Buenos Aires in Calesita

Workshop with
performance
26. to 28. september
in Ljubljana, Slovenia
Luciana Arregui&
Andres Moreno
Buenos Aires in Calesita
Luciana
Arrequi
B
orned in Mar Del Plata, province
of Buenos Aires. She gave her first
artistic steps early in her life, standing out in Jazz Dance and Artistic
Gymnastics.
tango company “Suerte Loca”, offering shows in theaters.
In 2013, Luciana joins Andres Laza
Moreno as tango couple with whom
he toured extensively in Asia. They
In 2006 she moved to Buenos Aires
have been performing in the best
City, where she began dancing Tango, traditional milongas in Buenos Aires.
finding out her new passion. Soon in Actually they are giving regular tango
her tango learning she met Andres
salon classes at milonga El Beso
Laza Moreno, his most important
and special workshops in Yira Yira
mentor learning from him the “Villa
milonga and Porteño y Bailarin. They
Urquiza” style.
are going to do an Asia and Europe
tour from July to November 2014.
After many years enjoying all milongas in Buenos Aires and learning from Luciana says: “ Our dance technique
the best milongueros, in 2011 she
has as a main objective to achieve
started her career as a professional
connection and expression. Tango’s
tango dancer, becoming part of the
target is to connect, not to move. We
“You can only
love what you
can understand.
Tango is respect,
elegance, tradition, our culture.
It’s Traditional
tango salon.
Emotional and
visceral tango,
danced from and
to the inside and
not to the
outsiders «
believe in the excellence of the technique by giving the tools to achieve
a corporal language that allows the
freedom in the music interpretation
and improvisation in order to transform an spontaneous emotion into
movement.”
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Andres
Laza
Moreno
»Our dance technique has as a main objective to achieve
connection and expression. Tango’s target is to connect,
not to move. We believe in the excellence of the technique
by giving the tools to achieve a corporal language that allows the freedom in the music interpretation and improvisation in order to transform an spontaneous emotion
into movement.«
B
orned in 1983, Andres began
dancing when he was 14
year-old; He soon joined the
Ballet Zaraza Tango with which he
gave his first shows in some of the
most important milongas in Buenos Aires. In 2002, he obtained the
first role en la gala “Hugo del Carril”, one the most important tango
event of the 2000s.
In 2004, Andres succeeded in
entering the very competitive
“Academia de Estilos de Tango
Argentino” (ACETA) also known as
“Ballet Escuela” a project started
by the Argentinean Secretary of
Culture to preserve the culture of
Argentine Tango, where the more
famous ‘maestros’ transmited their
knowledge and experience to the
new generation of selected dancers. That same year he had the
great opportunity to work with the
master Carlos Gavito as assistant
on his classes.
On October 2006, Andres became
Samantha Anahi Dispari ‘s dance
partner and gave his first steps as
a Tango professional. This very
year, Andres learned, developed
and adopted the “Villa Urquiza”
style with Jorge Dispari and María
del Carmen. Andres and Samantha
gave group classes and workshops
and headed for Europe in 2007, for
Andres first European tour.
been performing in the best traditional milongas in Buenos Aires.
Actually they are giving regular
tango salon classes at milonga El
Beso and special workshops in Yira
Yira milonga and Porteño y Bailarin. They are going to do an Asia and
Europe tour from July to November
2014.
In 2009 he joined Isabel Acuña
with whom he traveled around
Asia teaching and performing until
2011.
In 2013 he starts a new period
forming couple with Luciana Arregui with whom he toured extensively in Asia. Since then they have
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Interview
with Andres
and Luciana
We talked with Andres and Luciana, who will come to
Ljubljana in September for our workshop, about their
begginings in tango, what is their advice for those who
start dancing tango, and for those who already dance.
Calesita: What does tango
meant to you?
Luciana: Tango is our way of liv-
ing, it’s life itself. It’s our culture,
tradition. It’s not only a dance, it’s
emotions, feelings.
