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Pedro Arandia and
Anabela Brogioli
(Argentina)

6-12/Nov 2007 @ Abrazos
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Pedro Arandia ( tangomate.com ) is one of the more well known tango teacher in Western Australia. Born in Argentina, he has lived in Perth since 1999, running his tango school , and organising milongas, shows, and tours to Buenos Aires. He is the producer of the Austango festival and the coordinator of the Australian-qualifying rounds of the World Tango Championship.

Biography

Pedro Arandia started dancing in 1991 and has studied Tango extensively with the great masters of tango such as Mingo Pugliese (in San Telmo), Pepito Avellaneda, Antonio Todaro and Carlos and Rosa Pérez (Villa Urquiza style at Sunderland club). Also he studied and working together with Gabriel Angio and Natalia Games, Sergio Cortazzo and Gachi Fernandez. He started dancing professionally in 1994 at the international well know Academia Nacional del Tango in Argentina hosted by Horacio Ferrer (Astor Piazzolla poet). He has danced with famous orchestras such as Osvaldo Pugliese (at Gracias maestro! movie 1994), El Arranque (with Alejandra Holbert) and Alberto Castillo. He brought spectacular and creative tango shows to Perth. He is the tango dancer at His Majesty's theatre since 2001 and teach Tango at Western Australian University since 2000, Curtain University and TAFE.

Arandia is a passionate and exciting young dancer and choreographer, who has directed and performed in his own Tango dance productions, notably "Tango Cabaret" (2002), "Tango Takes 2" (2003) Tango Evolution (2004) "Tango Nuevo" (2005) and "Tango Art" (2006) and "A night of tango" (2007) at His Majesty's Theatre (Perth) Cremorne Theatre (Brisbane) and Forum Theatre (Melbourne). He has taught and performed in all the major cities of Australia as well as England, Switzerland, Italy, Germany and Argentina between 1996- 1999.

Pedro's vision is to create a genuine bridge between Argentina and Australia where people can learn and appreciate Argentine Tango, Latin-American culture and heritage. He has very strong relationships with artists: dancers and musicians from Argentina, interstate and overseas. Arandia continues to organise shows and visits to W.A. by the best and most famous Tango artists in the world. This maintains a regular interchange of ideas, skills and experience, to improve and inspire everyone in Australia.

Currently Pedro is working at Boca Tango show in Buenos Aires as a dancer, he is also doing new painting, prints and sculptures at his studio in SanTelmo (BA) he just released an international new clothing brand: Tangomatemoda with brands in ARG, AUS and ENG and finally he just finish a tango documentary movie called "Buenos Aires Tango Night" (available on DVD).

Pedro's Motto is "If you want: you can" he came from a very humble origin, as a total artist he work harder to improve he's multiples talents to provide good art to the world.

Anabela Denise Brogioli was born in Lanús West, Buenos Aires in 1985. At 11 years-old age she begins her tango studies with Walter Gómez. Then she integrates the municipal ballet and participates in "Torneos Juveniles Tango Bonaerenses", obtaining in 1999 gold medal in the category "soloist non traditional-category A", and silver medal in the category "traditional group" in the year 2000. She begins to the 13 year-old age in Modern and Contemporary dances. At 14 years-old age her tango formation continues with Inés Borquez. Her main teachers are Natalia Games and Gabriel Angió, Raúl Bravo, Esther and Mingo Pugliese and Carlitos and Rosa Pérez (Sunderland, Villa Urquiza) She studies Contemporary (styles Graham and Miüler) dance Claudia Barreta, and Classic Dance with Alba Serra. She was also formed in Circus and Acrobatics at the School Coreto

Since 2002 she work at Municipality of Lanús, next to artists such as Hugo del Carril son, Abel Córdoba, Hugo Marcel, Tito Reyes, etc. She did performances at milongas like "Salón Canning", "Gricel", "Mansion Dandy", "La Catedral", "La Nacional", "La Baldosa", etc; and hotels such as Sheraton BA, Four Seasson Hotel and Claridge Hotel with orchestra "Cosos de al Lao". She also being part of tanguerías and tango-dinner-show casts: "La Cumparsita" ; "Piazzolla Tango - Center of Art and Shows" with Roberto "Cachorro" Reis direction; Show "Homero Manzi" direction by Gachi Fernández and Sergio Cortazo, in the "Esquina Homero Manzi Tango Show"; Tanguería Restaurant Show "Almatango"; "Che Tango" dinner, tango and show, direction by Melina Brufman and Claudio González (teachers of 2007 Stage Champs).

In 2005 performance in the Municipal Theater of San Miguel of Tucumán with Orchestra of Beba Pugliese. In 2006 she participates in II International Festival of Music Strength of Santa Catarina 2006, Cabedelo, Joao Pessoa, Brazil; by the Federal University of Paraíba and Music and Dance's Association. She integrates the staff of teachers for Buenos Aires "Tango Week / 8 Days x Week 2006, 2007 " with Pedro Arandia.

At the present time she teach group lessons of tango, waltz and milonga for all levels, she have fluid English and Italian, Anabela is currently working as a teacher in La Catedral, Canning salon, Parakultural . And as a dancer she is dancing at Café Los Angelitos and Boca Tango.

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Meet the Maestros : Come meet Pedro and Anabela up close on these dates:

Guided Practica Wed 7/Nov @Abrazos DEEPAVALI EVE!

