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Best of Westchester

NYTangoMan — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 07:08:27 -0700

Next Milonga on Saturday August 21st

Carlyn Milonga

Saturday,August 21st

8pm to 12am

$15

(and every third Saturday)

www.carlosandlynntango.com

(Hosted by Carlos and Lynn)

~Beautiful,3,500 foot,wood floor

~Ample Parking

~Really terrific music (everyone says so)

~Welcoming atmosphere
~Refreshments and snacks

~Raffles

Beginner lesson 7:30

Intermediate lesson 9:30

Milonga (Dancing) 8:00-12:00

SMITHS DANCING SCHOOL

www.smithsdancingschool.com

26 Broadway Avenue, Hawthorne, NY

Phone: (914) 747-6286

Questions? Please contact Carlos or Lynn at

(914) 725-3023 or (914) 484-5101

E-mail: sampelayo@optonline.net

Dear Friends,

It is our belief that Argentine Tango has, among many, two important and distinctive elements:

One is the footwork (mechanics) and the other is the style with which one executes the footwork.

In the view of some, the style can take a long time. Some believe that you have to "walk" for at least a year and do "ochos" for six months. Boleos and Ganchos must be executed for perhaps a couple of years before you can dance.

We concentrate first on the footwork and secondly, on the style. We strongly believe that if you can start dancing quickly, you can then start enjoying dancing tango and will be able to concentrate on improving your style.

To teach the footwork we have developed a "building blocks" technique using seven essential steps needed to efficiently navigate the floor. A good beginner student can learn two or three steps in one hour and will be dancing in just a few hours of instruction.

The satisfaction of many students and word of mouth, have resulted in my being featured in "The Westchester Magazine" as the Best Argentine Tango Teacher in Westchester, NY. I am surprised, honored and humbled by such an article.

Follow the links below to see the article and the video and many thanks to all who made it possible.

http://www.westchestermagazine.com/Westchester-Magazine/July-2010/Services/

and a video at:

http://www.westchestermagazine.com/Westchester-Magazine/July-2010/Meet-Our-Best-of-Westchester-2010-Winners/

Carlos Sampelayo

Smiths Dancing School

26 Broadway, Hawthorne, NY

Here are some Pictures of the last workshop - Women Embellishments - June 19, 2010

You can watch the performances here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxlH5QvHe18

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFpXWG-QnMI&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTIFbIiDNmA

Milonga June 19th, 2010

NYTangoMan — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 21:09:01 -0700

Save the date June 19
Carlyn Milonga

Carlos and Lynn are happy to present,

For the First Time in Westchester....

Rebecca Shulman and Evan Griffiths

"Smiths Dancing School"

26 Broadway, Hawthorne, NY

Special guests Rebecca Shulman and Evan Griffiths will be teaching two workshops as well as giving a performance during the evening. See their videos below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ-g_vEZ0xM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lz6W0v8ruuI&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUmBtfWijL0&feature=related

Scroll Down for their Bios

Schedule

3:45 to 5:15pm 1-1/2 hour workshop covering.

"Figures, including Women's Boleos and learning to lead them"

There are many instances where a good leader can lead the follower to excecute

a boleo. The leader first has to determine the best moment within the figure for

the boleo to take place and then he needs to know when and how to effectively

lead the follower to generate the boleo. This is the technique all leaders and followers

will learn.

5:30 to 7:00 pm 1-1/2 hour workshop covering

"Learn to incorporate Women's Embellishments and learn how to lead them"

Embellishments are the most beautiful figures the follower can add to her steps to

make her dancing unique. Embellishments are what we all admire in the way a woman

dances. Embellishments can be lead or can be created by the follower when she can

excecute them without hindering the flow of the dance. Leaders - Learn when and how to lead them.

Followers - Learn when to incorporate an embellishment.

7:00 - 8:00 pm - Dinner Break - we will provide you with a list of restaurants in the area.
8:00 - 12 pm - At 8:00 the dancing will begin.
9:30 pm - At 9:30 we will enjoy a fantastic performance given by our instructors.
There will be refreshments and special snacks as well as a number of raffle prizes.

