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Your one-stop calendar of Milongas in Calgary.

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June 25 - July 01
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  • 25
    25.June.Sunday
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    Session 4: Tango Advanced Course (3 of 6)

    19:00 -19:55
    2017-06-25
    Leo Sato and Marina Gonzalez
    Ballroom and Country Dance Studio
    121C 17th Avenue Northeast, Calgary, AB, Canada

    Argentine Tango Course

    Session 4

    Six Wednesdays, June 7, 14, 21, July 5, 12, 19 (No class on June 28 due to workshop)
    or
    Six Sundays, June 11, 18, 25, July 9, 16, 23 (No class on July 2 long weekend)

     

    For fees and more details, please click the link here

     

    Step notes will be posted after the completion of the course. Below is the link to the Step notes for the last course. Please subscribe our channel at http://www.youtube.com/tangocalgary to receive the notices when we upload new videos. (Please give Leo a Thumb-up!)

     

     

    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSf1YWsjCLrqKLr461wQFCxcAWagRB9h2

     

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    Session 4: Tango Beginner-Intermediate Course (3 of 6)

    20:00 -20:55
    2017-06-25
    Leo Sato and Marina Gonzalez
    Ballroom and Country Dance Studio
    121C 17th Avenue Northeast, Calgary, AB, Canada

    Argentine Tango Course

    Session 4
    Six Wednesdays, June 7, 14, 21, July 5, 12, 19 (No class on June 28 due to workshop)
    or
    Six Sundays, June 11, 18, 25, July 9, 16, 23 (No class on July 2 long weekend)

     

    For fees and more details, please click the link here

     

    The Step notes for the course have been posted at the below link. Please share them among your friends. Please subscribe our channel at http://www.youtube.com/tangocalgary to receive the notice when we upload new videos. (Please give Leo a Thumb-up if you like!)

     

    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSf1YWsjCLrqtuUA_Do8CQqftxgXGzBVY

     

     

  • 26
    26.June.Monday
    No events
  • 27
    27.June.Tuesday
    No events
  • 28
    28.June.Wednesday
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    Ladies' Styling, Technique and Bar Exercise

    19:00 -21:00
    2017-06-28
    Leo Sato and Marina Gonzalez
    Ballroom and Country Dance Studio
    121C 17th Avenue Northeast, Calgary, AB, Canada

    Two Hour Tango workshop

    Lady’s Styling, Techniques and Bar Exercises

    Please attend the workshop with high heels and comfortable cloth. Loose jeans or sweat pants recommended. You will do lots of ballet bar exercises.

    Gentlemen are welcome; they are requested to achieve the same as ladies do!

    Instructor: Marina Gonzalez

    Fee: $24+GST

     

     

  • 29
    29.June.Thursday

    Thursday Practica

    19:30 -22:30
    2017-06-29
    Jim Goud and Alice Ho
    Sunalta Community Association
    1627 10 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T3C 0J8, Canada

    This event occurs every Thursday.

    Admission is approx. $6

    Contact Jim Goud atjlgoud56@gmail.com for more info.

  • 30
    30.June.Friday
    No events
  • 01
    01.July.Saturday

    Ballroom and Country Milonga

    21:00 -23:59
    2017-07-01
    Rami El Bourini
    Ballroom and Country Dance Studio
    121C 17th Avenue Northeast, Calgary, AB, Canada

    This event occurs every 1st Saturday of the month.
    Admission approx. $15

    Contact: Rami El Bourini at ramybourini@gmail.com

What are Prácticas and Milongas?

Prácticas

In Tango, a práctica refers to a practice session where dancers come together to work on their dance skills in a less formal environment than a milonga (tango dance party). Unlike milongas, which are social events where the emphasis is on dancing and socializing, practicas are focused on learning and improvement. They provide a space for dancers to experiment with new steps, work on technique, and ask for feedback from more experienced dancers or instructors who might be present.

Milongas

In Tango, a milonga is also a social dance event or gathering dedicated to dancing tango, including its various forms such as traditional tango, milonga (the dance style matching the milonga music genre), and vals (waltz-style tango). These events are where dancers of all levels come together to enjoy tango music and dance in a social setting, often following specific cultural etiquettes and traditions such as the “cabeceo” for inviting partners to dance.

Milonga Etiquette:

  1. No teaching, no criticizing.
  2. No lifts.
  3. No unsafe figures.
  4. Leave the figures for shows at home
  5. No loud talking.
  6. No soliciting.
  7. Stay in your lane and move forward in Line of Dance.
  8. Move up and fill gap in front of you.
  9. Use Cabeceo and accept refusals. 
  10. Keep eyes up to avoid collisions, both gents and ladies.
  11. Apologize regardless of who is at fault in case of collisions.
  12. Shower, brush teeth before milonga. Dry sweat between tandas.
  13. Ladies, feel free to ask men to dance with you in Calgary!