followers' expressiveness - 5-WEEK SERIES, MONDAYS, 7:30-9 pm, STARTING MAY 11TH, $65

with Mitra Martin

What is the difference between following and dancing? Come find out this May in Tango Mar Vista's program on Expressiveness for Women.

Join our circle of women. Under Mitra's guidance, we are working with finding ways to express ourselves authentically within the parameters of the follower's role.

Our focus is working primarily with the central movements of Tango: how we can make the walk, the ocho, the collection, our own. There is a strong emphasis on quality of movement.

We are doing basic leading as well. Great followers learn the craft by leading more experienced followers and feeling how they express themselves when they dance.

This is a comfortable womens'-only environment to explore how to add more of yourself to your Tango while delighting your leader.

Mitra Martin has performed with some of the most musical and respected leaders in the Tango world today, including Evan Griffiths and Korey Ireland. See her dance here. She is a sought-after social dancer at major Tango festivals regardless of the how many other followers are in the room.

Mitra has been dancing Tango more than 10 years solid, beginning in Buenos Aires in 1998. From her decade-long immersion in Tango across major centers of Tango in North America and Europe, she has discovered some keys on how to express herself authentically within the parameters of the follower's role. She is devoted to Tango music and is also a respected local Tango DJ.


I feel it is my mission to help women discover how much more they can bring to the dance than good technique. Good technique is crucial, yes, but the soul of the dance and the key to inspiring excellent leaders goes well beyond good technique.

'Musicality for women' is not an oxymoron - it's a necessity. 'Expressing yourself' does not mean interfering with the lead - it means connecting with the lead. 'Quality of movement' is about much more than extending your legs when you step backward.

I am working with followers to help them move past these myths and free them from the plateaus they often find themselves facing. In my classes I am drawing heavily from my own experiences of dancing socially with great leaders. - Mitra

 

pre-register for this course offering
by emailing tangomarvista [at] gmail [dot] com
with the subject line: "SPIRITED FOLLOW"