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10th Denver Tango Festival Sept 3 - 7, 2009

A Tango festival "By Dancers; For Dancers"

Cheeseman Park Pavilion, Denver

T he Denver Tango Festivals are a special treat for all tango dancers who love the social tango popular in the milongas of Buenos Aires: close, subtle & romantic. We hire some of the top DJs in the US, and the dance floors are arranged for social dancing with a quality, smooth floor, seating for cabaceo, and a respect for the dance floor. This will be the 10th Annual Denver Tango Festival. Denver has a friendly, welcoming tango community, and you will see many of your friends from past festivals.

The Denver Tango Festivals never fail to attract a high level of dancer. Classes are not for beginners, and usually have gender ratios close to 50/50. Milongas include the Friday night Mercury Cafe milonga, with live music, and the amazing outdoor milonga and BBQ sponsored by Tango Colorado at the pavilion in Cheesman park.

Early arrival classes with Tomas Howlin

The special, kickoff teacher on Thursday, Sept 3 will be Tomas Howlin of Montreal, QC.

We will not be offering Beginner classes at this festival. All classes are Intermediate or above, which assume you already know the basics of tango, i.e. ochos, ocho-cortados, improvisation, and navigation. Adv-Intermediate & Advanced classes don't present much vocabulary; instead they focus on concepts, musicality, technique, and dance skills.

Denver Tango Festival Featured Instructors:

Featured DJs & Musicians:

  • Robin Thomas, New York, NY
  • Ramu Pyreddy, Washington, DC
  • Robert Hauk, Portland, OR
  • Vijay Namasivayam, San Francisco, CA
  • Martin Rybczynski, Boulder, CO
  • Tara Fortier, Boulder, CO

Early Arrival Milonga:

Denver Tango Festival Milongas:

  • Thu, 9:30p - 01:00a, DJ America Mauhar , "Doubletree Early Milonga"
  • Fri, 3:00p - 06:30p, DJ Martin Rybczynski, "Welcome Milonga"
  • Fri, 9:30p - 02:00a, DJ Robert Hauk, "Mercury Milonguero Milonga"
  • Sat, 3:00p - 06:30p, DJ Tara Fortier, "Alternative Music Milonga"
  • Sat, 9:30p - 02:00a, DJ Vijay N., "Traditional, Elegant Milonga"
  • Sun, 5:00p - 10:00p, DJ Ramu Pyreddy, "Tango Colorado Outdoor Milonga and BBQ
  • Sun, 11:00p - 06:00a, DJ Robin Thomas, "All Night Hardcore Milonga"

Photography by Young Kim Studio

Young B. Kim will be taking photographs during the festival and will make them available for prints amd downloads at his site (www.YoungKimStudio.com). The photos will also be on display in tge lobby during the festival. Please contact Young directly with any questions:

EMAIL: young@youngkimstudio.com
PHONE: 303.587.0107

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