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Murat and Michelle - Additional information
Hi Everyone,
For additional information, go to www.muraterdemsel.com to learn more about Murat and his art.
Also their joint website is www.muratandmichelle.com.

Murat has taught and performed extensively in North America. His background as an artist and musician has influenced his teaching style which has been decribed as a combination of the technical analysis of movement together with a sensory interpretation of music. Michelle Erdemsel took her first steps in dance at the age of 6. She has an extensive background in dance, including Argentine Tango, and is also recognized for choreography of theatre and television. Michelle has dedicated her life to teaching and dancing tango with her husband and partner Murat. Together they travel to teach and perform at major festivals.

Cheers, Maida & David

Special Event
Hello Everyone,

We have a very special event coming up, 18 September to 24 September. I'm hosting Murat & Michelle here in Auckland as part of their Europe and Austro-Asia tour. They are amazing teachers and performers. This will not be your typical festival type workshops. Also there won't be any open level workshops. Beginners and pre- intermediate will have their own special classes. The balance of workshops will be geared for intermediate, advanced and teachers, Which will definitely be inspiring and but not typical.

I've had my eye on them for a long time and have had the opportunity to get to know them better here in New York. Ladies get ready. You're in for a treat. Not only is Murat delicious eye candy, his charm and personality match his looks. Actually this describes Michelle also. So guys you get ready also. In a more intimate event such as this you get to actually socialize and dance with these guest teachers. You'll get to meet and see them dance at our gala milonga on Friday 19 September. Please note that this is on the 3rd Friday of the month, not the 4th. Marion, Diego & Bev were very gracious and switched dates with us to accommodate our schedule and I want to say thank you guys, much appreciated and I'm sorry I missed Karina and Fabian this time. Kudos to you for hosting them.

They say that a picture is worth a thousand words so here is a link to one of their youtube videos, which is my favorite because for me it relates to what I and what I think our community aspires to. As you'll see it's not flashy stage but there are some very interesting moves and I love the progression from start to end. It's not all in your face in the beginning. It's not the best quality and they look a bit distorted, but the dancing isn't.

Stay tuned for follow up details in upcoming emails. I look forward to seeing you all again when I return at our Friday 29 milonga.

Cheers,
Maida

July Milonga canceled
Due to travell plans July's milonga has been canceled, we look forward to seeing you all in August.

Class and Milonga dates for 2008
We have posted the first class dates for 2008 on or classes page and our Milongas will be held (as usual), on the last Friday of each month excluding december. Updates can be found on our events page.
We hope you are having a very merry Christmas and wish you all the best for the new year.

June Milonga Canceled
As we will not be in the country at the end of this month June's Milonga has been canceled. Birthdays in June will be celebrated at our July's Milonga.
We look foward to seeing you all in July.

Ney & Jennifer workshops update:
1] The Sunday workshops will start the same time as Saturday at 12:30 not 1:00 PM as previously stated.

2] Venue change for the Wed. Practica/Workshop. New venue address:
Tamaki Ex Servicemen's Hall
corner of Turua & Polygon Road
St. Heliers.

3] The door fee for the Gala Milonga Friday 23, Feb with Ney & Jennifer performing will be $20 not $15

Last but not least a new Australian tango website where you can read an interview with Ney & Jennifer on 4 Feb in Sydney, plus other tango items music etc. www.tangoaustralia.com.au/joomla/

Ney Melo & Jennifer Bratt in New Zealand
Ney Melo and Jennifer Bratt will be in Auckland for 6 days , Friday 23 February through to Wednesday 28 February to teach and perform. They will also be joining us to dance tango at Cafe Limon on Wednesday the 28th.

Workshops, private tuition and venue details to be announced. For more go to the Events Page.

The Aerolineas Argentinas New Zealand Tango Festival 2007
The Aerolineas Argentinas New Zealand Tango Festival is due to be held shortly, details can be found on our events Page and at the NZ Tango Festival website.

New 10 week Tango classes for January
A new ten week tango course starts on the 25th January, details can be found on our classes page

Jaimes Freidgen & Mariana Dragone in New Zealand
We are proud to welcome the world renowened Tango dances & Performers Jaimes Fredgen from the USA & Mariana Dragone from Buenos Aires to New Zealand.
We are pleased to have them here from the 10th to the 23rd of March, and will be holding special workshops and events during this time.
More details can be found on our events and classes pages.

