White Rose Tango Nuevo Weekender

Your hosts for the weekender, Adam and Leanne  have been teaching tango nuevo classes and running events in York and the surrounding areas for almost 15 years.

Their teaching focuses on embedding good technique and, most importantly, the connection between the leader and the follower, allowing great technique to be extended into the complex and intricate figures that tango nuevo is known for. 

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Colgadas are a particular speciality of theirs (although they can and do teach other things!) Adam and Leanne both lead and follow in their classes. They welcome live feedback and love insightful, in the moment questions.

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Diane & Mark, started their dancing in other genres, and like many other dancers found they were fascinated by Tango, which became their passion. The joy they find in moving musically and connecting to people on a deeper level has opened up opportunities to teach both in the UK and Europe.

They seek not perfection, but finding and discovering magical moments in the dance community that encircles and accepts all harmonies, including alternative & nuevo. Their teaching style is both playful, but also about partnership and appreciation of the self, within the unity of the couple, in a smooth, gentle style, building on what you will already know to bring a new, grounded appreciation of the embrace.

Jon and Katie have been teaching tango nuevo classes and running events in Hull for over 10 years.

Their teaching is filled with patience and humour and draws upon their extensive experience garnered from a broad range of teachers and styles.

Not just excellent teachers they have a keen ear for fantastic music and deliver delectable demos.

Chris and Alison found tango in 2014.  Nowadays, they’re pillars of the tango nuevo community in Swansea, running their own high quality classes and events, as well as guest teaching all over the place!

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They believe that enjoyment should be first and foremost when learning tango. They actively encourage experimentation in the development of personal style as well as understanding of the history of the dance.​

David and Gillian have been Skipton Tango’s teachers since 2017.

Although currently on holiday from weekly classes, they regularly DJ Tango events at the Engine Shed (Wetherby), Boston Spa and host the free open-air ‘Ilkley Bandstand Tango’ series whenever summer’s weather permits.

Their teaching and music fuses traditional and modern techniques with a love for varied Tango music from traditional through to alt., classical, Nuevo and Neo.

Ali is a long-time dancer, teacher and alt tango DJ.

She is very involved with the promotion of dual-role dancing in the Tango community. 

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​This year, Ali will be teaching a role-switching class for those who want to dip their toes in the other side of tango, or anyone who simply wants to gain a greater understanding of their partners' perspective.

Her dance style and teaching are all about play, risk, conversation, and dancing with the whole of your body.

We're delighted to welcome Darren and Zoe into the White Rose Tango fold for the very first time this year! They are a very unique all round package, due to their absolute love of this dance and years of experience both of them can dance and teach four different styles of Tango. Traditional, Milonga, Vals & Nuevo style and both can lead and follow in them all. They run class nights, milongas & weekenders across the Midlands and beyond.

This Husband and Wife teaching team make a complete, fully rounded and ultra experienced teaching couple, they offer a fun, friendly approach to teaching making you feel relaxed, welcome and above all, an enjoyable experience while you learn this fantastic dance!

Paul is resident DJ at the Huddersfield Tango Loft, and is  building a solid reputation as a popular Neo / Nuevo / Alt tango DJ in the UK.

He has danced far and wide since he took his first tango steps in 1998. He’s seen what does and doesn’t work on the dancefloor and feeds all those years of experience into his own DJ sets.
 

Jon, AKA ‘The King of Covers’, brings over 10 years of experience of dancing, teaching and DJing at his own events with Tango Hull. His impeccable taste means that his DJ sets always go down a storm with the tango nuevo crowd.

When it comes to his alt tango music selection there’s usually a cracking cover version or two in there that has everyone rushing to the DJ table to find out what it is, so they can add it to their own music collection.
 

One of the scene’s most popular DJs,
Leanne brings fresh, tailor-made sets to every event with each track carefully researched and selected from contemporary artists, tried and tested modern classics and her own personal favourites.

As a highly experienced dancer, Leanne’s choices are both innately danceable and enjoyable, opening up new avenues of interest for us to explore long after the last dance has ended.
 

Grandfather of U.K. Nuevo, nay, GREAT grandfather of U.K. Nuevo (steady on😒Adam) will be playing the house style of Nuevo, Neo and Alternative favourites compiled, tried and tested over 15 years of clubs, classes and events.

Music teacher/analyst by day, tango dancer, teacher and Nuevo DJ by mid afternoon, Adam prefers punchy, rhythmic, well structured songs or smoother, softer numbers with balanced phrasing and contrasting textures. It’s the music many of us have come to know and love as the mainstay of music at White Rose Tango events.