Tango Mercurio Online Seminar Series

June 22, 2020

To help keep our community safe, Tango Mercurio suspended all our in-person activities after the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic due to COVID-19. Instead, in the months of April & May, we offered a free weekly Online Seminar Program with internationally renowned presenters, along with local speakers competitively selected based on our call for proposals.

The nine seminars included two panel discussions, three lectures, two body workshops for tango dancing, and two seminars. They attracted an average of some 75 participants each, and up to over 100. The response was so positive, we may continue the program later in the year.

Many thanks to all the presenters for sharing their expertise with the community, and our moderators Simone Pinheiro and Ramu Pyreddy:

·       Jae Grisham (Durham, NC), Carol A. Horowitz (Montreal, QC), Homer and Cristina Ladas (San Francisco, CA), Mitra Martin (Los Angeles, CA), and Yelena Sinelnikova (Ann Arbor, MI), “Perspectives on the Tango Community in North America”

·       Felipe Martínez, “DJ'ing for Tango: All You’ve Ever Wanted to Know”

·       Korey Ireland, “Harmony: The Final Frontier”

·       Morgan Luker, “The History of Tango Music: Beyond the Golden Age”

·       Michael Lavocah, “Listening to Tango Music”

·       Alejandra Saravia and Diego Lanau, “Musicality: Where, When, How, What”

·       Utha Callen, “Exploring Body Awareness for Tango via Gyrokinesis”

·       Yulia Kriskovets, “Feldenkrais Tune-Up for Tango”

·       Sharna Fabiano, “Tango Principles for the Work Place”

Have an idea for a presenter or topic? We want to hear it! Email us at info@tangomercurio.org.