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    Empanadas and FREE Milonga

    11:00 -13:00
    2025-11-22
    Leo Sato and Marina Gonzalez
    UniMarket South
    128 50 Ave SE, Calgary, AB T2G 2A8, Canada
    🎉 Argentine Empanadas & FREE Tango Milonga 🍷💃
    📅 Date & Time: Saturday, November 22, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
    🕛 Tango Demonstrations at 12:00 PM
    📍 Unimarket Latin Market & Cafeteria (South, next to the Golf Dome)
    Join us for a delicious and passionate Saturday experience!

    Enjoy **authentic Argentine empanadas** and other Latin delicacies freshly made by Unimarket — Calgary’s favourite Latin market and cafeteria.
    At 12:00 PM, don’t miss the Tango demonstrations by both professional and amateur dancers — a taste of Argentina’s elegance and emotion!
    ✨ **Free admission. Everyone is welcome!**
    Come eat, watch, dance, or simply soak up the warm Latin atmosphere.
    Hosted by Marina Mellino, author of “Cook Like a Latin Lover”
    📖 Meet the chef, enjoy great food, and experience the beauty of Argentine Tango — all in one place!

     

    Vincenzo's Milonga

    21:00 -23:59
    2025-11-22
    Vincenzo Renzi
    Ballroom and Country Dance Studio
    121C 17th Avenue Northeast, Calgary, AB, Canada

    This event occurs every 4th Saturday of the month
    Admission approx. $20

    Contact Vincenzo Renzi at virenzi@shaw.ca

    Tango Divino Milonga

    21:00 -23:59
    2025-11-22
    Vincenzo Renzi
    Ballroom and Country Dance Studio
    121C 17th Avenue Northeast, Calgary, AB, Canada

    This event occurs every 4th Saturday of the month
    Admission approx. $20

    Contact Vincenzo Renzi at virenzi@shaw.ca

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!