FINISH LINE Party October 9, 2012 from 7-9pm at Chocolati Greenwood in Seattle!
---------------------------------------------------- Seattle author, Argentine tango teacher, and student of life Gabriela Condrea is tango dancing her way literally around the United States and Canada with boxes of books and a yellow hippopotamus. By the time she reaches the "finish line" at Chocolati Cafe in Greenwood, Seattle on October 9th, she will have journeyed approximately 17,000 highway miles, visiting more than 60 cities in 36 states, sharing her exploration of connection through her writing and her teaching of tango - Tango is About the Connection - and at Open Mics and Poetry Slams along her route. The video below explains her project and the events leading up to this US Book & Tango Tour.
Gabriela's Tour Route
A full press release is included below.
Gabriela's Tour has been featured on blogs and websites across the continent:
- Tango Social Club in Montreal, Quebec: Author Gabriela Condrea's Book Tour hits Montreal
- All Argentine Tango in Saint Louis: Gabriela Condrea Workshop in St. Louis
- The Community Library in Ketchum, Idaho: Tango with the Author ~ When 1+1=1
| UC Berkeley Tango Club - photo by Celia Gong |
Readers' Reviews of
When 1+1=1:
That "Impossible" Connection
GOOD THINGS HAPPEN IN SMALL SPACES
Gabriela’s US Book and Tango Tour
Seattle author, Argentine tango
teacher, and student of life, Gabriela Condrea hit the road last April in her 2002 Honda
Civic, with boxes of books and a yellow hippopotamus. She has been tango dancing her way literally around the
United States and Canada (approximately 17,000 highway miles, visiting
more than 60 cities in 36 states), offering her book as an excuse to celebrate
community and connect people through the joy of dance. No solo journey, this adventure would not have
been possible without the many people who have hosted her along her 6-month
trek and the sponsorship of
Honda of Seattle, Firestone Auto Shops in Tucson, Miami, near Boston, and Lawrence,
Kansas providing oil changes and
“pit stops,” DIY Lettering, and local businesses, such as
Chocolati Café (which will host her Finish Line Party on October 9,
2012), The Union Cultural Center, LUCID Jazz Lounge, and Seattle
Gymnastics Academy.
| Arizona. Gabriela’s Book & Tango Tour. Photo by Gabriela Condrea |
Both her writing and her unique
style of teaching tango revolve around the theme of connection. Inspired by her encounter with tango and
experiences on dance floors from Buenos Aires to Europe and back to Seattle, When 1+1=1 highlights those priceless
moments in which we manage to slow down enough to savor the “in between” parts
– in between crossing items off our to-do list and running from one appointment
to another. Tango, with its direct,
nonverbal communication, can help us appreciate the inescapable role we play in
shaping each other’s lives. “Good things
happen in small spaces,” Gabriela writes, in those rare moments when we come
together and really interact with one another.
Her interactive book events are just that – a chance for people from
different avenues of life to intersect.
Born in Chisinau, Moldova and raised in Seattle, Washington, Gabriela
shares her exploration of connection through her writing and her teaching of
tango – Tango is About the Connection – in Seattle and along her path.
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For more information about Gabriela Condrea’s US Book and
Tango Tour, her book When 1+1=1: That
“Impossible” Connection (including reader’s reviews and excerpts), and her
blog, Invisible-Ties, please visit www.GabrielaCondrea.com. If you have any questions or would like to
schedule an interview, please contact Gabriela Condrea at 206.778.3239 or gcondrea[at]hotmail.com. |
| Photo by Gary Draluck, 2012. |
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