The next TANGO DIFERENTE Research Week will take place from
the 1st to the 7th of July 2013 at "PONDEROSA Movement and Discovery"
near Berlin (Germany). For more info on the location please go to a post below
titled 'Where is Ponderosa?'.
Please note: Arriving on MONDAY the 1st of July (after
lunch) and leaving on SUNDAY the 7th of July (after breakfast)
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Some participants feedback:
“Interesting styles of ideas and teaching”
“I love how the ‘all classes included’ idea works in
practice that supports the exchange of ideas totally”
“Many different possibilities for dancing…thanks!”
“Different ways of looking at tango and other dances”
“Connecting contact improvisation and tango in a single
discourse rather than treating them as distinct episodes”
“It takes lots of guts to propose such an event and lots of
talent to make it as successful as it has been! Thank you Adriana!”
“New inspirations to feel and to expand the tango mood to
somewhere else….”
“Great, inspiring, highly professional workshops. Open
playful attitude”
“I feel full with new experiences and new thoughts”
“I really enjoyed the new experiences and meeting so many
interesting people from all over Europe and the world! The hospitality at
Ponderosa was wonderful”
THANK YOU to all of you who made the week so wonderful!!!
This year there will be more time for dancing and labs,
therefore less led workshops.
As well as the OPEN DANCING (jam and milonga running at the
same time -yes, it is possible!) WORKSHOPS and CLASSES there will also be two
other formats:
OPEN TEACHING: a workshop made by its participants! In a 2
hours session any extra teacher or participant can take up to 30 minutes to
propose a topic / exercise. This is supposed to be a sort of informal
laboratory: best not to prepare anything and let the moment decide! During the
session, you just raised your hand and say: “I would like to start!” or “I
would like to be next!”.
There will be 3-5 Open Teaching opportunities.
One2One: space to work independently on a specific topic
with another person or a small group of 3-4. We can also make a board where
people can post what they want to work on so you can find each other! These
sessions will mostly run parallel to the Open Dancing and the Open
Teaching.
Please note: the OPEN DANCING this year will also run in the big studio in some afternoons!
Please note: the OPEN DANCING this year will also run in the big studio in some afternoons!
PROGRAMME for 2013
Special guest: EDWINE FOURNIER (Paris)
The ROYALTY of the tango-contact fusion!!
Edwine Fournier is a rare expert in the field of the fusion
of tango with contact improvisation, having offered regular weekly classes in
Paris since 2000 [yes, that is 13 years ago!!], creating a group of enthusiasts
which exist to this date. In addition, she presented her dance-theatrical shows
around France and organized several workshops for guest teachers. Arguably, she
brought the seeds of her fusion into Buenos Aires at a time when Tango and CI
was not yet thought of to be merged. She is leading a laboratory on tango and
contact mixed score with a research group of dancers, Collectif Tangible, in
order to build a practical space where we can play with the mixed material. The
laboratory is based on the practice of the underscore (originated by Nancy
Stark Smith) to create an organic and social dance in a specific space.
Edwine will provide the group with delicate directions from
attentive observation rooted in knowledge and experience of Tango and Contact
Improvisation separately and also combined.
Workshop and/or class teachers:
Astrid Weiske (Berlin) http://www.tango-astrid.de/
Gabriele Koch (Wuppertal) www.dance-fields.de
Tobias Funke (Bremen/Hamburg) www.2tanz.de
Extra teachers:
Enrique van Doezelaar (Amsterdam)
Karine Grenier (Paris) http://tangible.free.fr
Natascha Russo (Hamburg) www.2tanz.de
Ralph Byrszel (Heildelberg/Frankfurt) www.mushin-aikido.de
Sonja Armisen (Munich) www.tangofusionclub.com
Ralph Byrszel (Heildelberg/Frankfurt) www.mushin-aikido.de
Sonja Armisen (Munich) www.tangofusionclub.com
See a fun video by Tobias & Natasha here: http://vimeo.com/63894780
This year I have developed a criteria for the teachers who are leading workshops at Tango Diferente (does not apply for Extra Teachers). It was based on the necessity to create a clear focus, on the feedbacks collected and on my own experiences as practitioner and events organizer.
