Saturday October 14, 2017 @ 8pm-12am
CMC Mission Milonga 1stAnniversary Gala Celebration!
with Live Music by Grammy nominated Emilio Solla TribuTango and Class/Dance Performance by 2017 USA Tango Champions Michael and Ana Thomas!
Facebook: CMC http://bit.ly/2xBCNNv
Schedule:
8pm All level class with Michael and Ana Thomas, 2017 USA Tango Champions!
9pm-12 am: Milonga with danceable traditional Tango Live music by Emilio Solla TribuTango and DJ Ashvin
9:30pm & 10:45pm: Live music sets by Emilio Solla TribuTango (Emilio Solla, piano; Pablo Aslan, bass; Javier Sanchez, bandoneon) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kmzcj1XThms
10:30pm: Dance Performance by Michael and Ana Thomas, 2017 USA Tango Champions! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NW1Z-G5F9w
Entrance: $25 general/$20 seniors/students with ID
Advance tickets: $20 general/$17 Seniors and Students with ID on Eventbrite:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cmc-mission-milonga-tickets-38505797878
Every 2nd Saturday of the month, SF Community Music Center and Tango dance faculty member Sonja Riket host a Milonga with drop in class, Live music and dance performances by local and international Tango artists. Enjoy dancing in the beautiful Victorian Concert Hall with smooth wooden floor and outdoor patio! Come to watch and listen or join in the dance. All ages are welcome!
More info: Sonja Riket 415.661.1852 landline
www.tangorevolution.blogspot.com
www.IntimateEmbraceTango.com
Community Music Center - Concert Hall
544 Capp St. SF, CA 94110
(415) 647-6015 • www.sfcmc.org
Parking garage at 21st St & Bartlett
and lot Capp St (b/w 19th& 20th)
Also street parking at Folsom St., 2 blocks away
Sunday October 15, 2017 @ 8pm-12am
Tango Revelation Milonga Opening Night Gala!
with Live Music by Grammy nominated Emilio Solla TribuTango and Class/Dance Performance by 2017 USA Tango Champions Michael and Ana Thomas!
Ashkenaz facebook: facebook event link
Schedule:
8pm All level class with Michael and Ana Thomas, 2017 USA Tango Champions!
9pm-12 am: Milonga with danceable traditional Tango Live music by Emilio Solla TribuTango and DJ Ashvin
9:30pm & 10:45pm: Live music sets by Emilio Solla TribuTango (Emilio Solla, piano; Pablo Aslan, bass; Javier Sanchez, bandoneon) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kmzcj1XThms
10:30pm: Dance Performance by Michael and Ana Thomas, 2017 USA Tango Champions! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NW1Z-G5F9w
Entrance: $25 general/$20 seniors/students with ID
Advance tickets: $20 general/$17 Seniors and Students with ID on Eventbrite:Ashkenaz website event
As part of the World Dance Hall program, Ashkenaz and in house Tango Teacher Sonja Riket host a Milonga every 2nd Sunday of every other month (with some exceptions).
It includes a drop in class, Live music and dance performances by local and international Tango artists.
In 2017, this event evolves out of the “Tango Revolution” Milonga, which began in 2005 at Café Revolution in SF’s Mission District , then found a home at Café Trieste Downtown SF from 2007-2012 (with the Tango Revolution Orchestra) and at Berkeley’s Café Mediterraneum from 2012-2016.
With a slight change of name to “Tango Revelation”, we continue to envision Argentine Tango as a relational matrix of connection to ourselves, each other and our world.
Come to watch and listen or join in the dance at this intimate venue with smooth wooden floor! Always all ages!
More info: Sonja Riket 415.661.1852 landline
www.tangorevolution.blogspot.com
www.IntimateEmbraceTango.com
Ashkenaz Music and Dance Community Center
1317 San Pablo Ave. (@ Gillman)
Berkeley, CA 94702
(510) 525.5054 - www.ashkenaz.com
Parking in lot across street
Monday October 16, 2017 from 6:30-9:45pm
2 Workshops by music Maestros Emilio Solla and Pablo Aslan at SF Community Music Center!
Open to the public!
6:30-8pm: TANGO MUSICALITY FOR DANCERS WORKSHOP with LIVE MUSIC by Emilio Solla, piano and Pablo Aslan, bass
Assisted by Tango Teacher Sonja Riket and Alex Zeyliger.
$15 general/$10 seniors/students with ID - Cash at door or advanced tickets at Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tango-musicality-for-dancers-workshop-music-by-emilio-solla-pablo-aslan-tickets-38508394645
Basic Tango dance experience required.
Ear training for tango dancers! This workshop guides you to the rhythmic essence of tango, so that you can step confidently, work on your longer sequences and phrases, and know when to walk and when to stay in place. We’ll explain musical structure in simple terms so that you can follow the story being told by each tango, and look at the rhythmic details that make up this unique dance music.
We’ll feel the beat in our bodies through clapping and stepping exercises, and learn to hear the common phrases in tango music. With live music! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kmzcj1XThms
8:15-9:45pm: Nuevo Tango/TangoJazz: TANGO MUSIC FOR IMPROVISERS! with LIVE MUSIC by Emilio Solla, piano and Pablo Aslan, bass
$15 general/$10 seniors/students with ID - Cash at door or advanced tickets at Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tango-music-for-improvisors-music-by-emilio-solla-pablo-aslan-tickets-38508752716
All levels.
