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2012 Tango holidays in BAVENO (Lake Maggiore)
2 weeks, 5 teaching couples, 6 groups, 4 levels. Tango full immersion for all needs and measures... 28 July > 4 August: Marisa & Oliver + Alma & Aldo + Véronique & Thierry 5 > 12 August: Marisa & Oliver + Barbara & Claudio + Sonja & Sven Registrations start on January 20th, 2012.

Accommodation is again in the stylish, historic, family-run Lido Palace Hotel**** in Baveno (Piedmont). The hotel majestically overlooks the Lake Maggiore, facing the Borromeo Islands. The classes and milongas will take place in 2 separate spacious and beautiful dancing rooms with direct terrace access and Lake view. A refreshing swimming pool, surrounded by umbrellas, beds and towels is all day at the exclusive disposal of the hotel guests... right across the street, a private beach with direct lake access also offers free beds and umbrellas . The hotel is surrounded by a huge green park, with exotic palms and flowers, statues, a private tennis court and a ping pong table. A fitness room, a pool table, a computer with Internet access and towels for the swimming pool are graciously available for the hotel guests... All rooms have a private bathroom or shower with hairdryer, a TV, phone, safe, WiFi, mini bar... about half of the rooms have an overwelming lake view, the remaining ones have an equally beautiful park view. Trendy Stresa is only 3 km away, fashion city Milano 90 km to the South, to the north are Brussels at 870 km, Amsterdam at 1000 km, Liège at 830 km. Baveno is easily accessible by car, train (Stresa) and airplane (Milano Malpensa). A large free parking for the guests is right behind the hotel...

The Teachers

Marisa van Andel & Oliver Koch Brussels/B, Al compás del corazón / La Tangueria Saturday 28th July > Saturday 4th August 2012 Sunday 5th August > Sunday 12th August 2012 After a career in the contemporary dance company Rosas, Marisa & Oliver have been working as a tango couple since 1996, giving workshops and exhibitions all over Europe as well as in the USA and Buenos Aires. They danced in different tango shows in The Netherlands and Belgium and they have trained several of today's professional tango dancers in Belgium and abroad. They also have a vast experience in teaching and organising tango holidays in Italy, France and Austria. Their tango school Al compás del corazón and their milonga in La Tangueria have become a reference for tango in Belgium and abroad.

Alma Dujso & Aldo Velásquez Copenhagen/DK, Tango Poetry Saturday 28th July > Saturday 4th August 2012 Alma & Aldo are a dancing couple based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Aldo has a background in contemporary dance and Alma is a tai chi teacher. They have worked together recent years in weekly classes, workshops and festivals all over Scandinavia and Europe, and also danced and choreographed in fusion exhibitions with contemporary dance companies. They are known for their dynamic natural dance style, pleasant personalities and pedagogical teaching.

Barbara Carpino & Claudio Forte Siracusa/It, Paladanze Sunday 5th August > Sunday 12th August 2012 Barbara & Claudio have been dancers since their youngest age, with a sound background in ballet, ballroom and latin dancing. Since 2002 they are into Argentine tango. They are among the most appreciated dancers in teachers and of Italy, and they regularly teach and perform in other European countries, as well as in Russia and Asia. Their tango school Paladanze is a reference in Sicily, and the Sircusa Tango Festival is a big international event in which they gather every year some of the best tango maestros and hundreds of international dancers from all over the world. We are proud to present Barbara & Claudio in 2012 for the first time in Baveno, and we are sure that their kind personality, their teaching and their dancing will be highly appreciated by all the participants.

