Cambridge, August 22nd 2009: Argentine Tango workshop for Beginners

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This workshop is suitable for people with no or little dance experience and for everyone who wants to refresh their knowledge of the basics of Argentine Tango. You will be smoothly introduced to the world of Argentine dances (technique, posture, first steps). At the end of this workshop you will know the basic skills of tango and you will be able to go dancing for your first time and enjoying it.

Places for the workshops are limited: book now to reserve your place.

No dance partner is required
Location: LA Fitness Club Cambridge, Cambridge Leisure Park, Cambridge CB1 7DY
Date and time: Saturday 22 August 2009, 3pm-5pm
Price: 20£; 15£ for students, members of LA Fitness club and everyone booking within 15 August 2009; special deal for booking both workshops Sat 22 Tango + Sun 23 Milonga at 28£
Remarks: please, wear shoes you are comfortable with
Places for the workshops are limited: book early to grant yours!

For any further information: email info@canyengue.org or call (+44) 07509 22 35 77

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Cambridge, August 23nd 2009: Milonga workshop

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This workshop is addressed to everyone who wants to move their fist steps in Milonga, but is also suitable to everyone who already has some experience with it.
Main topics that will be covered during this workshop are:
• Milonga basics
• Milonga rhythm
• Milonga posture
• Milonga steps that can be used on a real dance floor

Places for the workshops are limited: book now to reserve your place.


Location: LA Fitness Club Cambridge, Cambridge Leisure Park, Cambridge CB1 7DY
Date and time: Sunday 23 August 2009, 3pm-5pm
Price: 20£; 15£ for students, members of LA Fitness club and everyone booking within 15 August 2009; special deal for booking both workshopsSat 22 Tango + Sun 23 Milonga at 28£
Remarks: please, wear shoes you are comfortable with
Places for the workshops are limited: book early to grant yours!
For any further information: email info@canyengue.org or call (+44) 07509 22 35 77 To be kept updated on our news, subscribe to our mailing list or to our feeds



Milonga is one of the dances from which Argentine Tango was born.

It was quite common in the Rio de la Plata area of Argentina and Uruguay and its roots can be traced to the African community in Argentina and Uruguay.

It was one of the most popular dances in that area in the 1870s. And it is still danced all over the world everywhere and every time Tango is danced.
Milonga was derived from an earlier style of singing known as the payada de contrapunto. The song was set to a lively 2/4 tempo and often included musical improvisation.
Over time, dance steps and other musical influences were added, eventually giving rise to Tango.
Movements in Milonga are normally faster with respect to Tango and there are typically no pauses. It is a kind of rhythmic walking without complicated figures, with a much more "rustic" style than Tango.

There are different styles of Milonga: Milonga Lisa (Simple Milonga), in which the dancer steps on every beat of the music; Milonga con Traspié, in which the dancer uses Traspiés or contrapasos (changes of weight from one foot to the other and back again in double time or three steps in two beats) to interpret the music.

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