:: ONLINE WORKSHOP REGISTRATION AND MILONGA PRE-SALE 2024::


Please review the complete list of workshops and milongas offered for the 12th International Queer Tango Festival - Berlin below.
How to Purchase/Register:

Online registration is closed now - open workshops spots - SEE BELOW - are available at our ticket office thurs. 19th- sat. 21st of September - single dancers welcome to book at our office!

Milonga tickets are available at the door of the milonga. All payment cash only!

Ticket Office: Zapatissiomo Studio, Kolonnenstr. 29, 10829 Berlin

Opening hours: Thur/Fri./Sat. from 12 - 3.00 pm


All festival teachers are looking forward to seeing you this summer in Berlin.

The Festival Booking System:

      = All Level (up to 1 year and further)- NO ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS   = intermediate 1-3 years   = advanced level 3- or more years    
 
  All festival workshops are both role spots =if you like to work on one role, make sure you have a partner to join the workshop too.

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Wednesday 18. September 2024
Venue: Venue: MalaJunta, Kolonnenstr. 29, 10829 Berlin

7.45 pm

Festival Warm Up - Milonga Atipica official Festival collaboration -

For all who are earlier in Berlin and all local Berlin Queer tangodancers - we are more than happy to collaborate with our beloved Berlin queer Milonga Atipica hosted by Yana and Victoria.

7:45-8:45 pm Open class - guest teacher: Ray Sullivan (Miami)
9:00 -0:30 pm Milonga - DJ Andres Ozzuna (San Francisco)



Price at the door: 20 EUR Open class + Milonga
10 EUR Milonga only

Venue: MalaJunta, Kolonnenstr. 29, 10829 Berlin

 

Thursday 19. September 2024
Venue: MalaJunta Studio 2 MalaJunta Studio 1  
12-1.30 pm

  • WS#01 - How to make your tango easier and comfortable? (all levels)

  • Dawid Belach

  • How to dance freely without feeling like you're fighting your body, balance, and equilibrium. How to feel comfortable? We'll create conditions that allow you to experience tango in that way.

  • Price: €35
  • Remaining Spaces:
  • 19 (norole) 


  • WS#02 - Rhythm is it! (interm.)

  • Ezgi Turmus Binici & Kat Gorsuch 1

  • Rhythmic combinations and necessary technique for rhythmic music

  • Price: €35
  • Remaining Spaces:
  • 2 (norole) 


 
PAUSE
Venue: MalaJunta Studio 1 Zapatissimo Studio MalaJunta Studio 2
2-3.30 pm

  • WS#03 - Vals (interm.)

  • Astrid Weiske 1

  • Musicality and rotation - we will focus on different rhythmical variations while we rotate through space and time - do not miss Astrid's vals expertise

  • Price: €35
  • Remaining Spaces:
  • 13 (norole) 


  • WS#04 - Choreography figures that make the audience clap (Advance)

  • Walter Perez 1

  • Tricks, lifts , ganchos , colgadas and drags. Dancing like a star, impress your friends , show off ,don' t be humble. Learn some figures that will make you shine. Chose the time to do it in the music. How to start and end a choreography. Tell a story ,be dramatic ,this is the right time to do it.

  • Price: €35
  • Remaining Spaces:
  • 29 (norole) 


  • WS#05 - The Giro Code (All levels)

  • Fabian Kipp 1

  • Crack the code to tango’s DNA and unleash the power within – seamless flow of movement and connection. Deepen your understanding of tango and amplify your dance experience. This workshop combines simplicity with depth, offering techniques and challenges for any level.

  • Price: €35
  • Remaining Spaces:
  • 12 (norole) 


PAUSE
Venue: MalaJunta Studio 2 MalaJunta Studio 1 Zapatissimo Studio
4-5.30 pm

  • WS#06 - Posture,Walking and Musicality (all)

  • Walter Perez 2

  • We all struggle with the most important fundamentals of Tango. Learn how to find your best posture, finding your core, staying connected with your inside and project a solid and firm presence on the floor. Walk,walk,walk, different directions move wherever you want. Open your ears, your body must move harmoniously with the music. Discover the structure of tango music, the beat, changes of speed, enjoy the pauses, dance the silence.

  • Price: €35
  • Remaining Spaces:
  • 11 (norole) 


  • WS#07 - Combinations of barridas (interm.)

  • Lily Chenlo 1

  • Combinations of barridas with change of direction - how to make a easy Movement for the dancefloor

  • Price: €35
  • Remaining Spaces:
  • 11 (norole) 


  • WS#8 - Close embrace (all levels)

  • Ezgi Turmus Binici & Kat Gorsuch 2

  • fixing the foundations and increasing the possibilities

  • Price: €35
  • Remaining Spaces:
  • 14 (norole) 


PAUSE
Venue: Bebop Berlin    
9pm-5am

  • Festival Opening Milonga at Bebop Berlin- Thursday

  • DJ: Gökce Ceren Haznedar (Berlin)

  • Practica: 9:00 - 10:00pm with Karen Johnson (Philadelphia) & Andres Ozzuna (San Francisco)

    Milonga: 10pm

    *Show:ca. 11.30 p.m. - Lily Chenlo (BA) & Dilaria Ogretmen (Berlin)


  • Price: €22
  • Remaining Spaces:
  • Space Available


 
Friday 20. September 2024
Venue: MalaJunta Studio 2 Zapatissimo Studio MalaJunta Studio 1
12-1.30 pm

  • WS#9 - How to make your tango more "wow" for you and your partner?(interm.)