During the two tango weeks in Baveno, the intermediate and advanced dancers will be taught by Marisa & Oliver, and by Alma & Aldo (1st week) or Barbara & Claudio (2nd week). The classes will focus on technique, as well as on detailed refinements regarding posture, axis & balance, embrace, foot work, adornos, musicality, leading and following. The aim is to create a more harmonious, comfortable and enjoyable dance. Each of the 2 weeks, one other couple will complete the teaching staff with a separate group of students, i.e.:

Véronique Daco & Thierry De Coster Momalle/B, Otra Noche Saturday 28th July > Saturday 4th August 2012 Before discovering the Argentine tango in 2005, Véronique Daco & Thierry De Coster were renown standard and latin dancers in the international competition circuit. In 2008 they opened their own Tango school Otra Noche in Momalle (Liège, Belgium). They currently give classes also at Nosotros in Brussels and they have taught in the past at La Mi'Lune in Liège and in La Tangueria. Their pedagogy is based primarily on the respect of the partner, on the complicity in the couple and on the emotion in the musical interpretation, leading to a true fusion of bodies. They will be in Baveno with a group of their own students from Liège and surroundings.

Sonja Bruyninckx & Sven Breynaert Brussels/B, La Tangueria Sunday 5th August > Sunday 12th August 2012 Sonja & Sven started their tango training with Marisa & Oliver in 2005. Since 2009 they are part of the training staff of Al compás del corazón tango school in La Tangueria, Brussels. In 2010, they also started to teach in Pasos de Brujas (Brugge). They have a profound experience in teaching the basic movements and qualities of tango (posture, connection, leading and following...) to beginners and intermediates. In Baveno they will teach to the participants with 3 months to 2 years tango experience (not for absolute beginners.

Classes & milongas
For the intermediate (min. 2 years tango) and advanced (min. 5 years tango) dancers there will be a total of 15 hours of tango classes; including couple technique, figures, sequences, musical interpretation, vals and milonga. Each intermediate and advanced participant will have an equal amount of lessons with Marisa & Oliver (both weeks) and with Alma & Aldo (28 July>4 August) or with Barbara & Claudio and with (5>12 August).
The students of Véronique & Thierry (28 July>4 August) will have 15 hours of tango classes of advanced beginners and intermediate level.
The advanced beginners will have a total of 15 hours of tango classes with Sven & Sonja (5>12 August) including couple technique, basic figures and sequences, as well as an introduction to neo tango, vals and milonga (min. 3 months tango required).

The tango classes will be taught in 2 separate, spacious dancing rooms. Classes will generally take place after breakfast and before or after supper, and occasionally in the afternoon.

A detailed schedule of the classes will be published one month before the tango week.
Classes will most likely be in English or French. Most of the teaching staff also speaks French, Dutch, German, Spanish, Italian, Danish...

The evening milongas take place in the beautiful dancing hall with terrace and lake view (21h30>01h00). A gala night will be organised in the end with a teachers' exhibition and tango shoes sales, which is also open to local tangueros.
 

Levels
For the intermediates at least 2 years regular tango teaching and dancing is required.
For the advanced at least 5 years intensive tango teaching and dancing is required.
For the ex- beginners a minimum of 3 months tango teaching and dancing is required.
The teachers will evaluate the level and divide the participants into the different groups (max. 15 couples per group). It is not possible to change group, nor to participate in more than one level.
The students of Véronique and Thierry, are selected by the teachers.

Additional information & possibilities
- Arrival on Saturday 28th July or Sunday 5th August before dinner (19h30), departure on Saturday 4th August or Sunday 12th August after breakfast.

- For tango guests who want to arrive earlier or stay longer we have negotiated a discount group price. (Booking via Marisa only, subject to availability).

- For extra people accompanying participants (children, husband, wife, baby sitters...) and for people who only want to participate in the milongas, we have negotiated a discount group price. (Booking via Marisa only, subject to availability). Children (with their own babysit) are welcome!

- For singles there is a possibility for a single room at a supplement of 25,- € per day (only a few single rooms are available, so mention it at the time of your reservation). Singles can also share a room with other singles (e.g. 2 ladies & 2 men together).

- For deluxe rooms with Lake view the supplement is 11,- € per person, per day.
- For deluxe rooms with garden view the supplement is 3,- € per person, per day.

- All registrations are in couples only. Those who search a partner can send us a mail with the following information: age, height, languages, city of residence, level of tango, dates of the holidays you wish to book. We will put singles in contact with each-other.

Info & registrations
Marisa (NL, FR, EN, DE, IT, ES), tangueria@gmail.com or tel. +32/(0)479 228 698

Registrations start on January 20th, 2012.

