Coming to Pittsburgh - Oct 5-10 2017
Tate Di Chiazza & Karen Jaffe
Karen started her tango journey 20 years ago and has taught/performed throughout the US. Tate started teaching tango in Buenos Aires over 20 years ago, and has taught/performed in 17 different countries, on four different continents. They have toured together teaching tango in 2013, 2015 and 2016. Now in 2017 they bring over 40 years of tango experience to share with us.
Workshops with Tate & Karen
Thu Oct. 5 Absolute Ballroom
7:30 - 8:30 Technique class
8:30 - 11:00 practica
Fri Oct. 6 Ursula's tango annex
8-9 pm cross variations
Sat Oct. 7 Wilkins
12:15 registration
12:30 Rebounds
2:15 Going Dark
4:00 Active Following (leaders & followers)
Sun Oct. 8 Wilkins
12:45pm registration
1:00 Up & Down (Height Changes)
2:45 Elasticity & Lag Time
Milongas
Fri. Oct. 6 9pm-midnite at Ursula's
Sat. Oct. 7 9pm-1am at Absolute Ballroom + a bit of
live bandoneon music to dance to. Sun. Oct. 8 8-11pm at Wightman (sponsored by PGHTango)
Prices
Single events - A la carte
$15 * Thursday technique class at Absolute
$5 * Practica at Absolute Ballroom
$15 Friday Class at Ursula's
$10 Friday milonga at Ursula's
$30 Sat/Sun workshops at Wilkins
$15 Saturday grand milonga at Absolute Ballroom
$10 * Sunday milonga at Wightman + performance by
Tate & Karen.
The events starred (*) above are sponsored by PGHTango.
We appreciate Chewy/Yulia's support of Tate & Karen.
Sat/Sun multiple workshops
$30 1 workshops
$55 2 workshops
$80 3 workshops
$100 4 workshops
$120 5 workshops (buy 4, get one free)
Super value weekend pass
$140 includes:
Fri - class + milonga at Ursula's
Sat - three workshops at Wilkins
Sat - 25th anniversary milonga at Absolute Ballroom
Sun - two workshops at Wilkins
Venues
Thu @ Absolute Ballroom 6617 Hamilton Ave. Pgh PA 15206
Fri @ Ursula's 150 Wabash Street, Pgh PA 15220 Sat @ Wilkins 7604 Charleston Ave Pgh PA 15218
Sun @ Wilkins 7604 Charleston Ave Pgh PA 15218
Sun @ Wightman 5604 Solway Street Pgh PA 15217
Private lessons
Private lessons are at 7 N Grandview Ave Crafton PA 15205 (corner of Grandview and Taylor). Entrance is from Taylor. Dance shoes or socks are required by the host.
To schedule private lessons, contact Karen Jaffe at 828-215-1177, or email her at kjsummit@hotmail.com. They are available Friday Oct. 6, and Mon-Tue-Wed Oct. 9-11. (They might be able to schedule a private on Sat/Sun for a dancer traveling from outside Pittsburgh.)
Tate $95/hour $250/3hours (he prefers a leader have a partner, but not required)
Karen $75/hour $200/3hours
Tate+Karen $150/hr
