novice) ordination in 1986 and Siladhara (nun) ordination in 1988 under Luang Por Sumedho, the pioneering American monk who, at the behest of Ajahn Chah himself, introduced the Forest Sangha order into the West. Having developed her practice at Amaravati and Chithurst monasteries, together with periods of training in India and Thailand, Sister Upekkha has become a meditation practitioner and Ajahn (Dhamma teacher) of considerable stature and an inspiration to the wider Buddhist community. She recently took the momentous step of leaving the monastery environment to expand and deepen her practice in the wider world. She has remained in robes and continues to observe the strict Theravadan Vinaya (monastic rules). While continuing to live as a solitary nun, she is also exploring the possibilities for creating a new style of Buddhist community : a small, non-heirarchical, informal place of refuge for kalyanamitta (spiritual friends).

About the class:
Meditation is not a system of religious beliefs: it’s about bringing mindfulness and awareness to the way you experience life and in this case, movement.

During the session we will focus either on an external object, the concept of love and kindness, breathing, a meaningful word, a physical sensation-the perception of impermanence. We will then take that quality into movement in relation to a partner.

Several years ago i met the founders of tangozen. If you are interested in more info on tango & meditation please visit their website:
http://www.tangozen.com/index_en.html

An example of Tango with Meditation here:

Tango Release: sunday 2nd of May 2010

2010-02-04T12:52:00.000-08:00

under the umbrella Responsive Yelding >

May session inspired by Aikido with with Mark Walsh

About the class:
"Aikido is a flowing non-violent martial art. In this session we will play with the aikido principles through a series of games and exercises focusing on entering (the partner's space) and blending (with the partner). We will work on the physical, mental and emotional dimensions in a fun integral way."

About the teacher:
Mark Walsh (Brighton) has been studying aikido for 13 years on three continents, including full-time residential training at the United Kingdom Aikikai HQ, in Brazil and with several teachers in the USA.He has been dancing contact improvisation and tango for the last few years and he incorporates aikido principles when delivering tailored training/coaching to businesses and the non-profit sector http://www.integrationtraining.co.uk/approach_soft_skills_stress.html

Tango Release @ Independent Dance: 19th April 2010

2010-02-04T12:42:00.000-08:00

Sunday 4th April CLOSED (Easter)

Tango Release April session on MONDAY the 19th of April part of Monday Night Improvisation
http://www.independentdance.co.uk/what/classes/monday-improvisation.php

Improvised dance is about exploring the movement potential of our bodies and the creative potential of our minds.
As well as enjoying the movement facility already available to you, teachers will use exercises to broaden your physical and mental range. In these classes, teachers create an atmosphere where work and play co-exist and where watching and talking support your dancing.

Class details
Teacher: Adriana Pegorer Level: All
Where: Roof Studio at Siobhan Davies Studios Time: 6.30 - 8.30 pm
Price: £4.50 More details: studio available from 6-9 for warm-up and warm-down

Class description

This class develops partnering work into a playful dialogue drawing from Tango Argentino vocabulary and Contact improvisation principles.
We will be: engaging the spine, the limbs the and senses; negotiating resistance, support and weight shifts; harmonizing solos with duets and group work.

Tango Release: sunday 7th March 2010

2010-02-04T07:15:00.000-08:00

under the umbrella Responsive Yelding > with guest teacher

March session inspired by Feldenkrais Method with Bennie Bartels

About the class:
"Working with spirals as a movement pattern, starting with some Feldenkrais exercise on the floor to standing to then partnering. Allowing to yield creates a space and place for movement and ideas to happen in contrast to making or forcing them to happen. Next to focusing on release I am interested in tension, tension in the positive non-judgemental way. There can be no release before creating some sort of tension". BB

About the teacher:
Bennie Bartels (Amsterdam) is a performing artist and contemporary dancer. Since 1987 he performed throughout the world with dance companies (LaLaLa Human Steps, Amanda Miller) as well as dancing, teaching and performing argentine tango ('Nussin' by Clara van Gool, CH4; Edinburg Festival). His deep interest and curiosity in how and what makes people move led him to study the Feldenkrais method and he is a qualified and registered practitioner.

See Bennie in action in this clip (he is wearing dark socks)

Tango clip:

Tango Release: sunday 7th February 2010

2009-12-29T13:42:00.000-08:00

Let's warm up to St Valentine Day and celebrate Tango Release 1st anniversary!!

The theme for the February, March, April and May sessions is: "Responsive Yielding"

February session inspired by Japanese Butoh with Adriana Pegorer

"In the 'Tango Lesson' movie by Sally Potter the dancer says:
'you have to be fast to be slow, you have to be slow to be quick: everything is
from the past and you have to throw it all away...!'.
Butoh has provided me with some useful tools to attempt to dance the quality of this statement"

Example of Tango Butoh:

Adriana has trained intensively in Butoh since 2002 with Masaki
Iwana at La Maison du Butoh Blanche (France). She performed in his piece
'Sanctuary' for the International Festival of Butoh Dance in 2005 and
performed her solos in New York, London and Milan. She has
additionally trained with Katsura Kan, Atsushi Takenouchi and Marie
Gabrielle Rotie.