The charge for each workshop is $25.

The charge for the milonga alone will be the usual $15

Two workshops $50 with free admission to the milonga

Rebecca Shulman

Rebecca Shulman has been affiliated with Dance Manhattan since 1994 helping develop the school's extensive Argentine tango program and curricula. Born in New York City, Rebecca studied classical ballet all her life and Contact Improvisation and yoga since 1993.

Her tango career began in 1991 with Daniel Trenner, with whom she began to perform and to visit Buenos Aires. Her Tango teachers include Mingo and Esther Pugliese, Gustavo Naveira and Olga Besio, Tete and Maria, Juan Bruno, and Antonio Todaro. She has performed with the finest dancers of her generation, and given workshops across the U.S. Students everywhere seek Rebecca's clear instruction on improvisation, technique, adornments, and musicality. For four years Rebecca taught and translated for Stanford University's Tango Week. In 1998 she taught at the Montreal Festival and for several weeks in Istanbul, Turkey. She has produced half a dozen popular instructional videos, available through Bridge to the Tango.

Rebecca is a co-founder and artistic director of TangoMujer, an all-women dance company which performed at Symphony Space and Town Hall in New York, and at the Podewil Theatre in Berlin in 1998. In 1999, TangoMujer received a National Dance Production grant from New England Foundation for the Arts, which sent the company on tour to seven cities in the 2000-2001 season. In 2003 TangoMujer performed at Jacob’s Pillow, Denver Tango Festival, Queens Theatre in the Park, and University of Maryland. In May 2005 they took their show to the Tanzhaus in Dusseldorf, and in 2006 they were a part of Leading Ladies of Tango. (visit www.tangomujer.org)

In January 2002, Rebecca cohosted Bridge to the Tango's visit to Havana, Cuba, teaching tango to Cubans as part of a cultural exchange. In March she danced at the grand opening of the spring season of the Autostadt in Wolfsburg, Germany. That summer Rebecca was honored for 11 years of contribution to tango in the U.S. In February 2003 she performed in "Swango: the Fusion" and in "Avantango" at Town Hall. In 2004 she gave workshops in Seattle, Portland, Baltimore and Northampton. In 2006 Jaimes Friedgen and Rebecca started the tango scene in Bombay. 2007 saw her teaching at festivals in Denver, San Francisco, Ann Arbor, and St. Louis.

More than a dozen of New York's current tango teachers are Rebecca's former students. Her dance partners after Daniel have included Omar Vega, Metin Yazir, Constantin Rueger, and Evan Griffiths. Every Monday night she hosts and dj's the largest milonga in New York, Luna, which has been running at Dance Manhattan for over twelve years.

Evan Griffiths

Evan is one of the finest dancers, teachers, musicians, and DJs in the US tango scene. He’s a beautiful exciting performer, and an irreplaceable social dancer. Sometimes quiet and incredibly subtle, sometimes drastically daring and mad fast, his dancing is always precise, intense, and intimate. As a teacher he says various brilliant things; he is also an astonishingly good follower, and his musicality is just beyond.

Evan has been dancing tango since 1998 and teaching since 2001. His more influential teachers include: Elizabeth Wartluft and Greg Estes in Eugene, Daniel Trenner, Christopher Nassopoulos, and from Buenos Aires: Luciana Valle, Mariano "Chicho" Frumboli, Fabian Salas, Guillermo Merlo and Fernanda Ghi, Susana Miller, Florencia Taccetti, Hugo Patyn and Miriam Larici, Carlos and Maria Rivarola, Rodolfo "El Chino" Aguerrodi, Norberto "El Pulpo" Esbres and Luiza Paes. He has assisted Susana Miller in classes, and has taught and performed with Luciana Valle, Alex Krebs, Rebecca Shulman, and Florencia Taccetti.

Evan studied classical piano for twelve years growing up, and studied music in college. He has been playing tango piano now for the last seven years, and the passion for it has become a major part of his life. Evan plays often with Conjunto Berretin and with the big festival orchestras, and coaches other musicians on how to give tangos the vigor and swing that dancers love.

