This year again, Laure Fourest and Carmela Acuyo are delighted to join forces to offer you a workshop that celebrates everything that makes us dance, beyond the steps themselves. These steps are, in fact, only one element of the dance among a whole range of tools for interpreting music, which are unfortunately too rarely taken seriously in learning.

What if, ultimately, the magic of dance lies not so much in the steps we perform, but in the nuances we develop to execute them?
Based on the fundamental movements of tango (walking, pivoting, turns…), we invite you to explore (and we will focus on the specific characteristics of of each role):

• How to make our bodies respond to all degrees of nuance (dynamic posture work, connections, etc.)

• How to vary our physical states according to the music (e.g., staccato or legato do not call for the same quality of muscle tone in my body)

• How to revisit our "steps" or sequences of "steps" by giving them depth: playing on their amplitude, their speed/rhythm, their connection to the ground…

• And of course, all of this will be closely linked to attentive listening to the music: we will choose a few excerpts from well-known pieces and explore some of their possible interpretations together. We will send you the details of these pieces a few days before the session by email so you can familiarize yourself with them.

You will be asked to work on each exercise using simple forms. You will then be free to revisit, deconstruct, and reconstruct the more complex steps you know in the light of these explorations of energy, rhythm, etc. We will be there to guide you through this process.

We encourage you to register with someone of a similar skill level. If you register alone, you will be expected to change partners regularly and dance with everyone regardless of experience. Partnering is warmly welcomed.