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Join us for the Tango Fandango Dorset Tango Festival which following on from the hugely successful event this year, we will be holding again at the Allendale Centre in Wimborne in 2026!We are delighted to welcome back our friends and colleagues, Luis & Elizabeth and Alexandra Wood & Guillermo Torrens. Plus there is a special room next to the hall for KYMME KREATIONS Tango clothing and BALANCEO Tango shoes!
Doors open 9.45am
10.00 - 11.15am - Workshop 1
Leo & Tracey
Theme - Milonga with traspie is the original milonga in Argentina, developed from the original Milongueros. This workshop will help you explore the musicality and the different tools to master the milonga.
11.15 - 11.45am - Break
11.45 - 1.00pm - Workshop 2
Luis & Elizabeth
Theme - Tango: Boleos - for the social dance floor. Low & high, timing and technique.
1.00 - 2.15 - Lunch break
There is a cafe at the Allendale but plenty of lovely cafes and restaurants within walking distance.
2.15 - 3.30pm - Workshop 3
Leo & Tracey
Theme - Colgadas are about connection but with this technique you will start to understand improvisation and the real variations of a playful change of axis. Colgada’s evolved in the Tango Nuevo style but they are one of the most original techniques of the old style.
3.30 - 4.00pm - Break
4.00 - 5.15pm - Workshop 4
Luis & Elizabeth
Theme - Vals - Circular vs travelling in Vals? You can have both! Exhilarating turns in Vals.
5.15pm
Clear hall for evening
Saturday Main Hall Evening Programme
Grand evening Milonga
Doors open from 7.30pm
Dancing until midnight
Performance by all 3 couples
Your DJs will be Leo & Luis
Sunday 9th August
Main Hall Daytime Programme
Doors open 9.45am
10.00 - 11.30am - Workshop 5
Guillermo & Alexandra
Theme - Travelling sequences in both parallel and cross basic systems with changes of directions!
11.30 - 12.00 - Break
12.00 - 1.30pm - Workshop 6
Guillermo & Alexandra
Theme - Turning fluid Planeos into Giros with Sacadas!
Sunday Main Hall
Afternoon dance from 2.45 - 6.00pm
PACKAGES available & COSTS:
Full weekend Pass
6 workshops and 2 milongas in the Main Hall
£135pp, (can be booked with £50pp deposit)
All Day Saturday Pass
4 workshops and 1 Milonga in the Main Hall
£90pp (can be booked with £50pp deposit)
All Day Sunday Pass
2 workshops and afternoon Milonga in the Main Hall
£65pp (can be booked with £30pp deposit)
INDIVIDUAL WORKSHOP - £25pp
To book individual workshops please message us with details of the workshop/s you would like to do and bank transfer details will be forwarded to you for payment
SATURDAY EVENING MILONGA
- £18pp in advance or £20pp on the door
SUNDAY AFTERNOON MILONGA
- £15pp on the door
BOOKING
To book online please use our website booking link here:
https://tango-fandango.co.uk/tango-fandango-booking-page-for-events.html or contact us directly to pay by bank transfer.
Most of the passes can be booked with a £50pp deposit, (non refundable), with the balance payable 1 month before. If you want to book individual workshops, please email us to specify which workshop you would like to do when you make your booking.
ACCOMMODATION
Wimborne has many hotels / B&B in the town to choose from or there is a Premier Inn 5.1 miles from the centre of Wimborne.
VENUE
The Allendale Centre
Hanham Rd, Wimborne Minster, Wimborne BH21 1AS
Tel: 01202 887247
PARKING DIRECTIONS
If you are coming by road, head for the 3 Allenview car parks which have over 300 spaces (BH21 1AU) and are accessed from Allenview Road just off the Hanham Road - there is a large fire station on the roundabout at the turning. It’s £6.30 for the day and free after 6pm. There are several other car parks close by too.
See you there!
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Allendale Community Centre, WW, Hanham Road, Wimborne, BH21 1AS, United Kingdom, Wimborne Minster
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