Dear Tango friends: I'm happy to announce that things are going extremely well for the Denver Tango Festival.
Pre-registration has reached 90, which means that the workshop passes are almost half filled up. I'm not pushing advertising very hard because I want to keep workshop attendance at 200 and total attendance around 400 (about the same as last year). I want a quality experience, and things just get too crazy for me if it gets too big. I expect weekend classes to fill, which means that at some point I will have to cut-off workshop pass purchases. There will probably not be any drop-in classes on the weekend. Passes range from $90 for two days of workshops to $145 for the Gold Pass which gives you everything from Friday Welcome Milonga to the Monday Morning Welcome to Dawn Milonga. Consider the $125 Saturday arrival pass if you can't get off work on Friday. Early arrivals can take additional days of classes for $35 each. IMPORTANT TO PRE-REGISTER Weekend classes will probably fill, and I need to have you registered and paid prior to arrival so I can make up badges and attendance sheets. EVEN DROP-INS or MILONG-ONLY ATTENDEES need to pre-register as I have to reserve hotel rooms and floor space. 6TH ANNUAL MEMORIAL DAY TANGO FESTIVAL May 24 - 29, 2006, Denver Colorado Please see the Festival website at: http://LaEternaMilonga.com The teaching staff this year includes some of the most experienced and wonderful teachers in the World: - Eric Jorissen from Holland, 15 years - Brigitta Winkler from Berlin & NYC, 20 years - Hsueh-tze Lee from Boston. 15 years We have invited some of the best DJs from around the country: - Robert Hauk - Robin Thomas - Dan Boccia - Ramu Pyreddy The special thing about this set of teachers is they all share a particularly creative approach to teaching. Their classes are like little stories that start with a simple plot, adding surprising twists along the way, with everything resolving to a climax at the end. Intermediates will all succeed; Advanced will all be challenged. Also, you will notice that the DJs and Teachers are social dancers. They will mix and dance with everybody in the milongas. This is not always the case with performers and teachers. EXPECT YOUR DANCE SKILL TO IMPROVE! Denver has a community of good dancers. The Denver festivals are famous for the quality of dance and courteous floor-craft. Local dancers benefit because you will have an intense weekend of really good dancing... When the floor is filled with so many other good dancers, you find that your own dancing improves to match. Taking classes is a good way to meet the everyone and reserve dances for later in the evening. FANATICS & LOCAL TEACHERS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY The Denver festival attracts many people who are teachers back home as well as the fanatics who make multiple trips to Buenos Aires. Because we are getting so many good dancers, classes are all at the same level: Intermediate to Advanced. We don't get very many beginners thinking they are advanced.. CLASSES AND MILONGAS ARE NOT FOR BEGINNERS; you already need to know how to navigate and are reasonably good with all the basic tango vocabulary. "Suspicion of strangers is a common human trait. But so is curiosity, even fascination. There's a reason that Romeo and Juliet is considered timeless. The social structure has to fight hard to keep each new generation in line." Tom Stermitz http://www.tango.org http://LaEternaMilonga.com 2525 Birch St Denver, CO 80207