Example of Tango Butoh in Bs As:

Tango Release: sunday 3rd January > CLOSED

2009-12-29T13:00:00.000-08:00

New Year Jam - Tango Release session on friday the 1st of January 2010 3-6 pm

2009-11-08T12:13:00.001-08:00

the jam starts on wed 30th dec 2009 and ends on the 1st of january 2010!
find more info in this link:

http://contactimprovisation.co.uk/list_lon_ev_15.htm

Tango Release: sunday 6th September- 4th of October- 1st November - 6th December 2009

2009-10-23T14:21:00.001-07:00

'Harmonizing' will be the theme for the Autumn sessions, working on and developing the harmonizing of concepts such as lines, crosses, circles, spirals (inspired by my recent visit to Richard Long exhibition at Tate Britain)
http://www.richardlong.org

other inspirations comes from 'harmonizing' different styles. here is a brief tango by AKRAM KHAN and SYLVIE GUILLEM as they explore the dynamics and language of two great classical dance forms, kathak and ballet:

and from the work of one of the pioneers of dance fusion Shobana Jeyasingh, here with her Dance Company in 'Faultline' (i saw this live last week: a-m-a-z-i-n-g!)

Autumn Intensive Workshop: sunday 18th of October 2009

2009-09-23T05:09:00.001-07:00

2-3.30 Introduction to Tango Argentino Fundamentals with Adriana Pegorer
3.30-4 Practise time

4-5.30 Introduction to Release based techniques and Contact Improvisation Principles with Adriana Pegorer
5.30-6 Practise time

What is Tango Release? How can we create a fusion with different styles? What are the departure points? These sessions aims to answers some of those questions and hopefully, create new ones....

£10 each or £18 both (conc's/independent artists: £8/£16)

@ Research Studio, Siobhan Davies Studios, 85 St George's Rd London SE1 6ER

info: 07974 619570 info@adagioconbrio.co.uk

i feel those two videos represent, somewhat unified, some of what I intend as 'Tango Release'

Tango Release session at the Bristol National Jam

saturday 3rd of October, 2-4 pm
www.contactdance.co.uk

Tango Release: sunday 2nd of August 2009

2009-06-12T12:47:00.000-07:00

2-3.30 pm - Class with Adriana Pegorer
'Engaging the spine' -part 2-
engaging the spine through the use of arms and legs! Transferring to embrace and partnered walk.

15.30-18.00- Practica/Jam

last session clip:

Tango Release: sunday 5th of July 2009

2009-06-12T12:41:00.000-07:00

2-3.30 pm - Class with Adriana Pegorer
'Engaging the spine' -part 1-
engaging the spine through the use of the head, rib cage, pelvis.
As there is a lot to cover this session will run in two parts

15.30-18.00- Practica/Jam

view last month class extract's:

Tango Release: sunday 7th of June 2009

2009-05-24T05:59:00.000-07:00

After the spring sessions on 'negotiating', we start the summer with the theme of 'engaging'.
2-3.30 pm - Class with Adriana Pegorer
'Engaging the senses'

The departure point will be the physiology of touch, engaging with the skin, the muscles, the bones: what kind of responses arise and how could those trigger and develop into partnered movement?

15.30-18.00- Practica/Jam

view last month class extracts in this video:

>> Spring Intensive Workshop: saturday 30th of May 2009

2009-04-16T05:35:00.000-07:00

2-6 pm @ Research Studio, Siobhan Davies Studios (see left for direction)
with Adriana Pegorer
Ideal if you have missed some sunday sessions, would like an intensive introduction or simply enjoy explore partnered movement! Relevant for other social dances (Salsa, Ballroom, Lambada, Jive, Rock'n roll, Swing, Lindy Hop, etc) to develop skills in body awareness and improvisation.

£30 (conc's/independent artists: £24)
Limited number. To reserve your participation please write to: adriana@adagioconbrio.co.uk
Some bursary spaces available for keen enthusiasts. Please send short statement of interest (250 words max)

An inspiring Tango challenging.... gravity!

Steve Paxton, originator of Contact Improvisation, talks about the development of the form.
I try to use some of those principles to shift the perpendicularity of Tango into diagonals, in order to develop a spherical dialogue. In this way it is possibile to challenge gravity (even if momentarily!) and open new possibilities for partnered movement.

Tango Release: sunday 3rd May 2009

2009-04-16T04:45:00.000-07:00

2-3.30 pm - Class with Adriana Pegorer
'negotiating ganchos (hooks) for changes of directions'

Adriana is interested in the inter-waving of dance forms. She draws from principles of Contact Improvisation, Skinner releasing techinque, BMC, Feldenkrais, Aikido and Butoh, that she studied with Kirstie Simson, Rick Nodine, KJHomes, Thomas Kampe, Jackie Adkins, Gaby Agis, Kate Brown, Sasha Roubicek, Giovanni Felicioni, Scott Smith, Masaki Iwana amongst others.
In Tango she started in 1996 with Alison Vale and Paul and Michiko amongst others and her main influences are Carlos Gavito and Pablo Veron.

last month extracts:

3.30-6 pm - Practica/Jam:
time to practice, observe, experiment, exchange, socialize...

