At the Saturday milonga in Studio 22, Jeramy Bede and his partner Taylor Kay Stephens were performing.
Jeramy was (among) the first one to start out Argentine Tango community in Dallas in 80's. Building a community is not an easy task, and his contribution was great. I remember he came to OKC for a workshop several years ago.
And the performance. Sounds like they started out as teacher-student several years ago, then teacher-assistant, and now they are in a relationship. Good for them. The performance was very well done.
They will be performing with a Tango-flamenco troupe at an upcoming show in a Theater opening on 9/17.
Link to the show Nostalgia https://www.facebook.com/events/286415161692050/
On Sunday I went to WCS event Dallas Dance 2016.
Dallas Dance is at the 30th year. The event used to be among the biggest WCS events nationwide. For anyone who knew how big the event was (for example, there were 21 couples for Champion's J&J in 2006), recent downsizing should be a little sad.
In the 10 years between now and then, it proved that event running in their local community can be a good business (if not lucrative) for local professional WCS dancers. Instead of coming to Dallas for a big event, which also means tough contest for competitors, many have chosen to run their own event.
So we lost dancers from California or East coast. The days of nationwide party are gone.
Now moving to a new venue at Hilton Dallas Lincoln Center, Dallas Dance is downsized to a well-run regional event.
I guess, if I want to watch or dance with some fantastic dancers from California or East coast, I cannot be lazy and got to travel.
I still enjoyed dancing with decent dancers at the event. With two dancers from San Antonio, we closed down the floor Sunday night.
Today (9/6 Tuesday) in OKC, we started working on a group choreo for a Tango performance. It was the very first session, with Martha and David taking the choreographers' role. Let's see how it goes.
