Director Park Tango

Thank you again to our amazing sponsors for a successful Director Park TANGO 2019!!!!
Polaris Dance Theatre and The Galaxy Dance Festival: http://polarisdance.org/
https://polarisdance.org/galaxy-dance-festival/
Unitus Community Credit Union: https://www.unitusccu.com/
Portland Tango Festival: https://www.portlandtangofest.com/
Vibrant Table Catering & Events: https://vibranttable.com/
Jerry Wallach, Tanguero & Oregon Broker with Keller Williams Realty: http://www.JerryKnows.com
Rachel Lidskog of Dance with Joy Studios: http://www.dancewithjoystudios.com/
and Jim Labbe, for the loan of his dance floor, and his support!

We are excited to announce our class teacher for tonight, starting at 6 pm: Elizabeth Wartluft!

Elizabeth started studying folk, swing, ballroom, African, ballet, modern and jazz dance in college. She holds a M.A. in dance and a M.A. in cultural anthropology, both from the University of Oregon. She got hooked on Argentine tango in 1995 and started the tango community in Eugene, Oregon in 1996, in conjunction with Greg Estes. To write her master’s thesis, she visited Buenos Aires in 1999, 2000 and 2001, interviewed dancers and teachers, and explored gender roles in tango, as well as dancers' views towards the lead and follow roles. She moved to Portland in 2008.

Elizabeth teaches tango with an emphasis on breath, energy and posture to create connection in the dance. She brings her experience studying many forms of dance, as well as her training in yoga and human anatomy, to her teaching. Her main teachers in Buenos Aires have been: Luciana Valle and Chicho Frumboli for leader technique; Omar Vega for milonga; Tete for vals, and Oscar Mandagaran for breath, posture and energy work. Her dancing was also strongly influenced by the dancers of the Dinzel school. Her main teachers in the United States have been Oscar Mandagaran and Georgina Vargas, Luciana Valle and Daniel Trenner. She enjoys and teaches both close and open embrace styles, as well as dancing both as a leader and a follower.

[email protected]

541-914-4812

http://www.elizabethwartlufttango.com/blog/