Tango Release: sunday 5th of April 2009

2009-03-08T14:21:00.000-07:00

14.00-15.30 - Class with Adriana Pegorer:

'negotiating resistance & reaction'

After a short revision of last month theme on support & release, we will experiment on how to create an engaging. equal and open dialogue with the partner using resistance and reaction.

a short clip from last month class:

15.30-18.00 - Practica/Jam:

time to practice, observe, experiment, exchange, socialize and dance, dance, dance!

Tango Release: sunday 1st March 2009

2009-02-22T09:46:00.000-08:00

14.00-15.30 - Class with Adriana Pegorer:

'negotiating support & release'

Please view this inspiring clip (sorry, embedding was disabled) with Piazzolla describing how the bandoneon 'functions'.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDBv64cs0mM

I will relate to these ideas in the class, on how oppositions can co-exist harmonically in particular with the displacement of the traditional embrace. Also: how much effort is needed for support and/or release?

15.30-18.00- Practica/Jam:
time to practice, observe, experiment, exchange, socialize and dance, dance, dance!

Tango Release: sunday 1st February 2009

2009-02-01T09:07:00.000-08:00

14.00-15.30 - Class with Adriana Pegorer:

'negotiating weight shifts in a partnered walk'

15.30-18.00 - Practica/Jam:
time to practice, observe, experiment, exchange, socialize and dance, dance, dance!

Music by Yan White:
Yan is a multi-instrumental musician whose work has been featured on National Geographic Channel, Organ Radio, Otaku Magazine and on Resonance FM. He has produced music for Etta Ermini Dance Theatre, played at CI jams at Moving East and has an ongoing involvement with Newington Dance Space and Butoh.After playing guitar and drums in post-rock bands for the last few years, he is now studying Sonic Arts at LCC and focusing on live looping, generative/chance systems and electronics.
More info can be found at:
http://www.yanwhite.com/music-dance-theatre.php

During the class it started to snow, and it snowed and snowed and snowed ... and ...

T a n g o R e l e a s e

Tango Release moves to Ponderosa!

Tango Release: sunday 4th of March 2012

Tango Release: Monday 13th February 2012 @ ID

Topic: "legs as pendulums"

Topic: "legs as pendulums"

This class develops partnering work into a playful dialogue drawing from Tango Argentino vocabulary and Contact improvisation principles.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pendulum

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pendulum

Tango Release: sunday 5th February 2012

International New Year Contact Improvisation Jam London

Tango Release: sunday 6th November 2011

Tango Release: Monday 17th of October 2011 @ ID

Tango Release: sunday 2nd of October 2011

Tango Release: sunday 4th of September 2011

We will explore the complementary principles of Resisting and Releasing.

SUMMER BREAK !

Tango Release: Monday 27th of June 2011

Tango Release: Sunday 5th of June 2011

Tango Release: sunday 1st of May 20011

Tango Release: sunday 3rd April 2011

Tango Release:sunday 6th of March 2011

Tango Release: monday 14th of February 2011 @ Independent Dance

happy new year!

Tango Release Autumn Workshop: Sunday 24th October

Tango Release @ Independent Dance: Monday 13 September 2010

Tango Release: sunday special 5th September

Tango Release: sunday 1st August> CLOSED

Tango Release @ Independent Dance: Monday 19 July 2010

Tango Release: sunday special 4th July 2010

2-4 workshop in Roof Studio £15 (conc £10)4.15 6.15 workshop in Research Studio (for those staying for the whole workshop)jamming until 7 pmwhole workshop £35 (£30 conc)

Tango Release: sunday 6th of June 2010

Tango Release: sunday 2nd of May 2010

Tango Release @ Independent Dance: 19th April 2010

Tango Release: sunday 7th March 2010

Tango Release: sunday 7th February 2010

Tango Release: sunday 3rd January > CLOSED

New Year Jam - Tango Release session on friday the 1st of January 2010 3-6 pm

Tango Release: sunday 6th September- 4th of October- 1st November - 6th December 2009

Autumn Intensive Workshop: sunday 18th of October 2009

Tango Release: sunday 2nd of August 2009

Tango Release: sunday 5th of July 2009

Tango Release: sunday 7th of June 2009

>> Spring Intensive Workshop: saturday 30th of May 2009

Tango Release: sunday 3rd May 2009

Tango Release: sunday 5th of April 2009

Tango Release: sunday 1st March 2009

Tango Release: sunday 1st February 2009

2-4 workshop in Roof Studio £15 (conc £10)
4.15 6.15 workshop in Research Studio (for those staying for the whole workshop)
jamming until 7 pm
whole workshop £35 (£30 conc)