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

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

The Home Advantage

There's nothing like dancing tango in your own hometown. You've got the edge. You've got the home court advantage. Milonga One of Tango Sutra and I've all but given up. Relocated down the hall to the computers of Trinity College. Don't get me wrong. It's a wonderful milonga full of swirling couples, a beautiful hall, one of the best dj's I've heard in a while. I think her name is Julia. She's Russian. That's actually why I had to step out. My most cherished Di Sarli tango was played and I couldn't find a partner. Not being able to dance to it was just killing me. So I stepped out of the ballroom. I danced two tandas earlier with a woman I knew from years ago. She and another friend used to come to NY alot when D.C. didn't have much of a scene. They were beautiful tandas. I could have danced with her all night but I had to let her go.

I'm in a bad mood. An extremely bad mood. I haven't had this bad a milonga experience since the dreaded beginner days as a follower back in 1996. It's also parralleling my second time in Bs As which was a total nightmare. Listen, there are a lot of great men dancing tonight. Serious competition. And I don't know anyone. And I'm not clear about how they are making the arrangements to dance. It's not through cabacceo. It's not verbal. Something's going on but I can't quite catch the drift. I think my hunting muscles are soft to be honest. I am spoiled by NY and my home court advantage. Also my mind is kind of twisted up right now and I am convinced that these women do not really want to dance with another woman. They want to dance with men. As convinced of this as I am, utterly convinced, so convinced that I put it in writing put it in blog - a woman approaches me - Zoe. She asks if I am studying here. She wants to know if I am writing my dissertation or some sort of studies and on my breaks I come in and dance. I think this is kind of funny because I am nothing more than a criminal - illegally using the computers here because I am pissed off in the milonga. I tell Zoe that I am visiting and I don't know anyone here. Well that's not true. I know several people here but I am in a funk and I have given up on getting dances. Zoe tells me that she has seen what a wonderful leader I am and she would be happy to dance with me when I return to the milonga. So there we have it - my theory shot to hell! A woman wants to dance with me. She lets me know. Perhaps I am too used to having the women approach me for dance in NY. This happens alot. I am lazy and stupidly shy tonight. I am also pissed off that they don't have TANGO SUTRA TSHIRTS this year. That was one of the main reasons I came to this festival. Other than that, I guess I can't really complain. The weekend has just begun. There's a crowded room around the corner and Zoe waiting for a dance. Now that I've blown off some steam, maybe my energy and my tango luck will change. I will end on this note - for me - NYC and Roma have been the best cities for me to dance in as a leader. So D.C. I challange you to prove me wrong!

Tango Sutra

A Lyrical Weekend of dancing
Argentine Tango in Washington DC
October 26-28, 2007
Djs-
Evan Griffiths from Portland
Yulia Kriskovets from DC
Ramu Pyreddy from Ann Arbor

Teachers-
Celine Allard & Sridhar Hannenhalli from Philadephia
Rosa Corisco & Felipe Martinez from Madrid
Marika Landry & Robin Thomas from Montreal/NYC
And
Mariana Galassi from Buenos Aires

This sounds like an amazing tango weekend and TIGER WILL BE THERE!!!