Sunday 27/10: with Oct 27 with Olivia Teixeira and Fernando Lima & Musicalizador Daniel Pereyra!
These guys from Brazil are real fun! Learn tango with a different style, playful, connected and warm with maestros coming for the first time in the UK. They will give a special masterclass after the Beginner and Improver classes. They will also perform in a completely new SHOW that will put a big smile on your face!
Plus we welcome back one of our favourite musicalizador and TDJ, Daniel Pereyra (Uruguay) who will be focusing on Golden Age tango with only the most danceable music – and of course your free drinks to keep you hydrated.
No booking and no partner is needed for group classes. Schedule this Sunday:
- 2PM Beginners class (Level 1, 1 hour): MY FIRST PROMENADE. Discover tango and be swept away by this beautiful dance! Learn how to lead this elegant step. For further classes check our Beginners page for our beginner curriculum & offers. With Shashi & Cate & assistants Will & Esra.
- 2PM Improvers class (Level 2, 1 hour): PROMENADE VARIATIONS. Learn what you can do to play with this versatile and playful step, and how to use it with the music – including patadas! With Bruno & Asta.
- 3PM MASTERCLASS (1.5 hours): ABOVE INTERPRETATION: roots, historical circumstances, cultural traditions and practical tools to generate expressiveness in tango! With Olivia & Fernando.
- 4.30PM MILONGA Los Angelitos, often described as the friendliest in London. SHOW OF THE MAESTROS and last tanda at 7.30PM. TDJ & musicalizador DANIEL PEREYRA & free wine and cakes.
- Location: UNITY, 277A Upper street, London N1 2TZ
PRICES FOR classes & milonga this Sunday:
you can purchase a ticket at the door. Packages and subscription available (not avail. for the masterclass).
» 2pm Beginner / Improver class (60′): £15 (with Milonga +£10).
» 3pm MASTERCLASS (90′): £25pp (with Milonga +£10).
» Both 2pm+3pm (90′): £30pp (with Milonga +£10).
» Milonga only: £15. Includes drinks and cakes ;-).
In our classes, you’ll find…
- A fun and relaxed atmosphere.
- A yearly curriculum which you can join at any time and original teaching tools such as our youtube class summary videos.
- Structured lessons to help you intuitively grasp the concepts we cover.
- The perfect mix between essential technique and creative exploration of tango dancing.
- Discovery of tango culture and music, a passionate and fascinating universe in itself.
- No need to bring a partner.
- The study of different energies, steps and concepts to help you create your own choreographies.
- You can drop by any time – there is no “first” and “last” class, there are all independent although we recommend you come regularly to make the most of our structured curriculum.
Our approach to teaching
We teach with an original technique using modern tools to produce happy, shiny, dancy people. Our group and private lessons are fun, relaxed and structured to make you progress quickly, regardless of your previous dance experience. Ultimately, we want you to become great to watch, and even greater to dance with.
We focus on helping you build your own sequences of steps, so that you learn to dance to the music and develop your tango ‘self’ inside out:
- Self awareness: couple dancing starts with both partners having a good awareness of their own body positioning. In class, we will solidify your tango technique, including posture and walking.
- Connection: dancing tango is like having a wordless conversation with your partner. In our intermediate classes, we delve into different embraces and various energies and concepts to establish an efficient and smooth communication with your partner through the art of leading & following.
- Expression: in class, we study different techniques and energies and help you link steps up together yourself to create your own choreographies. We also hold regular “musicality” classes, where we look at various ways of interpreting the music and varying rhythms. You will soon feel that you are able to “play” with the music. We don’t believe in teaching routines and will instead help you develop your tango creativity.
- Authenticity: we simply love tango music and history and have been told our passion is contagious. In all our classes, we introduce a new orchestra every 2 months so that you get you used to different rhythms. We also translate songs – it is always a bonus to dance on a song when you understand whether to laugh or to cry. We also give tips about how to best enjoy milongas, these atmospheric tango parties where everything comes together like magic.
- Space management: We’ll work on developing your spacial awareness to help you dance in tune with the room and easily manage the line of dance. That’s the best way to make you “milonga-ready”!
ABOUT Olivia Teixeira and Fernando Lima
Olivia and Fernando are Brazilian tango teachers and artists, with a thirty-year career that claims several esteemed titles and awards. They currently live, teach and perform in Buenos Aires. They are founders of the EsTudo Tango method, based on the tripod of musicality, Physics’ vectors and Laban’s movement factors.
They are also producers of the EsTudo Tango International Congress in Buenos Aires and co-authors of the book “Themes of Argentine Tango – Argentina and Brazil.” You can find many of their acclaimed courses online under the names “Estudo Tango.” Olivia and Fernando have taught in over 40 cities throughout Brazil, Argentina, US and are making their debut in Europe this year.
They currently teach regularly every Sunday at the Tango Temple, the historic Marabú, where the emblematic orchestras of Aníbal Troilo and Rodolfo Biagi debuted, in 1937 and 1938, respectively.
ABOUT Daniel Pereyra
Originally from Uruguay, Daniel has extensively DJed for LA VIRUTA de Luis Solanas in Buenos Aires, in the most established milongas & festivals of Buenos Aires and abroad, including the Mundial (Worldwide Tango Championships in B.A.) and the oldest Festival worldwide: Viva El Tango (32th edition in 2019). He also represented officially Uruguay for the festivities of the 100th anniversary of La Cumparsita; and has been on tour for the last 6 years – visiting and DJing in nearly 100 cities.
Recognized as one of the most important world musicalizadores, he received the title of Artist, for his work of musicalizador from the government of Uruguay – first to be honored with this title. He is also professor of musicalizacion, musicality, culture and history of Tango. He taught DJing and culture and history of Tango in the universitad del Tango de Buenos-Aires.
Don’t miss this unique occasion to listen to him!