See Evan performing with Alex Krebs on Alex’s website: tangoberretin.com

Carlyn Milonga

Saturday, June 19 (and every third Saturday)

www.carlosandlynntango.com

(Hosted by Carlos and Lynn)

May 15 - Luis Bianchi and Daniela Pucci

NYTangoMan — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 21:17:39 -0700

Exciting Milonga

May 15!

26 Broadway, Hawthorne, NY

We are very happy to announce our plans for a wonderful May milonga.

Special guests Luis Bianchi and Daniela Pucci will be teaching two workshops of 1-½ hours each (one tango and the second milonga). There will also be a performance during the evening. Luis and Daniella are returning by popular request. See their videos below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igDeJDP5o3s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8W84eqJKQs&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qvq-p1ESXh8&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dlp-IEBmoRE&feature=related

To gild the lily, Ilene Marder (La Rubia del Norte) will DJ that evening.

Two wonderful workshops: one for Tango and one for Milonga

Tango:

Leaders and followers will learn the importance of balance and timing in order to properly execute a figure and enable them to create their very own figures.
Leaders will learn the importance of waiting for the follower to respond to the lead.
Figures will be taught to encourage practicing these skills.

Milonga:

Learn the difference between Milonga Lisa and Milonga Traspié.
Learn basic and new steps and figures used for Lisa and for Traspié and when to use them.
Most importantly learn to mix the two styles and create your own milonga figures.

3:45 - 5:15 pm - The tango workshop will begin at 3:45 with a one-and-a- half hour workshop (Int/Adv) led by Luis and Daniela.

5:30 - 7:00 pm - The milonga workshop will also be Intermediate/Advanced level.

7:00 - 8:00 pm - Dinner Break - we will provide you with a list of restaurants in the area.

8:00 - 12 pm - At 8:00 the dancing will begin with the wonderful music of Ilene Marder as DJ.

9:30 pm - At 9:30 we will enjoy a performance given by our instructors.

There will be refreshments and special snacks as well as a number of raffle prizes.

The charge for each workshop is $25.

The charge for the milonga alone will be the usual $15

Two workshops $50 with free admission to the milonga

Carlyn Milonga

Saturday, May 15 (and every third Saturday)

www.carlosandlynntango.com

(Hosted by Carlos and Lynn)

Milonga April 17th

NYTangoMan — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 19:37:32 -0700

Join Us To Experience How Argentine Tango is Danced Today

and by popular demand we will have HECTOR SCOTTI as our DJ

Carlyn Milonga

Saturday, April 17 (and every third Saturday)

www.carlosandlynntango.com

(Hosted by Carlos and Lynn)

Dance Argentine Tango in Hawthorne, NY,

All levels of dancers are welcome to join us

with or without a partner.

Come to Our Wonderful Location!

~Beautiful,3,500 foot,wood floor

~Ample Parking

~Really terrific music (everyone says so)

~Welcoming atmosphere

~Refreshments and snacks

~Raffles

Beginner lesson 7:30

Intermediate lesson 9:30

Milonga (Dancing) 8:00-12:00

SMITHS DANCING SCHOOL

www.smithsdancingschool.com

26 Broadway Avenue, Hawthorne, NY

Phone: (914) 747-6286

Questions? Please contact Carlos or Lynn at

(914) 725-3023 or (914) 484-5101

E-mail: sampelayo@optonline.net

January 16th Milonga

NYTangoMan — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 16:35:46 -0800

Christmas in January!

Join us for our Holiday Dance (which was cancelled in December). Special Raffles and refreshments!

Carlyn Milonga

Saturday, January 16 (and every third Saturday)

www.carlosandlynntango.com

(Hosted by Carlos and Lynn)

Dance Argentine Tango in Hawthorne, NY,

All levels of dancers are welcome to join us

with or without a partner.

Come to Our Wonderful Location!

