Workshop with Meg Crosby

Workshop "Sculpting your Tango Bearing by Refining the Essential Elements"

Workshop Description

Good posture, close embrace, a firm axis, and elegant walking are the essential elements of tango.  In this all-level class, we will define and refine these elements to make your dancing more expressive and dynamic.

About Meg

Meg Crosby has been dancing tango for 25 years. She began her training at the (now-closed)

Tango...Nada Más, a tango school in Chicago. It was there that she had the opportunity to study

with many distinguished Milongueros, including Gavito; Nito and Elba; Leandro Palou and Andrea

Missé; and Oswaldo Zotto. She danced with Zotto and remembers that his embrace felt

like velvet. As she recalls, he had a light, gentle touch and yet, he had complete control. From

him she discovered that a follower may not remember the steps a leader leads, but the memory of

a good embrace is never forgotten.

In 2000 she joined the newly established Milwaukee Tango, and she has been an active member

of the community ever since. For many years she took classes from Marek Szotkowski and Nina

Tatarowicz. Currently, she studies with Jacques and María, Jesica Arfenoni, and Maxi Cristiani,

whenever he is in Chicago. She supplements her tango training with weightlifting, a vigorous

Iyengar yoga practice, and multiple, daily walks with Edo, her smooth fox terrier.

Meg holds a Ph.D. in Romance Languages (Spanish and Portuguese) from the University of New

Mexico. For 35 years she taught Spanish language, and Latin American literature and culture

courses at several colleges and universities. She is an avid traveler and has traveled extensively

throughout Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean. She especially likes Argentina and

France.

Meg is honored to facilitate a workshop at Café Coda. She looks forward to sharing her

knowledge of tango, to coaching new and experienced students, and to learning from her fellow

Tangueros/as.

Meg's workshop is followed by The Milonga Matinée from 2 - 5pm at Cafe CODA.

Email MTS if we can answer any questions or visit the MTS web site madisontango.org.

Please be aware that MTS will cancel an evening's tango event if hazardous weather conditions for the Madison area are expected. This includes winter storm warnings and tornado warnings. Please keep your commuting safety in mind before you leave your home.