Portland Dance Eclectic presents a
Weekend with Richard Powers and Mirage Marrou
What to expect from the Richard Powers Weekend
For many us, dance weeks and weekends and dance camps have provided a level of immersion into dancing where our dancing has gone to another level. For those dancers who enjoy waltz and other traveling dances, Richard Powers Waltz Weekends set the standards as reminders of why we waltz, the fundamentals of dancing and as a conversation in on how social dancing is evolving around the country. If you are a beginner or new to this style of dancing, expect to be inspired with the realization of the possibilities of social dance as accessible activity that can nurture mind, body and soul through out your life. Expect to learn fundamental skills of connecting with your partner, floor craft, and new moves that you can incorporate with what you already know.
For experienced dancers, immersion into the weekend should provide the opportunity to take dancing to the next level. Richard is constantly involved in adding to the possibilities of social dancing. Check out his new waltzlab.com.
Richard’s weekends are well paced: The sessions intersperse new moves, with free dancing and talks.
The Norse Hall ballroom is one of the best dancing venues in the Northwest: a large, perfectly finished wood floor, seating areas to rest and watch and a great location.
For many us, dance weeks and weekends and dance camps have provided a level of immersion into dancing where our dancing has gone to another level. For those dancers who enjoy waltz and other traveling dances, Richard Powers Waltz Weekends set the standards as reminders of why we waltz, the fundamentals of dancing and as a conversation in on how social dancing is evolving around the country. If you are a beginner or new to this style of dancing, expect to be inspired with the realization of the possibilities of social dance as accessible activity that can nurture mind, body and soul through out your life. Expect to learn fundamental skills of connecting with your partner, floor craft, and new moves that you can incorporate with what you already know.
For experienced dancers, immersion into the weekend should provide the opportunity to take dancing to the next level. Richard is constantly involved in adding to the possibilities of social dancing. Check out his new waltzlab.com.
Richard’s weekends are well paced: The sessions intersperse new moves, with free dancing and talks.
The Norse Hall ballroom is one of the best dancing venues in the Northwest: a large, perfectly finished wood floor, seating areas to rest and watch and a great location.
2014 Richard Powers Weekend Tentative Schedule
Saturday, April 7 Norse Hall Main Ballroom
9:30-10:00am Registration and Warm ups
10:00am- 11:00 -What is Social Tango
11:10-12:30 - Waltz from a Social Tango perspective- New Move
12:30 -1:45pm - A Richard Powers presentation on the Evolution of Tango with slides and the catered lunch
1:45- 2:30 - Social Tango on the dancefloor-1
2:45-3:30pm - Waltz- New moves.
3:30pm - 4:15pm -Q&A sessions
Saturday Evening Dance , Norse Hall, (Open to public)
Lesson: 7:30 to 8:45 pm. Lesson by Richard Powers - Swing Waltz Variations
8:45 to 11:30 pm. Waltz, swing, and other traveling dances to music DJ'ed by Richard Powers and Dennis Myers
Sunday Workshops, April 8, Norse Hall,
10:00 - 10:30 Warm-ups
10:30-11:25 - Social Tango on the dancefloor-2
11:35-12:30 - Bringing Waltz and Social Tango Together.
12:30 pm - 1:30pm - Talk with brunch style snack
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm What do you dance to this music plus review
2:30 pm - 4pm Practice Dance
Saturday, April 7 Norse Hall Main Ballroom
9:30-10:00am Registration and Warm ups
10:00am- 11:00 -What is Social Tango
11:10-12:30 - Waltz from a Social Tango perspective- New Move
12:30 -1:45pm - A Richard Powers presentation on the Evolution of Tango with slides and the catered lunch
1:45- 2:30 - Social Tango on the dancefloor-1
2:45-3:30pm - Waltz- New moves.
3:30pm - 4:15pm -Q&A sessions
Saturday Evening Dance , Norse Hall, (Open to public)
Lesson: 7:30 to 8:45 pm. Lesson by Richard Powers - Swing Waltz Variations
8:45 to 11:30 pm. Waltz, swing, and other traveling dances to music DJ'ed by Richard Powers and Dennis Myers
Sunday Workshops, April 8, Norse Hall,
10:00 - 10:30 Warm-ups
10:30-11:25 - Social Tango on the dancefloor-2
11:35-12:30 - Bringing Waltz and Social Tango Together.