Showtime Fri 9/Nov @Abrazos MILONGA

 
Teaching Schedule

Date	Time	Level*	Title	Code
Wed 7/nov	9-10.30pm	BIA	[Guided Practica]	$10 per person
Fri 9/nov	7.30-9pm	B	Beginning Level 1 Tango	A1
Sat 10/nov	2.30-4pm	BI	Beginner Level 1 & 2 Tango	A2
Sat 10/nov	5-6.30pm	I	Intermediate Level 2 Tango and Vals	A3
Sun 11/nov	3-4.30pm	I	Intermediate Level 2 & 3 Milonga	A4
Sun 11/nov	5-6.30pm	BIA	Female Techniques	A5

*B=Beginner I=Intermediate A=Advanced

• Beginner Level 1 Tango
  -- Basic exit from the cross, exit for the right of the man. Combining ochos with turning. Leading. Exercises to gain equilibrium. Salida básica, salida por la derecha del varón. Combinación de ochos con giro. Marcación. Ejercicios para dominar el equilibrio
  
  
• Beginner Level 1 and 2 Tango
  -- Short Exit. Basic traditional exit, without the cross for the woman. How to lead with the upper body. Technique to improve the ocho and embrace. Salida con corte. Salida básica tradicional, sin el cruce de la mujer. Marcación con el cuerpo. Técnica para mejorar el ocho y abrazo.
  
  
• Intermediate Level 2 Tango and Vals
  -- Exercises to capture the rhythm. Chain with turn and barrida (sweep), gancho (hook) and boleo (flick).Vals. Ejercicios para captar el ritmo. Encadenado con giro y barrida con gancho y boleo.
  
  
• Intermediate Level 2 and 3 Milonga
  -- Musical phrasing of the milonga. Traspie with turn, walking traspie. Cadencia de milonga, traspié con giro, traspié caminando
  
  
• Female Techniques
  -- Anabela Brogioli shows many tricks of her excellent technique, such as piques, paradas, boleos altos y bajos, planeos and a strong work in turns that will improve the ladies technique in a short period.

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Private Sessions with Pedro and Anabela in Singapore

Private sessions can be arranged anytime during their stay in Singapore from 6 to 12-November. To make a reservation, please email the organiser or sms 9637-3512. Private classes are $160 per hour inclusive of studio charges. If you take at least 2 hours, you get some freebies as well (see below).

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Packages

The class topics are arranged in the sequence of difficulty to help you progress. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT YOU TAKE CLASSES IN SEQUENCE. The following price bundles are designed to meet your learning needs and contain offers for milongas and other deals:

Price	Classes	Sessions	Bundled Free	Offers
$320	2	Free and Easy 2 x 1-hour Private anytime	Two Free Milonga Tickets* ($40 value)	10% Shoe Discounts First hour of private lesson with Abrazos teachers @ $120 (normal $150)
$200	5	A1-A5
$160	4	Any 4	One Free Milonga Ticket* ($20 value)
$120	3	Any 3

*Bundled entry to milongas are valid until Dec 31 and exclude special milongas with performance. Fri 9/Nov is a Special Milonga. For the latter you need to pay the difference in entrada.

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Details for Participants

Venue: Abrazos (abrazosclub.com website)
568 Ganges Avenue #02-100
(Nearest MRT Station: City Hall, transfer bus 51).

Price of each 90-minute group class:
   » $40 for Adults
   » $38 (5% discount) if classes are confirmed and paid up 5 days in advance.
   » $38 (5% discount) for Full-time Students, NS Men, and Retirees
Please book your place well in advance. If there are still vacancies, you may also register at the door.

Better prices are available if:

• you prepay for classes under Abrazos' season pass program:
     » 5 classes = $185 (7.5% discount) $37 per extra class
     » 10 classes = $360 (10% discount) $36 per extra class
     » 15 classes = $525 (12.5% discount) $35 per extra class
  Season passes are valid for 6 months and can be used for all Abrazos workshops. During validity period they can be upgraded by paying the difference. Please note season passes are not refundable for cash. Season passes under TangoSingapore will be phased out once they are fully consumed.
  
  
• you are a member of Abrazos' Continuing Education program for serious dancers. The workshop sessions will be included in your quota of classes for the month.

To pre-register, send an email to info@tangoeast.com with your details and the classes you wish to take, or SMS to 9637-3512. Payment should be made in cash, by NETS at Abrazos, or by cheques payable to "TANGO EAST PTE LTD". Registration and collection are done at the door of the class.

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Other Issues

• No partner? You are encouraged to come with a partner of the same level -- best way is to come for practicas before the workshop to meet other tangueros, and make arrangement to come to the same session. For lower level classes, there will be rotation of partners during the class for unpartnered participants. For higher level classes, you need to have a fixed partner for best learning results.
  
  
• Videography Please ask instructor for permission before taping. Instructor usually do a recap of the lesson in the last 10 minutes for Q&A -- that is the best time to record.
  
  
• Late Registration Please note the cut-off date for pre-registration. If you miss the deadline, you can still enjoy the lower rate by taking a season pass of 4 or more classes. Once you are pre-registered you can add more classes at the same preferred rate later.
  
  
• Cancellation of class We reserve the right to cancel a class if the number of participants is too few. You will be given a credit to redeem at another workshop.
  
  
• No-Shows We assume all tangueros to be credit-worthy, so we do not ask for pre-payment when you register. But if you fail to show up for a class after booking, your "good credit" record will become tainted and in future you may be required to pre-pay for class.
  
  
• Out of Town: If you are visiting from outside Singapore, contact us if you need any help or information -- our hotline is 96373512 or email info@tangoeast.com