A powerhouse of Tango, Rebecca runs one of the most established Tango programs in the country (Dance Manhattan in NYC).  A longtime collaborator with Daniel Trenner, Brigitta Winkler, and Evan Griffiths, Rebecca brings her own dimension of Tango gentleness, sharpness, brilliance, and wit.

Rebecca is a phenomenal dancer and improvisor. People love to dance with her!  She has a supernatural Tango memory that is finely tuned to the subtleties of this dance. Rebecca has danced not only with elderly Argentine milongueros from Tango's Golden Era, but also with the finest creative young men of her home country, improvising brilliantly in performance with Jaimes, Homer, Alex, Nick, and Evan.

Rebecca started studying tango and visiting Buenos Aires with Daniel Trenner in 1991. Her teachers from those years include Mingo and Esther Pugliese, Gustavo Naveira & Olga Besio, Tete & Maria, Juan Bruno, and Antonio Todaro. She has taught workshops across the U.S. and all over the world. Teaching at Dance Manhattan since 1994, Rebecca brought many of her colleagues there to create its rich tango program. More than a dozen of New York’s current tango teachers are Rebecca’s former students. Rebecca is also a co-founder of TangoMujer, the all-women dance company that has performed internationally to rave reviews.

Rebecca is both an awe-inspiring follower and leader. As a teacher, she is insightful and encouraging; she acknowledges one's pain and triumph, and is a rich resource for countless ideas and artistic innovations.

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Pre-register by 11/5 for discounts.

Join us for Blue Milonga's 11th Anniversary on Saturday November 8.  Rebecca is our Special Guest!!

SATURDAY WORKSHOPS
(1.5h)

(12:45 PM       Registration)
1:00 PM    A.   TANGO TRANSFORMATION   (Intermediate)
Dancing a simple sequence with drastically different details depending on the music: witty, rhythmic music from the late 30s, or the romantic tangos from the early 40s full of longing and long notes. Details include embellishments, timing, different technique for balancing and weight transfer, styles of walking.

3:00 PM     B.   SUSPENSE & DRIVE  (Intermediate)
Expressing the high contrast in music of Di Sarli & Pugliese, we'll work with driving, aggressive walking and sacadas, and then back off to study how to build up suspense with slowness, connection and pressure, and then put it all together for a lot of tight drama!