Intrigued?

We need YOU to help grow the tango community!

Hello tango dancer! We are reaching out to you because we thought you might be interested in some tango community building ideas!

At Tango & I it has become tradition to host a tango Boot camp. Some of you started dancing Tango because of boot camp, Many of you have helped out to give the beginner tango dancers a wonderful learning experience. And many of those Boot camp dancers are now part of our tango community!

We also have added the Tango Challenge in which we have "tango buddies" who play a crucial role into introducing the new tango student good learning habits, and helping them to get to know other people from the tango community.

We are now on yet another journey that will tie the boot camp, the tango challenge and the tango buddies all together: Peer to peer learning.

A beginner tango student will learn faster if they have a kind tutor/buddy by their side. The tutor/buddy will learn more about tango because he/she is teaching. The relationship that is build during peer learning session has a great outcome for the tango community: the beginner student has an invested interest in coming back to dance tango.

So, this is where you come in: a peer tango teacher!

Here is how it works:

Janeen Rae and Sabine Ibes have set up 2 hours in May where you and other peers will get together to receive all the information needed for you you to be a successful peer teacher.
FREE And you will have a practice session with the same group where you practice on each other. In the beginning of June, at tango Boot camp, you will be assigned 1 or 2 beginner students with whom you will be working closely with for the duration of the boot camp. Scary you say? We ( Janeen and Sabine) will be there to help if needed.

Choose ONE Session option (each session 2 hours total)

Session A: Saturday mornings 10 am May 6 and 13

Session B: Thursday evenings 7.30 pm May 18 and 25

Session C: Sat 10 am May 6 & Thurs 7.30pm May 25

Practice Practica: Saturday morning 11 am May 27

Boot camp Saturday June 3 10 till 11.30 AND 12 till 1.130

This is a prototype. Which is another reason why your help will be so appreciated! Other tango communities are experimenting as well, Oxygen Tango in L.A. has a prototype; a tango peer learning app. Right now it is only available on Android….. They are hoping it might be available by the time we have our tango challenges ( September)

We will use what we learn to add to the Challenge tango buddy project.

We are very excited about this project! And hope that you are too! No strings attached, free of charge, BUT: when you commit we have to be able to count on you for the 2 training hours plus 2 hour practica during the month of May, AND the 3 hours of the boot camp in June.

Hope to hear from you soon, tell us if you are intrigued!

Janeen and Sabine

Who can sign up?

Are you not afraid to lead and to follow a little bit?
Do you know what the 8 count basic looks like?
Are you kind to people?
Do you know when NOT to say something ( :
8 count basic, parallel system, cross system, cruzada, molinette, pivot, rhythm, followers power, leaders listening - are you familiar with these concepts? YES THIS IS FOR YOU!

PLEASE RSVP HERE