Workshops

Workshops with Melina Sedó and Detlef Engel

Melina Sedó & Detlef Engel

Melina and Detlef are since 2001 teaching social tango in a close embrace all over Europe and the USA. Their focus is on musicality, communication and improvisation. Through their dedication as teachers and organisers they have helped shape social tango significantly and their students are amongst the most sought-after partners at milongas and encuentros.

In 2013 they began training teachers and in 2015 produced an instructional Book + Film, that is considered as standard for everyone who wants to dance tango with sense and sensibility.

Lear more about them on: www.tangodesalon.de

Method and classes:

In their classes, Detlef and Melina explore the foundations of movement in order to develop a better connection to one’s own body, the partner and the music. Even the most advanced dancers will gain valuable insights in the intricacies of this wonderful dance instead of just learning more complex figures.

Please register with a partner. If the participants are up to it, Detlef and Melina suggest role-change as one means of understanding and enjoying the dance better. So there is no need to sign up in the typical leader/follower combination. Two women or two guys working together is just as fun and profitable!

Saturday - Synchronous and asynchronous Caminatas - 2:30h

After some basic work on the embrace and on how to move more dynamically, we will explore synchronous caminatas to spice up your dance. In the second half of the class, we’ll introduce walking variations in which leader and follower express different melodic lines. If the level of the participants is up to it, we'll make them even more challenging by curving them.

Saturday at Hubertussaal 10:30-13:15 - 2:30 workshop plus 0:15 break.

Price: 60€

Limited Capacity

Sunday - Rhythmical and lyrical variations of Ochos - 2:30h

We‘ll first develop simple "Milonguero-Ochos" out of the walk in the crossed system and vary them with traspiés to express rhythms. Then, after some basic work on pivots-technique, we‘ll combine the elements to challenging linear and turned Ochos for more lyrical tangos and for those moments of suspension in the music.

Sunday at Hubertussaal 10:30-13:15 - 2:30 workshop plus 0:15 break.