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Welcome to our season opening event: Abrazo Tango Wknd! During the weekend we will have a varied offering of workshops for all levels, including social tango, stage tango, milonga, folklore and GYROKINESIS®.
We have a beautiful line up of instructors from Argentina and Chile who are based in Finland:
- Carina Quiroga (AR)
- Luis Rojas (AR)
- Daniel Valenzuela (CL)
- Nadia Tapia (CL)
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----Saturday 30----
****El Atico Helsinki (Kumpulantie 1, 8th floor)****
11:00 -12:00
Gyrokinesis Beginners (Nadia)
13:30 - 14:45
Tango: How to combine steps in tango?(int-adv) (Carina/Luis)
15:00 - 16:15
Folklore: Chacarera 75 mins (Carina/Luis)
16:30 - 17:45
Show group I (Nadia/Luis)
19:00 - 00:30 Tango concert & Milonga with DJ Daniel and special guest Leandro Roco
More info about milonga: https://www.facebook.com/events/547921392946725
****Kumpulantie 1, 2nd floor****
13:30 - 16:15
Beginners Course (Nadia/Daniel)
----Sunday 31----
****El Atico Helsinki (Kumpulantie 1, 8th floor)****
11:00 -12:15
Follower technique (Carina/Nadia)
13:30 - 14:45
Tango (int-adv) (Carina/Luis)
15:00 - 16:15
Folklore: Zamba Alegre 75 mins (Carina/Luis)
16:30 - 17:45
Show group II (Luis/Nadia)
19:00-21:00 Special class "the embrace in Argentine Tango" and guided practice with all four teachers.
****Kumpulantie 1, 2nd floor****
13:30 - 16:15
Beginners Course (Nadia/Daniel)
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Prices (per person):
1 lesson: 20 euros
2 lessons: 35 euros
3 lessons: 45 euros
Full pass (includes all lessons and
night program)
- Early bird (payment until 17.10):
90 euros
- Normal price:
100 euros
Beginners course:
75 euros per person
Early bird (payment until 17.10): 65 euros
More info about beginners course:
https://www.facebook.com/events/135752665373469
Registrations:
https://www.mydigitalbooker.com/abrazotango/en/abrazo_tango/special_events
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About us:
- Luis Ángel Rojas is a dancer and DJ of Argentine tango and folklore. He started dancing at a very young age and has dedicated his professional life to studying and growing as a teacher and dancer. He has had as teachers important Argentine tango dancers from the city of Buenos Aires. He was champion in the category "Tango de Pista" of the official preliminary of the Tango World Cup in Mendoza in 2016, also a semifinalist of the 2016 and 2018 edition of the Tango World Cup in the city of Buenos Aires. For three years he has been on tours taking his dance and music to different cities around the world. Luis is currently based in Tampere, Finland.
- Carina Quiroga(AR) is an argentine tango dancer, teacher and choreographer, argentinian folk dance performer and teacher. She has studied and performed contemporary dance and body´s dramatic art.
Carina has been dancing tango for over 25 years and has resided in Tampere since 2013, Finland. She has studied tango with many maestros from Argentina and was a teacher at the well known DNI Tango School in Buenos Aires, where she could develop her skills as a leader and follower. She uses and teaches an argentinian tango dance technique based on natural movement of the body that gives everyone the opportunity to develop their own dance and express themselves freely. She uses technique as a tool for freedom of expression of the body. Her teaching is nourished by elements of the new tango, salon tango, canyengue and stage tango.
- Nadia Tapia began dancing tango in 2007, in Temuco, Chile. A lawyer by profession, two years after starting dancing, she moved to Buenos Aires to pursue masters’ degree studies and be closer to the tango epicentre of the world. She has taught in Chile and Finland, where she currently resides and teaches regular lessons. She is able to both lead and follow and teach both roles. She has sought to complement her tango skills with the regular practice of other disciplines that focus on body movement, such as pilates, yoga and GYROKINESIS®. She is a certified gyrokinesis trainer.
- Daniel Valenzuela started dancing in 2009 in Santiago, Chile with Felipe Zarzar and Mamié Sancy. He began teaching tango in 2014, in Helsinki, Finland. Daniel has continued with his learning journey by taking lessons with different maestros from Chile, Buenos Aires and Europe.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
El Ático Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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