~Beautiful,3,500 foot,wood floor

~Ample Parking

~Really terrific music (everyone says so)

~Welcoming atmosphere

~Refreshments and snacks

~Raffles

Beginner lesson 7:30

Intermediate lesson 9:30

Milonga (Dancing) 8:00-12:00

SMITHS DANCING SCHOOL

www.smithsdancingschool.com

26 Broadway Avenue, Hawthorne, NY

Phone: (914) 747-6286

Questions? Please contact Carlos or Lynn at

(914) 725-3023 or (914) 484-5101

E-mail: sampelayo@optonline.net

DIRECTIONS:
By TrainGrand Central Station Metro North – Harlem Line to Hawthorne. Cross over to the other side of the tracks. Studio is behind the train station.

From CT

1.- Take I-95 S toward N.Y.C (Crossing into NEW YORK).

2.- Take I-287 West exit, EXIT 21, toward White Plains/Tappan Zee Bridge

3.- Merge onto I-287 W/Cross Westchester Expy.

4.- Take EXIT 3 toward Sprain Brook Pkwy./NY City/Taconic Pkwy.

5.- Merge onto Sprain Brook Pkwy N via the exit on the LEFT toward Taconic Pkwy..

( Sprain Brook Pkwy. N becomes Taconic Pkwy N.)

6.- Take the exit toward RT-141/RT-9A/Hawthorne.

7.- Turn LEFT onto W Cross St.

8.- Go straight at the light onto Broadway.

9.- End at 26 Broadway Hawthorne, NY 10532-1271

From Tappan Zee

1.- Take EXIT 8A toward SAW MILL PKWY NORTH/RT-119/ELMSFORD.

2.- Merge onto SAW MILL PKWY N/SAW MILL RIVER PKWY N via the exit on the LEFT toward KATONAH.

3.- Take the RT-9A exit, EXIT 25, toward RT-100/HAWTHORNE

4.- Turn LEFT onto NY-9A N/SAW MILL RIVER RD S.

5.- Take the RT-100 ramp toward RT-141/BRONX RIVER PKY.

6.- Keep LEFT at the fork to go on BROADWAY.

7.- Turn SLIGHT LEFT to stay on BROADWAY.

8.- End at 26 Broadway Hawthorne, NY 10532-1271

From SPRAIN going North

1.- Get on to The SPRAIN BROOK PKWY N.

2.- SPRAIN BROOK PKWY N becomes TACONIC STATE PKWY N.

3.- Take the exit toward RT-141/RT-9A/HAWTHORNE.

4.- Turn LEFT onto W CROSS ST.

5.- Go straight onto BROADWAY.

6.- End at 26 Broadway Hawthorne, NY 10532-1271

_From Saw Mill Pkwy going South

1.- Take the MANVILLE RD exit, EXIT 29, toward PLEASANTVILLE

2.- Turn LEFT onto MANVILLE RD/NY-117

3.- Turn RIGHT onto BEDFORD RD/NY-117.

4.- Merge onto NY-100 S/NY-9A S/SAW MILL RIVER RD via the ramp on the LEFT.

5.- Take the RT-100 ramp toward RT-141.

6.- Keep LEFT at the fork to go on BROADWAY.

7.- Turn SLIGHT LEFT to stay on BROADWAY.

8.- End at 26 Broadway Hawthorne,

From Saw Mill Pkwy going North

1.- Take the RT-9A exit, EXIT 25, toward RT-100/HAWTHORNE.

2.- Turn LEFT onto NY-9A N/SAW MILL RIVER RD S.

3.- Take the RT-100 ramp toward RT-141/BRONX RIVER PKY.

4.- Keep LEFT at the fork to go on BROADWAY

5.- Turn LEFT to stay on BROADWAY

6.- End at 26 Broadway Hawthorne, NY 10532-1271

From TACONIC going south

1.- Take the RT-100/RT-133 exit toward BRIARCLIFF

MANOR/MILLWOOD.

2.- Turn LEFT onto NY-100 S/SAW MILL RIVER RD.

3.- Take the RT-100 ramp toward RT-141

4.- Keep LEFT at the fork to go on BROADWAY

3.- Turn LEFT to stay on BROADWAY.

