TANGO REVOLUTION CELEBRATES 7TH ANNIVERSARY (2005-2012) with Redwood Tango Trio!

SATURDAY DECEMBER 1, 2012
from 7pm -11:30pm
CAFFE MEDITERRANEUM
2475 TELEGRAPH AVENUE (b/w DWIGHT & HASTE)
BERKELEY, CA 94704
PARKING GARAGE ONE BLOCK AWAY AT CHANNING STREET
OR IN THE NEIGHBOURING STREETS.

MILONGA IS FREE with purchase of food/drink at the caffe.
Donations for the artists are encouraged!
Hosted by Sonja Riket: 415.661.1852 and Jonas Aquino: 510.698.2640
www.IntimateEmbraceTango.com - www.tangorevolution.blogspot.com

Come celebrate with us our 7 year milestone! Bring friends and family (all ages welcome) to enjoy an authentic Argentine Tango music and dance experience at this historic caffe: Berkeley’s birthplace of the caffe latte since 1957!


EVENT SCHEDULE:
7-8pm: Beginner Tango dance lesson with Sonja Riket $5 Donation (no dance experience or partner necessary)
8-11:30pm: Milonga (Tango Dance Party)
Between 9-11pm: Redwood Tango Trio will play 2 sets of Live Tango music (bandoneon, piano, violin) www.redwoodtango.com
Roberto Traina will sing his favortie Tangos accompanied by Kate Bernier on piano.

About Tango Revolution:
Tango Revolution is a neighborhood project to offer anyone the opportunity to learn and experience the social aspect of Argentine Tango: a dance and music of immigrants which continues to cross the boundaries of race, culture, language and social status. By regularly holding the event free of charge in accessible places such as cafés and community centers we encourage the spontaneous inclusion of music and dance in our everyday life as a communal experience. Where both beginning and accomplished dancers and musicians can share the floor without obvious hierarchy.

The Tango Revolution project began in late November 2005 at Café Revolution in SF’s Mission District and after using several venues, found a home at Caffe Trieste Downtown from 2007-2012. Since September 2012 we are proud to have started Tango Revolution Telegraph at the historic Café Mediterraneum in Berkeley.
Part of the project includes giving young musicians from high schools, community music schools, conservatories and universities the opportunity to learn and perform traditional Argentine Tango music as well as Piazzolla’s Nuevo Tango. Professional Tango musicians are also eager to perform at our Milonga.
We are currently looking for another permanent location in SF.

Tango Revolution is a program of Intimate Embrace Tango, which envisions Argentine Tango as a relational matrix of connection to ourselves, each other and the world. We offer the beautiful connection between human beings in the Tango Embrace as a common ground and antidote against the isolation, separation and fearful existence we are led to believe is necessary. What better way to come home to ourselves and connect with each other across our differences than the non-verbal power of a musical and dance embrace, listening and moving together as one?

Alejandro Ziegler Quartet in Tango Concert and Milonga at SF Community Center

FRIDAY OCTOBER 12, 2012 from 8pm -12:30am
SF Community Music Center
544 Capp Street (b/w 20th & 21st Street)
San Francisco, CA 94110


Hosted by SFCMC Faculty member Sonja Riket - More info: 415.661.1852
www.tangorevolution.blogspot.com - www.IntimateEmbraceTango.com


We feel very honored and excited that Argentine Tango professionals of such caliber as the Alejandro Ziegler Quartet from Buenos Aires, Argentina are coming to visit us here in SF!

They will play a Tango concert with pieces by Astor Piazzolla, Horacio Salgan, Julian Plaza and Alejandro Ziegler’s original compositions.

Then they return during the Milonga (Tango social dance party) for a special Live Music set intent to reproduce the sound of the original Tango Orchestra’s of the Golden Age of Tango.


Take an introductory Tango dance lesson with award-winning teacher Sonja Riket (no dance experience or partner necessary), then dance the night away in the intimate atmosphere of the concert hall with balcony, splendid hardwood floors and a beautiful open air patio to catch your breath!


What a treat!!! Don’t miss this very special and participatory event!
Come watch, listen or join in the dance! All levels and ages are welcome.



EVENT SCHEDULE:
8-8:45pm: Concert of Nuevo Tango, traditional Argentine Tango and original compositions by Alejandro Ziegler.