Experience tango music in an intuitive way, away from scores and arrangements. Learn how tango musicians interact in spontaneous interpretation of classic pieces. Improvise over Piazzolla’s fiery rhythms, or indulge your melodic expressiveness over a responsive, flexible beat. Whether you are a curious classical musician, an adventurous folkie, or a searching jazzer, playing tango can bring a new element of attention and interaction into your musical world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kmzcj1XThms
Taught by Latin Grammy winner bassist / producer Pablo Aslan “We’re in a golden age of jazz-tango fusion, and bassist Pablo Aslan is one of the main reasons. (…) His pulsing lines are the heartbeat of a new music.” JAZZIZ and Grammy nominated pianist / composer/bandleader Emilio Solla “The virile throb of Astor Piazzolla was omnipresent in Solla's stately pulse" New York Times
More info: Sonja Riket 415.661.1852 landline
www.tangorevolution.blogspot.com
www.IntimateEmbraceTango.com
Community Music Center - Concert Hall
544 Capp St. SF, CA 94110
(415) 647-6015 • www.sfcmc.org
Parking garage at 21st St & Bartlett
and lot Capp St (b/w 19th& 20th)
Also street parking at Folsom St., 2 blocks away
Friday October 20, 2017 @ 7:30pm
Emilio Solla TribuTango
Nuevo Tango/TangoJazz Concert by Grammy nominated pianist/composer Emilio Solla at Sunset Music and Arts.
The Episcopal Church of the Incarnation
1750 29th Avenue (b/w Moraga & Noriega)
San Francisco, CA 94122
www.sunsetsarts.wordpress.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/124516211609917
Entrance: $20general/$15 senior/students
Buy tickets online
Coaching’s and private lessons with the Maestros are available, as well as private lessons with the Tango Dance Champions.
For info, scheduling and booking, please contact Sonja Riket at 415.661.1852 landline or intimate_embrace_tango@earthlink.net
More info on the artists:
EMILIO SOLLA:
Grammy Nominated Argentina born and NY based pianist & composer Emilio Solla got his degree in Classical Piano at the National Conservatory of Music in Buenos Aires and his MA in Jazz Composition at Queens College in New York. He continued to study composition, arranging, counterpoint, improvisation and conducting in Buenos Aires, Barcelona and New York. His first band, Apertura, was praised by Astor Piazzolla himself as one of the most interesting new sounds in the Buenos Aires scene in 1986. He has composed for, arranged for and performed with Paquito D’Rivera, Arturo O’Farrill, Edmar Castañeda, Pablo Aslan, Cristina Pato and many others. His album Second Half was nominated for a 2015 Grammy Award as Best Latin Jazz Album. He continues to tour with his many projects, from duos to symphony orchestras, and is an active freelance arranger and composer in the demanding NY music scene. He is currently a Faculty Member at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music and has given clinics in Jazz Composition at Emory University, Bates College, Gothenburg Music School (Sweden), Jazz & Pop Conservatory (Helsinki, Finland).
www.emiliosolla.com
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kmzcj1XThms
PABLO ASLAN
Argentine-born Pablo Aslan is in demand for his skills as a producer, bassist, and educator, and for his knowledge of traditional and contemporary tango. His most recent album as a leader is Piazzolla in Brooklyn (Soundbrush Records), a tribute to the late Nuevo Tango master. His previous CD, Tango Grill (Zoho Music), was nominated for a Latin Grammy Award for Best Tango Album and a Grammy for Best Latin Jazz Album. Currently he is a member of the Glass House Orchestra, a multinational ensemble that performs in Europe and North America, and the Astoria Tango Orchestra. He plays regularly with small ensembles in the New York City area, including a three year ongoing residence at Zinc Bar with Grammy nominee Emilio Solla. Aslan has performed and recorded with Yo-Yo Ma, Shakira, Lalo Schifrin, Denyce Graves, Osvaldo Golijov, Pablo Ziegler, Frank London, the New World Symphony, and the Philadelphia Orchestra, among many others. He has produced over a dozen albums for the Soundbrush label, including the 2007 Latin Grammy Winner Te Amo Tango by Uruguayan bandoneonist Raul Jaurena. An active researcher and educator, he has produced educational programs for Lincoln Center Institute, Carnegie Hall Neighborhood Concerts, and Arts Connection in NYC, and lectured and taught at several universities throughout the US, including Harvard, Yale, and UCLA. He served as the Artistic Director of the Reed Tango Music Institute in 2013-14 and is currently Featured Artist at the Indiana University Tangueros Conference.
www.pabloaslan.com
JAVIER SANCHEZ:
Bandoneonist Javier Sanchez has toured the world with Orquesta Típica, Tango Pasión, Tango Viaje al Sentimiento, Pedro Chemes Group, Tango Emotión, Tanguera and Quinteto Típico Buenos Aires. He has been a member of Latin Grammy Awards nominee, Rodolfo Mederos’ Orchestra ‘Tipica’ between 2005 and 2016, Javier has performed in Buenos Aires tango shows including Café Tortoni, Chiquin Buenos Aires, Pigmalión Tango, El Viejo Almacén, Esquina de Carlos Gardel, Tango Porteño, Piazzolla Tango.
MICHAEL AND ANA THOMAS
Michael and Ana Thomas, siblings and Tango dance partners, started their study of Tango at a very young age. They studied with their father Edmundo Thomas and many renowned masters of Tango who were part of the old milongueros school in Buenos Aires. Since 2006 Michael taught and performed in Buenos Aires at several well-known venues and since 2010 also in the USA.
Ana studied ballet, contemporary dance and jazz at the National Arts University and graduated from the prestigious “Contemporary Dance workshop of the San Martin Theatre” in Buenos Aires. For the last 6 years she studied Tango with many maestros.
Together Michael and Ana won the 2017 USA OFFICIAL ARGENTINE TANGO CHAMPIONSHIP, in tango salon category.
Youtubes: Victory dance video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NW1Z-G5F9w
Performance in Las Vegas:
https://www.youtube.com/watchv=-EXDVBJX7Ko
