Helen La Vikinga y Lexa Roséan MIlonga

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15 September 2009
1 year anniversary of Milonga del Cielo
NYC

Helen La Vikinga y Lexa Roséan y Max Gonzalez canto y baile

Max sings Nostalgias A cappella
La Vikinga y Lexa dance
15 September 2009
1 year anniversary of Milonga del Cielo
NYC

Tango for Human Rights

On September 16, 2009, join the Human Rights Project in celebrating 10 years of domestic human rights work. We will have an evening of Tango for Human Rights replete with Tango performance and competition.

Purchase Tickets Here
Meet and Support our Fabulous Tango Dancers Here

Meet the wonderful tango instructor Lexa Rosean

Click on the name of the tango dancer you want to support.

Dancing for the Right to Education

Ogonna Agu

Sean Clark

Dancing for Labor Rights

Mabel Bejar

Dave Manstream

Dancing for the Right to Housing

HaQuyen Pham

Roberto Cornejo

Dancing for the Right to a Healthy Environment

Sydney Pringle

Jagdish Patel

Dancing for the Right to Reproductive Health

Maria Freytsis

Arturo Perez Saad

SAVE THE DATE

HRP 10th Anniversary
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
OK Harris Works Of Arts Gallery
383 West Broadway, SoHo
6:30pm - 9:00pm

OK Harris Works Of Art Gallery
383 West Broadway, SoHo
Tango Party beginning at 6:30pm
Human Rights Awards at 8:00pm

Cielo in September

Milonga del Cielo in September 2009
"Do you remember how we danced that night away"

We've got something special planned EVERY Tuesday in September
Heavenly Bamboo Pavilion
10 East 39th St (Madison & 5th Ave)
8:30pm beg class with Lexa *Special class on Sep 15
9:30pm - 1:30am milonga
Chinese buffet & sushi served till 11pm
Host & DJ Lexa

$14 includes class/dinner/milonga $8 milonga only

September 8
Fiesta de Cumpleaños para el hijo de Lexa
That's right! My son - Ruben - the darling of the tango - is turning 16. Come tango the night away with El Guapo del Milonga with birthday cake & champagne.

September 15
One Year Anniversary of Cielo Milonga
Special class (all levels) with Helen La Vikinga.
Helen "La Vikinga" has been teaching tango since 1992 in Sweden, and since 2005 in Buenos Aires. Helen works with the Argentinian tango as a dance, as an expression, but most of all as a communication and as a connection to the other, both in the leader and in the follower role. Helen teaches from traditional tango to "queer" tango and everything in between. The most important is to be able to communicate to the other and enjoy the TANGO!

She started early to dance both roles in the tango and became well known as La Vikinga at the traditional milongas in Buenos Aires for dancing the 'man´s" role. Helen has been organizing in Sweden, the milonga Libertango and in Buenos Aires the milongas La Vikinga (one of the first alternative milongas in Bs As), Italia Unita, Bien Pulenta and Mano a Mano (open minded traditional milonga). In her own tango school, Escuela La Vikinga, she teaches both group and private tango & milonga lessons alone or with Javier Guiraldi.

Beside dancing and organizing tango Helen designs and produces La Vikinga Shoes and Sneakers.

PERFORMANCE WITH La Vikinga & Lexa! Champagne!

September 22
Mabon Milonga
Come and Celebrate Autumn. Ritual Tango Ceremony and Harvest blessing for Prosperity bestowed on all dancers by High Priestess and Witch Lexa. Mix of traditional. alternative, & nuevo sets.

September 29
Milonga Chai
If you make it to this milonga - you've been sealed in SEFER HA'CHAIM (the Book of Life). The Jewish New Year & Yom Kippur having concluded - Baile Chai at Cielo. Yiddish cortinas/Yiddish, Russian, Polish tangos and traditional Argentine tango sets. We are also celebrating the birthdays of Michelle DeBlasi and Jean Migdal and wishing Lexa a Bon Voyage as she heads off to Hamburg Queer Tango Festival.

Also in September...Allegorical paintings of tango, magic & girls...

The Art of Con Artist continues to hang at Heavenly Bamboo Pavillion and it is for sale at recession prices. 10 E 39th St (Mad/5th Ave), NYC









Lexa and Gayle










Love and Lightning











Moon Kite

















Naked Tango Practice
















Taking Her to the Cross








Nos vemos en Cielo!

Queer Tango Fest in Hamburg

Lexa is honored to be teaching and djing at Hamburg Queer Festival. Here is the link to check out this amazing weekend.

Workshops
Lexa Rosean (New York)


A Rund ums Kreuz - Spielereien & Variationen mit vor- und hinterkreuzen.

In diesem Workshop werden verschiedene Möglichkeiten des Kreuzens vermittelt, incl. ‚Cruzada Porteno’ und Hinterkreuzen, auch außerhalb der traditionell getanzten Base. Zusätzlich werden wir uns das Gehen an der ‚anderen’ Seite der Folgenden sowie das Wechseln der Seiten vornehmen unter den Gesichtspunkten Leichtigkeit, Rhythmus, Verbindung und Grazie. Anleitungen für klares, sicheres Führen (und Folgen).

Sa 03.10.2009, 16:30-18:15
Ab fortgeschrittene Anfänger_innen

Queer Tango Berlin

Queer Tango Berlin





10./11. October Workshops with Lexa Rosean (NYC)

Lexa Roséan is the 2008 US Argentine Stage Tango Champion (along with partner Gayle Madeira). Lexa also placed 3rd in Salon Tango for 3 consecutive years and was the first woman to receive an official invitation from the Argentine Government to dance the lead in the Mundial (World Competition).