9-9:45pm: Introductory Dance Lesson by award winning teacher Sonja Riket (no dance experience or partner required)

9:45pm: Milonga starts with DJ Zeycan

10:15pm: Championship Dance performance by Leo Landa and Yumiko Krupenina

10:30-11:15pm: Live music set for dancing with Alejandro Ziegler Quartet

Milonga continues till 12:30 am.

Entrance fee: $15/$10 seniors & students, children under 11 free


About Alejandro Ziegler Quartet:

Alejandro Ziegler, Pianist and Composer from Buenos Aires, Argentina with a degree in orchestral music and music composition, performed for 2 years with the famed Buenos Aires City orchestra ”Orquesta Escuela de Tango” under Emilio Balcarce and Nestor Marconi. Tonight’s concert will showcase some of his own compositions which come alive through surprising arrangements and intimate interplay. Alejandro taught workshops on tango musicality and history in many universities around the world.


Since 2007 the Alejandro Ziegler Quartet has developed its own unique style of Tango music reflecting both innovation and tradition. Their repertoire of classical Tangos performed in the style of the most famous orchestra’s such as Troilo, Pugliese, Di Sarli, Piazzolla was recorded on their first CD in 2008 and on another in 2011.

The musicians are: Alejandro Ziegler, piano, conductor, composer; Javier Stromann, bandoneon; Ignacio Quiroz, violin and Ariel Obregon, doublebass. The ensemble is a new synthesis of the traditional tango orchestra. On stage the communication between the 4 musicians is expressive, playful, focused. They flirt with a chamber musical expression without ever leaving the unpredictable spontaneity and improvisation within popular music.

The Alejandro Ziegler Quartet is gaining acclaim worldwide, having completed 4 European tours and performed in many important festivals. This is their first USA tour and we are very excited and honored to welcome them to San Francisco! www.alejandroziegler.com

Grand Opening of Tango Revolution Telegraph in Berkeley!

This Labor Day week-end, labor less and dance more! Join us in the opening of Tango Revolution Telegraph! TANGO REVOLUTION TELEGRAPH EVERY 1ST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH AT CAFFE MEDITERRANEUM IN BERKELEY! SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 1, 2012 from 7pm -11:30pm CAFFE MEDITERRANEUM 2475 TELEGRAPH AVENUE (b/w DWIGHT & HASTE) BERKELEY, CA 94704 PARKING GARAGE ONE BLOCK AWAY AT CHANNING STREET OR IN THE NEIGHBOURING STREETS. MILONGA IS FREE with purchase of food/drink at the caffe. Donations for the artists are encouraged! Hosted by Sonja Riket: 415.661.1852 and Jonas Aquino: 510.698.2640 www.IntimateEmbraceTango.com - www.tangorevolution.blogspot.com ENJOY A SATURDAY EVENING OF ARGENTINE TANGO AT BERKELEY’S BIRTHPLACE OF THE CAFFE LATTE! EVENT SCHEDULE: 7-8pm: Intermediate Tango dance lesson with Jonas Aquino $5 Donation 8-9pm: Beginner Tango dance lesson with Sonja Riket $5 Donation (no dance experience or partner necessary) 9-11:30pm: Milonga (Tango Dance Party) to recorded music from the Golden Era. Roberto Traina will sing Argentine Tango classics accompanied by Kate Bernier on piano. Come practice your steps, listen to Tango songs, or watch the dancers strut their stuff! Bring friends and family for an authentic Argentine Tango experience! All levels and ages are welcome. About Tango Revolution: Tango Revolution is a neighborhood project to offer anyone the opportunity to learn and experience the social aspect of Argentine Tango: a dance and music of immigrants which continues to cross the boundaries of race, culture, language and social status. By regularly holding the event free of charge in accessible places such as cafés and community centers we encourage the spontaneous inclusion of music and dance in our everyday life as a communal experience. Where both beginning and accomplished dancers and musicians can share the floor without obvious hierarchy. The Tango Revolution project began in 2005 at Café Revolution in SF’s Mission District and found a home at Caffe Trieste Downtown from 2007-2012. Part of the project is giving young musicians from high schools, community music schools, conservatories and universities the opportunity to learn and perform traditional Argentine Tango music as well as Piazzolla’s Nuevo Tango. We are currently looking for another permanent location in SF. Tango Revolution is a program of Intimate Embrace Tango, which envisions Argentine Tango as a relational matrix of connection to ourselves, each other and the world. We offer the beautiful connection between human beings in the Tango Embrace as a common ground and antidote against the isolation, separation and fearful existence we are led to believe is necessary. What better way to come home to ourselves and connect with each other across our differences than the non-verbal power of a musical and dance embrace, listening and moving together as one?

