ZA 31 MEI – Workshop ‘Dancing the melody in Tango’ van Mariano Laplume

Workshop ‘Dancing the melody in Tango’ door Mariano Laplume

Workshop: Dancing the melody in Tango
What to expect?
This Workshop will be 100% practical.
Melodies in tango are often expressed in two ways, staccato and legato. We’ll understand it’s difference and learn to express and enjoy the melodic contrast that this articulations have to offer.
The workshop will be divided in 3 parts:
-Practical explanation of the musical element to be studied from a musician perspective and it’s potential connection with the dance.
-Individual exercises to integrate the musical stimulus into our own body
-Work with a partner to deepen music, connection and movement in regard to the
musical element presented with full guidance of the teacher

At the end of this workshops you will be able to identify some aspects of the tango music and to use this knowledge to be a more precise, creative and curious social dancer.
all levels.

Docent: Mariano Laplume

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

Tickets workshop à €15,- beschikbaar tot 28 mei