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Tango & Art Week in Umbria (8 days)
In Umbria, Italy, at the border with Tuscany
This trip combines tango lessons, with the opportunity for you to go on tourist visits to nearby art cities, and wine tasting, including visits to wineries. It is ideal for those who want to visit the great Tuscan and Umbria art towns like Arezzo, Assisi, Perugia and many others, independently on their own and want to add a week of Tango lessons to their cultural experience. This tour gives you three hours of great tango lessons each day, and leaves enough time to go sightseeing in the nearby artistic cities.
8-days 7-nights week program, from Saturday to Saturday of the following week.
This Tango workshop is for a small group of a maximum of 8 participant couples.
Singles will be teamed-up with a suitable
partner, if possible.
The workshop is taught by experienced,
friendly teachers.
Tango ball on the terrace at the end of a week of Tango classes.
Happy beginners
Are you looking for a Tango vacation? A Tango workshop under the Mediterranean sun? Tango Argentino classes and Italian Dolce Vita? Come and dance under the stars on our terrace overlooking the rolling hills of Umbria. Choose among the following internationally acknowledged Tango teachers who will give courses in 2007.
Ladies Tango (Yvonne Meissner and Ornella, the cook)
Tango teachers:
Steve & Debbie Morall
Gustavo Vidal & Inis Trosky
Christian „El Austriaco“ & Andrea
Wolfgang Sandt
Brigitta Winkler
Yvonne Meissner & Eduardo Aguirre
Ulrich Demmel & Debora Gutman
Fabian Salas & Carolina del Rivero
Wondering which of the classes is the best for you? Contact us for more information in order to find out which teachers meet best your particular needs. We are organizers of dance holidays since 1999 and have known all of our teachers personally and for many years
- Come to Italy for a combination of Dance, Arts, Culture, Food, Wine and more...
- Profit from individual teaching: our classes are limited to 8 participating couples. There is enough space to practice and of course dancing every night. And if your feet or your back hurt: we offer wellness massages and beauty treatment.
- Spend a relaxing week at an old country
house with a large garden, situated in the hills above
Lake Trasimeno between Rome and Florence. Participants stay in
individually crafted double or single rooms (shared bathroom for
two bedrooms) or in holiday apartments (for two persons),
partly at the village of Castel Rigone at 4 km distance from the
Villa.
Metin Yazir and Ornella, the cook. - Get inspired by Italy's wealth of culture and history: visit historical towns like Arezzo, Assisi, Perugia and many others.
- Combine your Dance vacation with cooking classes, olive harvest or learn how to paint or sculpt marble (write to us if you are interested in these programs).
- Our dance instructors work on your body language, to enhance the quality of movement and your feeling of balance and grace. Classes will be held for approximately three hours a day (18 hours on 6 days)*, allowing for plenty of time to enjoy the surroundings of the villa and to go for trips to the nearby lake or towns. At the end of each course there will be a dance at Villa La Rogaia or a visit to a Milonga close by. *Except workshops with Fabian & Carolina, Gustavo & Inis and Ulrich & Debora that will be 15 hours on 5 days.
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Tango Dancing Classes 2007
| Date | Title | Instructor | Rate in US$ per person (lodging in double room) | Rate in US$ per person (lodging in single room) |
| April 14 – 21, 2007 | Tango Argentino Advanced Beginners | Steve & Debbie Morrall | ||
| April 28 – May 5, 2007 | Tango Argentino Intermediate Level | Gustavo Vidal & Inis Trosky | ||
| May 5 – 12, 2007 | Tango Argentino Advanced Beginners | Christian & Andrea | ||
| May 12 – 19, 2007 | Tango Argentino Beginners | Wolfgang Sandt | ||
| May 19 - 26, 2007 | Tango Argentino Intermediate Level | Brigitta Winkler | ||
| September 8 – 15, 2007 | Tango Argentino Intermediate Level | Yvonne Meissner & Eduardo Aguirre | ||
| September 22 – 29, 2007 | Tango Argentino Intermediate Level | U.Demmel & D.Gutman | ||
| September 29 – 6, 2007 | Tango Argentino Beginners | Wolfgang Sandt | ||
| October 13 – 20, 2007 | Tango Argentino Advanced | F. Salas & C. del Rivero |
- With the Buy Now buttons above you will make the 30% deposit due at time of reservation. You will be billed directly for the remainder of the payment due 30 days before the event. See Terms and conditions.