TANGO FOR ASHKENAZ! BENEFIT with Joe Powers and Redwood Tango Trio

A benefit for Ashkenaz Music and Dance Community Center with a world-class Tango concert, dance lesson, championship dance performances and a Milonga (Tango dance party) by Tango harmonica phenomenon JOE POWERS with REDWOOD TANGO TRIO.

Saturday, July 21, 2012
8pm – 1am $15 (in advance & students)at www.ashkenaz.com; $18 at the door. Ashkenaz Music and Dance Community Music Center 1317 San Pablo Avenue (Gillman), Berkeley, CA 94702 510.525.5099 www.ashkenaz.com Event Schedule 7:30pm: Doors open 8pm: Sit-down Tango Concert of Nuevo Tangos and original compositions with Joe Powers (harmonica) and Redwood Tango Trio Charles Gorczynski (bandoneon), Holly Mead (piano), Daniel Fabricant (bass) 9pm: Introductory Tango dance lesson with award winning instructor Sonja Riket (no partner or dance experience necessary). 9:45pm: Tango dance party (Milonga) starts with recorded Tangos from the Golden Era (1920’s-30’s) by DJ Zeycan. 10:15pm: Professional Dance performance by Nicolas Tapia & Amar Singh (3rd place 2012 USA Tango Salon Championships) 10:30pm: Live music set for Tango social dancing by Joe Powers and Redwood Tango Trio. 11:15pm: Professional Dance performance by Mirabai Deranja & Michael Kass (2rd place 2012 USA Tango Stage Championships). Milonga continues till 1am with DJ Zeycan. Come listen, watch or join in the dance! Entrance price gives you all 3 and supports a great organization! Advance Tickets are available at www.ashkenaz.com For more info: Call Sonja Riket at 415.661.1852 or intimate_embrace_tango@earthlink.net www.IntimateEmbraceTango.com More info about the artists: International harmonica phenomenon, Joe Powers is taking his instrument to new heights with his engaging and energetic performances that cover a full spectrum of musical genres from Jazz, Blues, and Pop-Rock, to Classical, New Age, Argentine Tango, traditional Japanese music, and other world traditions. The only tango harmonica phenomenon in the USA, Joe honed his tango skills while living in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he recorded his 2007 debut solo album, “Amor de Tango”. He has shared the stage with top Tango artists: NarcoTango, ColorTango, and "Gotan Project" singer, Veronika Silva, and performed with groups as diverse as Pink Martini, British Pop Icon Jamie Cullum, and Smooth Jazz Pioneer Tom Grant. Last December he was guest soloist with the Ichikawa Symphony for that Japanese orchestra’s 60th anniversary concert, and this summer is busy touring from the Oregon Bach Festival to Ashkenaz, and on to European events. He is also a singer, and will sing on a couple of the great tangos at Ashkenaz. www.joepowers.com Redwood Tango Trio: Redwood Tango Ensemble is a young Bay Area quintet dedicated to playing traditional and original tango music. The group plays transcriptions and adaptations of the classic orchestras led by Francisco Canaro, Juan D’Arienzo, Osvaldo Pugliese, Anibal Troilo, Julian Plaza and others, as well as original compositions and nuevo tango from around the world. The group’s new CD, “Joaquin,” includes music they are currently playing in concert. Tonight’s event features bandoneon player and saxophonist Charles Gorczynski, pianist Holly Mead and bass player Daniel Fabricant. www.redwoodtango.com Sonja Riket: The benefit is organized by Sonja Riket, resident Tango instructor at Ashkenaz since 2008. A 7x7 Magazine “Best Tango Teacher” Award winner and somatic movement therapist, she teaches dance and somatic movement classes and organizes cultural-, social and fundraising events around critical issues of our time. Sonja says: “I’ve worked with Joe Powers since 2009 as his Bay Area representative, and wanted to bring him to Ashkenaz because it has such a special atmosphere; it’s a wonderful tango room. And I wanted to do something for this community to support Ashkenaz”. In addition to her own Intimate Embrace Tango program, she started Tango Revolution in 2005, which stages free weekly tango events in accessible places. Sonja is faculty member of the SF Community Music Center and a humble student of the bandoneon. www.IntimateEmbraceTango.com Nicolas Tapia & Amar Singh: Nicholas Tapia and Amar Singh received most of their tango training in Buenos Aires and are currently located in the Bay Area as instructors. They are happy to have just placed 3rd at the 2012 USA Tango Championships Salon Category. www.delmartango.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLwcFqQ5RQo&feature=plcp Mirabai Deranja & Michael Kass: Mirabai graduated from UC, Santa Cruz with a degree in Astronomy. She has danced professionally in Jazz, Swing, Blues and Salsa, then studied Tango intensively in Buenos Aires for 5 years. She now tours the world teaching tango. Together with Michael Kass she won 2nd place in the 2012 USA Argentine Tango Championship Stage Category. www.miratango.com Michael attained numerous patents in his career at Pixar studios. He still finds time to devote to figure skating and Argentine Tango. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPcvsA1PdAA Ashkenaz Music and Dance Community Music Center presents concerts, classes, and workshops of participatory dance and music rooted in traditional cultures from around the world. We are committed to providing a great place to dance that supports local and international bands of both established and emerging artists in a respectful, comfortable, safe, and family atmosphere. Through this we build friendship and culturally inclusive community that encourages social awareness, education, and dedication to fairness, honor, and equality. Established in 1973 by David Nadel, a dedicated human rights activist and folkdancer, and a nonprofit since 1997, we are always all ages and wheel chair accessible. Come admire the World Wall for Peace dedicated to Ashkenaz founder David Nadel! www.ashkenaz.com

