Contact-Tango Workshop+Jam

*** What's danced? - Tango with elements from Contact-Improvisation - Contact-Improvisation with elements from Tango - Just Tango... - ...or just Contact-Improvisation. - Tango or Contact-Improvisation with elements from any movement art, including but not limited by physical theater, martial arts, other dance forms. In other words, you're welcome to stay within, out of, or just on the lines as much as you (and your dance partner) like. All levels and areas of experience are welcome. Coming with a partner is not necessary. *** Details Location: WG-Terrein, Ketelhuisplein 47, 1054RD Amsterdam (ring "Grote Zaal") Time: Workshop 13:45-15:15; Jam 15:15-17:00. Price: Workshop €11,- (includes jam); Jam only: €5,- *** Workshop: "Contact-Improv with Tango Flavour" by Ezequiel Sanucci and Lydia Müller "We will teach several tango steps, tango quality and basic principles of tango musicality. Then we will use this material in order to combine it with CI principles. We will work on how to use different points of contact to dance with one or more partners at the same time but keeping the essence of tango in their quality, musicality and flavour." About Ezequiel Sanucci and Lydia Müller: Ezequiel did a long carreir as a ballet and contemporary dancer at some top companies in The Netherlands, Germany, Zwitserland and Argentina. At the same time he works as a professional tango dancer performing at milongas and festival in Holland, Belgium and Argentina together with known tango orquestras. Since 2008 he is working at the fusion of tango, contemporary dance, CI, theater and video. He created several contemporary tango pieces that were presented at important festivals in Europe and Latin America. In 2010 he won together with Lydia Müller the 1st prize at the Rabotheatrer Open Podium Twente. His is at this the director of the company Tango DansTheater/Ezequiel Sanucci. Lydia studied at Codarts, Rotterdam Dansacademie. She works as contemporary dancer at Merkxs & Dansers and Danstheater Adentro. As well she is a CI teacher and she teaches regulary at Contact Zone in Rotterdam. She works since 2009 together with Ezequiel Sanucci as dancer and co-director of Tango DansTheater/Ezequiel Sanucci. They work together in the Contact Tango research and they teach their workshops at dance schools as Codarts and in festivals and jams in Europe.