Please join me in welcoming Janey Smith from Kansas City!

Check out her bio and a video of her dancing below.

Location: All classes held at Dance Quest 539 Metroplex Building C Suite 200, 0.6 miles N of Metroplex Dr. and Harding Pl. intersection Nashville. http://www.dancequestllc.com/

Saturday (Feb. 4th): 11:30am to 1pm - Are We Dancing Yet? The Six Essentials of Argentine tango. Without these steps, you aren’t dancing Argentine Tango! All Levels 1:30pm to 3pm - Spicy Milonga! This class adds dashes of flavor to the “milonga box step” and takes your milonga to the next level. All Levels

Sunday (Feb. 5th): 11:30am to 1pm - Dancing on the Dark Side. Go where dancers fear to tread- the close side of the embrace. Dancing in cross system walking, counter body movement. Intermediate Level 1:30pm to 3pm - Sacadas, Paradas, Boleos, Oh My! The title says it all. Intermediate Level

Classes are $15 each or $50 for all 4. Cash or check payable to Music City Tango.

Any questions write to k.balmer@gmail.com or call Kristin Balmer at 615 227 3932

Bio:

Janey Lynn Smith’s love of dance was born of her zeal for music. Classically trained on three instruments, she was also known to dabble in another nine, both string and reed.  Janey began dancing in earnest in 1990, and has since learned ballet, point, jazz, and modern dance.  In September of 2003, Janey started studying Argentine Tango with world renowned instructor Korey Ireland.  Realizing the importance of going to the source, she went to Buenos Aires in January of 2008 and took daily classes and private lessons from various instructors.

Back in the United States, Janey had the opportunity to teach with Henry Finkelstein for group classes and private lessons at Yale University from August 2008 – June 2009.  This experience culminated in a workshop weekend
in Kansas City. Eli Leserowitz and she then formed a partnership, and began teaching group classes and workshops in Kansas City, Lawrence, St. Louis, and Princeton University.  Never idle, Janey studied under the world renowned Robin Thomas in April 2010, and also had the opportunity to assist Robin Thomas in his regularly scheduled classes at Yale, Princeton, Columbia
and Dance Manhattan.

Teaching has become Janey’s forté.  She ran studio sessions and conducted classes at Swing Salsa Tango from March – Oct 2009; Coda from Dec 2009 – March 2011, and is currently teaching at and hosting the Tango night at the Marquee Lounge in the AMC Downtown Kansas city.  She has taught regular boot camps for 80 people at Kansas University since 2010 in an effort to grow the Tango community in Kansas and Missouri.  Janey’s teaching style carries inflections of Robin Thomas’, as he has been both mentor and sage to her since their meeting at Meet in the Middle 2004.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUX8f3A2zG0