TANGO REVOLUTION CELEBRATES SONJA'S BIRTHDAY WITH TANGO HARMONICA MASTER JOE POWERS AT SF SHAMBALA CENTER

SUNDAY JULY 15, 2012 from 6pm -10pm SF SHAMBALA CENTER 1231 STEVENSON STREET, SF, CA 94103 (the little street behind Caffe Trieste Downtown) FREE ENTRANCE. ATTENTION: WEAR ONLY socks or soft-soled shoes (suede or leather bottom), no rubber soled sneakers. Bring food/drink to add to the celebration! Hosted by Sonja Riket - More info: 415.661.1852 www.tangorevolution.blogspot.com - www.IntimateEmbraceTango.com EVENT SCHEDULE: 6-7pm: All levels Tango dance lesson with Sonja Riket ($5 Donation, which will be offered to the Center) 7:00-10pm Milonga with 2 Live music sets by special guest performer Joe Powers (Tango Harmonica) Come celebrate with us! We are very grateful to SF Shambala Center for opening their doors to Tango Revolution and hosting our special celebration! Please visit www.sfshambala.org to learn more about their programs or join their community. We are honored that our friend and Tango Harmonica master Joe Powers will perform 2 Live music sets during the Milonga! Read more about him below. www.joepowers.com Since her first contact with Argentine Tango 14 years ago Sonja recognized the meditative qualities this dance can offer. Her 30-year professional dance career combined with decades of meditative practices inform her unique approach to teaching Argentine Tango. In October 2011 she taught a daylong workshop on “Tango as Contemplative Practice” in SF’s Zen Center. The theme of tonight’s class is: "Moving together as one, listening and responding to another’s presence, allows us to find stillness within. With this awareness we learn the Argentine tango way of walking together in an embrace." www.IntimateEmbraceTango.com Come watch, listen or join in the dance. Bring friends and family for an authentic Argentine Tango experience! All levels and ages are welcome. About Joe Powers: Joe Powers is taking his instrument to new heights with his engaging and energetic performances that cover a full spectrum of musical genres from Jazz, Blues, and Pop-Rock, to Classical, New Age, Argentine Tango, traditional Japanese music, and other world traditions. The only tango harmonica phenomenon in the USA, Joe honed his tango skills while living in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he recorded his 2007 debut solo album, “Amor de Tango”. He has shared the stage with top Tango artists: NarcoTango, ColorTango, and "Gotan Project" singer, Veronika Silva, and performed with groups as diverse as Pink Martini, British Pop Icon Jamie Cullum, and Smooth Jazz Pioneer Tom Grant. Last December he was guest soloist with the Ichikawa Symphony for that Japanese orchestra’s 60th anniversary concert, and this summer is busy touring from the Oregon Bach Festival to Ashkenaz, and on to European events. Don’t miss Joe’s performance at the fundraiser for Ashkenaz Music and Dance Community Center on Saturday July 21, 2012! About Tango Revolution: Tango Revolution is a weekly neighborhood project to offer anyone the opportunity to learn and experience the social aspect of Argentine Tango: a dance and music of immigrants which continues to cross the boundaries of race, culture, language and social status. By regularly holding the event free of charge in