Andres Amarilla in Annapolis
Widely know and respected teaching/performing artist, Andres Amarilla is coming to the DMV to help our tango communities grow!! We are absolutely giddy with excitement!
Artist’s Bio
Tango Dancer, Teacher, Choreographer & Performer
Born and raised in Buenos Aires, Andres Amarilla began dancing tango in 1987 at age 11. While still a child, he studied with and performed in the dance companies of three of the greatest tangueros of all time: Gustavo Naveira, Juan Carlos Copes, and Rodolfo Dinzel. After 10 years of intensive immersion in the music, culture and movement of traditional Argentine Tango, Andres became part of a small group of young people seeking to push the limits of the traditional art form. Together, they analyzed and codified the movements, sequences and rules of traditional tango and began to play with the “grammar” of the tango language, thereby developing uncounted new sequences of movements, and giving birth to a new means of teaching, dancing and thinking about tango. This way of analyzing tango has become the basis of most good tango pedagogy in the world today.
Andres’s dance is characterized by the rich variety of material that he accesses in improvisation due both to an extraordinarily efficient lead and to an extreme precision of movement. Rather than seeking simple technical brilliance, Andres puts all of this technique and vocabulary to use to create a dance that possesses musical richness, responding to the subtleties of each orchestra with great understanding and feeling.
A greatly sought-after teacher, Andres has taught in more than 70 cities worldwide, including Istanbul, Beirut, Warsaw, Gdansk, Moscow, Sydney, Brisbane, Belo Horizonte, Buenos Aires, San Francisco, Vancouver, Montreal, and New York, among many others. In 2008, Andres and his dance partner, Meredith Klein, founded the Philadelphia Argentine Tango School. These days, Andres splits his year between Philadelphia and the world, as he continues to travel worldwide to teach & perform.
Workshops
With Andres Amarilla and Aja Fenn
Join us for an afternoon of deep learning and exploration!
Andres and Aja will teach 2 workshops. Both workshops will be related but may be taken individually. The workshops will be followed by a rocking Practicalonga, DJd by Harvey Schwartz. Andres will be available to help and give tips during the Practica!
WORKSHOP 1: Universal dance concepts applied to tango technique.
WORKSHOP 2: Mastering the tango embrace for improved communication and connection.
Register now:
NOTE: Registration is required. as we will strive to have these workshops role-balanced!
Location: Severna Park Racquetball and Fitness Club (SPRFC), 8514 Veterans Hwy, Millersville, MD 21108.
Date and Time: Sunday, April 21st
Pricing: $70 for a full workshop pass (covers cost of both workshops). $40 à la carte. The Practicalonga is an additional $5 for workshop participants (cash in the box at the door. Venmo also accepted).
*A limited number of private lessons with Andres are available on a first come, first serve basis.
Monday class at Milonga Zandunga
Location: Capital Ballroom, 7800 Wisconsin Avenue (2nd Floor) Bethesda, MD 20814
Time: Monday April 22nd, 8 PM - 9:15 PM
Price: $20
No pre-registration required. More information can be found here.