Schedule

Events at a glance

Fri 18th May 2012

@ Bloomsbury House

6:00pm
RM
Intermediate / Advanced
7:45pm
A&V
All levels

Sat 19th May 2012

@ Bloomsbury House

12:30pm
RM
Intermediate
2:15pm
A&V
Intermediate / Advanced
4:00pm
CF
Suitable for anyone
6:15pm
Suitable for anyone
8:00pm
Suitable for anyone

Sun 20th May 2012

@ Latvian House

2:00pm
RM
Intermediate
3:45pm
A&V
Intermediate / Advanced
5:00pm
B
Beginner
5:30pm
A&V
Intermediate / Advanced
7:15pm
A&V
Intermediate / Advanced
9:30pm

Schedule

Thursday, 17th May 2012

@ Latvian House, Queensway


6:00pm to 7:00pm
With
  • Bianca

If you haven't done tango before, this is your time to start. Come in, get a feel for the fundamentals of this beautiful and intricate dance, so that you can better appreciate all that's to come in the rest of the festival.

Beginner
7:00pm to 8:00pm
With
  • Bianca

All you need to know about rhythm.
This workshop is an exploration of rhythms in the tango family: tango, milonga and vals.

All levels
8:15pm to 9:30pm
With
  • Raul Mamone

The secrets of the tango milonguero style of dancing, typical in popular Buenos Aires milongas, will be revealed. With Raul Mamone, who will be partnered by Bianca of Rojo y Negro.

Intermediate
9:30pm to 1:00am
With
  • Bianca
  • Raul Mamone
  • Kirsty Bennett

Festival-opening milonga with entertainment:

* TANGO PERFORMANCE—Bianca and Raul Mamone
* LIVE MUSICRaul Mamone sings for us
* GUEST DJKirsty Bennet
* VJ—Rojo y Negro, projecting artwork by Sasha Leech

Friday, 18th May 2012

@ Bloomsbury House, Bloomsbury


6:00pm to 7:30pm
With
  • Raul Mamone
  • Valeria Maside

Figures for the busy dance floor, as they would be done in Buenos Aires but in the style of Raul Mamone.

Intermediate / Advanced
7:45pm to 9:15pm
With
  • Anibal and Valeria

Cadence, dancing together, continuity and smoothness in the lead for the leader and sensibility for the follower, with Anibal Lautaro and Valeria Maside

All levels
9:30pm to 3:00am
With
  • Raul Mamone
  • Valeria Maside
  • Sasha Leech
  • NADA MAS
  • Francisco Leiva and Christophe Delerce
  • Volker Marschhausen

Friday-night milonga with entertainment:

Saturday, 19th May 2012

@ Bloomsbury House, Bloomsbury


12:30pm to 2:00pm
With
  • Raul Mamone
  • Valeria Maside

Typical Milonga sequences with its characteristic cadence and musicality in the style of Raul Mamone.

Intermediate
2:15pm to 3:45pm
With
  • Anibal and Valeria

Tips for the embrace, posture and walking. Elegant lápiz and giros for women, with Anibal and Valeria.

Intermediate / Advanced
4:00pm to 6:00pm
With
  • Claudio Frost

TANGO SENSORIAL is a one of a kind workshop, devised and taught by Claudio Frost, dancer, teacher and actor.

The TANGO SENSORIAL workshop is inspired by tango, but it is also an invaluable workshop for anyone—even without any tango experience—who is interested in improving their connection and communication in tango, as well as any other couple dance. It is aimed equally at dancers as well as all who enjoy dancing, with or without any previous dance experience, or a partner.

Suitable for anyone
6:15pm to 7:45pm

Omar, a Tango teacher, is forced, after years, to return to Buenos Aires, a changed city. He meets friends, family and Veronica sharing a difficult challenge. That is how Omar finds himself in Tango.

Is the pursuit of happiness, dreams, regain our lives and above all, an alternative to the vulgarity, the worship of money and the decline of ethics?

The trip traces metaphorically the one made at the end of the 19th century by European immigrants towards South America.

Suitable for anyone
8:00pm to 9:30pm
With
  • Claudio Frost
  • Francisco Leiva and Christophe Delerce
  • Third Person Theatre Company

Tonight, we treat you to a unique experience: tango cabaret.

This evening's acts bring tango to life through theatre; each brings their own uniquely developed flavour, and their own outlook of tango the dance and the life.

The acts this evening are:

Puppet Tangueras by Claudio Frost
Poema by Francisco Leiva and Christophe Delarce
Improvised Tango Theatre by Third Person Theatre Company

Suitable for anyone
9:30pm to 3:00am
With
  • Anibal and Valeria
  • Raul Mamone
  • Diego Doigneau
  • Sasha Leech
  • NADA MAS
  • Francisco Leiva and Christophe Delerce
  • Simon Hyde

The main milonga of the festival promises to be explosive with the following headline acts:

Sunday, 20th May 2012

@ Latvian House, Queensway


2:00pm to 3:30pm
With
  • Raul Mamone
  • Valeria Maside

Sequences for Vals with its characteristic cadence and musicality in the style of Raul Mamone.

Intermediate
3:45pm to 5:15pm
With
  • Anibal and Valeria

Milonga traspié style. Essential combinations for the dance floor, with Anibal Lautaro and Valeria Maside.

Intermediate / Advanced
5:00pm to 9:00pm
With
  • Bianca

So, you're at the festival, you're awed by the dancers and artists around you, and want to try your hand at tango too? Great, then start right here. The beginner intensive course is designed to get you into tango quickly and with the minimum of fuss. It's for all who prefer to learn at a fast pace, aren't able to attend beginner classes regularly in the evenings, or would simply like to recap their basics after a break.

Beginner
5:30pm to 7:00pm
With
  • Anibal and Valeria

Cadence of Vals. How to differentiate Tango and Vals (in walking and figures), with Anibal Lautaro and Valeria Maside.

Intermediate / Advanced
7:15pm to 8:45pm
With
  • Anibal and Valeria

Dynamic giros with musicality in limited space. Make the dissociation work in a close embrace, with Anibal Lautaro and Valeria Maside.

Intermediate / Advanced
9:30pm to 12:30am
With
  • Tony Walker
  • Paula de Oliveira
  • Rojo y Negro

Goodbye milonga with surprises.