- Prices listed above include teaching, lodging in double room (shared bathroom for 3 - 4 persons) and food (breakfast and dinner, all beverages included) for the entire week of the course
- There is an extra charge of US$ 169.00 per week for single rooms (shared bathroom for 3 - 4 persons).
- Extra charge for lodging in apartments for 2 persons (with private bathroom and kitchenette): from US$ 55.00 to US$ 100.00 per person per week depending on the size of the apartment
- Please contact us about details of instruction, lodging and food.
All classes in detail:
April 14 – 21, 2007
Steve & Debbie Morrall
Steve & Debbie Morrall
Steve and Debbie Morrall have been teaching tango in the UK since 2000 and organise the acclaimed Tango Tangk workshops. For them tango is more than just teaching dance. It is an emotional journey where new dancers can discover ways to be creative, to communicate without words and to respond and adapt in a constantly changing environment. It is an affirmation of mind, body and spirit and the pleasure of intimate contact with another person.
In April 2007 the couple return to La Rogaia to teach an improvers course suitable for people who have learnt tango basics and are ready to explore methods of improving connection, musicality and style. Steve's experience as a tango musician, (he plays bandoneon and piano) is used in a fun and engaging way to help dancers interact creatively with the music. During the week they will identify, explain and resolve the 10 most common faults found in the dance that slow a dancers progress towards style and connection.
More about Steve and Debbie at
www.tangoUK.co.uk
Level: Beginners with basic knowledge of
Argentine Tango
Languages of instruction: English
Fee: US$ 825 per person per week
Price includes 18 hours of teaching, lodging in double room and
food (breakfast and dinner, all beverages included) for the
entire week of the course, including the booking charge. There
is an extra charge for single rooms of an additional US$ 169 per
week. Please contact us about details of instruction, lodging and food.
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April 28 – May 5, 2007
Gustavo Vidal & Inis Trosky
Gustavo & Inis
Gustavo, originally from Chile started to study dance at the age of 17 and soon after discovered the Tango. During his years in Buenos Aires he studies with the famous masters of the Tango Salon: Todaro, Avellaneda, Pugliese and others. His partner Inis studied folclore and modern dance before she started to dance with Osvaldo Zotto. In their workshop they will focus on the Tango of the “Guardia Vieja”, Tango Salon Estilo Paiva, Milonga and Vals.
Level: Intermediate
Languages of instruction: German, English
Fee: US$ 895 per person per week
Price includes 15 hours of teaching, lodging in double room and
food (breakfast and dinner, all beverages included) for the
entire week of the course, including the booking charge. There
is an extra charge for single rooms of an additional US$ 169 per
week. Please contact us about details of instruction, lodging
and food.
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May 5 – 12, 2007
Christian „El Austriaco“ & Andrea
Christian & Andrea
Andrea started her career as a classical ballet dancer and later on as figure skater. On the ice she met Christian dancing a "Tango romantico" together. They fell in love with the Argentine Tango and took classes in Buenos Aires with Ricardo & Nicole, „Los Dinzel“, Osvaldo Zotto and Mora Godoy. They are running a Tango School in Vienna, Austria, and perform often in shows. In their classes they emphasize a correct technique and posture. Their teaching is characterized by clear role concepts for the leader and the follower: Each of the two partners will learn to experience a maximum of freedom within the limits of his/her role. Even beginners will grasp the basics of the dance quickly and enjoy the playful part of the dance.
Further information about Christian and Andrea at
www.tango-argentino.at (in German only)
Level: Beginners with basic knowledge of
Argentine Tango
Languages of instruction: German, English
Fee: US$ 895 per person per week
Price includes 18 hours of teaching, lodging in double room and
food (breakfast and dinner, all beverages included) for the
entire week of the course, including the booking charge. There
is an extra charge for single rooms of an additional US$ 169 per
week. Please contact us about details of instruction, lodging
and food.
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May 12 – 19, 2007
September 29 – October 6, 2007
Wolfgang Sandt
Wolfgang Sandt
Two hearts beat in Wolfgang’s breast, and it is difficult to
say, whether his bigger passion is sculpture or tango. In any
case he is an excellent teacher, who imparts to his students
with patience, artistic creativity and a lot of humour the joy
for those things, that fill him with enthusiasm.