accessible places such as cafés and community centers on a Sunday afternoon we encourage the spontaneous inclusion of music and dance in our everyday life as a communal experience. Where both beginning and accomplished dancers and musicians can share the floor without obvious hierarchy. The Tango Revolution project began in 2005 at Café Revolution in SF’s Mission District and found a home at Caffe Trieste Downtown from 2007-2012. Part of the project is giving young musicians from high schools, community music schools, conservatories and universities the opportunity to learn and perform traditional Argentine Tango music as well as Piazzolla’s Nuevo Tango. We are currently looking for another permanent location. Tango Revolution is a program of Intimate Embrace Tango, which envisions Argentine Tango as a relational matrix of connection to ourselves, each other and the world. We offer the beautiful connection between human beings in the Tango Embrace as a common ground and antidote against the isolation, separation and fearful existence we are led to believe is necessary. What better way to come home to ourselves and connect with each other across our differences than the non-verbal power of a musical and dance embrace, listening and moving together as one? www.tangorevolution.blogspot.com – www.IntimateEmbraceTango.com

TANGO REVOLUTION CELEBRATES FATHER’S DAY 2012 WITH REDWOOD TANGO TRIO AT VIRACOCHA!

SUNDAY JUNE 17, 2012 from 7:30pm -11:30pm VIRACOCHA - www.viracochasf.com 998 VALENCIA STREET@21st STREET SAN FRANCSICO, CA 94110 PARKING IN STREET OR AT MISSION/BARTLETT GARAGE (21st STREET B/W VALENICA & BARTLETT) $5 at door (includes introductory Tango class). Donations for the artists are encouraged! Hosted by Sonja Riket - More info: 415.661.1852 www.IntimateEmbraceTango.com - www.tangorevolution.blogspot.com After the closure of Caffe Trieste we are very happy to have found a magical place to celebrate Father’s Day with the live music of Redwood Tango Trio! www.redwoodtango.com Enter at the street level store full of antiques, vintage clothing, books and old typewriters. Then find the stairs leading to a subterranean, intimately lit wooden room with couches and chairs, wooden dance floor and fabulous acoustics! Be prepared to be charmed by a very Tango atmosphere! Wine and beer available. EVENT SCHEDULE: 7:30-8:30pm: Take an introductory Tango dance lesson with award-winning teacher Sonja Riket (no dance experience or partner necessary) 8:30-11:30pm: Milonga (Tango Dance Party) with 2 live music sets by Redwood Tango Trio: Charles Gorczynski (bandoneon), Holly Mead (piano), Kendra Vernon (violin). Dancers dress lightly; it will get steamy! Or come to enjoy listening to first class Argentine Tango live music, watching the dancers strut their stuff! Bring friends and family for an authentic Argentine Tango experience! All levels and ages are welcome. ABOUT REDWOOD TANGO ENSEMBLE Redwood Tango Ensemble is a quintet in the San Francisco bay area, dedicated to playing traditional and original tango music. The group plays transcriptions and adaptations of the classic orchestras led by Francisco Canaro, Juan D’Arienzo, Osvaldo Pugliese, Anibal Troilo, Julian Plaza etc, as well as original compositions and nuevo-tango from around the world. www.redwoodtango.com