MILONGUERO WEEKEND

MAESTROS:
Mariano Otero & Alejandra Heredia
Celeste Rey & Sebastian Nieva
Solange Galvao
Ricardo Delgado & Rebeca Nuñez

The weekend kicks off on Thursday 16 July at Milonga Porteña with workshops and local milonga.

Friday 17 July focuses on tango workshops and practica at the TangoAr Dance Studio.

Saturday 18 July presents an afternoon of workshops and a summertime evening Open Air Milonga at the Tower Bridge Plaza on the River Thames.

Milonga entry is free! During Milongas and a practica the maestros will perform to demonstrate skills and figures they taught at the workshops.

Finally, TangoAr Nights debuts on Thursday 21 July at the Hippodrome Casino Theatre. Grab a ticket online and meet us there for a night of live performances by our visiting Maestros, accompanied by rising star vocalist, all the way from Argentina, Nayla Danchuk and the TangoAr Orchestra, directed by maestro Juanjo Passo.

FULL PROGRAMME:

16th July.          DAY1          at Milonga Porteña
Unity Hall, 277a Upper Street, London, N1 2TZ

19.30 – 20.30 Mariano Otero & Alejandra Heredia
MILONGA: SPEED, DYNAMIC AND COMPLEX RHYTHMIC STRUCTURES

20.30 – 21.30 Ricardo Delgado & Rebeca Nuñez
WALKING ORNAMENTS, ENROSGUES & PLANEOS

21.30 – 22.30 Milonga Porteña
There will be a performance by Ricardo & Rebeca and Mariano & Alejandra at Milonga Porteña after the workshops. Maestros will demonstrate ‘bailando en la pista’ the topics you’ve learnt!

Dj: Diego Doigneau

17th July          DAY2          at TangoAr Studio
1A Shad Thames, London, SE1 2PN (Entrance from Tooley street)

19.30 – 20.30 Celeste Rey & Sebastian Nieva
ENROSQUES: TECHNIQUE AND APPLICATION

20.30 – 21.30 Mariano Otero & Alejandra Heredia
AN IMPROVISATION: CREATION AND EXECUTION OF COMPLEX STRUCTURES

21.30 – 22.30 Ricardo Delgado & Rebeca Nuñez and Solange Galvao
WORKSHOP ON DIFFERENT AXES: SHARED AXES, AXES FOR VOLCADAS & COLGADAS

22.30 – 24.00 Practica
Maestros will demonstrate ‘bailando en la pista’ the topics you’ve learnt!

18th July          DAY3          at TangoAr Studio
1A Shad Thames, London, SE1 2PN (entrance from Tooley street)

14.30 – 15.30 Celeste Rey & Sebastian Nieva
COLGADAS DE PISTA. COMBINATIONS OF BARRIDAS WITH GIROS

15.30 – 16.30 Mariano Otero & Alejandra Heredia
GIROS. ELEMENTS AND TIMING IN WALTZ

16.30 – 17.30 Ricardo Delgado & Rebeca Nuñez and Solange Galvao
MUSICALITY: CHANGES IN RYTHM AND ENERGY OF DANCE

17.30 – 21.00 Open Air Milonga (Free)
Tower Bridge Plazza . 49 Shad Thames, London SE1 2NJ

Dj: Diego Doigneau

21st July          DAY4         at the Hippodrome Casino Theatre
Leicester Square, London WC2H 7JH (Piccadilly Line. Exit 2)

18:30 – 19:00 (Free) Argentine Tango Taster Class.
Experience the basic steps of Tango Argentino with our team of experts.

19:00 – 20:30 Join a masterclass.
All levels are welcome.

21.00 – 22:00 TANGO NIGHTS
A show of sensual and seductive Tango Argentino performed by renowned dancers, rising star tango vocalist from Argentina Nayla Danchuk, accompanied by sensational live music by our resident orchestra under the direction of maestro Juanjo Passo.

22:00 – Until the last dancer leaves…!!
Milonga social dancing. “The longest milonga in London”

Dj:  Diego Doigneau