Fundamentals of Stage Tango Boot Camp

Saturday and Sunday, December 3rd and 4th

Ever dreamed of being on stage like dancers from the major Tango shows?
Sergio Segura Tango Productions and Strictly Tango NYC present:
A special two-day course on all the elements and fundamentals of Stage Tango. Students will learn exciting entrances, strong caminatas (stage walks), seductive adagios and high speed variaciones (fast components), as well as lifts and strong endings.
You will also be instructed on how to incorporate these elements into your dance to build a complete stage choreography.

Requirements:
* Some training or experience in any kind of dance (not necessarily tango) is required. It is highly recommended but not mandatory to participate in the Tango for Fast Learners Workshop on November 5th and 6th to gain knowledge of the fundamentals, elements, and basic structures of the dance.

* Body conditioning, balance, coordination, attentiveness, and sharp memory are necessary. Participants should be in good health, (a liability release form must be signed in order to be part of the course.) The class will be taught at a fast pace and at times will require vigorous physical exercise.

* Dance shoes leather/suede sole required. High heels are not recommended for followers.

* A partner will be required for this workshop. If you want to take the course but do not have a partner, you will be placed on a waiting list. We will attempt to match partners.

* Same-sex partners are welcome

Program:
• Posture, body conditioning and embrace used in stage tango
• Partner work applied to tango
• Stage spacing and fronts
• Linear walking sequences with variations for both the man and woman
• Encounters (musical introduction)
• Adagios (slow musical parts)
• Cuartas (inside and outside)
• Montadas (inside and outside, left and right)
• Sentadas
• Variation (fast musical part)
• High speed corridas
• Ganchos and boleos
• Poses and Lines
• Jumps and Lifts
• Spins and tango pirouettes
• Cadenas
• Strong endings
• Tango Bows for the finale of a performance

Classes will be taught by Sergio Segura (Tango show producer, choreographer, artistic director, tango performer and teacher) and Assistants of Strictly Tango NYC.

PART 1: Saturday, December 3rd from 5:30-9:00 PM (3 and a half hours) Pearl Studios 500 8Th Ave., 12th FL Room 1209

PART 2: Sunday, December 4th from 4:30-8:30 PM (4 hrs) Pearl Studios 500 8Th Ave, 4th FL, Room 410

Prices:
In Advance:
The first 3 couples: $225 per person ($50 discount)
The following after: $245 per person ($30 discount)
At the Door: $275 per person

Payment Forms:
• With Credit Card at our school or via our website (3% processing fee will be applied.)
• In Cash at our school. (LEARNARGENTINETANGO)
• Payments by Check may be made out to Strictly Tango NYC, and hand delivered at the school or sent by mail. Mailed checks MUST arrive before 12/01 to the following address: 31-25 33rd St. / Apt. 3D / Astoria, NY, 11106

All attendants will receive $20 OFF towards a Strictly Tango NYC regular group class package or a choreography group class package and a tango music CD.

Reserve in advance and save!

Info and questions to:
strictlytangonyc@gmail
917-373-7446


About Sergio Segura
(Director, Show Producer, Tango Performer and Teacher)
Sergio Segura is a producer of large-scale Argentine Tango shows and events. He is also a professional performer, choreographer and a dedicated teacher of the dance.

In 2003, he founded Sergio Segura Tango Productions. In 2011 he produced two major, sold-out events: “Amor y Tango” at the Highline Ballroom, NYC, and “Tango in the Castle” at Morningside Castle, NYC. In he co-created the multimedia productions “Soles Ablaze” (2004), “The Anthropology of Tango Dance” (2006) and “Epocas de Tango” (2010) which were presented with great success at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, TX and at the Yonkers public library. In 2010, he produced the “1st NYC Queer Tango Festival.” It was a major event in the city featured in the New York Times and Revista VIVA of Buenos Aires.

Sergio has also collaborated with The Argentine Tango Society as the marketing director of the acclaimed “I Tango” shows in 2007 and 2011. In October 2011 he was the artistic director for “A Night of Argentine Tango Stars” at the renowned Olney Theatre outside of D.C. And for the past five years he has been working as the public relations manager for the “New York Summer Tango & Film Festival.” He was also sponsor for Club Sin Rumbo, the mythical, 87 year old milonga in the Villa Urquiza neighborhood in Buenos Aires.

In 2007, Sergio founded his dance school Strictly Tango NYC. As a teacher he was inspired by Antonio Todaro, Raul Bravo, Juan Carlos Copes, Gloria y Eduardo Arquimbau, Los Dinzel, Pepito Avellaneda, Miguel Zotto, Osvaldo Zotto, Rodolfo Cieri, El Aleman, Juan Bruno, Pupy Castello, Virulazo y Elvira, among other milongueros. He studied intensively with the Broadway stars Nelson Avila, Claudio Villagra and Romina Levin. Sergio has produced 5 Tango Teaching DVDs, which have sold all over the world.

As a performer of tango, he is widely praised for his unique interpretations of tango music using traditional techniques. He and his partner, the NYC burlesque star Medianoche, are one of the most exciting and captivating tango couples of New York.

In 2009, he founded the Rainbow Tango group, offering LGBT friendly tango classes, parties and events including milongas at the LGBT Community Center, Splash Bar, and at several other NYC venues. Sergio also leads “The Tango Preservation Project”, one of the largest video collections of tango dance videos in the world. Through his research, he developed the “Learn Argentine Tango” dance system and teaching method.

Sergio is a graduate of information technology from the Universidad Argentina de la Empresa (UADE) in Buenos Aires. For over 17 years, Sergio specialized in project leadership for important banks and financial institutions. Sergio started tango by accident (or luck) in 2002, due to the Argentine recession when he had to search for new job opportunities. He ended up in New York City working the front desk at a “milonga” (social dance). This was his fortuitous introduction into the world of tango. When he went back to Buenos Aires, he decided not to return to the computer industry, but instead he began a new journey in the study of fine arts and, of course, the study of the tango. This auspicious decision led him to discover his true passion, and from his passion has come professional achievement and great personal fulfillment.