12:30 pm - 1:30pm - Talk with brunch style snack
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm What do you dance to this music plus review
2:30 pm - 4pm Practice Dance
Social Dance Weekend:
Waltz and Social Tango
with Richard Powers & Mirage Marrou
Saturday & Sunday, June 7 & 8, 2014
Norse Hall, 111 NE 11th Ave, Portland
We are very excited to announce that on June 6 & 7, Richard Powers will be coming back to Portland for a workshop that combines waltz and social tango.
The classes will go back and forth between the two dances, creating new figures and improving partnering. Tango and waltz share many steps and figures, and juxtaposing both in a single weekend will help you lead new improvised versions, and follow anything. The partnering that we will develop is applicable to any social dance form.
Richard Powers, professor of Social Dance at Stanford, is well-known for his re-envisioning of the waltz for contemporary social dancing, and he's now exploring a new level of partnering interaction in social tango, and it has been a great hit with his students.
Social tango is an especially friendly member of the tango family, with an emphasis on accepting and adapting to differences that we find in our various partners. It is essentially the basis of the original Argentine tango, and the least-changed of the three branches of today's tango. Therefore, it contains many of the foundational and fundamental dynamics, upon which the other two forms of tango are built. Read Richard's brief introduction to Tango developmental tree here. http://socialdance.stanford.edu/Syllabi/tango_family_tree.htm
If you have previous experience in any form of tango or waltz, you will gain additional insights, as the new material reflects off of what you already know. If you are new to waltz or tango, all of the basics that you'll need will be covered.
Mirage Marrou (link to bio) will be partnering with Richard for this weekend. She has partnered Richard's classes and workshops over the last seven years, and has helped shape the development of this new material.
Registration for this weekend will open, Feb. 20 on the website. We are extremely excited about this workshop and are confident it will add much to an dancer's repertoire regardless of their previous experience level.
If you are not familiar with Richard Powers here is an introduction and a short video.
The weekend will include:
• Four workshop sessions on Saturday and three on Sunday
• Pre-dance workshop (open to the public), 7:30 Saturday
• Saturday night dance, 8:45 to 11:30, featuring DJed music by Richard Powers and Dennis Myers
• Catered lunch on Saturday featuring another of Richard’s trademark presentations
The cost of weekend is $120.
We don't want anyone to miss this workshop for financial reasons. Contact us for information on scholarships.
The classes will go back and forth between the two dances, creating new figures and improving partnering. Tango and waltz share many steps and figures, and juxtaposing both in a single weekend will help you lead new improvised versions, and follow anything. The partnering that we will develop is applicable to any social dance form.
Richard Powers, professor of Social Dance at Stanford, is well-known for his re-envisioning of the waltz for contemporary social dancing, and he's now exploring a new level of partnering interaction in social tango, and it has been a great hit with his students.
Social tango is an especially friendly member of the tango family, with an emphasis on accepting and adapting to differences that we find in our various partners. It is essentially the basis of the original Argentine tango, and the least-changed of the three branches of today's tango. Therefore, it contains many of the foundational and fundamental dynamics, upon which the other two forms of tango are built. Read Richard's brief introduction to Tango developmental tree here. http://socialdance.stanford.edu/Syllabi/tango_family_tree.htm
If you have previous experience in any form of tango or waltz, you will gain additional insights, as the new material reflects off of what you already know. If you are new to waltz or tango, all of the basics that you'll need will be covered.
Mirage Marrou (link to bio) will be partnering with Richard for this weekend. She has partnered Richard's classes and workshops over the last seven years, and has helped shape the development of this new material.
Registration for this weekend will open, Feb. 20 on the website. We are extremely excited about this workshop and are confident it will add much to an dancer's repertoire regardless of their previous experience level.
If you are not familiar with Richard Powers here is an introduction and a short video.
The weekend will include:
• Four workshop sessions on Saturday and three on Sunday
• Pre-dance workshop (open to the public), 7:30 Saturday
• Saturday night dance, 8:45 to 11:30, featuring DJed music by Richard Powers and Dennis Myers
• Catered lunch on Saturday featuring another of Richard’s trademark presentations
The cost of weekend is $120.
We don't want anyone to miss this workshop for financial reasons. Contact us for information on scholarships.
