A place for inspiration, networking and dancing.
For participants attending the teacher training track, this program provides:
- Ideas for teaching disciplines and teaching styles
- In-depth learning about how to present “musicality” in a classroom
- Learning models and methods
- Kinesthetic training / body awareness
- Professional and peer presentations
- High-level dancing at milongas and practicas
Teacher Training Track Schedule
Note: All workshops, lunches, and dinners are located at DanceLife Ballroom
Teacher Training
Thursday
5:30 pm
Dinner/reception
7:30 PM
Workshop #1
- TEACHING MUSICALITY TO BEGINNERS:
- Where do I begin?
- Teacher: Tomás Howlin
9:30 PM
Welcome milonga
- TTC participants only
12:00 AM
end of first day
Friday
11:00 AM
workshop #2
- GOOD JOKES & TANGO SURPRISES
- Teacher: Homer & Cristina
1:00 PM
Lunch
2:00PM
WORKSHoP #3
- BEGINNER-ORIENTED MUSICALITY
- Teacher: Mitra Martin
3:30 pm
workshop #4
- RYTHM LANGUAGE and EXERCISES for TANGO TEACHERS
- Teacher: Korey Ireland
5:00 pm
Dinner
6:00 pm
workshop #5
- EMBODIMENT: MUSICAL EXPRESSION with the WHOLE TANGO-BODY
- Teacher: Tomás Howlin
8:00 pm
end of second day
9:30 pm
milonga alquimia
- This is a separate event.
- See the Milonga Schedule.
Saturday
11:00 am
workshop #6
- THE CONSTRUCTION OF MUSICAL GAMES
- (What are the ingredients of a good game? How can we direct these to defined, musicality-oriented, learning outcomes?)
- Teacher: Mitra Martin
1:00 PM
LUNCH
2:00 pm
workshop #7
- TBD
- Teacher:
3:30 pm
workshop #8
- PROMOTING A BALANCED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT of TRADITIONAL and ALTERNATIVE MUSIC
- Teacher: Homer & Cristina
5:00 pm
dinner
6:00 pm
workshop #9
- THE TANGO BLUEPRINT
- Teacher: Korey Ireland
8:00 PM
end of third day
9:00 PM
Milonga en el Alma
- This is a separate event.
- See the Milonga Schedule.
Sunday
11:00 AM
workshop #10
- LEARNING FORMATS for MUSICAL EXPLORATION
- Teacher: Mitra Martin
1:00 pm
lunch
2:00 PM
workshop #11
- SHAPESOUND DANCING:
- Expressing Musical Textures with Foot and Weight Placement.
- Teacher: Tomás Howlin
3:30 pm
break
4:00 pm
WORKSHOP #12
- EXPRESSIVE USE of OFF-AXIS MOVEMENTS
- Teacher: Homer & Cristina
5:30 pm
end of fourth day
6:00 pm
Super Practica
- This is a separate event.
- See the Milonga Schedule
9:30 PM
Tango 5400
- This is a separate event.
- See the Milonga Schedule
Monday
10:00 am
WORKSHOP #13
- OLD VERSUS NEW MUSICALITY
- Teacher: Korey Ireland
11:30 am
WORKSHOP #14
- SIGNIFICANCE of GENDER ROLES in MUSICAL EXPRESSION
- Teacher: Homer & Cristina
1:00 pm
lunch
2:00 pm
end of last day
