The Tango Room, Candela
Sophie Dance
Coming from different backgrounds, Julio and Virginia started to dance together in 2015. Together, they have have created a unique style recognized for their interpretation of the music and their dynamic. They combine elegance with technique, elasticity with strength, to create the perfect ingredients for beautiful, passionate and talented tango.
Julio is considered one of the most important teachers around the world due to his unique style and pedagogy. Currently, he travels the world to perform and to teach seminars and workshops in very important venues. Also, he has his own school “Zaraza Tango” in Buenos Aires. He started his career with Corina De La Rosa in 1996 until 2015. In 1998 he performed in Broadway with “Forever Tango”, whose staff was nominated for the Tony Awards for the best choreography. He also performed at The Carnegie Hall, in a tribute to Astor Piazzolla together with Pablo Ziegler, Paquito de Rivera and Gary Burton. In 2008 he choreographed his own show “Corazon a Corazon” in Tarbes, France. During 2011, he performed and choreographed the musical “Tita, Una Vida en Tiempo de Tango” directed By Nacha Guevara in a prestigious theater of Buenos Aires and he was nominated by the ACE Award as the best choreographer of the musical. In 2013, he participated in the show “Tango Tranzas” in Sydney, Australia. He is also a judge member of the Mundial de Tango in Buenos Aires since the beginning of it.
Virginia took her first dance steps in her mother’s gym at age five and later she studied classical ballet and artistic gymnastics. She graduated as a translator of English at the Faculty of Languages in the Province of Cordoba. She is a Jazz dance teacher, proficient in Latin rhythms, stretching, classical ballet and contemporary dance. She started with Tango in 2008 and immediately became a member of the famous DNI Dance Company and School until 2015. She has performed in the most prestigious Milongas and Theaters of Buenos Aires. She has performed and taught in international festivals around Europe, Canada and USA and Asia. In 2014 she was judge in all the categories for the St. Petersburg Tango Championship. Currently, she continues her training in yoga, modern dance, stretching, ballet, and theater in order to enhance her skills as a tango dancer, teacher and performer.
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
Friday, February 26 – The Sonata Room
210 N. First Ave., Arcadia 91006
8:00-9:00 – Introduction to Circular Movements (turns) with Different Resolutions
9:00-1:00 – Milonga Sonata
10:30 – Performance by Julio & Virginia
Fees: Class – $20
Milonga – $15
Class & Milonga – $25
Saturday, February 27, El Encuentro @ The Tango Room
4346 Woodman Avenue, Sherman Oaks 91423
8:30-9:30 – Rebounds with Change of Direction
9:30-3:00 – El Encuentro Milonga
11:30 – Performance by Julio & Virginia
Fee: Class and Milonga/$25, Class Only/$20,
Milonga Only between 9:30-10:00/$14.00; Milonga alone after 10:00/$17
Sunday, February 28 – The Sonata Room,
210 N. First Ave., Arcadia 91006
2:00-3:15 – Turns with Sacadas
3:30-4:45 – Simple Steps for Tango Salon
Fees per person: Class – $20/class
Tuesday, March 1 & 22- Tango Mio
Candela’s, 831 S. La Brea Ave., LA 90036
8:00-9:00 – Movements for the dance Floor in Cross (3/1)
Rhythmic Structures and Sincope for Milonga (3/22)
9:00-1:00 – Tango Mio Milonga
10:30 – Performance by Julio & Virginia
Fee: Class fee $20
$15/Milonga
Wednesdays, March 2, 9, 16, 23
Sophie Dance, 5867 West Third St, Los Angeles, CA 90036
8:00-9:30 – Spiral Movements for Tango (Advanced) (3/2)
New Movements to Play with Directions in Tango (3/9)
Milonga Traspié (Sincope) (3/16)
Different Types of Enrosques (3/23)
Fee: $25/one class; $45/two, $60/three, $70/four
March 3-7 – OUT-OF-TOWN
Tuesdays, March 8 & 15 – Tango Mio
Candela’s, 831 S. La Brea Ave., LA 90036
8:00-9:00 – Movements for the dance Floor in Cross System (3/8)
System Displacements in Vals Focusing on the Music (3/15)
9:00-1:00 – Tango Mio Milonga
Fee: (Classes only) $20/drop in
Fee: $12 (Milonga only)
March 10-14, 17-21 – OUT-OF-TOWN
Private Lessons
with Julio &/or Virginia
held only at the Casa de Practica Studio.
Available by Appointment
Please e-mail: casadepractica@dslextreme.com
one person or one leader/follower couple per session
$125/with Julio &/or Virginia; $160/with Julio & Virginia (Studio Rental included)
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