La Chispa Tango Práctica - A Plan To Improve Your Tango

Hola Chispas! Sunday afternoon, another opportunity to practice what they taught you in class or fancy workshop, to build muscle memory, to hone your floor craft, to make other people enjoy your all-encompassing embrace and to do variations on all the different elements of our beloved tango music. Bring your own drinks and snacks - to share!! You cannot expect us to do all the work. La Chispa is all about community. 📍This time we have a guest, Constantinos Papachristides, to tell us about how to bring his -and your- tango to the next level. Of course we could ask our visiting teachers how they got to where they are but why not ask one of our own -who is right in the middle of it and who made a deliberate plan to achieve certain goals- to share with us? Something like this: 1) intro talk "what it takes to improve" & "difference in levels mindset" 2) technique & posture 3) musicality exercise 5) ending remarks + Q&A A bit of talk and then we go and practice 🔥Free entrance for you (and you only) if you bring someone with you who has never been to La Chispa before! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lachispatangopractica/ La Chispa Tango Práctica: 📍A práctica, not a milonga. No cortinas. 📍Less advanced dancers practicing with more advanced dancers - like in Buenos Aires in the Golden Age of tango. Because two beginners practicing together usually means doubling mistakes and perpetuating bad habits. This ‘knowledge transfer’ also allows the more accomplished dancers to test and transfer their understanding and skills. Teaching is learning twice. 📍Be careful giving feedback, be considerate. 📍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. ‘PRÁCTICA’-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: Sunday free parking on Isaac Gogelweg, at 15 minutes walking. Monday-Saturday evening free parking around Contactweg 30 then take bus 22 to Nassauplein. Additional option: P+R at Leeuwendalersweg 23b (price around €4,50 p/h + bus ticket - check P+R rules), then take bus 21 to Nieuwe Willemsstraat. Parking in the street near the venues €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 the more accomplished dancers helping the less accomplished - just as it was back then in the prácticas of Buenos Aires. No rigid structures, just a space for exploration, learning, and community. Abrazo, André, Asta, Becky, Iulia, Sabrina, Willem