Practica, lessons & social dancing
every Sunday at
Swansea Tango Salon
St Matthew's, High Street, Swansea (see Maps) 6 till 11
£5 for all or any part of the evening
Practica, gwers a dawnsio pob Dydd Sul
Drop-in classes. No partner needed. 10-week courses will start Sunday
5th October - please book in advance
See Home page for details
~~~~~~~~~~
31st August doors open at St Matthew's at 5.50
Dancing and Practica 6.00 till 7.00
Lessons start at 7.00 promt and may vary depending on attendance so, good if everyone can be there by 7.00 the latest
(but please, do not let this put you off joining a lesson at any time
if there is a reason why 7.00 is impossible for you)
Improvers (and possibly beginners) 7.00 - 7.45
(followed by Beginners till 8.30)
From 5th October, doors will open at 5.00
for the Practica
If you are new to AT, please be sure to bring suitable, smooth-soled shoes; leather is best at St Matthew's but suede is good as well. Ladies, wear loose clothing which allows you to take long steps. See the Home page for some more information / if you need to buy shoes.
No chalk or metal-tipped stiletto heels please. No trainers except dance trainers.
AMMANFORD Practicas - see Other venues page
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Shows
and
intensive workshops
with
AISHA and VICTOR
from Buenos Aires
4 till 9 September
Email Adriana to book workshops or see her on Sunday
Programme and fotos below. See links page for their web site.
Aisha and Victor are wonderful performance artists who are also culturally diverse and have world-wide experience of Argentine Tango. Their dancing style, ideas and teaching are in harmony with Swansea Tango Salon. They have a profound understanding of the body, and will concentrate on showing us how AT can be danced at the level of any individual's ability. Do not be deceived by their Performance image; they understand the importance of the techniques needed for social ('Salon') dancing very well.
Once you have mastered some of the basic techniques necessary for dancing AT, you will appreciate performance tango the more, and see that the same principles apply at whatever level of ability and agility it is danced. This is one of the reasons why AT is so special.
But even if you do not have any experience of dancing AT yourself, you will still enjoy Aisha and Victor's dancing, talking and company. They are usually described as 'charismatic' (I think they are a lot more than that; you will be able to make up your own mind), and to top it all, they speak English.
We are very lucky to have them coming to Wales, and I hope to see many of our dancers also at the meeting of the Swansea Latin American Association.
~~~~~~~~~
SHOW and introductory lesson
Thursday 4th September at
The Lyric Theatre
Carmarthen
Please book directly with the Theatre
0845 226 3509
19.30 till 21.30
£6
Friday 5th Carmarthen Workshops 10.15 - 12.15
12.30 - 14.30 at the Castle or Zion Chapel Hall in Mansel St (depending on the weather - watch this space) (See Maps page)
Maximum 20 people per workshop; £14 per 2 hour workshop*
Swansea Show 19.30 - 23.00 St Matthew's £10
Illustrated talk by Victor & Aisha on Argentina & Tango; Tango demonstration; Live music; Tango fashion-show; dancing from 10.00
Wine, soft drinks and nibbles
Please book in advance
Saturday 6th Ammanford Workshop 13.00 - 15.00
Ammanford Miners' Theatre (See Maps page)
Maximum 20 people per workshop; £14 per 2 hour workshop*
Swansea Show 19.00 - 24.00 at The Dylan Thomas Centre
£8.50 14-17 yrs (event not suitable for under 14s) £12 ALAS members & concessions £14 non-ALAS Members
Please book directly with DTC 01792 463980
Swansea Latin American Association meeting ('alas' on links page) Illustrated talk by Dr Lloyd Davies on Evita Peron; buffet dinner; short illustrated talk on tango by Aisha & Victor; tango demonstration, introductory lesson and dancing practice until midnight
Sunday 7th Swansea St Matthew's
Workshops 12.00 - 14.00 14.15 - 16.15
Maximum 20 people per workshop; £14 per 2 hour workshop*
Practica, Lessons and dancing as usual 18.00 - 23.00 £5
Aisha and Victor join in the dancing
Monday 8th Ammanford
Workshop and Demonstration 18.00 - 21.45
Pensioners' Hall £10 (See Maps page)
Talk on Argentina & Tango by Victor & Aisha; Demonstration; Workshop
Tuesday 9th Swansea St Matthew's
Lesson and Practica 18.00 - 21.45 £8
Except for The Lyric Theatre and the Latin American evening please book workshops, lessons and shows with Adriana on a Sunday - or see the Contact page. Appreciated if you book by e-mail.
The Ammanford workshop can also be booked through Carmarthen Theatres: 0845 226 3510 / 3509 /3508
* At the request of the Swansea Latin American Association we will allow families to attend certain Workshops (please consult with Adriana on availability) and will offer the following concessions:
Students, OAPs, Unwaged and Children** £12
Family ticket (2 adults plus two children**) £30
each additional child** +£12
**N.B.: By 'child' is meant a teenager between 14 and 17 years old; 14
is the minimum age allowed in the Workshops. Anyone between 14 and 17 must be accompanied by a legal guardian, such as a parent
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sunday 28th September
Between 5 and 7 pm the owners of Star Dance Wear, Swansea, will be at
St Matthew's to present a selection of the dance shoes they have available, together with brochures to show what can be ordered. This should
prove to be an enjoyable and informative 2 hours during
which we could well learn a lot from each other -
about shoes, I mean
Practica 6 till 7 as usual
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Saturday 6th December
Our first Milonga at St Matthew's - details tba
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
BERLIN TRIP 17-21 September with Tango Beyond the Wall
Contact John Rownan if you might be interested:
Dublin +353 87 240 4341
He will email you the details via: dancetango@gmail.com
Find their 'naturaltango' web site link on the Links page. 






