tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13292828525611711022012-02-13T01:44:07.320-05:00<i>The greatest value you'll receive from learning Argentine Tango is <b>the man or woman you'll discover within yourself</b> in the process.</i>Helainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16960422164383619740noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329282852561171102.post-43075332034338860032012-02-13T00:00:00.001-05:002012-02-13T00:05:42.005-05:00

TANGO MUSIC APPRECIATION and INTERPRETATION WORKSHOP Wednesday February 15 at 2PM EST Wednesday February 29 at 2PM EST with Argentine Tango dance instructor Helaine Treitman (click link for ticket information) https://www.thephil.org/buytickets/calendar/view.aspx?id=8575 You don’t have to dance Argentine tango to love tango music! In this exciting workshop,

Helainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16960422164383619740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329282852561171102.post-38951620489234938972010-11-25T17:35:00.010-05:002012-01-28T23:04:49.525-05:00

As you may already know, my favorite style of social tango is called "tango salon", and in particular the "Villa Urquiza" style of tango salon. Elegant and often sensual, with close embrace that sometimes opens, long gliding steps, sharp and clean embellishments, and precise musicality. It's the style I teach to my students. I've just started calling it "Rose-Vine Tango" because it works like

Helainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16960422164383619740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329282852561171102.post-7267596995829406772009-10-02T02:40:00.012-04:002009-12-20T14:10:44.487-05:00

Here we are, Jeremias and I, tangoing the 2.5 mile United Way walk in the Naples Florida sun! We're flanked here by tangueras Alla "Tango" carrying the Naples Tango/Permission Seduction™ sign, and Ella Holmes carrying water and handheld fans. Roni Olson was just outside the picture frame with my iPod and speakers, as was Marsha Rubin who followed us with my Flip camcorder. Just behind us Daniele

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Here I am with Collier County United Way's "Walk for the Way" Chairman Craig Bamberg shortly before the walk.  Craig was helping me warm up for "TANGOing the Walk" with Jeremias Massera on Saturday, September 26. It was here that I ascertained that Jeremias and I had both better wear sneakers for the walk, otherwise we'd never be able to pivot on 2.5 miles of rough cement and asphalt! Molly

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Tomorrow morning, September 26, you can witness firsthand my 2.5-MILE tango performance with Jeremias Massera, around the lake and through the woods in the North Collier Regional Park at 1500 Livingston Road (between Vanderbilt and Immokalee).  It's the l-o-o-n-n-g-est tango performance in history, distancewise!  You don't have to dance to get view a "front row" view of the show for almost an

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Yesterday, a flash of typically Floridian sunlight on the pavement threw me back to the sensations of childhood visits to my grandparents, who had retired to N. Miami Beach.  I then remembered when I flew down from college one weekend in 1975 to attend my grandparents' 50th wedding anniversary party. They were really my father's aunt and uncle, but since his own parents had perished in WWII, I

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Beginning of this course is postponed till October 19, 2009.  You can still enroll in the Introductory Tango Course (Oct. 5-Dec. 21) in the next 7 days, by Tuesday September 22, the Autumn Equinox, and. . . HARVEST BIG SAVINGS with the Autumn Equinox Special Introductory Price!  The New Naples Tango Introductory Course Mondays 8:00-9:30 PM STARTS OCTOBER 5, 2009 at Etudes de Ballet 

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On Saturday morning, Sept. 26, Jeremias Massera and I are going to TANGO the Collier County's United Way's "Walk for the Way". For us, it's a 2.5 mile ronda, or line of dance. This an annual fundraising walk, chaired by Craig Bamberg (also a Naples Tang-uero), in the North Collier Regional Park on Livingston Road in beautiful Naples. I'm inviting ALL Florida tangueros and tangueras to join us.

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Helainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16960422164383619740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329282852561171102.post-34991278748655465662009-09-06T19:41:00.014-04:002009-12-19T23:49:39.801-05:00

Adding Ocho Atrás (backward figure-8) to the Base Cruzada (cross-system basic), and Ocho Adelante con Parada (forward figure-8 with stop) to the Base Regular (regular basic). My compliments to Grazyna, Ryan, Ella and Lou! In addition to starting to use good technique, you're demonstrating the beginnings of good musicality!  And you're communicating with each other - that really matters! (P.S

Helainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16960422164383619740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329282852561171102.post-44341554296790166052009-09-06T19:10:00.010-04:002009-12-19T23:50:13.425-05:00

A fun, relaxing night out together with some of the Summer Course Level 1 graduates and other tango friends. Tango, Chacarera, jazzy cortinas, "asado" (Argentine & Uruguayan grill) and vino! Swing dancers are Jose & Halina, who win admiration and applause, and later Lou & Grazyna, and Nestor & Marsha.

Helainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16960422164383619740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329282852561171102.post-70505317391459374162009-09-02T14:53:00.002-04:002009-09-02T14:53:22.967-04:00

During the summer while things have been quiet, I've often enjoyed stopping my work on non-teaching days a little before sunset, and walking down to the private beach club area near my home in Pelican Bay. The 1-mile walk each way is, in itself, life-affirming. I take a break from wrestling with some writing or organizational challenge, cross the street to where the berm begins, and the moment I

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Some 30-second clips from my cell phone. . . Here they are at their first local milonga, only about a dozen of my new summer students in the company of 3-4 experienced tango friends. These people have had between 4 and 10 weeks of weekly summer classes. For the first hour or two they were all shy. By 10PM, every chair was empty. Every person in the room (aside from the

Helainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16960422164383619740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329282852561171102.post-37411969049997378232009-08-16T17:36:00.006-04:002009-12-19T23:52:36.485-05:00

P.S. To my women students: this is what you can do when you stay calm and keeping your free leg relaxed!

