Urbana IL: Feb 29 - Mar 2: Central Tango Milonguero Fest: Alicia Pons, Robert Hauk, Melina Sedo & Detlef Engel
The Central Tango Milonguero Festival, hosted by the Tango Society of Central Illinois, will take place in Urbana IL Feb 29 - Mar 2. This festival will be an immersion in Tango Milonguero, i.e., tango as danced in the milongas of Buenos Aires. As tango has become diversified, festivals focusing solely on the Buenos Ares social tango are few and far between. Guiding you in this journey will be some of the most renowned instructors in Tango Milonguero - Alicia Pons (Buenos Aires), Robert Hauk (Portland OR), and Melina Sedo & Detlef Engel (Germany). Alicia is well recognized for her emphasis on women's styling and detail for refinement of communication and technique for both men and women. Robert is well known as a shaper of men's tango development, as well as an encyclopedia of tango knowledge, and one of the best tango DJs in the US. Alicia & Robert will be teaching most workshops together, so you will have excellent role models for leaders and followers in each workshop. Melina & Detlef are only on their second US tour, but their stylistic excellence and musicality is already well known from their admired YouTube videos (linked from our festival web page). As great instructors who are patient and pay attention to detail, Melina & Detlef are rapidly becoming premier ambassadors of close embrace tango in Europe. Our festival will be their only Midwest stop on their US tour, so don't miss this couple who will soon become familiar to all US aficionados of Tango Milonguero. Advance Registration for the Central Tango Milonguero Festival is now open. A Weekend Pass is $120 ($60 for students), $100 ($50 for students) if traveling over 200 miles. This is a bargain in this day of ever rising tango festival costs. Complete Program details and Registration information are available on our festival web page: http://www.centraltango.com/TangoInstruction/2008CentralTangoFestHomePage.htm or, go to our home page http://www.centraltango.com/ and click on the link. Tango festivals in Urbana are rich experiences in tango education and social tango dancing. Our medium sized tango festivals (100-130 people) are large enough to provide many partners for social dancing and great energy to stimulate your tango soul, yet small enough to not be overwhelming in pursuing these goals. Our festivals attract people from all around the Midwest and some from beyond. Some of the best Tango Milonguero dancers in the Midwest attend, as well as newcomers to Tango Milonguero. Our festival site houses a modern dance facility with an excellent sound system and comfortable areas for congregating and socializing between festival events. Champaign-Urbana, the home of a University of Illinois, is a diverse community and our tango community has a wide age range and includes people from many ethnic and national backgrounds. Most important, we provide a friendly relaxed environment for learning and socializing. In our medium sized city you will escape from the complexities of large cities in finding inexpensive hotel accommodations and restaurants within minutes of the festival site. If you drive, you will find ample free parking, not only at the festival site, but throughout much of the twin cities. If you wish to fly, Willard Airport (CMI), with direct connections to Chicago, Detroit and Dallas is 15 minutes from the festival site, and the Central Illinois Regional Airport (BMI), with direct flights to Chicago, Detroit, Atlanta, and Orlando is 45 minutes away. We can also offer housing in the homes of local tangueros if you register early. (Priority will be given to students and those purchasing the Weekend Pass.) We look forward to seeing you in Urbana in less than 4 weeks. You will join many other tangueros who will tell others of the good experience they had in attending a Tango Society of Central Illinois festival in Urbana. Ron Weigel & Susana Vazquez Weigel Tango Society of Central Illinois Urbana IL
