Organized By Tango Mercurio
1111 14th St NW,Washington, District of Columbia (38.904530, -77.031080)
The internationally renowned Brigitta Winkler comes to Washington DC in January 2016! Mark your calendars, everyone. She will be teaching special workshops, as well as some of the regular Mercurio classes - scroll down for more info. _________________________________________ BRIGITTA WINKLER BIO Brigitta is one of the FIRST teachers of Argentine Tango in Europe AND North America in this current tango revival period. She discovered tango in 1980. In Buenos Aires, she worked with legendary dancers, including Juan Carlos Copes, Antonio Todaro, Pepito Avellaneda, Gustavo Naveira and Eduardo Arquimbau. Brigitta co-founded the highly respected Tanzart studio in Berlin in 1987, the internationally acclaimed performance company Tango Mujer in 1996, and co-created the Teacher Training Network with Tomás Howlin in 2008. In between world travels, Brigitta teaches regularly in NYC and PHYNIXtanzt in Berlin. Brigitta combines over 30 years of international experience in tango dance, instruction and performance with techniques of Body Mind Centering. She is an equally gifted resource for both close embrace and open style tango. Her workshops are insightful, creative, and incredibly fun! (See Brigitta's web site www.brigittatango.de for more information) __________________________________________ BRIGITTA'S SCHEDULE IN DC: Thursday, January 7th: Tango Mercurio's intermediate class 1.5 hours, 8-9:30 PM at Balance Gym Foggy Bottom Saturday, January 9th: 2 workshops, mixed level, 1.5 hours each, 2-5 PM at Balance Gym Downtown Sunday, January 10th: 2 workshops, mixed level, 1.5 hours each, 2-5 PM at Balance Gym Downtown Monday, January 11th: A pre-milonga class at Milonga Zandunga, intermediate level, 8-9 PM __________________________________________ SPECIAL WORKSHOPS: Saturday workshops: 2-3:30 PM: Shared ochos: turns and swirls. Traditional, useful and sweet (Int Level) 3:30-5 PM: Musical moves in an intimate embrace (Int Level) Sunday workshops: 2-3:30 PM Entre las mujeres (this workshop is for WOMEN ONLY): Special practice for women to explore the difference and the interconnectedness of roles. Work your shadow. Shine in your strength. (All levels) 3:30-5 PM: Extraordinary every day moves (Adv level) ____________________________________________ REGISTER FOR WORKSHOPS HERE: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1KgEwNCgTmwl6OuTbkudVEZ6BhWqq62tL6shZeqdZc6U/viewform You MUST sign up to reserve a space in the workshops. Your registration is NOT FINAL until you submit the payment. We will be limiting participation to 30 students. Entrance at the door will be limited and will be available at the first-come first-serve basis. You will receive a link to the payment after you submit your registration. ____________________________________________ LOCATION: Balance Gym Downtown, 1339 Green Court, NW (Metro: Farragut North, McPherson Square, or Mt. Vernon Square. Access the alley to the left of 1111 14th St. south of Thomas Circle and north of L St.) Please email [email protected] with any questions.