A native of Buenos Aires who is regarded as one of the premiere teachers of Argentine tango, Florencia Taccetti has established a schedule of regular classes and workshops in Minneapolis/St. Paul. Between her extensive schedule of weekend workshops throughout North America, Florencia teaches classes on Wednesday and Thursday nights in Minneapolis. While she is resident in Minneapolis, Florencia also offers private lessons and unannounced group classes.
During each winter, Florencia takes a lengthy break teaching regular classes to return to Buenos Aires and recharge her porteña soul. While in Buenos Aires, Florencia dances in the milongas and works with some of her long-time friends, such as Gustavo Naveira. Florencia finds her returns to Buenos Aires inspiring, and she returns to Minneapolis/St. Paul ready to give the best of her porteña experience to taking her classes.
Florencia's Ongoing Classes
Intermediate/Advanced on Wednesdays
Beginning on Thursdays
Technique Intensives 2nd Saturday of Each Month
Milonga Intensives January 7 and 21, 2012
Florencia's Private Lessons
About Florencia
Florencia on YouTube
Contact Florencia
,
(612) 735-6579.
Intermediate/Advanced
Wednesdays — 8:00 to 9:45 p.m.
Vals Musicality
December 7-21
Pricing: $45 for three classes or $20 per class.
Full-time students and unemployed: 50% off
4 Seasons Dance
Studio
1637 Hennepin Ave. South
Minneapolis, MN 55403
(enter through the alley)
(Google
Map) (MapQuest).
Florencia's comments:
Vals rhythms and phrasing applied to very creative and fun combinations.
Rediscovering a nice, easy, beautiful and more solid connection in close embrace.
This fabulous video of Julio & Corrina will give you an idea about what we'll be working on. Of course, we'll do a lots of exercise to develop the unique kind of connection and quality of movement.
Florencia's Notes:
Intermediate/advanced classes are typically taught in a series with new topics introduced about every 4-6 weeks.
For more information about these classes:
contact
,
(612) 735-6579.
Beginning Tango
Thursdays — 8:00 to 9:45 p.m.
December 1-22
Pricing: $60 for four weeks
50% off for Full Time Students with student ID and unemployed.
4 Seasons Dance
Studio
1637 Hennepin Ave. South
Minneapolis, MN 55403
(enter through the alley)
(Google
Map) (MapQuest).
Florencia's comments:
Get off to a good start in learning Argentine tango. This
class will provide the foundation of tango starting with baby steps.
Florencia's Notes:
Thursday classes are typically taught in a series with new topics introduced about every 4-6 weeks.
For more information about these classes:
contact
,
(612) 735-6579.
Technique Intensives
Second Saturday of the Month (Leaders and Followers) — 2:00-3:30 p.m.
Open to Intermediate and Advanced Dancers Only
Before attending, contact
,
(612) 735-6579 to reserve a spot.
4 Seasons Dance
Studio
1637 Hennepin Ave. South
Minneapolis, MN 55403
(enter through the alley)
(Google
Map) (MapQuest).
Pricing: $25 by class.
50% off for Full Time Students with student ID or unemployed.
Florencia's comments:
I have a Saturday intensive on technique every 2nd Saturday of the month
to help the community as a whole. You don't need to be in my classes
in order to attend these seminars. They are open to all intermediate
and advanced tango dancers. Beginners should take my
Thursday night classes first in order to get an
introduction to tango. Classes are 90 minutes long.
Florencia's Notes:
For more information about the technique intensive seminars:
contact
,
(612) 735-6579.
Milonga Intensive
No Milonga Class in December
January 7 and 21 (Milonga Traspie) — 2:00-3:30 p.m.
Open to Intermediate and Advanced Dancers Only
Before attending, contact
,
(612) 735-6579 to reserve a spot.
4 Seasons Dance
Studio
1637 Hennepin Ave. South
Minneapolis, MN 55403
(enter through the alley)
(Google
Map) (MapQuest).
Pricing: $25 by class.
50% off for Full Time Students with student ID or unemployed.
Florencia's comments:
In January I will have a milonga traspie class on the 7th and 21st.
You don't need to be in my classes in order to attend these seminars. They
are open to intermediate and advanced tango dancers. Beginners should take
my Thursday night classes first in order to get an
introduction to tango. Classes are 90 minutes long.
Milonga is the maximum expression of happiness that you can find in dance. Tango has a very magical feeling but tends to be more melancholic, often referred to a "sad feeling that is danced." That's why when you go to a milonga, dancing to milonga and vals rhythms provide a great contrast that breaks the density of tango by itself.
In these classes I'm playing a wide range of milongas from "guardia vieja" (the oldest era), from the golden age (1940s and 1950s), some candombe, some of the newest electronic milongas, and folk fusion fresh from my recent visit to Argentina. I consider dancing to all these African-rooted rhythms a great exercise for opening our ears, soul and senses to the actual social and new Latin American realities.
Classes are 90 minutes long.
Watch You
Tube Video of Florencia Taccetti and Nick Jones dancing milonga at the Tango
de los Muertos Festival in Boston, November 2006.
Watch You
Tube Video of Pepito and Suzuki dancing milonga, November 1995
Watch You
Tube Video of Julio and Corina dancing milonga
Watch You
Tube Video of Chicho and Juana dancing milonga
Watch You
Tube Video of Leandro and Andrea dancing milonga
Florencia's Notes:
For more information about the Milonga seminars:
contact
,
(612) 735-6579.
You may be concern about technique, execution of certain steps, miscommunication with a partner, musicality, style, or anything that you feel are places where you would like to spend more time and experience more intensively than what you do in a group class.
A private lesson can be about any topic where you notice yourself weaker or not secure enough in your dance and you need to clear doubts. It is very common in the process of learning tango that people get confused and frustrated, and find the feedback from the practice partner is no longer helpful.
It is in moments like these when the teacher's advice can be very soothing and supportive.
The background of the teacher is important, of course, but more important is the teacher's talent to see what the student needs the most at each particular moment. Those needs are always different with each student. There is no formula that works for everybody. A teacher with enough experience may be able to unlock places where we all get stock when we are learning something very new an different for our bodies and souls.
It is also necessary to help with the cultural breakthrough that happens with everybody who decides to go deeper to learn this dance and many other disciplines too. It is important to welcome that moment and to breathe the transitions so you can allow transformation to happen.
In Florencia's case, she uses a number of of precious tools that she learned through her life as a dancer and a personal researcher that helped her expand her consciousness about tango and herself. Her experience includes many years of tango, ballet, modern dance, dance anatomy, Laban/Bartenieff movement analysis, eutonia, Iyengar Yoga, Zen and chanting meditation. She also has to thank many years of body pain and cancer experience that guided her to the new self she is today.
Florencia's fee for a private lesson in the United States is $100 for an hour plus the studio fee. Special packages are available for students in the Twin Cities and nearby communities that maintain continuity with Florencia's group classes.
A partner is preferable for private lessons. Florencia also offers semi-private lessons for groups that organize themselves.
To schedule private lessons in Minneapolis/St. Paul, please contact , (612) 735-6579.
Florencia began teaching tango in 1988 and has taught continuously since then—in Europe, Buenos Aires and North America. Since 1996, her teaching tours have included many cities in the United States. A clear and consistent teacher, Florencia is known for creating classes that convey great technique, musicality, and simple conceptual frameworks that allow dancers to learn to create their own steps and decorations.
Contact Florencia
,
(612) 735-6579.
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