Micahel Lavocah, England
We interpret the music according to what we hear. Different people hear different things in the music, but the good news is that listening is not simply a talent: it is an ability with specific skills that can be taught. In this seminar Michael Lavocah will identify and teach these concrete skills. They will grow your ability to listen to the music - and as a result, change and enrich the way you dance, without taking a step.
3:00pm EDT Sunday, May 03 (Please note the time slot change from our usual schedule).
Limited to 100 participants only. Please join early to save your place in the seminar. We will open the meeting at 2:45PM.
Photo Credit: Richard Johnstone-Bryden
Leading expert on the music of tango’s Golden Age, Michael Lavocah is also a natural raconteur. In his seminars he connects the dancers to the musicians who created this beautiful music by telling something of their stories and explaining the relationship between their lives and their music. His presentations are captivating, entertaining and informative.
In 2012 he created a new genre of tango writing with his book Tango Stories: Musical Secrets, the dancer’s guide to tango music. His current project is a series of books exploring the great tango orchestras, Tango Masters.
Michael travels all over Europe and beyond, giving seminars on tango music, musicality (dancing to the orchestras), and how to DJ. He is also well-known as a DJ at festivals, marathons and encuentros; TodoTango asked him to write some articles about tango DJing. He has taught in sixteen countries and is especially in demand in Germany, where he has taught at more than a dozen cities and is a regular in places such as Munich, Cologne, Hamburg, Darmstadt and Dresden.
Michael runs the tango music website milonga.co.uk, a reference point worldwide for anyone looking to find out about tango music on CD.
As a long time practitioner of Tai Chi and the Taoist arts, Michael’s dance teaching has a strong focus on body awareness as well as musicality and technique. He lives in England.