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Here's the late breaking news!: I'm offering an opportunity for those who want to try Argentine Tango lessons, but have not been able to commit to 12 or even 6 consecutive Monday or Tuesday evenings:Introducing Naples Tango's AUGUST TANGO BOOT CAMP - Naples Tango Boot Camp - Part 1Saturday and Sunday afternoons, August 22 & 23- Naples Tango Boot Camp - Part 2Saturday and Sunday afternoons, August

Helainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16960422164383619740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329282852561171102.post-31770949684016557872009-07-29T14:38:00.010-04:002010-07-24T16:58:00.338-04:00

Today I'm returning to the Vanderbilt library a marvelous novel: "Here at the End of the World We Learn to Dance", by Lloyd Jones, author of the highly acclaimed "Mr. Pip". (Amazon link below.) I'm recommending this book to everyone reading this post. I could hardly put it down. I'd like you to read it, both men and women, because through 4 different characters, across a century and an ocean,

Helainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16960422164383619740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329282852561171102.post-35569423195130611272009-07-17T00:10:00.013-04:002009-07-17T01:33:39.559-04:00

We're half-way through the summer (snif), and I want to offer a summer tango experience to all of you who have come to my recent free demo lessons, in the last 2 weeks, plus all of you longer-time Naples Tango friends who have been staying close and reading all my emails, but have not been ready to commit to a 3-month course. Newcomers are welcome too!Instead of a July-October course on

Helainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16960422164383619740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329282852561171102.post-4335361370958888692009-07-08T02:06:00.006-04:002009-12-19T23:55:59.714-05:00

Please click the link just below to read what my former students in Italy said about what learning tango has meant to them. You'll also find details here on the Free Demo Class tonight, and on the new course starting Wednesday, July 22 . . . and on the fabulous deal I offered starting Saturday, July 4 - the big discount expires on midnight of Friday July 10. http://tiny.cc/groupclass072209

Helainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16960422164383619740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329282852561171102.post-24235096321496897702009-07-03T14:11:00.005-04:002009-12-19T23:56:48.504-05:00

The whirling-dervish in the white jacket coming in from the left is Julio Balmaceda, one of today's great tango artists and maestros!

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Helainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16960422164383619740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329282852561171102.post-10408549879576974292009-06-26T02:23:00.006-04:002009-06-27T12:21:41.605-04:00

Men, don't go away! Please read on just a minute.This message is for all the women in our community, who are NOT currently enrolled in a Naples Tango class. If you are a MAN reading this, because you might know a woman who would enjoy this class. So I urge you to forward the link at the end of this posting to your women friends, main squeeze, daughters, and colleagues. (Here it is for your

Helainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16960422164383619740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329282852561171102.post-32979654557949823772009-06-26T01:06:00.012-04:002009-12-20T00:00:43.298-05:00

Yesterday a great, great talent and a complex and controversial "personaggio" made headlines by leaving us, at the young age of 50. I prefer to remember him as he was in the photo above.I too made headlines yesterday, albeit more modestly. Hot off the presses, Gulfshore Life Magazine's July cover story called "Passions in Paradise", by Chris Wadsworth, features yours truly (p. 38) as part of a

Helainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16960422164383619740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329282852561171102.post-19480150099025738702009-06-17T16:08:00.002-04:002009-06-17T16:11:52.519-04:00

Yesterday a good friend and tango student of mine from the East Coast was in the area for business, so he invited me to dinner. Carl has been dancing tango for about 3 years. During our long conversation about life and tango, he remarked that it's not only the new confidence in his masculine appeal to women that tango gives him. He said that what he loves most is "The Hug Factor". No matter

Helainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16960422164383619740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329282852561171102.post-36612917780537377362009-06-14T17:06:00.010-04:002009-12-20T00:07:52.026-05:00

Naples Tango invites you to another FREE DEMO CLASS Monday JUNE 15, 5:30-6:30 PM Followed by Argentine wine and cheese! At Backstage Dance Academy, 5400 Jaeger Road, Naples. (Off Pine Ridge; going east, turn left right after Noodles.) PLEASE RESERVE YOUR PLACE IN THE DEMO CLASS, FOR YOURSELF AND FOR ANY GUESTS YOU WISH TO BRING. Email me at htreitman@gmail.com or call me at 239-776-6535.

Helainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16960422164383619740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329282852561171102.post-52962166614160035012009-06-12T02:15:00.008-04:002009-06-12T03:02:50.142-04:00

Are you curious about Argentine Tango? Would you like to sample my approach to teaching? How about staying for the 7:30 tango evening to meet other Naples Tango people and see what the social environment is like?You and your friends are welcome. You don't need a partner!Tonight 6:30-7:30 PM - Free Tango Demo Class for absolute beginners, immediately followed by a milonga (a tango dance get

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