Wolfgang has been dancing tango since
1994. Among his teachers are Gustavo Naveira and Giselle Anne,
Fabian Salas and Carolina del Rivero, Mariano“Chicho“ Frumboli
and Eugenia Parilla, Kely and Facundo Posadas, Amira Campora,
Metin Yazir, Graciela Gonzalez, Nestor Ray, Gloria and Eduardo
Arquimbau, Yvonne Meissner and Eduardo Aquirre, Ruben Terbalca
and many others.
For him it is important not to teach figures and steps, but to
impart to his students the ability to recognize the structure of
the dance and its different elements, thus giving them the
ability to invent playfully their own, always new “figures”.
Consequence of this is a concept for a ”dialogue of the dancers
“, where there are (almost) no “wrong steps”. This is certainly
an excellent presupposition to have lots of joy with Argentine
tango even as a beginner.
Level: Beginners
Languages of instruction: English, German, Italian
Fee: US$ 825 per person per week
Price includes 18 hours of teaching, lodging in doubleroom and
food (breakfast and dinner, all beverages included) for the
entire week of the course, including the booking charge. There
is an extra charge for single rooms of an additional US$ 169 per
week. Please contact us about details of instruction, lodging and food.
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May 19 - 26, 2007
Brigitta Winkler
Brigitta Winkler
Brigitta Winkler divides her time between New York and Berlin, where she studied ballet and modern dance for many years. In 1980, her life changed when she discovered Argentine tango. She then spent some years in Paris studying with Virulazo, a star of Tango Argentino. At that time she met Coco Orlando Diaz, and they began performing together at Les Trottoirs de Buenos Aires in Paris. In 1986, they took their own show to Montreal and Toronto. Brigitta travelled often to Buenos Aires to study with such noted dancers as Juan Carlos Copes, Antonio Todaro, Pepito, Gustavo Naveira, and Eduardo Arquimbau.
In 1987 she opened Tanzart with her partner Angelika Fischer,
where she hosted Arquimbau's visits to Berlin. In 1994 Brigitta
choreographed and danced in Tango Marathon in the Theaterhaus
Stuttgart and Tango Vision in the Podewil Berlin. She
incorporates into her interpretation of tango Body-Mind
Centering, which she studied in a four-year program with Bonnie
Bainbridge-Cohen.
For further informations see
www.brigittatango.de
Level: Intermediate
Languages of instruction: English, German
Fee: US$ 895 per person per week
Price includes 18 hours of teaching, lodging in double room and
food (breakfast and dinner, all beverages included) for the
entire week of the course, including the booking charge. There
is an extra charge for single rooms of an additional US$ 169 per
week. Please contact us about details of instruction, lodging
and food.
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September 8 – 15, 2007
Yvonne Meissner & Eduardo Aguirre
Yvonne & Eduardo
Yvonne Meissner (Amsterdam)
starts to dance Tango in 1987: Tango Fantasia, Tango de Salon
(with Pepito Avellaneda, Susanna Miller, Tete y Maria) and
Canyengue (with Pocho Pizarro). From 1995-97 she forms herself
with contact improvisation, various techniques of Modern Dance
and Alexander-Technique. During the past 8 years she has taught
all over Europe and the U.S. and in Buenos Aires. She partners
Eduardo Aguirre since 1999.
Eduardo Aguirre (Buenos Aires)
is one of the most interesting authentic milongueros of the
older generation of Buenos Aires, where he is a member of honour
in the most famous milongas like Salon Almagro and others. In
1994 the television channel only dedicated to the trasmission of
tango 'Solo Tango' has dedicated a series of interviews on him
and didactic lessons on tango de salon. His dance is extremely
vivid and includes unexpected changes of direction with staccati
that in the next second turns into incredibly soft moves,
playing with quick and slow tempi all the time.
Yvonne & Eduardo teach the use of the torso and torsion, synchronization of the movement of the couple and interaction between lead and follow resulting in a conversation of bodies. Thus dance becomes the image of a milonguero: dancing tango becomes one heart with four legs. Their speciality are Canaro valses of the early thirties: Rhythm and pauses, turns and staccati become a challenging game between the couple.
For further informations see
www.torito.nl/yvonne
Themes of the workshop at La Rogaia:
- How to gain and keep your partner’s attention
- Seduce your partner with rhythm
Level: Intermediate
Languages of instruction: English, German,
Dutch, Italian, Spanish
Fee: US$ 895 per person per week
Price includes 18 hours of teaching, lodging in double room and
food (breakfast and dinner, all beverages included) for the
entire week of the course, including the booking charge. There
is an extra charge for single rooms of an additional US$ 169 per
week. Please contact us about details of instruction, lodging
and food.
