Join us for an amazing week of Musicality workshops and milongas with Mariano Laplume. He started developing his dance, together with his overall body awareness, alongside with his successful career as a Tango Teacher & Musician since 2003. As a musician, Mariano had the good fortune to play as a violist in the Academic Orchestra of Teatro Colon of Buenos Aires, Orchestra Tipica Imperial, Orchestra Estilos Tangueros of Academia Nacional del Tango after which he cofounded and became know as the violinist of the internationally renowned and much loved Sexteto Milonguero, playing in more than 40 milongas and festivals in Buenos Aires and over 100 more around the world. Please read about the workshops below and book your spot in advance.

Private lessons: Private lessons can be booked individually or as a couple with the visiting teachers. If you need help finding a partner, please get in touch with us. There are limited private lesson slots available with visiting teachers due to their short stay. You can contact them directly or by emailing us at info@tango-amistoso.co.uk. You will be paying the visiting teachers directly and the whole of your payment goes to them.

What to expect? These Workshops will be 100% practical.
Each workshop will be divided in 3 parts:
*Practical explanation of the musical element to be studied from a musician perspective and its potential connection with the dance.
*Individual exercises to integrate the musical stimulus into our own body.
*Work with a partner to deepen music, connection and movement in regard to the musical element presented with full guidance of the teacher.
At the end of the workshops you will be able to identify some aspects of the tango music and to use this knowledge to be a more precise, creative and curious social dancer.
You don't need to have experience as a musician. The workshops are advised for social Tango dancers of all levels.

Friday, February 16 2024
Location: Milonga Negracha, 10 Herbal Hill, EC1V 5EG

Workshop 1
Theme: Different Rhythmic and Expressive qualities in SYNCOPATION
Description: You will feel, experience and compare in movement the different Rhythmic and Expressive qualities in SYNCOPATION. How different orchestras use this rhythmic base and how to predict/identify it in the music.
Level: Intermediate
Time: 8.30pm to 9.30pm

Saturday, February 17 2024
Location: Milonga Amistosa, 24-27 White Lion St, N1 9PD

Workshop 2
Theme: Osvaldo Pugliese - Pause, Solos and "Rubato" (beats fluctuation)
Description: You will feel, experience and compare the distinctive rhythmic base elements of the most complex Tango Orchestra for the milonga. We will explore how Pugliese goes to the limits of Tango in terms of playfulness with pauses, accelerations and beat fluctuations as well as extreme contrast in solos.
Level: Advanced
Time: 6pm to 7.30pm

Sunday, February 18 2024
Location: Milonga Simpatica, 24-27 White Lion St, N1 9PD

Workshop 3
Theme: Single time vs Double time expressed in different types of Marcato (Di Sarli vs D’Arienzo)
Description: You will learn, experience and be able to identify the difference between Marcato in 2 and Marcato in 4, usually used to express single time and double time steps in Tango. Why is important to understand this fundamental rhythmic structures ? As a popular & danceable music Tango beat is mainly expressed with this 2 different accentuation patterns.
Level: Intermediate
Time: 6pm to 7.30pm

Tuesday, February 20 2024
Location: Claremont Project, 24-27 White Lion St, N1 9PD

Workshop 4
Theme: Piano solos expression in staccato and sustain in complex orchestras.
Description: We’ll explore the differences and similarities between different solo styles in Anibal Troilo, focussing mainly in Piano and Bandoneon. Why is this important? Anibal Troilo's soloist often gives the chance to express a sustained and soft walking by playing sustained notes (long expressive notes in comparison to short and sharp).
Level: Advanced
Time: 7.30pm to 9pm

Wednesday, February 21 2024
Location: Milonga Central, 10 Beak St, W1F 9RD

Workshop 5
Theme: Being playful with Staccato (Short and sharp accents) & Legato (Long expressive frases)
Description: Melodies in tango are often expressed in two ways, staccato and legato. We’ll understand the difference and learn to express and enjoy the melodic contrast that this articulations have to offer.
Level: Intermediate
Time: 7.30pm to 9pm

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