Where and when is it happening, and how much does it cost?
This TTS will be co-organized by David Baily and hosted by Anthony Howell in London, at: The Room Participants are invited to gather from 12am midday, for tea, dancing, relaxing, for a start to the 'official' happenings at 1pm. Please try to arrive before 1pm. The event will continue until approx 7:30pm, or until folks have had enough. There will be opportunity for dancing at the venue afterwards. In more detail, here's the program outline for the event (it should be noted that this is a flexible program and subject to chance according to the inclination and mood of the participants):
Sat 24th:
Sun 25th:
If you'd like to take part, please use the contact form to let us know and/or register your interest on the event FB page, thank you! An attendance donation is requested purely to cover organizational costs. A nominal amount of approx £10 (depending on how many people take part) for the whole event would be appreciated. It's going to be a lot of fun and judging by past events, very worthwhile for everyone who takes part!
Questions offered as a guide to preparing a contribution It is expected that everyone who attends will prepare something to contribute to the TTS. If you're wondering what ideas, methods or movements you might bring to share, here are some example questions that might help you find something.
If you have something (or several things) you'd like to share, but aren't sure how to present it, think about these 3 steps: Ideally whatever you're sharing should be sharable within 5-15 minutes (plus a few minutes to answer any further questions). Everyone should have the chance to have at least two 5-15 minute slots during the day, or 30 minutes total time, or closer to 1 hour over the whole event. If you think your contribution is best shared over a longer single period then providing the rest of the group are happy with that and it still leaves other participants with enough time for their contributions then that's fine. One thing to be mindful of is keeping the general level of engagement and interest from collapsing, as it may do if a chosen longer contribution turns out to be of limited interest to some of the group. This is one reason for the suggested 5-15 minute slots.
"How do you teach step, or combination of movements X?" X - the step or movements, is of your choice, and can be anything from walking and crosses, to complex series of ganchos, sacadas, colgadas and volcadas. The idea is to practice and share your teaching skills, at the same time as potentially sharing some interesting movements, or approaches to movements. The other participants will play the role of students for you to teach, and offer feedback at the end, where it is wanted. What would you like to learn or get feedback on from others? In addition to bringing ideas to share for teaching or dancing, attendees are also encouraged to bring questions or sticking points of their own, which they'd like to put to the group and get some constructive feedback on. It's one thing to go to your own maestro(s) and reveal where you struggle, but another to reveal it to your peers, or even those you may not normally consider peers. But by doing so, you take advantage of the opportunity to get a variety of constructively intended perspectives that may help you move forward. So you are encouraged to make one (or more) of your presentation slots a request for input on a sticking point of area of challenge for you, in your teaching, or dancing.
If you have any questions about the event, please get in touch! You can contact either Joe on 07708882901, or David on 07767784238. |
events > Tango Teachers Symposium >