About this Event
Sunday afternoon in Studio 100 and we have teachers from Argentina for you! A guided práctica (approach them with your questions and requests for instruction) including a mini-class “Dancing in a small space, ideas to work on”.
Entrance only €5 + donativo (high hat) for our teachers.
✨⚜️CANDE & LUCAS✨⚜️
Cande and Lucas are professional dancers and teachers, immersed from birth (Rosario and Cordoba) in the culture that produced tango. They perform with El Cxuce tango company (directed by Vanesa Villalba and Facundo Piñero). Their classes focus on the development of self-awareness and technical language, promoting a deep understanding of the body and its mechanics, to foster movement autonomy, expand expressiveness, and enhance effective communication with the partner. Cande and Lucas teach in Spanish or English.
🔥Free entrance for you (and you only) if you bring some soul in need with you who has never been to La Chispa before!
La Chispa Tango Práctica:
📍A práctica, not a milonga. No cortinas.
📍Less advanced/skilled/experienced dancers practicing with more advanced/skilled/experienced dancers - as was done in Buenos Aires in the Golden Age of tango. Two beginners practicing together usually means doubling the mistakes and perpetuating bad habits. Plain bare reality. This ‘knowledge transfer’ also allows the supposedly better dancers to test and transfer their understanding and skills. Teaching is learning twice.
📍Be careful giving feedback, be sensible.
📍Practice with more than one person as La Chispa is community-focused, though of course this does not mean you need to practice with everyone! Change around a bit, with whomever you feel comfortable practicing.
📍Use mirada/cabeceo or be more direct but respect boundaries.
‘PRACTICA’-LITIES:
💰Entrance fee €5 - in CASH! Free entrance for you (and you only) if you bring someone with you who has never been to La Chispa before!
🍷BYOD: Bring Your Own Drinks – and snacks!
🏫LOCATION: De Wittenstraat 100, 1052 BA, Amsterdam
🚇BY PUBLIC TRANSPORT: From Central Station bus 18 or 21, stop Nieuwe Willemsstraat, or bus 22 stop Nassauplein. Or rent an OV-fiets and pedal westwards for 8 minutes.
🚗 BY CAR: Free parking on Sunday on Isaac Gogelweg, at 15 minutes walking. Parking in the street €6,50 per hour. MyWay parking at Tussen de Bogen, Jordaan or De Wittenkade approximately €3,50 per hour (but check price, and reserve), or ParkBee De Wittenkade approximately €4,50 per hour (but check price, and reserve).
✨What is La Chispa?
La Chispa is a social tango práctica inspired by the Golden Age tradition. Dancers of all levels are encouraged to learn from each other, with more experienced dancers supporting those with less experience—just as it was in the prácticas of Buenos Aires. There are no rigid structures, just a space for exploration, learning, and community.
Abrazo,
André, Asta, Becky, Iulia, Sabrina, Willem
Dance Styles
Tango (100%)
Pricing
Free entrance for bringing a newcomer:€0.00
Regular:€5.00
Organizer
S
Sabrina McEwan
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La Chispa Tango Práctica
W
Willem Wiggers
B
Becky Brod
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