Cecilia & Serkan in CLE!

We are honored and ecstatic to be bringing Cecilia Garcia & Serkan Gokcesu to Cleveland for a very special weekend of intimate Tango workshops and performances this June! Run of Show Special Edition Pooja’s Practica (June 9th, 8-11pm): Cecilia & Serkan take over Pooja’s Practica to share a workshop called Giro (‘Turn’) Estructure on the Floor & Partnership. Note: For this weekend only, Pooja’s Practica will be moving to Friday night for a more cohesive weekend experience. Workshop 1 (June 10th, 1:30-2:45pm): Axis & Transition, Embarking on a Journey Workshop 2 (June 10th, 3:00-4:15pm): Functionality of Embrace Milonga! (June 10th, 8pm-2am): Our very own DJ Kim Scola will keep us dancing before and after incredible performances by Cecilia & Serkan. And of course, it wouldn’t be a Guardia Vieja event without some libations. Liz of Chemical X Bartending will be back with some new concoctions just for us! Workshop 3 (June 11th, 1:30-2:45pm): Spiral Motion Workshop 4 (June 11th, 3:00-4:15pm): The Sound of Movement Ticketing Please note that we are hoping to foster a deep and intimate workshop environment, so we will only be opening up the 4 workshops as a package for 10 couples, maximum. You do not need to sign up with a partner, as we will offer tickets based on a follower and leader role. Since we understand that the workshops are limited in capacity, we have created the special edition Pooja’s Practica, to ensure we can maximize everyone’s ability to soak up some of Cecilia & Sermon’s knowledge. Tickets are available through Eventbrite. Options to purchase tickets off of Eventbrite, via Venmo or Zelle are available. Please out to [email protected] if you need to use one of these methods of payment. Cecilia Garcia & Serkan Gokcesu They need no introduction, but if you have not yet had the opportunity, here if a little bit about Cecilia & Serkan. Cecilia & Serkan are tango dancers and teachers. They are known worldwide and are considered references for the expressive potential of modern tango. They are praised for their quality of movement, and the unique and genuine proposal embedded in their dance: that tango is an ongoing dialogue between the two dancers, and between the dancers and the music. Because it comes from a place of pure improvisation, and therefore high-stakes risk, each of their performances is electrifying in a unique and unrepeatable way. Cecilia & Serkan have been dancing together since 2010. Together they have performed in numerous tango festivals, and many tango schools, around the world. Their dance is in constant development, and they are sought-after, not only to share the fruits of their constant research and development, but also to share their process of experimentation, improvisation and development. They are famous for helping their students craft their own unique dance, rather than just copying the movement style of their teachers. Cecilia & Serkan have shared the stage with the most renowned tango orchestras, both traditional and experimental. They were honored to participate in the world-famous Oslo Music Festival. During the pandemic shutdown, they were featured dancers in the “Tango en la Terraza” online concert series (www.tangoenlaterraza.com), which was co-produced by the Philadelphia Argentine Tango School. They are interested in the ongoing evolution of tango, as an artistic expression and as a psycho-physical-emotional therapy. They believe that tango has the potential to be far more than a fun diversion, that it can help people to live better lives.