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Mariana Dragone
Mariana Dragone has extensive experience as a Tango teacher and performer. She performed for five years with Pedro" El Indio" Benavente in Plaza Dorrego, San Telmo. She has appeared on stage with Carlos Gavito, Le�n Gieco, Mercedes Sosa and V�ctor Heredia, among others. She has performed and/or taught in France, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, the U.S.A., Japan and China. For the past four years she has been specializing in workshops for women's technique. She has a warm personality, and is divine to dance with. You can see her dancing and interviewed with Carlos Gavito in December Final Edit at National Geographic Magazine

Jaimes Freidgen
North American tango phenomenon Jaimes Friedgen hails from a family of dancers and artists and has since early childhood been immersed in a world of creative movement. With extensive training as a gymnast and a background in a variety of performing arts, including theater, music, and many forms of dance, Jaimes came upon tango at the age of fifteen. He has since learned from and worked with many of the most respected figures in the tango world and remains unclassifiable, transcendent of style and category. He has spent several years dancing, teaching, and performing throughout North America, Europe and Asia, and always continues to explore new territory within the dance. As one of the most popular teachers in the U.S. today, it is not surprising that he is often booked more than a year in advance. He is well respected by his peers for his creativity, musicality and deep insight into the inner workings of the dance. Countless tango teachers both in the States and abroad have benefited from studying with Jaimes. He is driven to be a full time tango teacher by his love of watching people continually grow and blossom through their exploration of tango, and feels fortunate to be a part of that process. He is also a dynamic performer, and has brought much inspiration to dancers everywhere through his rare combination of fluidity, subtle elegance, and fierce animalistic intensity. His absolute love of tango is undeniable and shines through every movement he makes and every word he speaks.

The Aerolineas Argentinas New Zealand Tango Festival
The Aerolineas Argentinas New Zealand Tango Festival is due to be held shortly, details can be found bellow and at the NZ Tango Festival website.

The Aerolineas Argentinas New Zealand Tango Festival
July14th-17th, 2005
Wellington City, New Zealand

Venue:
Te Whaea: National Dance and Drama Centre
11 Hutchinson Road,
Newton,
Wellington,
New Zealand

An immersion weekend of Tango workshops, performance and dancing for total beginners through to advanced dancers.
Nightly shows featuring six world class dancers, including Maria Plazaola (partner of 'Tango God' Carlos Gavito) plus a tango trio direct form Buenos Aires.

www.nztangofestival.co.nz
email: info@nztangofestival.co.nz

Fabulous Tango Weekend with Jaimes

Dear dancers,
As previously announced, we will have Jaimes Freigen as our special guest teacher from Friday 1st of April until and including Tuesday 5th of April. We want those attending the Workshops and Milonga to get the most benefit possible from his teaching and dancing expertise. Our goal is to have you walk away with a better understanding of the dynamics of close embrace dancing. We will have a three part close embrace workshops and a two part Nuevo Tango / open embrace workshops. Each followed by a 1/2 hour guided practice. Both are geared to improve our social dancing.
Please note that the Tango Nuevo / open embrace that Jaimes teaches is very elegant, subtle and suitable for social dancing and also for those wanting to improve their performance skills.
We are showing a dvd of Jaimes dancing this Friday 11th of March, 8:30 pm at 42 Silverton Ave, Waiotaiki Bay. All are welcome. Please confirm either by phone or by email if you plan to come to see the dvd.

!! Very important!! The Milonga will be held Saturday 2nd of April !! Not Friday 1st of April.

The following is the Workshops and Milonga schedule and the cost for single and package deals:

Friday 1st of April	Close embrace (part one)	7:30 - 9:00 pm
	Guided practica	9:00 - 9:30 pm
	Jubilee Hall, 545 Parnell Road, Parnell

Saturday 2nd of April	Close embrace (part two)	11:00 - 12:30 pm
	Guided practica	12:30 - 1:00 pm
	--	--
	Tango Nuevo/open embrace (part one)	2:30 - 4:00 pm
	Guided practica	4:00 - 4:30 pm
	Milonga	9:00 pm - 1:00 am
	Jubilee Hall, 545 Parnell Road, Parnell

Sunday pf 3rd April	Close embrace (part three)	11:00 - 12:30 pm
	Guided practica	12:30 - 1:00 pm
	--	--
	Tango Nuevo/open embrace (part two)	2:30 - 4:00 pm
	Guided practica	4:00 - 4:30 pm
	N.B. Venue change: Parnell School, St.Stephens Ave. Across from Barry's Court Hotel

!! Don't forget that you can continue dancing on sunday after the afternoon workshop at Cafe Limon until 10pm !!

Pricing:

Single events:	Class w/practica 2hrs:	$35.00 nz
	Milonga:	$20.00 nz

Package prices:	3 close embrace w/ practica + milonga:	$105.00 nz
	2 Nuevo Tango w/ practica + milonga:	$75.00 nz
	5 classes w/practica + milonga:	$170.00 nz

Private tuition:	private tuition	$90.00 nz per hour by appointment

Pay by cash, check, visa and mastercard

Private tuition schedule:

Saturday 2nd of April and Sunday 3rd of April:	6:30 - 7:30 pm
Monday 4th of April and Tuesday 5th of April:	1:00 - 5:00 pm and 7:00 - 9:00 pm

See contact details for booking.

