About this Event
Tangueras y tangueros & everyone who wants to discover tango,
The exact location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/3VcsYvitPkmYLSF48?g_st=am
El Quinto in the AFTERNOON (until 17:30) is FREE. It will be an open floor, a práctica, a tango try-out bootcamp and a crash course, where senior, junior and total newcomers/rookies/trainees mix up to transfer knowledge and skills. As it was in the Golden Age of tango. Hard work and fun going hand-in-hand. Bring your tango-curious friends! Walk in at any time!
FREE mini-classes by:
* Alejandro Aragon & Natalya Lazareva Hawat - milonga at 15:00
* Cin Tomino - tango
* Sebastian Rodriguez - music
NO.PARTNER.NEEDED. NO.EXPERIENCE.NEEDED. JUST.COME.
Tango: The dance that changes everything
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R5tNlNP9Bw
El Quinto in the EVENING (from 17:30) is a regular milonga/salon though with an abundant snack buffet incl. pizza slices <- all of this is included in the €12 price!!!! Bring your own alcoholic drinks. Live tango piano music!
See you on the floor, abrazo!
André, Becky, Cinthya, Diyana, Fatima, Hamed, Hilde, Iulia, Richard, Sebastian, Steven, Sunny, Wouter
~ El Quinto is an initiative by La Chispa Tango Práctica targeted to bring dancing Argentine tango to the warm attention of a much wider audience - to support the whole tango community.
🏫 VENUE
Global Dance Center (GDC), Diemen-Zuid. There is a 300m2 floor -see attached pictures- at 3-4 minutes walk from the Diemen-Zuid metro + train station. By car it is just off the highway with free/cheap parking on Sundays.
🗓️ SCHEDULE/PLAN
• 14:00-17:30 guided práctica w/ mini-classes ~ DJ Cin Tomino playing music for us to dance and experiment on. It will all be oldskool style: tangueras and tangueros on the floor with total tango newcomers, showing them, letting them feel, taking first steps and turns together. There will be teachers doing mini-classes of 15 minutes every hour on absolute basics, and to supervise/guide the floor.
• 17:30-22:30 milonga/salon w/ party buffet ~ DJ Richard Frisart playing the best tunes and tandas bringing down da house + live piano music by Sebastian Rodriguez!
ESSENTIALS
💰Entrance: afternoon práctica is free i.e. donativo-based (high hat), evening milonga €12 – preferably in cash or else via QR / Tikkie at the counter
🥑 🍌 🥪 Food/snacks (included in the price): there will be a big snacks/food table with fruits, vegetables, nuts, Turkish bread w/ humus & sweet chili dips, crackers, cheeses, dry sausages, chips, cookies, chocolate, etc, and pizza slices early during the evening
🍷 BYOD: Bring Your Own Drinks / we will have some basics covered (included in the price): water, juice, coffee, and tea but since there is no bar in the venue please bring your own alcoholic drinks!
🏫 LOCATION: Dalsteindreef 4037 Diemen
🚇 BY METRO: From Amsterdam Central Station metro line 53 Gaasperplas, 9 stops (including Amsterdam-Amstel) to metro station Diemen-Zuid, exit Scholeksterpad, downstairs to the left then straight ahead for a 3-4 minutes walk.
🚂 BY TRAIN: Diemen-Zuid Station but probably best to go to Amsterdam Central or Amsterdam Amstel Station and change to metro line 53 Gaasperplas - see BY METRO.
🚗 BY CAR: To get there use GPS because well, modern times. Parking should be free on Sunday in the streets around but check www.prettigparkeren.nl. Parking garage: ParkBee OurDomain Dalsteindreef 6002 (€1-2 per hour).
Dance Styles
Tango (100%)
Pricing
Afternoon práctica (donativo-based):€0.00
Evening milonga:€12.00
Organizer
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La Chispa Tango Práctica
B
Becky Brod
A
André Plombe
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