Balchik Tango Retreat 2024
The Art of Improvisation at Balchik Tango Retreat
Therefore, we are pleased to invite you to the shores of the Black Sea for an inspiring and relaxing weekend with Argentine tango.
Dates: September 20-22, 2024, Balchik, Bulgaria
Balchik Tango Retreat package - 690 Ron/person
for:
Marine practice on the terrace of Regina Maria SPA Hotel (3 hours) +
Intensive workshop THE ART OF IMPROVISATION in TANGO (3 hours) +
Milonga Encuentro Bulgaria-Romania in partnership with Varna Tango Club on the terrace of Hotel ANTIK (4 hours) +
1 place (one person) accommodation, in a double room with breakfast included for two nights + SPA access and balcony with sea view
We arrange our own transport and meals.
We'll talk with each other and we share our personal cars. We can recommend 4-5 good restaurants in Balchik, where we will also eat.
Accommodation: in double/single rooms at Regina Maria SPA Design Hotel, Balchik with breakfast included on Saturday and Sunday.
The Regina Maria Spa Hotel is located right on the seafront right next to the Palace of Queen Maria and the Botanical Garden in Balcik and has a terrace with a picturesque view of the sea.
Participants enjoy free entry to the indoor pool and all other spa facilities, such as the sauna, steam room and fitness room.
All rooms have a balcony and sea view and are modernly furnished in a unique style, have air conditioning, private bathroom and free WiFi internet access.
Event Program
20.00 - 23.00
Location: Terrace Restaurant Regina Maria Hotel
11.00 - 14.00
Instructors: Daniel Mandita and Amalia Iscu (Tangotangent)
Location: Antik Hotel Restaurant
organized in partnership with friends from Varna Tango Club
Location: Terrace of the Antik Hotel
Tango DJ: Daniel Măndiță (Tangotangent, Romania)
Free time and check-out at 11.00
Participants (tango and friends): 24-30 people.
Places are limited!
The Art of Improvisation in Tango
Improvisation is one of the key pillars of tango; improvisation comes to us with the gifts of originality, joy, organicity. Yet improvisation is often (mis)understood as “lack of preparedness”, “anything goes” or “come (dance) what may”.
Tango is not one form, one structure; it is connection through individual communication and expression. Tango is rooted in improvisation and exploration and we need to learn how to approach improvisation and make it work best.
Improvisation is a process: it grows, you nurture it, you learn to listen to it, you learn from it. You use improvisation to explore movement, music, manners of expression. Through improvisation you find things, you organise them, you select and choose some them. Improvisation is the spirit of tango and it is what keeps tango alive and growing.
The 3 hours of workshops will cover:
- Principles of improvisation: how to start improvising, how to stay in the improvisation. Classic improvisation exercises; movement multipliers
- Choosing what is best for you and remembering an improvised structure
Topics covered:
a) Systems of travelling in tango and directions of movement
b) Asymmetry in the tango couple, circular movement
c) Reversing the order of a sequence of movements
d) Role-changing, technique and communication
e) Working with sets of elements, transitions between elements
*Have video-recording devices handy and ready to use; have pen and paper at hand. Loose garments and comfortable dance shoes recommended.
Ready to join our retreat? Register today!
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Tango Teachers
Daniel Mandita and Amalia Iscu have been teaching tango for nearly 19 (nineteen) years and have guided countless dancers in Romania and abroad. Some of their students teach and perform in most of the major cities in Romania and several European countries.
Amalia and Daniel have performed on national and international stages for more than 17 years and in over 150 tango shows. Their tango education started with traditional Argentinian milongueros and then continued on to some of the greatest masters of tango today such as Gustavo Naveira and Pablo Veron.
Their style of teaching is focused on clear explanations and preliminary exercises that can be practised individually and can also be incorporated into the dance. Amalia and Daniel believe strongly that tango should be danced, enjoyed, studied and explored and that tango can become a means of enriching one’s life.
