Nico Bottega & Chris Benson workshops in Växjö ! April 12 to 17

Nico Bottega is back and this time is bringing the amazingly beautiful and talented Chris Benson with him to teach workshops on the weekend of 13 & 14 of April. Also they will be available for privates startitg friday the 12th until wednesday 17th, please book yours ! because slots will run out fast. Please talk with Katinka Schartau 0703 770371 to book your slot for the Ws ! Program: Saturday 13/4 10:30 am - Ws 1 "Caressing with the feet" The positioning of the hips and its relation with the earth it's a key aspect of tango dancing. To be more aware of this relation will bring quality to our dance, and so to create awareness we are going to use the image of "caressing (the floor) with the feet" to really grasp how this relation works. It’s a very simple exercise that provides a lot of self-awareness and control over our bodies. Also, we are going to work into achieving the right balance between connection to the floor and freedom of movement. We are going to work on this for both linear and circular movements. Saturday 13/4 1:30 pm - Ws 2 "Focal points and pivots" To understand pivots and focal points, we will work with an analogy about the embrace and a parabolic antenna. A parabolic antenna collects all of the information that it receives in its plate and focus it on one single point. In the same way, we can focus all of our energy both leading and following into one single point that summarizes the information that we want to share. For the follower, that point is fix, and it’s placed in the chest area. But for the leader it can slide within the embrace, along the chest and arms. By sliding the focal point, the leader will be able to lead pivots in the follower, thus creating new possible directions. Also, we are going to understand the vital importance of the feet in this process. Sunday 14/4 10:30 am - Ws 3 "Fighting the collapse of energy!" A collapse of energy generates a crisis of internal connection of the body. A body not connected internally can’t connect to another one effectively, so the connection between the dancers would suffer greatly. Collapsing the energy, is to collapse the quality of movement and connection. As we worked last time, and as said in my essay “The importance of the feet” which I encourage you to read, the feet play a very important role in being “present” with our energy. We are going to go through our usual tango steps and analyze how and when this collapse of energy happens in our dance, and we’ll work on fixing that. Sunday 14/4 1:30 pm - Ws4 "The embrace: how to give and receive different energies to change dynamics" In order to change speeds, dynamics, intensity and mood in tango we need to change and adapt our embrace. During this workshop we will focus on how to give and receive different energies to change these dynamics in our dance. This will give a better understanding to searching for the connection with our partner and help us to explore and express variation, musical interpretation, playfulness and comfort in our dance. Each day will start with a coffee at 10 am, and then some time for lunch from 12 to 1:30 pm Cost is 300 Kr per day Please read this essay from Nico in which most of the weekend will be based. http://nbottega.wixsite.com/nicolasbottega/single-post/2018/12/11/The-importance-of-the-feet