Here it is:
This year I have developed a criteria for the teachers who are leading workshops at Tango Diferente (does not apply for Extra Teachers). It was based on the necessity to create a clear focus, on the feedbacks collected and on my own experiences as practitioner and events organizer.
Here it is:
- a demonstrable tango argentino knowledge & dancing experience
(min 5 years)
- a demonstrable contact improvisation knowledge &
dancing experience (min 5 years)
- a
demonstrable experience of mixing tango and CI (min 5 years)
- a demonstrable knowledge of another movement discipline or concept and
its mix with tango (min 3 years)
- a
demonstrable effort to create dancing and teaching opportunities for the contact tango fusion community and beyond (min 3 years)
HOW TO BOOK
RESEARCH WEEK PASS (all inclusive of classes, workshops,
dancing):
Early bird: €240 (until 14th of May)
€300 (after the 14th of May) ****YOU CAN ALSO PAY AT ARRIVAL!! Please send me an e-mail****
Shorter stay possible for €45 per day
You can register by sending the relevant fee to the account
number below and by sending an e-mail to adriana@adagioconbrio.co.uk.
Bank: HSBC (United Kingdom)
Name: Adriana Pegorer
International Bank Account Number (IBAN):
GB69MIDL40171601510010
Branch Identifier Code (BIC):
MIDLGB2103S
Sort Code: 40-17-16
Account Number: 01510010
Address of Bank (in case is requested):
HSBC Bank, 94 East Street, Chichester, West Sussex PO19 1HD
Please state 'PONDEROSA' in the Payee's reference box.
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You will need to pay for food and accomodation (tent and
shared accomodation) directly to Ponderosa at your arrival.
If you require a guesthouse room, private guestroom or a
cabin you will need to book and send a deposit for it to secure the booking and
pay the rest at your arrival.
Contact them at: --> info@ponderosa-dance.de
Their website is:
http://www.ponderosa-dance.de/en/about-ponderosa.html
These are the prices for food and accomodation:
Food: €17 per day
Accommodations (per person and day):
Tent or Ponderosa Open Sleeping with Mats: 6,5
Ponderosa Guesthouse Room (3–4 people): 10€
Private Guestrooms single/double: 22€/34€
Cabin single/double: 16€/24€
**Children up to 14: 50%, Babies free**
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kind regards,
Adriana Pegorer
Tango Diferente Organizer
BEWARE: THIS IS NOT A TRADITIONAL TANGO FESTIVAL!! IT IS ALSO NOT A NEO TANGO OR NUEVO TANGO FESTIVAL... INFACT, IT IS NOT A FESTIVAL AT ALL!! It's a RESEARCH WEEK!!
EXTRACTS FROM TANGO DIFERENTE 2012 FINAL DISCUSSION:
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“I did not dance tango before and it was a new experience.
First of all, thank you everybody it was really nice to get into tango because
it was not scary, it was very open, because I come from CI and contemporary and
I felt I could do things and do mistakes so I can do something wrong or do
something funny and it’s ok and it was really nice. Another thing is that I
felt that this week was very much of a research week because it has some really
nice ideas and open questions left that I can bring into what I will be doing
later on, what is tango and what is not tango and what is fusion. Also the nice
relationship between teachers and yourself and organizers and the participants
was very much on the same level, bringing stuff together and sharing and asking
stuff and telling things. I was sceptical about having so many teacher at the
beginning, like this person does only one class, what can I get from it in such
a short amount of time, but I think it really worked after all because
everybody was speaking about the same thing from different perspectives, but I
felt that things slot into places and one class would prepare for the next
class so you could bring things in and mix them up… it was not like all these
different classes, but people talking about the same thing which I think was
really nice.”
