1st Learning Tango Summer Festival (2015)

For the 2016 festival details, please see the 2nd Learning Tango Summer Festival

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St. Paul's Church Hall, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill London NW7 1QU. Venue details here.

Our 2015 Learning Tango Summer Festival, on Saturday 27th June and Sunday 28th June 2015, featured our special guest teachers Jenny and Ricardo.

For the 2016 festival details, please see the 2nd Learning Tango Summer Festival

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Schedule

We have a packed programme of wonderful events for the weekend:

Tickets are available for individual workshops and masterclass, for the Summer Ball, for the Tea Dance, or a "Festival completa" ticket, for the whole weekend.

About Jenny and Ricardo

Jenny & Ricardo Oria are based in Edinburgh, since 2002, teaching regular classes and helping to develop the Edinburgh tango community.

Alongside this, they are often to be found in different cities, teaching workshops and doing performances for lots of different tango groups in the UK, Europe and also in Argentina.

Jenny and Ricardo teach and dance tango salon; tango for the dance floor. Each tango dance is moved and inspired by the music and the subtle yet powerful conversation within the embrace.

Jenny and Ricardo are our favourite tango teachers, and in our opinion, they are the best tango teaching couple in the UK at the moment. It's a real honour for us to have these marvellous teachers for our first Learning Tango Summer Festival.

For more information, see www.oriatango.com.

Saturday 27th June: Workshops with Jenny and Ricardo

Jenny and Ricardo will be teaching a variety of workshops during the day. This is a great opportunity to learn from the best Argentine Tango teachers in the business.

Workshops are role-balanced, and numbers are limited, so advance booking is essential.

  • 2pm - 3:15pm: Workshop 1: Connection and Elegance in Walking (Improvers)
    Posture, leading, following and groundedness to help your dance more elegant and enjoyable.

  • 3:30pm - 4:45pm: Workshop 2: Giros: Enrosques for All (Improvers - Intermediates)
    Balance, technique and connection in giros with enrosques

  • 5pm - 6:15pm: Workshop 3: Expressive Legs - sacadas montesino (Intermediates - Advanced)
    We will explore these (lovely) complex double sacadas in depth

Note: Levels are guidelines, if you're unsure, contact us for more details.

Saturday 27th June: Summer Ball

Join us for our Learning Tango Summer Ball, an evening of social Argentine Tango dancing to a selection of lovely music.

From 7:30pm - 11pm, DJ Barry James Leadbetter will play a full evening of music, with a lovely selection of Golden Age tracks.

We'll have special guest performances from Jenny and Ricardo mid-evening, showcasing some of the best tango dancing around.

We'll be provide free snacks and wine throughout the evening. And as if that's not enough, you'll also have a selection of fabulous shoes to admire and purchase.

Music - Guest DJ Barry James Leadbetter

We're also very happy to announce that DJ Barry James Leadbetter will be returning, to play a full set for this event.

Barry's tango journey started in the late 1990s, since that time he has made a study of the dance and its music, including several trips to Buenos Aires.

In 2006 Barry founded Tango Cats Bedford, a traditional club with the premiss of only playing the very best in danceable tango music. Barry is now one the most sought-after DJs around, and has played sets in many venues around London and across the UK. We're very happy to have Barry playing a set for us at our Summer Ball!

Shoes from Amy's: Fabulous. Comfortable. Affordable!

Amy's is the only place in the UK to find beautiful women's and men's tango shoes by Turquoise and Mr Tango Shoes.

Handmade in Turkey and Colombia, these are gorgeous shoes with an emphasis on quality and comfort. Half sizes available across whole range with some styles in wide or narrow width. Prices from £95 to £120.

Browse the at collection at www.amysshop.co.uk. Amy will be displaying both womens and mens shoes at the milonga. If you're looking for a particular style/size, get in touch with Amy at amy@amysshop.co.uk or 020 3092 1838.

Snacks and Wine

We'll be doing a great set of Learning Tango Empanadas, with a mothwateringly-gorgeous selection of chicken, beef and veggie empanadas to choose from.

We'll also be providing free wine!

Sunday 28th June: 12:30pm - 3pm: Double-Length Intensive Masterclass Workshop: Rhythm and Double-times in Tango and Milonga

From 12:30 - 3pm, we'll have an intensive double-length "Master class" workshop from Jenny and Ricardo. If you want to really focus on this area of your dancing, come along and get a deep set of tuition from some of the best teachers around.

Part 1: Connection, elegance, and groundedness in rocking steps, broken steps and changes of weight.
Part 2: Ganchos and other intertwining steps.

Level: Improver-Intermediate.

Sunday 28th June: 3pm - 6pm: Learning Tango Tea Dance

Join us to finish off the weekend with a gorgeous relaxed Tea Dance, from 3pm - 6pm.

We will have oodles of cake and snacks, gallons of tea and of course some fabulous dancing and music.

A chance to relax, to practice what you've learnt, and to say goodbye to our wonderful guests!

The Venue


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Address: St. Paul's Church Hall, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill London NW7 1QU.

St. Paul's Hall is a lovely venue, with a large sprung dance floor, and plenty of on-street parking outside the venue.

Getting there

By car:
The venue is easily accessible by road - ten minutes from J2 of the M1, or 20 minutes from the M25.
There is also plenty of free parking on the road outside the venue.

By public transport:
From Mill Hill East Tube Station (Northern Line), take the 240 bus in the direction of Edgware. Alight at either the Mill Hill School or The Three Hammers Public House stop.
From Mill Hill Broadway (First Capital Connect), take the 240 bus (stop outside WH Smith) in the direction of Golders Green. Alight at either the Mill Hill School or The Three Hammers Public House stop.