  • Dawid Belach 2

  • We'll work on communication and density of movement, those aspects that make tango such an incredible experience and sensation. This workshop will be dedicated to uncovering what makes someone look into your eyes after a tanda and you just know that was it. Can I guarantee it? No! But we will do everything to make it happen!

  • Price: €35
  • Remaining Spaces:
  • 10 (norole) 


  • WS#10 - THE MAGIC OF CROSS SYSTEM (adv.)

  • Fabian Kipp 2

  • Dive deep into the mesmerizing realm of the cross system, unlocking its unique character and flow, infusing your dance with stylistic richness and intentional artistry. A challenge tailored for advanced dancers ready to cross over to a whole new dimension of tango mastery.

  • Price: €35
  • Remaining Spaces:
  • 21 (norole) 


  • WS#11 - Giros (all levels)

  • Ezgi Turmus Binici & Kat Gorsuch 3

  • perfecting the connection when turning and some cortados

  • Price: €35
  • Remaining Spaces:
  • SOLD OUT!


PAUSE
Venue: MalaJunta Studio 1 MalaJunta Studio 2 Zapatissimo Studio
2-3.30 pm

  • WS#12 Decorate the dance (adv.)

  • Ezgi Turmus Binici & Kat Gorsuch 4

  • All about torsion. Enrosque and cross - Bodymechanics and ideas to implement it in your dance

  • Price: €35
  • Remaining Spaces:
  • 1 (norole) 


  • WS#13 - Musicality (all levels)

  • Lily Chenlo 2

  • Learn more about the styles of the orchestras and contrast in the music. Strategies to dance the melodies and rhythms!

  • Price: €35
  • Remaining Spaces:
  • 12 (norole) 


  • Tango Nuevo meets Tango Contact

  • Claudia Kreisz

  • !! This is a 3 hour workshop from 2pm - 5pm !!

    1.part: TANGO NUEVO Discover and refine Nuevo dance technique and feeling with selected elements! With exercises consisting of energy, body work and tango dance technique, we create a foundation in an energetically pleasant and relaxed way that makes it easier for us to access Nuevo Flow and perform the demanding elements!
    10 min break
    2. part TANGO CONTACT FUSION Energy warm up - “Get from your head into your body” Get to know contact impro basic techniques with playful exercises and combine them with well-known tango elements and ornaments, recognize positions and stay in the flow!
    Inspired by the music and the dissolution of the “roles”, the energetic and creative Tango Contact is created individually and authentically!

  • Price: €60
  • Remaining Spaces:
  • 15


PAUSE
Venue: MalaJunta Studio 1 MalaJunta Studio 2
4-5.30 pm

  • WS#14 - Ochos off the beaten track (all levels)

  • Astrid Weiske 2

  • Discover the endless possiblilities of ochos, linear and circular in order to dance them more varied. Learn to add musical flavor to your ocho movments that all is also a strategy for crowded dancefloors.
    Basic knowlege of ochos is required!

  • Price: €35
  • Remaining Spaces:
  • 6 (norole) 


  • WS#15 - Tango Milonguero

  • Walter Perez 3

  • Walking on the beat and double time. Ocho cortado with embellishments. Walking sideways. Calesita. Playful sequences you can use on the dance floor.

  • Price: €35
  • Remaining Spaces:
  • 21 (norole) 


PAUSE
Venue: TangoLoft Berlin    
9pm-5am

  • Festival Milonga - Friday

  • DJ: Olivier Varlet (Paris)

  • Practica: 9:00 - 10:00pm with with Karen Johnson (Philadelphia) & Andres Ozzuna (San Francisco)

    Milonga: 10pm

    *Show: aprox. 11.30pm/: Fabian Kipp (Germany) & Carlos Paredes (Columbia)


  • Price: €22
  • Remaining Spaces:
  • Space Available


 
Saturday 21. September 2024
Venue: MalaJunta Studio 1 Zapatissimo Studio  
12-1.30 pm

  • WS#16 - Milonga (interm.)

  • Ezgi Turmus Bininci & Kat Gorsuch 5

  • Ideas for joyful and musical milonga dancing.

  • Price: €35
  • Remaining Spaces:
  • SOLD OUT!


  • WS#17 - Welcome in the world of Enrosque. - (advance)

  • Dawid Belach 3

  • We're entering the world of turns. We'll work on the technique of a good balanced enrosque and various possibilities of this type of turn. From now on, you'll have more options for turning and changing direction in a truly original style.