Calesita: How were your beginnings in tango?
Andres: We didn’t dance in
our first milongas, we used
to watch only. Here in BA you
have to learn before dancing
in the milongas. In traditional
milongas there is respect for the
peolpe that can dance so you
won’t dare to dance if you are
too new. So it took some time to
start dancing.
Calesita: What is the main
difference you see in tango
between Baires and abroad?
Luciana: Tango in BA is different from abroad. There are
milongas in most of the neighborhoods so people that used
to dance when they were young
when tango here was very
important like in the 40’s, still
dance, so you see lots of old
people that never took a class
and learnt only in the milongas
like in the old times. They don’t
care about figures and secuences, they are feeling the music,
feeling their partners and that’s
what they are dancing. There is
still in Buenos Aires that collective consciouness for tango as a
culture and mostly that is what
it differences milongas in BA
from milongas abroad.
Calesita: How many hours do
you dedicate to tango daily?
Andres: We dedicate many
hours daily because we teach
tango, we rehearse and we like
going to milongas at least 2 or
three times a week.
Calesita: What do you recommend to people who are starting to dance tango, what are
biggest mistakes, obstacles?
Luciana: What we recomend
to begginers is to be patient!.
Tango is a very very hard dance
but it’s really worth it! And also
to pick a tango style and try to
keep with it and not start taking
classes with all teachers because
you can get easily confused.
Calesita: What is the advice
for dancers who already
dance couple of years, how
can they become better
Andres: You never stop learning tango...so you can always get
better!
Calesita: Andres, what do
you seek or want from a lady
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when you ask her to dance?
And you Luciana, what do
you wish from a man in one
tanda?
Luciana: For both of us we want
commitment in the person we
dance in milongas. Commitment with the music, with the
other couples in the floordance,
and of course with us. Tango is
an inside dance, it’s not for the
people watching outside.
Calesita: Tips for our DJ’s,
what are your favorite 2 oruestas at the moment?
Andres: We have many favourites orquetras but Di Sarli and
Pugliese are definetely two of
them.
Buenos Aires in Calesita with
Andres Laza Moreno & Luciana Arregui
Programme
Friday, 26. september
18.00 - 19.30 Tecnica de Tango Salon in couples (all levels)
21.30 - 02.00 Friday milonga, DJ Matjaž Kovše (SLO)
Saturday, 27. september
12.30 – 14.00 Class for total begginers
14.20 – 15.50 Milonga con traspié (all levels)
16.15 – 17.45 Milonga advanced figures (adv)
22.00 – 04.00 Saturday milonga with performance of maestros, DJ Marko Šilinger
(CRO)
Sunday, 28. september
14.15 – 15.45 Giro rítmico y giro con sacadas (intermediate)
16.00 – 17.30 Tango salon: cadencia y musicality (adv)
18.30 – 22.00 Sunday afternoon milonga - DJ Darko Calesita tango (SLO)
Locations:
Classes - Calesita; Ptujska ulica 19, 1000
Milonga Friday - to be confirmed - 8 €
Milonga Saturday - Calesita; Ptujska ulica 19, 1000 - 18 €
Milonga Sunday - Calesita; Ptujska ulica 19, 1000 Ljubljana - 4 €
Prices per person if paid until July 11
1 class 2 classes
3 classes
(or more)
All milongas
22,5 €
20,7 €
18,9 €
30,0 €
We believe in cooperation and harmony so work together with Amor de Otoño.
So you get a special package from us: 6 milongas in collaboration with Amor de
Otoño, only 50 €. See www.elcachafaz.si.
Contact and sign in:
Calesita tango in Ljubljana
dana@calesitatango.si; + 386 40 755 696
darko@calesitatango.si; + 386 40 733 798
www.calesitatango.si
Now is a time to improve your tango!
organized by
Calesita
Argentine tango dancing shool in Ljubljana, Slovenia
www.calesitatango.si