Program & Schedule

Celebrate the New Year at Chicago’s most popular tango destination with the most festive and entertaining holiday dinner and milonga of the year.

ATI’s New Year Tango Extravaganza!

Embrace the tango ambiance and the dynamic energy as you dance and ring in the New Year with friends at our New Year’s Eve Gala Dinner Milonga!

Delight in exclusive performances by top stars of tango and continue the tradition of welcoming the New Year in the most passionate and vibrant way - dancing the Tango.

Make enriching your tango skills one of your main 2010 New Year’s resolutions.

Start your year off on the right foot at our New Year Tango Extravaganza, with workshops taught by:

Fernanda Ghi & Guillermo Merlo

And

Jorge Torres with Elizabeth Olivera

The weekend workshop series will include 18 workshops, three milongas and the New Year’s Eve Celebration, Gala Dinner-Milonga.

Join Fernanda Ghi & Guillermo Merlo and Jorge Torres w/ Elizabeth Olivera for a New Year Tango Extravaganza! Start your year off on the right foot with our weekend workshops taught by some of the best tango dancers in the country, Fernanda & Guillermo and Jorge assisted by Elizabeth.

Kiss 2009 Goodbye and Embrace 2010 Dancing Tango!

Intensive Tango Immersion “Take Your Tango to the Next Level” Workshop Series Jan 1 – Jan 3

Fernanda & Guillermo will be introducing their unique new 3-day, 6 hour workshop series devoted to improving the solid intermediate and advanced tango dancer’s overall dance. Their new curriculum focuses on the complete dancer, dance concepts, movement mechanics and artistic expression, not on one element or movement.

There is limited space for this rigorous six hour workshops series, for the serious dancer only.

CLICK HERE FOR COMPLETE DETAILS ON THIS SPECIAL WORKSHOPS

Dinner Program

New Year’s Eve Celebration Dinner Extravaganza (Limited Seating Capacity)

Full dinner buffet including: appetizers, soup, salad, roast, salmon, sweet table, after dinner liqueurs & champagne! BYOW&B

9:00 pm Reception - hors d’oeuvres served

9:30 pm Pre-dinner performances by Fernanda & Guillermo and Jorge Torres & Elizabeth Olivera

10:00 pm NYE Dinner & Milonga

11:00 pm New Year’s Eve Milonga Only (does not include dinner)

WORKSHOPS = 18 TOTAL

Friday, January 1, 2010

Six Workshops

Saturday, January 2, 2010

Six Workshops

Sunday, January 3, 2010

Six Workshops

Click here to download workshops and topics

For more information call: 312-733-6324
Or e-mail: info@americantangoinstitute.com
Or visit our website: www.americantangoinstitute.com

NEW YEAR TANGO EXTRAVAGANZA JAN 1 - JAN 3
FRIDAY JAN 1	SATURDAY JAN 2	SUNDAY JAN 3
1:30 - 3:30 PM ATI - Pugliese - Piazzolla Room Intermediate +, Advanced Fernanda & Guillermo Intensive Tango Immersion “Take Your Tango to the Next Level” Workshop Series - Class 1	1:30 - 3:30 PM ATI - Pugliese - Piazzolla Room Intermediate +, Advanced Fernanda & Guillermo Intensive Tango Immersion “Take Your Tango to the Next Level” Workshop Series - Class 2	1:30 - 3:30 PM ATI - Pugliese - Piazzolla Room Intermediate +, Advanced Fernanda & Guillermo Intensive Tango Immersion “Take Your Tango to the Next Level” Workshop Series - Class 3
2:00 3:30 PM ATI - Cirque Room ALL LEVELS Jorge Torres & Elizabeth Olivera Controlling and Improving the Balance for Men & Women	2:00 3:30 PM ATI - Cirque Room ALL LEVELS Jorge Torres & Elizabeth Olivera Floor Navigation and Changes of Direction & Dynamics	2:00 3:30 PM ATI - Cirque Room ALL LEVELS Jorge Torres & Elizabeth Olivera Boleos & Circular Movements
4:00 - 5:30 PM ATI - Cirque Room	4:00 - 5:30 PM ATI - Cirque Room	4:00 - 5:30 PM ATI - Cirque Room
INTERMEDIATE Fernanda & Guillermo	INTERMEDIATE Fernanda & Guillermo	ADVANCED Fernanda & Guillermo
Turns with Displacements for Vals & Tango	The Man Leads but Also Follows - initiating & communicating movement & waiting for response	Connecting Variations of Colgadas
4:00 - 5:30 PM ATI - Pugliese - Piazzolla Room	4:00 - 5:30 PM ATI - Pugliese - Piazzolla Room	4:00 - 5:30 PM ATI - Pugliese - Piazzolla Room
ADVANCED Jorge Torres & Elizabeth Olivera	ADVANCED Jorge Torres & Elizabeth Olivera	ADVANCED Jorge Torres & Elizabeth Olivera
Rulos & Agujas Rule!	Enrosques Technique & Variations	Back Sacadas w/ Giros
6:00 - 7:30 PM ATI - Pugliese - Piazzolla Room	6:00 - 7:30 PM ATI - Pugliese - Piazzolla Room	6:00 - 7:30 PM ATI - Pugliese - Piazzolla Room
ALL LEVELS Fernanda & Guillermo	ADVANCED Fernanda & Guillermo	ALL LEVELS Fernanda & Guillermo
Understanding the Importance of Both Roles in Tango – you can’t have one without the other	Combinations with Multiple Ganchos & Rebotes – (Hooks & Rebounds)	Techniques for Elegant Walking and Crossing
6:00 - 7:30 PM ATI - Cirque Room	6:00 - 7:30 PM ATI - Cirque Room	6:00 - 7:30 PM ATI - Cirque Room
INTERMEDIATE Jorge Torres & Elizabeth Olivera	INTERMEDIATE Jorge Torres & Elizabeth Olivera	ADVANCED Jorge Torres & Elizabeth Olivera
“Milonguero’s Turn”, Turns on the Beat & Half-Beat	Vals – Striking Changes of Direction	Chic Colgada Combinations