Colorado Social Tango

Colorado Social Tango

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Lessons and Events for learning traditional Argentine Tango. I teach the Social style of Tango typical of the nightclubs of Buenos Aires.

Dedicated to the Golden Era of Tango Music, the Close Embrace and Improvised Floorcraft.

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2024 Denver Close Encounters 10/31/2024

In a few weeks, “Denver Close Encounters" will be sending out invitations to the third Memorial Day Encuentro. We’re calling it the Denver Close Encounter of the Third Time”.

One question we wish to respond to is “What is an Encuentro?”

We’ve all had that experience of a magical transcendent tango dance; a “Zen” experience, that ephemeral dance moment that appears unexpectedly, and then it’s gone.

A Tango Encuentro is a curated tango weekend of social dancing designed to create a weekend of magical and transcendent dances. Within each couple but also across the entire room has a shared energy as if it is one large, multi-person tango creature. The magic is carried over from partner to partner and tanda to tanda.

The short answer: Encuentros are a weekend dedicated to traditional social tango dancing.

Several things differentiate Encuentros from other big tango events, like tango Festivals.

(1) The music is foremost, and the DJs are selected for their deep knowledge of and artistry for playing tango music across the arc of the evening.
(2) We share multiple hours of dancing so you can get into the “zone”.
(3) No interruptions to disrupt the zen flow: no performances, no classes and no show tango.
(4) The shared embrace is more valued than athletic moves. Attendees are invited because they very good at musicality, navigation and close-embrace dancing; many have 20 or 30 years of tango experience.
(5) Traditional tango codes are maintained: Seating, Cabeceo, Floorcraft,
(6) The weekend is sold out so there are no drop-in milongas. Since everyone has a single ticket for the whole event you get to know everyone in the community.

These expectations might seem restrictive to some, but for many long-term tango dancers, Encuentros have developed a fanatical fan base and a shared international community. Many travel to multiple Encuentros per year. The most popular Encuentros across the US and Europe sell-out six months or a year ahead of time.

Here are a couple videos showing the "encuentro style"

49 seconds:
https://youtu.be/KKN78FKYda0

2:24 minutes:
https://youtu.be/-Bjf-hYEknw

2024 Denver Close Encounters Between songs at an Encuentro Style event in Denver, CO

Tom and Analii Stermitz - Milonga Traspié 06/13/2024

Tom and Analii Stermitz - Milonga Traspié Tom & Analii Stermitz teach Social Style Argentine Tango in Denver, Colorado. Here they demonstrate Milonga Traspié to "Milonga del Aquatero" by "Orquesta Tí...

Tom and Analii Stermitz - Milonga Traspié 06/13/2024

Milonga Traspié.

Tom and Analii Stermitz - Milonga Traspié Tom & Analii Stermitz teach Social Style Argentine Tango in Denver, Colorado. Here they demonstrate Milonga Traspié to "Milonga del Aquatero" by "Orquesta Tí...

AGEISM IN TANGO - Women and ageism: a real problem, but there are ways around it. Guest: Melina Sedó 04/29/2024

"Ageism in Tango". Great interview on a sensitive but important topic with Melina Sedó . Since the revival of Tango in the 1990s, we have lost virtually all the great "Elders of Tango" from the 1930s & 1940s. And now the "Youngers of Tango" who started dancing in the 1990s are aging into our 60s, 70s and older.

It is obvious that stage tango shows emphasize youthful and athletic movements. On the other hand, one of the great characteristic of Social Tango is that it is basically a walking dance, which you can do as long as you can.... well, walk.

And, like many things in life tango improves with age and the miles you have danced.

This interview is worth spending time with. (Also, check out the other interviews on youtube by "DonAgucho")

AGEISM IN TANGO - Women and ageism: a real problem, but there are ways around it. Guest: Melina Sedó AGEISM... oh, boy. So, I posted a really interesting collaboration with Robin Thomas, a man who has been either brave enough, or (in his own words:) stupid e...

Milonga Gente Amiga - El Chino Perico y Paola Tacchetti 04/16/2024

Beautiful, slow dancing from El Chino Perico. Lot's of Milonguero salidas! Hat tip Dan Yahnian.

Milonga Gente Amiga - El Chino Perico y Paola Tacchetti Cena Show y Noche de Homenaje a Nito y Elba, queridos Maestros y reconocidos Embajadores de nuestro Tango Argentino en el mundo.

EL CHINO PERICO Y PAOLA TACCHETTI. FLOREAL 1/3 03/06/2024

Why I LOVE the Milonguero Salida! Tango-life Lessons from el Chino Perico & Paula Taccetti. Di Sarli, of course.

Observe the first steps of his dance at around 40 seconds in...

EL CHINO PERICO Y PAOLA TACCHETTI. FLOREAL 1/3 BAILAN EN LA MILONGA DEL FLOREAL, CON LA ORQ. DE CARLOS DI SARLI, EL TANGO "TU INTIMO SECRETO". BUENOS AIRES 2018

Social Tango - A Short Film 01/13/2024

Social Tango.....
Spoken without words
Language is universal
Unexpected is inevitable

Social Tango - A Short Film so·cial tan·go | noun | \ ˈsō-shəl ˈtaŋ-(ˌ)gō \ - an improvised partner dance of Argentine origin, popular around the world and accessible to people of all b...

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