Tango Dance Workshop

This 90-minute workshop is open to all levels and ages (12 years+, accompanied by an adult), and is ideal for those new to Argentine tango, and those looking to deepen their understanding of its core principles. The session focuses on discovering the fundamental elements that make tango unique: posture, connection, the embrace, and the essential walking structure.

Through accessible exercises and guided movement, participants will explore how to communicate through the dance, developing awareness of both leading and following roles. Emphasis will be placed on feeling the music and creating a shared experience through simple, grounded steps.

Whether it's your first time or you're revisiting the basics, this workshop offers a welcoming space to connect, move, and enjoy the essence of tango. No partner or prior experience needed.

Footwear:

We recommend a comfortable pair of shoes that allow you to move freely on the floor. Avoid any grippy soles like trainers that would make you stick more to the floor and make it more difficult to dance.

Tango in the Peaks

The workshop will be lead by Lucas and Melanie from 'Tango in the Peaks'. They met on a tango dance floor in New Zealand, as far from Norwich (Melanie’s birth place) and Buenos Aires (Lucas’) as can possibly be. By that time, Lucas was a backpacker and trying to taste a little bit of everything and everywhere, having done classic guitar and piano as a musician, Lindy Hop, contemporary dance, dance theatre and corporal expressionism among others. But tango was taking over after having heard it from an early age when his mother and grandfather sat on the sofa to sing tangos and milongas to the family.

Melanie had a classic ballet background, playing with modern and acrobatics on the way until reaching the fever of tango in those distant lands, inspired by a group of doctors who wanted to find a more human connection with their patients.

Since then, they both have been dancing, learning and teaching together, half of their lives in Buenos Aires and the other half in England. They have travelled from an open embrace and a more experimental approach to a more traditional and technical style of dancing but trying always to keep the fun and the passion which gave them the best tandas, and a tiny tanguera and tanguero, Eloisa and Leon.

***SPECIAL OFFER***

Tango Dance Workshop AND Evening Concert

After this Tango Dance Workshop, why not join us for our spectacular closing concert of the 2025 Summer Festival - The Music of the Tango. Five outstanding musicians play famous, vibrant Argentinian Tango music in an intimate, relaxed atmosphere. There may even be some dancing, as Melanie and Lucas demonstrate the Tango!

Find out more about 'The Music of the Tango' Evening Concert:

https://www.glossopmusicfestival.org.uk/event-details/closing-concert-the-music-of-the-tango

We are offering a special ticket price for people attending both events:

• Adults can save £10 by attending both the Tango Dance Workshop and Evening Concert for just £20 in total - representing a free workshop OR a 50% discount on the Evening Concert

  
  

• Children (12 years+) can attend both the Tango Dance Workshop and Evening Concert for just £5 in total (they will need to be accompanied by an adult)

• Young Adults (18-25 years) can attend both the Tango Dance Workshop and Evening Concert for just £10 in total

***TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OFFER, YOU WILL NEED A TICKET WHICH PERMITS ENTRY TO BOTH EVENTS***

Tango Dance Workshop | Saturday 21 June | 15.00 | St Mary's Parish Hall, Glossop

The Music of the Tango | Saturday 21 June | 19.00 | The Parish Church, Old Glossop