About this Event
Dear floor magicians,
After El Quinto Amsterdam's community tango laboratory is back with a Sunday afternoon práctica as you know it - or have to discover yet.
🍷🥑Bring your own drinks and snacks. Homemade ice cream - including basil-vanilla flavor for sale - at a bargain price.
🔥Introduce a new-to-us tanguera/o ➔ YOU get in free!
🔥🔥Introduce a tango first-timer ➔ BOTH of you get in free!
La Chispa Tango Práctica:
📍The missing link between classes and milongas.
📍Learn from dancers ahead of you. Help dancers behind you.
📍Practice with more than one person because community.
📍Use mirada/cabeceo or be more direct but respect boundaries.
📍Be careful and considerate in giving feedback.
‘PRÁCTICA’-LITIES:
💰Entrance fee €5 - in CASH! Or Tikkie.
🍷BYOD&S: 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. 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 Zaal 100 is €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, Wouter
Dance Styles
Tango (100%)
Organizer
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Sabrina McEwan
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Asta Pasta
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La Chispa Tango Práctica
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