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September 22 – 29, 2007
Ulrich Demmel & Debora Gutman
Ulrich Demmel & Debora Gutman in La Rogaia
Ulrich and Debora come from the sparkling European Tango metropole of Berlin. They have studied with all of the famous Argentine masters. However – jazz dance, contact improvisation and classical ballet also make part of their training. And even more: Debora is a professional opera singer, her musicality adds distinctive touches to the couples teaching method. When dancing and teaching Tango Ulrich and Debora like to play with the concept of lead and follow. Debora encourages women to develop a feeling of selfconfidence and positive body perception. Ulrich hence focuses on the clear and yet natural lead of the man. Together they create a strong and harmonious energy within the couple, tuning in with the music.
More information at www.tangotanzen.de(also in English)
Level: Intermediate
Languages of instruction: English, German
Fee: US$ 895 per person per week
Price includes 15 hours of teaching, lodging in double room and
food (breakfast and dinner, all beverages included) for the
entire week of the course, including the booking charge. There
is an extra charge for single rooms of an additional US$ 169 per
week. Please contact us about details of instruction, lodging
and food.
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October 13 – 20, 2007
Fabian Salas & Carolina del Rivero
Fabian Salas & Carolina del Rivero
Tireless researcher and maestro, remarkable dancer and connoisseur of the secrets of tango - Fabián Salas has brought light to old beliefs and opened new ways in the conception of the dance, creating an unmistakable style of dancing the Tango. Since the early nineties he has performed in the most important Tango shows and has taught all around the world. In 1997 he starred as one of the three principal dancers in the award-winning movie "The Tango Lesson" by Sally Potter. Carolina started dancing at the age of 6, and throughout her career she has practiced different dancing techniques, among them classical ballet and contemporary dance. She discovered the tango in 1995, and since the year 2000 Carolina dances with Fabián Salas. Applying all her artistic knowledge from other dances, she brings to tango style and elegance, as well as a profound understanding of the technique and dynamics of the dance, and also of the woman’s role in it.
Further information about Fabian & Carolina at www.cosmotango.com
Level: For advanced dancers only
Languages of instruction: English, Italian, Spanish
Fee: Fee: US$ 1,075 per person per week
Price includes 15 hours of teaching, lodging in double room and
food (breakfast and dinner, all beverages included) for the
entire week of the course, including the booking charge. There
is an extra charge for single rooms of an additional US$ 169 per
week. Please contact us about details of instruction, lodging
and food.
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Terms and conditions of payment and cancellation:
- A payment of 30% is due at reservation. The travel voucher will be sent after the payment has been cashed. This advance payment will be reimbursed at 80% in case of cancellation up to 30 days before the date of the trip, it will not be reimbursed for cancellations after the 30 days before the trip date. We recommend a travel cancellation insurance.
- The 70% balance of the payment is due before 30 days prior to the trip date. The balance will be reimbursed at 20% for cancellations before 29 days from the trip date, unless we are able to find someone else to take your place in the class. If we can find a replacement only at a reduced last minute rate we have to ask the difference from you.
- Payments with credit card are accepted. Payments with cashier check, money order or personal check are accepted for payment of the balance.
- The prices are based on an exchange rate Euro/US dollar of 1.32 (December 2006). Changes in the exchange rate of more than 4% will be reflected in a corresponding change in the price in US dollars.
- Participants of the courses are not insured for accidents. Please be sure you have an adequate medical insurance. Services that you have not taken advantage of (e.g. because you have to leave earlier etc) cannot be reimbursed.
Getting to the Villa
Flying note: We recommend that you land at Pisa Galileo Galilei (code PSA) International Airport, check the convenient fares of RyanAir from London Stansted (STN). The airport is located near to Pisa and is the more common arrival airport for flights originating in Europe. For flights coming from North America there are easy connections to Pisa in Rome, Milano Malpensa and Paris. In alternative you can land in Rome Fiumicino Airport and drive North on the "Autostrada del Sole" A1 highway.
Transfer from the airport to the villa: we recommend that you rent a car, to be able to visit nearby towns. The car is also indispensable if you will be lodged at the village of Castel Rigone at 4 km distance from the Villa.
Driving note: We will send you detailed information on how to reach the Villa.
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