Stage folk & tango in Zuid-Frankrijk

After the big succes of the previous editions, Laure Fourest and Koen Dhondt are giving a 7-day dance workshop at Domaine La Clé de Sol in Marsaz, a small village in the Drôme region in the south of France. Get ready for a great stay full of joy and fun, learning, laughing and meeting people, delicious food prepared by Anamaria, sun and swimming, and lots of dancing!

Approximately 5 hours of dance lesson per day. The final program will be decided on the spot according to the suggestions, preferences and/or needs of the participants. The common thread throughout the workshop is learning how to guide/follow and communicate well in the dance. Laure and Koen will give individual suggestions and corrections, so that everyone progresses.

This intensive week of dance is for experienced folk dancers who wish to take the time to develop and refine the body skills (posture and dance technique) necessary to embody the music more precisely and sensitively in couple dances.
 
This bodywork will be done via a diversion through the practice of Argentine Tango (no previous experience necessary), because it allows us to explore the finesse and precision of the connection.
 
This bodywork will also allow us to dive into the exploration of this great mishmash called "musicality" and the dialogue that we, as dancers, are led to initiate with the musical proposals that are made to us: to open our ears, to become aware of the rhythmic and melodic richness of the songs, to get out of our usual movements by developing new types of vocabularies, to be able to choose the musical elements that we want to interpret, etc…
 
In our opinion, what makes a beautiful couple dance is the comfort of the abrazo, the quality of the connection, and the harmony found by the three of us: you, me and the music. This workshop will explore these three concepts in greater depth.
 
Koen will also give optional trad dance sessions. He will teach some trad dances that we will choose together (rondeaux, congo, bourrées, sauts béarnais, arin arin, fandango, branle béarnais…)
 
Each teacher will also give classes around his or her own speciality. We have 2 rooms and can therefore separate the group

Laure: Argentine Tango: discovery group for beginners & group for intermediates, warming up, musicality, posture and body work (Tang'anatomy)
Koen: dances from the South West & Centre of France, improvisation, musicality & rhythmical variations in couple dances, …