6.- End at 26 Broadway Hawthorne, NY 10532-1271

From Route 9A going south._,_

1.- Take the RT - 100 ramp toward RT - 141

2.- Keep left at the fork to go on BRODWAY

3.- Turn left to stay on BROADWAY

4.- 26 will be on your right

Ivan Terrazas and Sara Grdan Workshop and Performance

NYTangoMan — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:43:02 -0700

Exciting Holiday Milonga

November 21!

We are very happy to announce our plans for a wonderful December milonga.

The evening will begin at 7:00 with a one hour workshop led by Ivan Terrazas and Sara Grdan who are amazing instructors and performers.

www.feraltango.com

At 8:00 the dancing will begin.

At 9:30 we will have a fantastic show given by our instructors.

There will be special refreshments and snacks as well as a number of raffle prizes.

The charge for the workshop with free admission to the milonga is $25.

The charge for the milonga alone will be the usual $15.

.Carlyn Milonga

(Hosted by Carlos and Lynn)

November 21

Dance Argentine Tango in Hawthorne, NY,

All levels of dancers are welcome to join us with or without a partner.

Come to Our Wonderful, New, Location!

Note: There will be no beginner class this month.

~Beautiful,3,500 foot,wood floor

~Ample Parking

~Really terrific music

(everyone says so)

~Welcoming atmosphere

~Refreshments and snacks

SMITHS DANCING SCHOOL

www.smithsdancingschool.com

26 Broadway Avenue, Hawthorne, NY

Phone: (914) 747-6286

Questions? Please contact Carlos or Lynn at

(914) 725-3023 or (914) 484-5101

E-mail: sampelayo@optonline.net

Next Milonga April 18th, 2009

NYTangoMan — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:49:48 -0800

Carlyn Milonga
(Hosted by Carlos and Lynn Sampelayo)

The only uninterrupted

Milonga in Westchester since 2001

We have a milonga every third Saturday

NEXT MILONGA

August 15

Dance Argentine Tango in Hawthorne, NY,

All levels of dancers are welcome to join us with or without a partner.

Come to Our Wonderful, New,New, Location!

Take advantage of a half-hour complementary Introduction to Argentine Tango for those who would like to know more or need a refresher. Class begins at 7:30.

Milonga - 8:00 until 12:00 -admission $15

~Beautiful,3,500 foot,wood floor

~Ample Parking

~Really terrific music

~Welcoming atmosphere

~Refreshments and snacks

~Intermediate lesson at 9:30

SMITHS DANCING SCHOOL
www.smithsdancingschool.com
26 Broadway Avenue, Hawthorne, NY

Phone: (914) 747-6286

Questions? Please contact Carlos or Lynn at

(914) 725-3023 or (914) 484-5101

E-mail: sampelayo@optonline.net

Special Workshop January 24 and 25

NYTangoMan — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 14:33:54 -0800

Tango Under the Tent

In conjunction with

Carlos and Lynn Sampelayo

Presents

Daniela Pucci and Luis Bianchi

January 24 and 25, 2009

SMITHS DANCING SCHOOL

www.smithsdancingschool.com

26 Broadway, Hawthorne, NY

Phone: (914) 747-6286

Questions? Please contact Carlos or Lynn at

(914) 725-3023 or (914) 484-5101

E-mail: sampelayo@optonline.net

Total Package - $75 per person before January1, 2009

($90

Classes - $20 each before Jan. 1, ($25 after December 31)

Milonga and Performance - $15

Payment;

by paypal at tangounderthetent.com,

by check; Mail to Gerald Neri, 43 Greycourt Road, Chester, NY 10918

at door

Program

Saturday, January 24, 2009

2:00 – 3:30 PM Sacadas and weight transfers

3:45 – 5:15 PM Colgadas; simple and complex

7:30 – 12 Pm Milonga (Performance at 9 PM)

Sunday, January 25, 2009

12 :00– 1:30 PM Giros; Simple and Complex

1:45 – 3:00 PM Enrosques and rear sacadas

Click here for directions to Smith's Dancing School

Great Milonga on Saturday 20, 2008

NYTangoMan — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 21:49:11 -0800

Dear Friends,

What a wonderful milonga we had last night! First there was an interesting and inspiring workshop with Ivan Terrazas and Sara Grdn. Later we were thrilled by their dynamic performance. Throughout the evening, there was lots of dancing to a great variety of tango, vals and milonga music with a sprinkling of salsa.

