This workshop aims to integrate the tools of the Alexander Technique into some of the critical points in tango dancing like balance, intention, poise/posture and ease of movement.
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About Alexander Technique:
The Alexander Technique teaches us a better use of the body in all our everyday activities.
During the lessons, we learn to recognize and modify our habits of coordination, alignment and muscle tension that are not useful or beneficial, to move towards more organic integration of movement.
Anyone who wants to improve balance, stability, coordination and self-awareness can benefit from the practice of Alexander Technique. It’s benefits become particularly noticeable to people with functional pain or performers such as dancers, musicians, actors, sportsperson, who would like to maximize their use efficiency.
Mariano Laplume, artist from Buenos Aires, started developing his dance together with his overall body awareness, alongside with his successful career as a Tango Teacher & Musician since 2003.
As a musician, Mariano had the good fortune to play as a violist in the Academic Orchestra of Teatro Colon of Buenos Aires, Orchestra Tipica Imperial, Orchestra Estilos Tangueros of Academia Nacional del Tango after which he cofounded and became known as the violinist of the internationally renowned and much loved Sexteto Milonguero, playing in more than 40 milongas and festivals in Buenos Aires and over 100 more around the world.
As dancer Mariano studied Argentine Tango as a dance-form in Buenos Aires with a number of different well known and respected teachers. In 2012 he moved to London and created the tango School & Milonga Tango Garden. Also Teachign and performing in several cities in Europe. In 2018 he moved to Rotterdam where he is settled being regular collaborator with different Dutch Tango schools like Cuartito Azul in Rotterdam and Check2Cheeck in Amersfoort.
Mariano is a fully qualified Alexander Technique Teacher, trained at the Constructive Teaching Centre in London (the oldest and most prestigious Alexander Technique school worldwide)
In the last few years Mariano has been developing a series of tango music seminars and workshops based on his experience and as a musician and dancer to help social tango dancers understand tango music and 100% practical tools for integrating that knowledge into the dance.
Afterwards there will be a Salon Modern Tango with DJ Mariano Laplume