“I got more and more into it and I found it, very similar as
you, very generous, I felt like I can be myself and especially that I can bring
my dance - contact improvisation and dance improvisation- into this context and
be with you and not like ‘what are these people doing jumping around in our
beautiful milonga??!!’ getting also the feedback that people found interesting
what I am doing and I have learnt how differently tango people react to my way
of leading or following. For me it was really a research and I got totally
interested in figuring out what is the thing in tango that is different from CI
but still dealing with the weight and with the relationship and the
communication, and you got me through this event and I am totally willing to
come again and again and again…”
“I think in tango people react….this whole leading thing is
much more precise and clear sometimes. If somebody is leading they are really
leading, whilst in contact most of the time I feel that I really do not know
who is leading… I am kind of mhh yeah oh, maybe not…”
“I absolutely loved the week, it has been fantastic and
inspiring.”
“yesterday I was thinking about the ‘global underscore’ and
I thought that the atmosphere was very open and there were people dancing alone… I was also having a lot
of space so everydboy could move along, there were contact people dancing, and
people dancing along, a really beautiful atmosphere. I felt a change in social
dynamic”
“I had a question about Tango Diferente …if I attend a CI
festival for me, I am complete, I
know when I leave I am not the same person. It trasnforms me and open things..
when it finishes I am not the same. Sometimes, when I go to a festival of tango
I begin in a mood and I finish at the same or sometimes…worse! So when Adriana
said that this it was not going to be a festival but a research, it already
changed my mood. It is very important. And I am very happy to say that at the
end of the week, I am not the same as I arrive.”
“At milongas there are so many rules and I am so busy
sometimes with the external of how people look, I judge, I feel judged, I think
‘oh he is not dancing with me’…there are so many things, projections, which I
do no experience in contact very often, so I thought I should stop tango. But
now that I came here I feel like I don’t need stop! I just can change the way I
perceive, or choose with whom I want to share this work and this is very nice.
And I also feel my way of dancing has changed, I felt my steps were becoming
longer and I was like ‘wow!’ and it was a really great feeling and I feel more
grounded. And when I was dancing yesterday I felt more freedom in
experimenting, also as I leader I felt like flying. And I want to thank all
teachers because I can take something home from each of you “
'something that I have found very positive here was that the
classes were all inclusive …and for all levels. I wish that if this event will
grow, that this approach will be kept. Even if the organizing will become more
challenging, that this openness can be kept – with a small group it was easy,
but if the group grow the organizer may feel like close something and I wish
this never become necessary. ”
“I really would like to thank Adriana for everything, and
especially for inviting Meri Lao. Meri Lao is a very wonderful woman and she is
very experienced in tango and she brought in her musical and feminist point of
view to this research week and I hope that next year she will come back…”
“for me the thing about tango and contact is that they have
things which are in common but also they have very different qualities, like
this floating in CI which can also happen in tango, I know, and the clearness
in tango and I think this week gave me so much because I could dive into both and
I started to sneak easily from one into the other and these transitions are so
so tasty. What is really worth in this research is that it opens us to a rich
world of open free dancing, when we have this pause and we can make the fusion…
yes, it is very rich…”
“here I very often see community happening also in the dance
and I think it happened very much in the ‘not knowing’ place, where you meet
and you feel like ..and what we are actually doing and let’s try out something
that both of us don’t really know. It is not about looking very beautiful and
making the dance as skilful and perfect and whatever as you can but it’s about
being curious and showing to each other that you do not know“
“I think the whole week we’ve really grown together,
everybody is chipping in and we go into this pool and we just puff! Go for it
and together we end and there is a lot of potential. And from here now let’s go
and spread it around and let it float all over the world!”
“I am really honoured to be part of this - I am just one of
those dancer that you see once a week perhaps and here people have committed
themselves to dance for years and to have the chance to work with you, be part
of it and to do research… it was a great experience”
“I don’t dance, you know? I have come with no tango, no
contact. It is my decision. I said I will be there because it think it’s a
great idea. I do not dance but I wanted to be here to help because I believe in
it and so I am very happy to have lived these moments and I think that the teachers
were very open, generous, and we can talk together like anybody, everybody. If
don’t go to the workshop we would not know that they are the teachers, do you
see what I mean? … it is very rare.”
“I was really touch by many people, by the dance, the environment
also, the small dramas…. But I think there is a very human, quality of humanity
here.. so thank you… and I am longing for the next dance tonite!”