  • Price: €35
  • Remaining Spaces:
  • 9 (norole) 


 

PAUSE
Venue: MalaJunta Studio 1 MalaJunta Studio 2 Zapatissimo Studio
2-3.30 pm

  • WS#18 - Foot Work (all levels)

  • Gaston Olguin & Manuco Firmani

  • From a "Parada" seven different ways to move on depending of your level. Find a full connection with your feet (lead/follow). Learn to never anticipate. Lead like an octopus, your feet are your first pair of hand. Followers paint a complete rainbow with your expressive feet.(Slides, barridas, boleos, ganchos, sacadas,)

  • Price: €35
  • Remaining Spaces:
  • 1 (norole) 


  • WS#19 - Technique of giros (adv.)

  • Lily Chenlo 3

  • from where we take the energy for beautiful and flowing giros !

  • Price: €35
  • Remaining Spaces:
  • 17 (norole) 


  • WS#20 STRIKE A POSE (interm.)

  • Fabian Kipp 3

  • Step into the expressive world of stage tango and unleash your inner drama queen. A not-so-serious journey into the most iconic tango poses, sprinkled with tips on how to effortlessly incorporate them into your social dancing.

  • Price: €35
  • Remaining Spaces:
  • 20 (norole) 


PAUSE
Venue: MalaJunta Studio 1 Zapatissimo Studio  
4-5.30 pm

  • WS#21 - Conexión and Embrace (interm)

  • Lily Chenlo 4

  • Connect with your energy and your partner

  • Price: €35
  • Remaining Spaces:
  • 9 (norole) 


  • WS#22 - Single-axis turns (adv.)

  • Astrid Weiske 3

  • Single-axis turns are turns in which the leader and the follower are (as much as is possible) sharing an axis while spinning on one foot in place, and then exiting. Learn to create these wonderful and dynamic spins together.

  • Price: €35
  • Remaining Spaces:
  • 15 (norole) 


 


PAUSE
Venue: Heilig Kreuz Church - Kreuzberg
9pm-open-4.30 am

  • Gala Night at Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche - Saturday

  • DJ: Deborah Maus (Berlin)

  • Practica: 9:00 - 10:00pm with with Karen Johnson (Philadelphia) & Andres Ozzuna (San Francisco)

    Milonga: 10pm - 5am

    *Live-Music: Nochero Tangoquartett (Berlin)

    Show:ca. 11.30pm with Ezgi Turmus Binici (Turkey) & Kathrine Gorsuch (Berlin/NYC)

  • Price: €30
  • Remaining Spaces:
  • Space Available


 
Sunday 22. September 2024
Venue:
Rauschgold, Mehringdamm 62, 10961 Berlin
 
 
5.30 - 7.30 pm
Changing the World One Tango at a Time
Ray Sullivan
Book presentation "Changing the World One Tango at a Time" by Ray Sullivan (Miami)

free admission

Venue: Rauschgold, Mehringdamm 62, 10961, Berlin


The book is published and available by Abrazos Tangoverlag in English and Spanish - order your copy on their Website www.abrazosbooks.com
Venue: Ballhaus Waltzerlinksgestrickt Am Tempelhofer Berg 7d 10965 Berlin-Kreuzberg
8pm- 2 am
Walzerlinksgestrickt
  • Fare-Well Milonga - Sunday

  • DJ: Peggy LaBaronne (Paris)

  • 8:00-9:00 pm with live music by: Ana Stamponi y Brisa Videla (Buenos Aires)

    Show approx 11.30 pm: Gaston Olguin & Manuco Firmani (BA) & Walter Perez (NYC)

  • Price: €12
  • Remaining Spaces:
  • Space Available

 

Monday 23. September 2024 - After Festival Charity Milonga (Outdoor)

Venue: Paul Löbe Haus - Kantine

7.30 pm - 0.30 am

 

Official QT Festival Chill-out Milonga- Benefit Milonga for a Queer social project -

For all who stay longer in Berlin and all local Berlin Queer tangodancers - we will have a casual, relaxed chill-out milonga. Our intension is to support a LGBTI social project in Berlin with our dancing.

All entrance fees we donate like the past years to a LGBTI community project in Berlin

This year we donate all income to :

"Education under the rainbow" of Landesverband AndersARTIG e.V.

Landesverband AndersARTiG e.V.



AndersARTIG e.V offers support and coaching for LSBTIQ-people - they coach individuals, teachers and institutions topices like coming-out, transition, relationships, love and sexual health or give support in cases of discrimination or violent incidents.

https://andersartig.info/




DJ: Claudia Dance Berlin

Donation: 8 EUR or more if you like

Tuesday 24. September 2024

8:00 pm

 

Milonga El Contrapunto - official Festival collaboration -

For all who stay longer in Berlin and all local Berlin Queer tangodancers - we are more than happy to collaborate with our beloved Berlin queer and open role Milonga El Contrapunto hosted by Maria and Anna.

7-8 pm Open Class with Maria August und Gökce Ceren Haznedar (Berlin)

8pm - 1 am Milonga

live music: Ana Stamponi y Brisa Videla (Buenos Aires)

DJ: Jessica Carleson (Stockholm)

Door: Milonga 10-20 EUR sliding scale

Open Class & Milonga 15-20 EUR sliding scale

Venue:Regenbogenfabrik, Lausitzer Str. 21a, 10999 Berlin (Venue is in the backyard)

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