2012-06-02--05 GB Festival - England International Tango. Sussex
WWW.ENGLANDINTERNATIONALTANGOFESTIVAL.COM with Otros Aires, Sexteto Milonguero, Dario+Claire Da Silva, Chan Park, Alexandra Wood, Joel and Alina, Pablo Nievas+Valeria Zunino
Buenos Ardingly June 2-5 2012
- 2 biggest tango bands in world for dancers
- More than 60 hours workshops
- 7 Sets of teachers
- 5 Milongas with live music, 2 rooms and late late finishes
- Gorgeous countryside location (close to Gatwick, M25)
- On Site - Residential Options (Rooms, Dorms, + Camping)
- Food available throughout
- Exclusive xtra large screen showing of new Tango movie
- Total Beginners 1 or 2 day bootcamp
- Tango Shop (shoes, clothes, massage)
What better way to spend the long jubilee weekend (mon + tues are bank holidays) than tangoing in the heart of the beautiful British countryside.
MUSICIANS
Sexteto Milonguero (Sat June 2nd) (Arg)
The top traditional Tango Orchestra in the world!!!!!! Seven piece with two bandoneons and awesome singer. Only scheduled date in England.
Apart from flyiing to see them them play in Buenos Aires, you will never see a tango orchestra as accomplished, well regarded and energetic as this one.
Otros Aires (Sun June 3rd) (Arg) The top electronic tango band in the world!!!! Exclusive UK date with expanded lineup (acoustic + electronic), Old favourites, new arrangements - all designed to be danced in the milonga. Plus charismatic singer Miguel and the band will lead a special tango musicality for dancers workshop.
We will also have other live music at our Monday and Tuesday milongas from Saxxy Miss T (clarinet and saxophone).
DJS From Argentina: Diego (Negrachas, Dome etc) + Sergio (River Tango)
From UK: Tony Walker (Tango on the Thames, Tango Instinct) + Dance Inspired (TangoBootCamp + Negrachas)
TEACHERS
Dario + Claire Da Silva (Arg)
This couple are teaching exclusively for us at TangoBootCamp and for the first time ever in UK. Creator of one of the most watched online tango phenomenons, millions of people around the world have learnt to dance with DARIO's TANGO GUIDE. Dario and Claire will teach > 13 hours improvers, intermediate and advanced workshops focusing on traditional tango,vals and milonga.
Chan Park (USA/Kor) Inspirational Teacher and practitioner of Tango Zen. Chan will run more than 5 hours workshops which focus on simplicity, embrace, connection, walk + musicality. We have done workshops with Chan and can guarantee you will come away inspired, reinvigorated and dancing better tango. We will also have an exclusive cinema size large screen viewing of his brand new film 'Tango Your Life'. After which Chan will run a queston and answer session.
Alexandra Wood (Uk) Alexandra is our original tangobootcamp principal and runs her own school with previous partner Stefano. She will be starring for much of 2012 in Vincent + Flavias Midnight Tango. We are very lucky to have Alexandra teaching an exclusive ladies day. Almost 5 hours of tango technique, styling and exercise for follows.
Joel (Leb) + Alina (Rus) Fantastic international couple who were very popular at our last Ardingly Festival. They travel intensively to study with the best Maestros in Buenos Aires and worldwide, including Pablo & Dana, Chicho Frumboli, Gustavo Naveira, Sebastian & Mariana, and Fabian Salas. The techniques they teach emphasise functionality, naturalness, dynamics and playfulness, and are designed to allow the dancers to effectively master and enjoy both Traditional Tango as well as Tango Nuevo, and to merge then with fluidity.
Pablo Nievas + Valeria Zunino (Arg) This fantastic, energetic young couple are based in Buenos Aires and teach at one of it's most famous milongas (Confiteria Ideal). They also tour and perform at major tango festivals around the world. Pablo and Valeria are superb tango dancers and also they are amongst the fastest, technically precise milonga dancers in the world.
Warren + Julie/Kerenza (Uk)
Founder of TangoBootCamp and teacher 4 nights a week across Sussex, Warren will teach the Total Beginners BootCamp with regular partners.
Ideal for someone who has never danced tango before - join the thousands of students across the country that have learnt to dance tango with TangoBootCamp
LOCATION Ardingly College is an independent co-educational boarding and day school, located in the south east of England. Situated in beautiful West Sussex countryside between London and Brighton, the College is close to M25, 10 miles south of London Gatwick airport, close to Haywards Heath station.
The 230 acre campus is absolutely stunning with great rooms for teaching and milongas. For 4 days in June 2012 the students will be away and the tango dancers will play. www.ardingly.com
ACCOMMODATION Onsite - Ardingly College has a number of of options onsite (Single/Twin rooms, Dorms, Camping) Local Hotels - There are a number of hotels locally and in surrounding areas (Gatwick Airportis just 8 miles away) Hosts - A number of our local dancers have offered to host visiting dancers (for a nominal contribution)
BOOKING
Bookings are now full open with a short earlybird window.
Full details of the event and booking forms are at our brand new website http://WWW.ENGLANDINTERNATIONALTANGOFESTIVAL.COM/
The event has recieved unprecedented interest, and some workshops are already almost 1/3 allocated after only just a few hours of website being open. Please book early to avoid being disappointed.
www.englandinternationaltangofestival.com www.tangobootcamp.co.uk