Congratulations to the lucky winners of eight raffle prizes.

Finally, thanks to the 55 tangueros who attended our holiday party despite the threat of further bad weather. Our milongas are only as good as our dancers - YOU.

Happy Hanukkah, Merry Christmas, and a Very Happy New Year!

Group taking the workshop

Next Milonga December 20 - Workshop and performance

NYTangoMan — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:04:38 -0800

Exciting Holiday Milonga

Saturday December 20

We are very happy to announce our plans for a wonderful December milonga.

You can drive or take the train from Grand Central

The evening will begin at 7:00 with a one hour workshop led by Iván Terrazas and Sara Grdan who are amazing instructors and performers.

www.feraltango.com

At 8:00 the dancing will begin.

At 9:30 we will have a fantastic performance given by our instructors Iván and Sara.

There will be holiday refreshments and snacks as well as a number of raffle prizes.

The charge for the workshop with free admission to the milonga is $25.

The charge for the milonga alone will be the usual $15.

Carlyn Milonga

(Hosted by Carlos and Lynn)

December 20

Dance Argentine Tango in Hawthorne, NY,

SMITHS DANCING SCHOOL

www.smithsdancingschool.com

26 Broadway Avenue, Hawthorne, NY

Phone: (914) 747-6286

Questions? Please contact Carlos or Lynn at

(914) 725-3023 or (914) 484-5101

E-mail: sampelayo@optonline.net

Iván Terrazas and Sara Grdan

Dances (Milongas) - We moved to a wonderful new venue

NYTangoMan — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:55:44 -0800

We have a milonga every month on the third Saturday - 8:00 to 12:00PM. Free class at 7:30. Refreshments are served. The milonga is held at the Smiths Dancing School, 26 Broadway, Hawthorne NY 10532.

The studio has a club-like atmosphere with a very large, wood floor. The music is great and the people very friendly. Come with or without a partner. - Call 914-725-3023 or the studio at: 914-747-6286

Doing the tango improves the brain

NYTangoMan — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:00:42 -0800

Doing the tango improves the aging brain

Nov. 24, 2005

USA TODAY

The sultry moves of Argentine tango dancing can help the aging brain. McGill researchers have discovered that the fancy footwork required to perform the tango bolsters brainpower and improves balance.

With Canada's growing aging population, this news is music to health professionals' ears. About one-third of the elderly population in Canada experiences a fall each year and 40 percent of hospital admissions of this age group are due to fall-related injuries. Statistics show that 71 percent of seniors over the age of 65 live alone, and many spend more than seven hours a day without any social contact. This isolation, coupled with the normal aging process, can lead to cognitive decline.

This is where tango steps in. "Our findings suggest that tango may be better than walking for improving the execution of complex tasks and the ability to move within a restricted area

without losing one's footing," says McGill University School of Physical and Occupational Therapy professor Patricia McKinley.

For the study, funded by the Drummond Foundation, researchers recruited 30 seniors from Cummings Jewish Senior centre, aged 62 to 90. All were healthy individuals who had experienced a fall within the last year and had developed a fear of falling. Half the group was assigned to take tango lessons and the other half to a walking group. Each group met for two hours twice a week for ten weeks at the Constance Lethbridge Rehabilitation Centre. The tango group showed more improvement in balance, posture and motor coordination, as well as cognitive gains, than the walking group. They also performed significantly better than the walking group at performing a complex cognitive task while walking, standing on one foot, or turning in confined spaces.
"Tango dancing is an ideal leisure activity for this population," says McKinley. "It satisfies three basic requirements for exercise adherence: it's fun, it's a group activity, and it has a tangible goal that can be perceived not only by the dancer, but by his or her family and friends."

Source: McGill University