· Each workshop is 1 hour and half and is suitable for students of improver, intermediate and advanced level.
· During the 2 workshops, David and Kim will explore and develop specific themes. The ideal would be to take the two workshops together, however if you can only attend one of them, you will still find it beneficial and enjoyable. Where you can only attend the second workshop, David and Kim will ensure that you’re able to follow the material without any difficulty.
· No partner necessary
Schedule for Saturday the 10th of April:
16:30-18:00 Workshop A
18:30-20:00 Workshop B
20:30-02:00 Milonga
22:00 (aprox) Performance Show
Workshop A
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We will be exploring axis, posture & coordination of movement through a sequence based on the man's lead and the lady's response. Elements: lady's giro and man's planeo.
Workshop B
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We will be developing a new sequence focusing on adornments for the ladies and the man's lead and improvisation. Elements: Changes of direction with cadence.
For booking:
054-697-2859
About David and Kim
David Benitez and Kim Schwartz are a dynamic, young couple who met in Buenos Aires and set up their tango company, Tango Movement, in London in June 2007.
Since then, they have rapidly become recognised as one of the UK’s leading professionals, much requested for their performances and classes around the UK and beyond.
Their love of tango and for teaching is evident in every class that they give. They are unique in their focus on technique – from both the lady’s and the man’s perspective – and for the individual attention they offer to each and every one of their students.
Biography
Argentinean born David Benitez started his career as a ballet and contemporary dancer. He graduated from Buenos Aires’ premier dance school, San Martin, and worked in internationally renowned companies, such as the Contemporary San Martin Ballet and Maximiliano Guerra’s Mercosur Ballet. He turned to tango when his ballet company danced in a show with tango diva, Mora Godoy. Since then, he has toured with top companies such as Tanguera, Ana Maria Stekelman’s Tangokinesis and Miguel Angel Zotto’s famous Tango Por Dos, touring Italy, Switzerland, Israel and London’s very own Sadlers Wells.
Kim Schwartz’s passion for tango was such that she moved to Buenos Aires where for four years she immersed herself in the world of tango, studying with some of the world’s most renowned maestros. She was the first Brit to perform in Buenos Aires tango shows – including La Cumparsita, Chiquilin Tango and Tango Real (in the Mansion Dandi) – and to teach tango in the famous Confitería Ideal and the Mansion Dandi Royal. Her time in Buenos Aires has given her the deepest respect for and understanding of the tango, its culture and traditions, which is evident both in her dancing and her teaching.
What the Critics Say ...
“... performing their scorching exhibition numbers, the couple are powerful exponents of a magnetic dance form ... with chemistry oozing from every pore.” - Jeffery Taylor, The Sunday Express
"Tango Por Dos dancer David Benitez and his British partner Kim Schwartz delivered stunning foot and legwork, which melded with a sensuality and a range of emotions which seemed to far exceed their youth ... underscored by an almost divine connection - to each other as partners, and to the music." - Dance Now magazine
“... the night belonged to the stunning performances by David Benitez & Kim Schwartz ... this duo demonstrated what the magic of dancing tango is all about - four feet, two hearts and a dance floor melting into an almost spiritual union - and they showed that that could be achieved not just in the drama of the sexiest steps but just as much in the simplest moves when executed with the utmost elegance" - thisisnottingham.co.uk
You can read more on David & Kim by clicking on the following link:
http://www.tangomovement.com/about_us.htm
To see David Benitez & Kim Schwartz dancing:
http://www.tangomovement.com/gallery.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AG5FX71cDNg&feature=related
