ARGENTINE TANGO
GISELA & SERGIO
FEB - JUN 2024
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What is Argentine Tango?
A unpredictable encounter between a man and a woman, a unique and privileged moment, an improvised dialogue in a two-player game, tender and violent—a solemn challenge to our creativity.Our work is aimed at discovering that tango, that floating, intense, and timeless movement of two bodies harmoniously united in space, ultimately merging into the same rhythmic motion, in a single and attentive harmony with the music.
A breeze of Buenos Aires in Ghent
Argentine Tango is a couple's dance, social, improvisational, sensual, and complex, with rules and codes, danced in an embrace. The primary rule is walking around the dance floor, counterclockwise. Milonga refers to both a style of music and the place where one dances, the ball, on a floor surrounded by tables.
Traditionally, in Buenos Aires and many milongas, the dance invitation occurs through conventional signs, mirada and cabeceo (exchanges of consents, prompting a controlled invitation). The evening is divided into Tandas: sets of four pieces by the same author or in the same style. Tandas are separated by Cortinas: a musical sequence during which dancers escort their partner back to their place. It often signals a partner change.
In tango, social class, age, or language spoken don't matter; the most important thing is the present, the here and now, in this improvised dance for two.
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Level 1
THURSDAY 20:00 - 21:00
Studio Art Deco 2 (1st floor)
€180/ €153 for students (-25j)
15 sessions
Language: FR/EN
* Free trial class on 22 February 2024Are you looking for a dance partner to join us or want information about our lessons, and more.?
Join the Shoonya Dance Forum and connect with our vibrant dance community!
*Please note that for the Argentine Tango classes, registration with a dance partner is required. -
Level 2/3
THURSDAY 21:00 - 22:00
Studio Art Deco 2 (1st floor)
€180/ €153 for students (-25j)
15 sessions
Language: FR/EN
* Free trial class on 22 February 2024
Are you looking for a dance partner to join us or want information about our lessons, and more.?Join the Shoonya Dance Forum and connect with our vibrant dance community!
*Please note that for the Argentine Tango classes, registration with a dance partner is required.
GISELA & SERGIO
Gisela Graef Marino, dancer
-Dance, being her absolute passion, leads her to explore other forms of art such as music, theater, and pantomime. She performs as an actress and dancer in these domains.
-In 1984, at a very young age, in Paris, she was one of the first to present Argentine Tango performances. She quickly rose to lead shows like "Libertango" and the troupe "Gomina" before being invited by Pablo Verón (an icon of tango) to be his partner at the "Folies Bergère" Theatre in Paris in 1994. -In 1995, she meets Sergio Molini.
Sergio Molini, dancer
-He joins Maurice Béjart's school in Brussels in 1985, sponsored by Jorge Donn.
-In 1988, he returns to Argentina to join the Ballet of "Teatro San Martin" in Buenos Aires. It's during this period that he becomes interested in Tango. In 1991, back in Belgium, he teaches Tango and organizes activities around this dance.
-Since their meeting, Gisela and Sergio decide to combine their talents to create their own Tango style and spread this art worldwide. Their style is based on the pursuit of harmony, fluidity, and balance as a pair.
In 1997, they establish the association "Brussel Tango," later renamed "Estación Tango," and create their own Tango school in Brussels.