Lexa began learning tango in 1995 and her first teacher was Brigitta Winkler. She continued studying with many of the great Argentine maestro/as including Omar Vega, Carlos Gavito, Nito y Elba, Susanna Miller, and Alicia Cruzado.

Lexa taught at DanceSport, and now teaches privately, as well as djs, and performs - but her most favorite aspect of Argentine tango is to dance socially. In 2007/8 she hosted NYC's only gay/lesbian milonga at Rubyfruit Bar in the West Village. Her current Milonga del Cielo is open to ALL tango lovers regardless of their sexual preference.

More Infos:
tigerstango.blogspot.com

:: WORKSHOP TOPICS ::

Saturday. 10.October

WS 1: 16.00 - 17.30 h: Secrets between Women - Tips for woman leaders. The embrace, Walking, Relationship of Bodies in close and open embrace (Adv. Beginners)
WS 2:18.00 - 19.30 h : Walking on the Dark Side
exploration of walking on followers left using rhythmic walking and turns. (Adv. Beginners)


Sunday 11.October

16.00 - 17.30 h : Sexy deep Sacadas & double Sacadas in close embrace (Intermediate)
18.00 - 19.30 h : Mad Milonga Moves - some fun and easy steps to spice up your milonga. Exploring Milonga Lisa, Milonga Condombe, & Milonga Traspie (Intermediate)

fees: 1,5 h=24/22€ erm. | 3 h=22/20€ erm. | ab 4,5 h 20/18€

Discount for students, unemployed and students of PHYNIXtanzt and Queer Tango Berlin.
Single dancers welcome! we help finding a dance partner.

Infos and registration: Astrid Weiske
0174/944 47 88 or E-Mail: Astrid Weiske

10./11. Oktober Workshops mit Lexa Rosean (NYC)

Workshops für Anfänger mit Vorkenntnissen, Mittelstufe + Fortgeschrittenes Level

Lexa Roséan gewann 2008 zusammen mit ihrer Partnerin Gayle Madeira die US Meisterschaft im Tango Argentino-Showtanz. Sie machte drei Mal hintereinander den dritten Platz im Salontango-Wettbewerb und war eine der ersten Frauen, die auf offizielle Einladung der argentinischen Regierung den führenden Part bei der Weltmeisterschaft (Mundial) getanzt hat.

Lexa tanzt seit 1995, ihre erste Lehrerin war Brigitta Winkler. Später lernte sie bei vielen der großen argentinischen Lehrmeister_innen wie zum Beispiel Omar Vega, Carlos Gavito, Nito und Elba, Susanna Miller, Alicia Cruzado.

Lexa unterrichtete Tango Argentino bei DanceSport und gibt nun Privatunterricht, arbeitet als DJane und tritt auf, aber am liebsten tanzt sie den Tango Argentino nur zum Vergnügen. 2007/8 veranstaltete sie New York Citys einzige lesbisch/schwule Milonga in der Rubyfruit Bar im West Village. Derzeitig organisiert sie die Milonga del Cielo, die ALLEN Tango Liebhaber_innen, unabhängig von ihren sexuellen Präferenzen, offensteht.

Mehr Infos:
tigerstango.blogspot.com

:: WORKSHOPTHEMEN ::

Samstag. 10.Oktober

WS 1: 16.00 - 17.30 h: Geheimnisse zwischen Frauen - Tipps für führende & folgende Frauen - Umarmung, Gehen, Verbindung der Körper in offener und enger Umarmung (Anf.mit Vork.)
WS 2:18.00 - 19.30 h : Walking on the Dark Side
Entdeckungen an der linken Folgendenseite mit Gehen, Rhytmus und Drehungen (Anf.mit Vork.)


Sonntag 11.Oktober

16.00 - 17.30 h : Sexy tiefe Sacadas & doppelte Sacadas in enger Umarmung (Mittelstufe)
18.00 - 19.30 h : Mad Milonga Moves einfache und verspielte Schritte für eine spannende Milonga - Entdeckungen mit Milonga Lisa, Milonga Condombe, & Milonga Traspie (Mittelstufe)

Kosten: 1,5 h=24/22€ erm. | 3 h=22/20€ erm. | ab 4,5 h 20/18€

Ermäßigungen gelten für Schüler, Studenten, ALG II und Schüler von PHYNIXtanzt und Queer Tango Berlin.

Einzelanmeldungen willkommen! Wir sind gerne behilflich bei Tanzpartnervermittlung.
Bitte unbedingt anmelden, da die Teilnehmeranzahl limitiert ist!

Infos und Anmeldung: Astrid Weiske
0174/944 47 88 oder per E-Mail: Astrid Weiske

Einzelstunden sind nach Absprache möglich.

Drunk Tango

Performance at the U.S. Tango Championships - Lexa & Gayle performing as the 2008 champions
Performance @ Stepping Out Studios, NYC July 24, 2009
Milonga is Donato Ella es Asi
One detail that can't be seen is that when Lexa sits down towards the end, she is reading a book called
"Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus" (with title also in español).

Lexa Roséan and Gayle Madeira

Photos from Drunk Tango
Performance at the U.S. Tango Championships
Photos by Kai: http://kaipix.com/projects/usatangochampionship2009/000/index000.html