We are happy to announce that Korey Ireland is coming back to Washington DC! A former DC resident, Korey has a deep connection to our community and is always eager to share his knowledge of music and tango.

Korey is a professional composer turned tango-addict. He brings a lifetime of musical experience and an unquenchable thirst for tango to his teaching. Currently based in Berlin, Germany, Korey has spent the better part of the last 15 years traveling and teaching tango in the U.S., England, Holland, Spain, Germany, Russia, Kenya, Poland and Argentina, sharing his passion for tango, music, expression, and connection. In recent years, this mission has grown to include work with aspiring tango musicians at festivalthroughout North America and Europe to create live music for dancers. In 2009 he led the “Monster Orchestra” of Tango de los Muertos resulting in a live CD of his arrangements and transcriptions. This project led to the birth of the Community Tango Orchestra project, which in its 6th year now includes about a dozen ensembles throughout the US and Europe dedicated to nurturing the tradition of golden age tango for dancers and musicians.

KOREY'S SCHEDULE IN DC

TANGO MUSICALITY WEEKEND WORKSHOPS

Saturday and Sunday, November 16 and 17
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Northwest Sport and Health, 4001 Brandywine St NW, Washington, DC 20016
Registration is required for these workshops.

This weekend we’ll look in depth at our beloved tango music from 4 of the most influential tango orchestras. In some respect every musicality workshop I’ve given over the last 19 years has the same goals, making tango music more personal; removing barriers to a dancerly relationship to the music; and getting to know tango music in the way we get to know friends: noting the similarities, cherishing the differences, and through our deepening knowledge building trust and connection. Saturday we’ll explore the contrast between two great creators/interpreters in golden era tango music. Juan D’Arienzo and Osvaldo Pugliese, noting the similarities, cherishing the differences, and building stronger relationships. This is a multimedia class utilizing video, animation, live music and physical improvisation exercises in order to experience our beloved tango music with more of our senses, imagination, and individuality. On Sunday we’ll add DiSarli and Troilo to our new circle of friends, noting the unique dance potentials that each orchestra's style creates for us, while building a general intuition for how tango dance music from all orchestras in this era engage us in creating dynamic and expressive dances. Throughout the weekend we’ll explore the question of how dancers in both roles contribute to the musicality of the tango pair.

Saturday:

2 PM - 5 PM - D’Arienzo vs Pugliese
(This will be a 3 hour workshop on the same topic, with a break in the middle)

Sunday:

2 PM - 3:30 PM - Dancing to Carlos DiSarli
3:40 PM - 5:10 PM - Dancing to Anibal Troilo

Pricing:

• Full Weekend Pass: $110

• 1 Day Pass (Saturday or Sunday): $60

Monday, November 18, before Milonga Zandunga
Class level: Intermediate/Advanced
Class time: 8:15-9:30 PM
Theme: Vals Colgadas. Two favourite topics rolled into one class: enjoy the momentum and swing of coladas in the round dynamic flow of vals music. We’ll build the dynamic and body awareness for an engaged approach to dancing Vals, and utilise this in a movement combination that is an easy for energetic Vals music. The movement is compact and intended for social dancing, and we’ll develop it in a way that supports tango fundamentals that one can employ in every movement.
Venue: Capital Ballroom, 7800 Wisconsin Ave, Bethesda, MD 20814 - Milonga hosted by Ramu Pyreddy

It's official - Maja Petrović and Marko Miljević are coming to teach weekend workshops and do 1 exclusive performance in Washington DC! We are honored to host this world-famous couple at Tango Mercurio this November.

ARTISTS’ BIO

Maja has been dancing since she was three years old. She has a background in contemporary dance and ballet, as well as latin and ballroom dances. She attended music school for ten years, where she played the piano and flute. She studied Spanish and German language and literature at the University of Zagreb and worked as language teacher and translator. In Karlsruhe, she worked in different departments of the Center for Art and Media Technology (ZKM). Marko was more into sports and almost went pro in basketball. Instead, he decided to study Electrotechnics and later Physics in which he obtained a degree at the University of Zagreb. He later continued his education and in 2014 received his PhD in Nanobiotechnology at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). They currently live in Zagreb, Croatia.

Maja and Marko started dancing tango in Zagreb, Croatia in 2002 in a small group of enthusiasts curious about this “new” dance. Some five years later they began giving regular lessons at the Tango Argentino Zagreb dance school. Their first and most influential teachers were Pablo Rodríguez and Noelia Hurtado. Later they continued to study with Noelia and Carlitos Espinoza, Federico Naveira and Inés Muzzoppapa, Bruno Tombari and Mariangeles Caamaño and Chicho Frumboli and Juana Sepúlveda, among others.

Since 2014 Marko and Maja are working with tango professionally, holding workshops and performing all over Europe (Amsterdam, Minsk, Florence, Karlsruhe, Genova, Budapest, L´Aquila, Freiburg, Treviso, Poreč, Mantova, Halle, Sevilla, Lisbon, Procida, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Reykjavik etc.). In 2018 they have started to work in North America, Asia and Australia.

WEEKEND WORKSHOPS

• Friday Workshop - SOLD OUT:
  Time: 8:30-10pm
  Location: Milonga El Bulin, Dance Studio Lioudmila, 18 Roth St Alexandria, VA 22314
  Workshop 1: Vals - Linear turns

• Saturday Workshops:
  Time: 2-5:30pm
  Location: Northwest Sport & Health, 4001 Brandywine St NW, DC 20016
  Workshop 2: Presence and connection
  Workshop 3: Rebounds for all occasions

• Sunday Workshops:
  Time: 2-5:30pm
  Location: Northwest Sport & Health, 4001 Brandywine St NW, DC 20016
  Workshop 2: Rolling close embrace
  Workshop 3: Circular movements around common axis

These workshops will be role balanced. You don't have to register with a partner, but you are welcome to come as a couple and stay out of the rotation.
Per artists’ request, the registration is limited to 36 people on a first-come first-served basis, so please reserve your spot in advance.

PRICING PACKAGES

• Weekend Pass (2 1.5-hour classes on Saturday and Sunday): $180

• Friday Workshop Pass (1.5-hour class,): $35 - SOLD OUT

• Full Pass (includes Friday and Weekend workshops - 7.5 hours total): $200 - SOLD OUT

FULL SCHEDULE

Friday, November 1 - SOLD OUT
Time: 8-9:30 PM
Price: $35 drop-in or included in the Full Pass ($200)
Venue: Milonga El Bulin, Dance Studio Lioudmila, 18 Roth St Alexandria, VA 22314

Saturday & Sunday, November 2 and 3, Weekend Workshops
Time: 2-5:30 PM
Price: $180 or included in the Full Pass ($200)
Venue: Northwest Sport & Health, 4001 Brandywine St NW, DC 20016

Maja and Marko’s only performance in Washington DC
Saturday night, around 11:30 PM - hosted by Jake Spatz and Dasha Khripkova at Eastern Market Milonga

Monday Drop In Class, November 4
Time: 8-9:30 PM
Price: TBD
Venue: Milonga Zandunga; Capital Ballroom, 7800 Wisconsin Avenue (2nd Floor), Bethesda, MD 20814 (hosted by Ramu Pyreddy)