Tango Intensive
Montrèal
Oct 16-18
Bienvenidos
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Welcome
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Bienvenue
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Bienvenidos ~ Welcome ~ Bienvenue ~
Good Coffee
Where can I get a good cup of coffee and some food near Accento Studio? This is the one recurring thought many will have while heading to the Intensive.
Just a few steps from our location, walk to Louise Boulangerie. It is a popular bakery. You will be able to grab a coffee and some bakery if that is your thing.
Keep in mind that it is a very popular location, so you may have to wait in line for your goodies.
Où est-ce qu'on peut prendre un bon café pis manger quelque chose proche du Accento Studio? C'est la question qui va revenir souvent dans la tête du monde en s'en venant à l'Intensif.
À quelques pas de notre local, marche jusqu'à la Boulangerie Louise. C'est une boulangerie ben populaire. Tu vas pouvoir te prendre un café pis des pâtisseries si c'est ton genre.
Garde en tête que c'est un endroit très couru, faque tu risques d'attendre en ligne pour avoir tes gâteries.
Location
We'll be meeting and dancing at Accento, a clean, spacious, and comfortable dance and fitness studio on Boulevard Saint-Laurent in Montreal's Little Italy, just steps from its cafés and restaurants.
Studios Accento
Nous nous retrouverons pour danser chez Accento, un studio de danse et de conditionnement physique propre, spacieux et confortable, situé sur le boulevard Saint-Laurent dans la Petite Italie à Montréal, à deux pas de ses cafés et restaurants.
Schedule • Horaire
Friday
Vendredi 5:30 PM
Meet and Greet and informal dinner afterwards.
Rencontre suivie d’un souper informel.
Saturday & Sunday
Samedi et dimanche
Resources
Teacher Team • Équipe
What the group told us
Pre-intensive group poll and check-in.
The short version
About half of the group is new to this these topics. Six of ten either rarely use lápices and planeos or are not sure what they are. Only two use them often.
The intensive is a vehicle. Several people care less about the figures and more about musicality, connection, axis and confidence, and said so directly.
Nine of ten report some difficulty. The recurring ones are balance and axis, entering and exiting cleanly, and never having been taught the technique.
Most have no favorite figure. Seven are open to anything. Only three named something specific.
Practical asks. Small-space and close-embrace versions, exercises to take home, and a shared vocabulary. One person asked whether rulos count as lápices, and another mixes up planeos and calesitas.
How familiar are they with lápices and planeos?
What are they hoping to take away?
Themes drawn from the open answers. One person can appear in more than one.
Where do they struggle?
Nine of ten named something. Themes can overlap.
Which lápiz or planeo do they most want to learn?
The specific requests: planeo or calesita with a lápiz, volcada with a lápiz, planeos on both legs in both directions, and one example shared as a video.