The Lago Maggiore
On the borders of Piedmont, Lombardy and Switzerland, the Maggiore Lake is the second largest Italian lake, after Garda. It is situated close to the Alps, stretching for 65 km from Magadino to Sesto Calende. Most of the lake lies in Italian territory, in Piedmont and in Lombardy; only the most northerly end belongs to Switzerland. 
The micro climate is mild and the summers are not as hot as the rest of Italy (+/- 26°C). Lake Maggiore, repository of the wealth and cultural patrimony left by the Borromeo family, is still testimony to their prestige and refinement which can be seen in their magnificent island palazzi with their impressive Italian gardens, and the imposing Fortress of Angera. The Monastery of Santa Caterina clinging to the rocky cliff; Stresa and the Borromeo Islands, small in size but rich in history, are just a few of  the timeless examples awaiting the visitor. 
Info: http://www.lagomaggiore.net ,  http://www.lagomaggioreonline.it

The Hotel  The family run Lido Palace Hotel**** is set in a centuries- old park and housed within a modernised, 1760-built villa located directly opposite the Borromean Islands. Built on raised ground 10 minutes’ walk from the centre of Baveno and the ferry stop, the views of the lake and its islands are spectacular.  The history of the hotel is something to bear in mind. It has guested numerous and illustrious names from composer Richard Wagner to Winston Churchill on his honeymoon in 1908.Perhaps most impressive of all was Queen Victoria in 1879. The statue in the Belvedere of the hotel commemorates her stay.

In 1997, italian film maker Carlo Lizzania filmed the historical WWII movie Hotel Meina in the Lido Palace hotel. Also look out for the names of some of the public rooms which also tell a story: Hall of the Belgians, Oval Hall, Dancing and American Bar and Renaissance hall.

Most rooms have high sloping ceilings. Some rooms have a balcony and either garden or lake view. Deluxe rooms were refurbished recently with upgraded soft furnishings, period furniture and marble bathrooms with jacuzzi baths.  The hotel offers: bar with outdoor terrace, comfortable lounge, dining room with superb lake views, card room, billiard room, fitness room, internet,  swimming pool, private lakeside bathing area with deckchairs and umbrellas, 20.000m² of lawns and gardens, tennis court, lifts.

After a day splashing about in the outdoor swimming pool or on the private beach and jetty, guests can enjoy panoramic lake views from both the Italian cuisine restaurant and the terrace snack bar. Golf, horse riding and hiking enthusiasts find facilities in the vicinity, along with a wildlife park, mountain biking trails and a dock for boats ferrying guests to and from the islands. Guests arriving by car find complimentary parking and the Milan Malpensa Airport (MXP) at a distance of 55 kilometres (driving time is about 1 hour).

Hotel address Lido Palace Hotel Baveno Strada Statale del Sempione, 30 28831 Baveno (VB) Tel. +39 0323 92.44.44 Email info@lidopalace.com www.lidopalace.com Contact person: Paolo D'Amico Touristic attractions nearby Borromean Islands 2 km Villa Pallavicino (wildlife park) 4 km Mottarone (mountain walk) 5 km Lake Orta 40 km Milan 90 km

Itinerary From the north (Belgium, The Netherlands, France, etc)  Go to the south to the Gotthard Tunnel (CH). Shortly after the Gotthard Tunnel take exit 47 Bellinzona Sud/Locarno. Take the A13 LocarnoTenero, continue towards Ascona. Enter Italy, then subsequently follow Cannobbio, Cannero Rivera, Ghiffa, Intra, Verbania. Go through and turn left on the SS34 (Via Quarantadue Martiri) (go through the Piazzale dei Caduti nei Lager Nazisti) [8.15km].  Go through and turn left on the SS33 racc (Via Quarantadue Martiri) [1.98km].  Go through and carry on the SS33 (Via Sempione) [4.00km].

Info & registrations
Marisa (NL, FR, EN, DE, IT, ES), tangueria@gmail.com or tel. +32/(0)479 228 698

Registrations start on January 20th, 2012.

See the photos of our previous holidays in Baveno here: http://picasaweb.google.be/tangueria/