Ines Muzzopappa In Philly: December 31-January 12

We are honored and excited to have 2007 Salon Tango Champion Ines Muzzopappa in Philadelphia for two weeks to start 2017. Ines will teach our regular group classes for the first two weeks of the year, teach a two-session seminar on women's technique, and give a weekend-long seminar on Musicality in Tango. She will perform in special events, including our New Year's Eve Milonga Qilombo, and a special milonga at the The Barnes Foundation. She will also be available for private lessons. Please read on for complete details. Or go to our mini-site about Ines's visit: [hidden] GROUP CLASSES - Drop-ins welcome! MONDAYS, January 2 & 9 7-8 pm: Tango Technique. All Levels. $10 1/2 - Embrace, Connection, Caminadas (walks) 1/9 - How to use the floor for Pivots and Ochos 8-9:30 pm: Intermediate Tango. $25 or use class card. 1/2 - Introduction to Giros (turns) 1/9 - Giros with entradas WEDNESDAYS, January 4 & 11 7:30-9 pm: Advanced Tango. $25 or use class card. 1/4 - Pivots with Sacadas 1/11 - Chained Sacadas 9 pm-midnight: Palermo Fishtown Practica 1/4 - Featuring LIVE BANDONEON by Nicolas 1/11 - DJ Nicolas and a special event for ph15 WORKSHOPS & SPECIAL EVENTS - Pre-registration recommended! Pre-register at: [hidden] NEW YEAR’S EVE MILONGA QILOMBO - SAT., DECEMBER 31 Location: Ruba Club, 416 Green St., Philadelphia, PA 19123 8:30-9:30 pm: All-Levels Tango Class – Inés & Nicolás 9:30 pm-3 am: Milonga Qilombo with DJ Nicolás, and a champagne toast and performance by Inés & Nicolás at midnight. WOMEN’S TECHNIQUE WORKSHOPS - TUESDAYS, January 3 & 10, 7:30-9 pm. All Levels. 1/3 - Pivots & Turns 1/10 - Playing with the Free Leg With pre-registration by 12/31: $55/both workshops; $30/single At the door: $35/single workshop MILONGA WITH LIVE MUSIC AT THE BARNES FOUNDATION FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 6-9 pm Location: 2025 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy, Phila., PA 19130 Featuring Rio de la Plata Tango Quartet & performances by Inés & Nicolás, and Andrés & Meredith 6-6:30 pm: Beginner Tango Lesson 6:30-9 pm: Milonga with LIVE MUSIC. Performances around 7:30 pm. Barnes Foundation members - FREE. Non-members $22 with use of discount code “2017partner” (includes entrance to exhibits). To reserve tickets: [hidden] INTENSIVE SEMINAR ON MUSICALITY SATURDAY & SUNDAY, January 7 & 8. Int/Adv This seminar brings together the expertise of Nicolás, an accomplished bandoneonist & DJ, as well as dancer, with that of Inés Muzzopappa, the 2007 World Salon Tango Champion. While there will be some theory included, you will be on your feet and dancing throughout. This is not a sit-down seminar! Saturday, January 7 2-3:30 pm: Musicality Basics - The Beat, Rhythm, and Phrase 4-5:30 pm: Milonga & Vals Sunday, January 8 2-3:30 pm: Tools for Interpretation - Marcato, Sincopa, Melody and Singer 4-5:30 pm: Interpretative Differences among Tango Orchestras With pre-registration: Complete seminar: $100 3 workshops: $80 2 workshops: $55 Single workshop: $30 (At the door: $35/workshop) YOUTH PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT & FUNDRAISER WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11 (during the practica, 9-midnight) Ph15 is an internationally-recognized nonprofit that empowers youth living in a shantytown in Buenos Aires, by teaching them photography skills. The directors of ph15 will give a presentation, and photographs by youth photographers will be exhibited and for sale. All proceeds of the event go to ph15. BIO Inés Muzzopappa has been involved in tango since she was a child. Her mother is a tango and modern dancer, and her father has always been very interested in tango music. As a result, Ines danced from the time she was a small child, but at the age of 14 she decided to do it in a more formal way. At that point, she started going to Jorge and Liliana Rodriguez’s lessons and after that, to Carlos and Rosa Perez’s lessons, at the legendary Sunderland Club in Villa Urquiza neighborhood. In 2006, at one of those lessons, she met Dante Sanchez with whom decided to participate in the Campeonato Metropolitano de Tango and the Campeonato Mundial de Tango Salón in 2007, very important tango competitions organized by the city of Buenos Aires. In both competitions, they reached a very high position, 2nd place in the Metropolitano and World Champions in the Campeonato Mundial! From that moment on, she started receiving opportunities to teach and perform around the world. However, she continued to study with the many of the best tango dancers, including: Federico Naveira, Ariadna Naveira, Olga Besio, Gustavo Naviera & Giselle Anne, Geraldine Rojas & Ezequiel Paludi, Rubén & Sabrina Veliz, Pablo Verón, Sabrina Masso, Diego Amorin & Cecilia Capello, Jonathan Spitel & Betsabet Flores. Currently, she co-organizes Bendita Milonga along with Pablo Retamar and Orquesta Típica El Afronte and she perfoms in many different milongas and events in Buenos Aires, as well as throughout the world. Ines taught at the Philadelphia International Tango Festival in 2016, and was very well-received by our community. We can't wait to have her back! More Info below.