Cheers, Maida & david

April 2005 Update
Dear dancers,
As previously announced, we will have Jaimes Freigen as our special guest teacher from Friday 1st of April until and including Tuesday 5th of April. We want those attending the Workshops and Milonga to get the most benefit possible from his teaching and dancing expertise. Our goal is to have you walk away with a better understanding of the dynamics of close embrace dancing. We will have a three part close embrace workshops and a two part Nuevo Tango / open embrace workshops. Each followed by a 1/2 hour guided practice. Both are geared to improve our social dancing.
Please note that the Tango Nuevo / open embrace that Jaimes teaches is very elegant, subtle and suitable for social dancing and also for those wanting to improve their performance skills.
We are showing a dvd of Jaimes dancing this Friday 11th of March, 8:30 pm at 42 Silverton Ave, Waiotaiki Bay. All are welcome. Please confirm either by phone or by email if you plan to come to see the dvd.

!! Very important!! The Milonga will be held Saturday 2nd of April !! Not Friday 1st of April.

You will find this information and the Workshops and Milonga schedule/s on the events page.

cheers,
Maida & david.

April 2005
Dear dancers,
We have a very exciting weekend planned for you, starting at our friday 1 april milonga, we'll have as our special guest jaimes freigen, who will be with us until wednesday 6 april. Jaimes is a young seattle based tango dancer , with a major reputation in the states as both a dancer and teacher. The following is a quote from the christchurch dancers, who were so enamored with him the first time he was there. They have invited him back to cc. For their easter weekend gala.

Quote: "We have seen (and for the women have felt), his dancing and have been totally spellbound by the clarity of his lead and his ability to dance to all levels and in !! All styles !! "

We have a dvd of jaimes for those who would like to see a preview of his dancing. So mark your calendars.
Further details TBA.

Cheers,
Maida & david

Tango Argentino in New Zealand Update
Zanaboni Tango is proud to annonce that from the 13-17 May Natalia and Alberto Cortez of SoloTango Melbourne, will be in Auckland to teach workshops and private classes. They will be available for private lessons everyday and on Saturday & Sunday before and after their workshops.
We will be holding a spiecal milonga on Friday 14 of May to celebrate their arrival. Just in time to have extra tuition before the tango festival.
There will be five very special workshops. Four for beginners, where you can learn the basics of milonga and vals crusado, to add your to basic tango which you are presently learning in your festival prep courses. The other one is for performers and competitors. This workshop will focus only on show tango/fantasia. The focus will be on technique, and presentation skills necessary to impress your audience and judges, plus much more.

You can find out more about them by going to their website: www.tangoargentino.50megs.com
For workshop and special milonga details and schedule got to the events page

Our Email Address Has Changed
Due to problems with redirecting and recieving email we have dropped our old email address in favour of zanabonidesign@xtra.co.nz.

Zanaboni Tango Class Changes
Zanaboni tango classes,( time, structure, price and venue have changed). See classes page for details

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR.

Tango Classes 2004
We have a new venue and times for all our classes and Milongas. Check our classes and events page for details.

First Milonga 2004
Our first Milonga for the new year will be held on Friday January 30th at our new venue, The Parnell Conference Centre, 545 Parnell Rd.

Salsa Classes
Salsa Classes I am now only running private classes for Salsa, feel free to contact me for more information.

Travelling to Buenos Aires?
For those visiting Buenos Aires, Janis Kenyon, a tanguera (a.k.a. Pichi de Buenos Aires) has been living in Buenos Aires since 1999 and offers her services as a personal guide to women over 50 years who want to be introduced to the best dancers and dance in the best milongas.
For additional information email jantango@feedback.net.ar

A letter from a satisfied customer:

Dear Janis,

"I'm home safe and sound--very tired and very happy! Thank you again for the unique and unusual experiences and most of all for sharing your wonderful friends with me. That, of course, was better than any tour could be, and no amount of money could buy. I hope to be remembered as one who loved them all.
Say hello to all your friends (and my new ones) for me--Roberto, Osvaldo, Ariel, Beto & Teresa, etc.
Much Love, Susana XOXO"

New Zealand Tango Festival 2004
New Zealand Tango Festival 2004 is due to be held on Queens Birthday weekend (June 4th,5th, 6th, and 7th).
Further updates to follow.

Exciting News
Zanaboni Tango is delighted to announce that, For those of us who are unable to attend the, MELBOURNE TANGO FESTIVAL, this month. Diego Alvaro, who is the festival's special guest teacher, direct from Argentina, will be here in Auckland, November 6 to Nov 11.
Diego teaches and hosts milongas at one of my favourite places to dance in Argentina, CONFETERIA IDEAL. To learn more about Diego go to www.australiantangofestival.com.au and click on (STUDIOS INVOLVED). There you will be able to see his photo and read about all his accomplishments. In addition to our end of month Friday milonga, we are having a milonga on Friday Nov 7, also at Starlight Studios, to welcome Diego to Auckland.
Workshop schedule and Milonga details to be announced.

Last Milongas of 2003
The last three Milongas of 2003 will be held on Friday October 24th, Friday 7th November and Friday 28th November. There will be no December Milonga.

Our NZ directory of teachers has been removed
For matainance reasons we have decided to remove our directory of teachers from our classes page. If you are looking for classes outside our coverage area try our links page.