Maximiliano "Gytano" Paradiso (Argentina)

15-21 Feb 2006

Maximiliano Gytano Paradiso (Home Page) is the first foreign instructor in Singapore for 2006.

Max comes from a stage tango background, appearing for three years in an off-Broadway production of the Thalia Spanish Theatre in USA.

He is currently living and working in New York. After spending the past month in Japan, Max is exploring Singapore and Malaysia next with his partner Yukako.

About Maximiliano and Yukako

Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Maximiliano grew up surrounded by tango, and studied with some of the most important teachers and performers, such as Nito & Elba, Omar Vega, los Dinzel, Pablo Veron, Mauricio Castro, becoming later an assistant to most of his teachers.

He has performed and taught in some of the most important tango events around the world, including the New York Tango Festival and the National Tango Day in Argentina, the Hollywood Bowl with the Los Angeles Philarmonic Orchestra, at the Bass Performance Hall of Fort Worth, Texas, at the Costa Mesa Performing Arts Center, and at the Lincoln Center Institute, NYC , and many others

He performed at the off broadway Thalia Spanish Theater for three years. In the musical Tangomania for the 2004 the show got an award winner season. Max and his partner Yukako are permanently enriching the NYC milongas with their tango exhibitions and exquisite dancing style.

Yukako Hayashi was born in Japan. She graduated from an acting school, and in 1998 completed a professional dance program at Watanabe Stage Jazz Center where she studied various dance styles, such as Modern, Ballet and Jazz under a well known teacher, Takashi Watanabe. She had been performed in several musicals and dance concerts, and came to New York in pursuit of her career as a professional dancer, then she meet Tango a year ago and she had been study intensively in Buenos Aires with many great teachers as Mauricio Castro, Carlos Gavito, Guillermina Quiroga, Osvaldo Zotto and Lorena Ermocida, Gustavo Naveira among others.

Teaching Schedule

Date	Time	Level*	Title	Venue
Thu 16/feb	7-8.30pm	BI	Crash Course I	RGS
Thu 16/feb	8.30-10pm	IA	Sacada	RGS
Fri 17/feb	7-8.30pm	IA	Improvisation I	SHM
Fri 17/feb	8.30-10pm	IA	Barrida	SHM
Sat 18/feb	1-2.30pm	IA	Improvisation II	RGS
Sat 18/feb	2.30-4pm	BIA	Women's Technique	RGS
Sat 18/feb	4-5.30pm	BIA	Milonga	RGS
Sun 19/feb	1-2.30pm	IA	Volcada & Colgada	RGS
Sun 19/feb	2.30-4pm	BIA	Men's Technique	RGS
Sun 19/feb	4-5.30pm	BIA	Connection	RGS
Mon 20/feb	7-8.30pm	BI	Crash Course II	RGS
Mon 20/feb	8.30-10pm	BIA	Close Embrace	RGS

*B=Beginner I=Intermediate A=Advanced

Tango Crash Course (2 sessions) for beginners or refreshers
-- recommended for everybody included new tango techniques for fast development
Close embrace (1 session) for all level
-- do everything without losing the contact of your partner's cheek recomended for romantics
Technique for Men (1 session) for all levels
-- become more attractive , self confident ,and a great leader be able to lead everybody
Technique for Women (1 session) for all levels
-- become great follower , develop great balance , be sexy , feminine and creative , includes embelishments, boleos ganchos, dynamics
Milonga (1 session) for all levels
-- loose your fear and dance milonga confidently.
improvisation 100% (2 sessions) for intermediate and advanced.
-- Do you feel stucked? Unleash your tango and create your own steps without copying anybody ganchos men and women , all sacadas
Connections (1 sessions) for intermediate advanced dancers.
-- tango without connection is a lousy dance . includes light embrace and mix combinations class after men and women's technique.
Advanced Topics (3 Sessions) technique and dynamics of new tango
-- colgadas - volcadas
-- barrida
-- sacada

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Details for Participants

Venue:
RGS = Raffles Girls School - Dance Studio
Anderson Road (off Stevens Road)
(Nearest MRT Station: Orchard)
Buses: 105, 132, 190
See map on right After entering the main gate, walk to the left towards the jogging tracks and netball courts. Cross the open space towards the tennis court, and the dance studio is on the ground floor.

SHM = Singapore History Museum - Bright Box
Level 3 Riverside Point
Merchant Road
(Nearest MRT Station: Clark Quay).

Price of each 90-minute group class:
   » $35 for adults and public
Please book your place well in advance. If there are still vacancies, you may also register at the door.

Discounts are available if you buy a season pass:
   » 4 classes = $132 (you save $2 per class, = 5.7% discount)
   » 8 classes = $256 (you save $3 per class, = 8.5% discount)
   » 12 classes = $372 (you save $4 per class, = 11.4% discount)
   » 16 classes = $480 (you save $5 per class, = 14.2% discount)
Season passes are valid for 6 months, and unused portion can be applied to subsequent workshops. Please note season passes are not refundable for cash.

Private tuitions are also available, at $120 per couple per hour (excluding the cost of studio rental, approximately $20 per hour). To book a slot, email info@tangoeast.com.

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To register, send an email to info@tangoeast.com with your details and the classes you wish to take. You may call 9637-3512 if you have questions. Payment should be made in cash or via cheques payable to TANGO EAST PTE LTD.