Mark your calendars for the great spring party of Tango, Nature, and Connection! Salt Lake Tango Fest 2019 with Rod Relucio, Jenny Teters, Erin Malley, Doruk Golcu, John Miller, Jesica Cutler, Serena Lembach & more! & more!
SCHEDULE (click for a printable PDF)
9 classes + extra learning opportunities
5 milongas including Canyon Picnic & Asado and our classic Trasnochanda con Medialunas
“Temple of Tango” – our amazing venue at the Garbett Art Center a.k.a. Old North Church (700 N 200W, Salt Lake City) has been remodeled, and now features two new and expanded dance floors.
The Tango House experience … stay right next to the venue in a vintage house complete with a dance floor (UPDATE: both Tango Houses are full)
Massages by the most amazing Stephanie Petersen (text to 801-601-7221 to book in advance, or use the registration desk sign-up sheet during the Fest)
The afterparty tango-tour … yes, the traditional Mystic party with its hot springs soak, pavillion milonga and asado, unforgettable accommodations in cowboy cabins and hippy school buses, and sightseeing tour of Native petroglyphs and amazing rock formations (Monday-Tuesday May 27 and 28)
Registration started on Friday February 8 at 10pm MST with the first “door-prize” super-early bird passes priced at just $135. Early bird pass $165
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| May 24, 2019, Friday | ||
| 7:30 pm – 8:45 pm | Doruk & Erin: Poetry in the pauses (One thing to turn your dancing from ordinary to extraordinary) (All levels) $25 |
Garbett Center for Choral Arts, 700 N 200 W
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| 9:00 pm – 2:00 am | Milonga de Primavera (DJ Tommy Smith) $15 | |
| May 25, 2019, Saturday | ||
| 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | Special learning opportunity with Jesica Cutler: Self Care Sampler: massage, stretching, meditation, laughter |
Garbett Center for Choral Arts, 700 N 200 W
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12:15 pm – 1:45 pm
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Doruk & Erin “Liberate your tango from sequences (Structural awareness for improvisation)” (Int) $25 | |
| Rod & Jenny “Wrap it up – various leg wraps and ganchos” : (Int) $25 | ||
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2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
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Doruk & Erin “Enrosques for leader and follower” : (Int) $25 | |
| Rod & Jenny “Dynamic small space moves – dancing comfortably on a crowded dance floor, focusing on musicality and connection” : (Int) $25 | ||
| 4:00 pm – 7:30 pm | Asado Spring Party & Part-Alternative Open-Air Milonga (DJ: Guadalupe) $20 (Bring food / drink for the POTLUCK and receive 50% off admission) | Pavilion Circle off Bonneville Blvd |
| 8:00 pm – 2 am | Grand Ball (DJ: Rod Relucio) with Demos $25, | Garbett Center for Choral Arts, 700 N 200 W |
| May 26, 2019, Sunday | ||
| 11:15 am – 12:45 pm | Brunch & Learn: Secrets of music and DJing, by John Miller. A special learning opportunity |
Garbett Center for Choral Arts, 700 N 200 W
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1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
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Doruk & Erin “Beyond the Basics of the Giro”: (Int/Adv) $25 | |
| Rod & Jenny “Leader & Follower Sacadas. Timing & Connection, endless permutations” : (Int/Adv) $25 | ||
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3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
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Doruk & Erin “Stronger connection and communication through the embrace”: (Int/Adv) $25 | |
| Rod & Jenny “Barridas – basic to advance combinations” : (Int/Adv) $25 | ||
| 4:30 pm – 7:00 pm | Snack / Social / Practica time | |
| 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm | Milonga Flor de Lino (DJ John Miller) with Demo $20 | |
| 11:00 pm – ??? | Milonga Trasnochanda (DJ Serena) $10 | |
| May 27, 2019, Monday | ||
| 3 pm – 4:30 pm | Mystic Hot Springs Afterparty: Fremont Indian Petroglyphs | Fremont Inidan State Park |
| 4:30 pm -7 pm | Mystic Hot Springs Afterparty check-in & soak |
Monroe, UT
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| 7 pm – midnight | Mystic Hot Springs Afterparty: Asado dinner and Monroe City Pavilion Milonga | |
| Midnight – ??? | Mystic Hot Springs Afterparty: soaking under stars | |
| May 28, 2019, Tuesday | ||
| All day | Afterparty sightseeing tour and Sunset Dance | on the road! |
ROD & JENNY
JENNY TETERS
As an artist, musician, and Latin dance instructor of many years, Jenny found her true calling in dancing sharing her understanding of tango. With athleticism and grace, she flows effortlessly through complex movements, always finding a strong connection to the music and her partner. Her athletic background and focus on tango’s core movements combine to create a visually poetic expression of the music and her partner’s lead. Her years as a salsa dancer also contribute a distinctive flavor that is both engaging and entertaining.
Jenny has studied with many of the traditional masters of tango in an effort to refine and develop her technique and style. In turn, she works with numerous students, helping them establish a personal style to become strong tango followers in their own right. Her quiet encouragement and easy instruction have helped to advance a new generation of talented tangueras in the Chicago area.
ROD RELUCIO
Rod has been dancing all his life, and has performed in various venues around the States. Although his background has been mostly in hip hop and street dancing, he has fully committed himself to Argentine Tango. One can still see the lasting influence of street dancing in his innovative and original tango style. It is also easy to see the coexistence of traditional tango movements and philosophy working in symmetry with a newer nontraditional influence; the end result is an eye-catching and entertaining performance.
Rod has studied extensively with the masters in Buenos Aires and currently spends much of his time teaching in his native Chicago. His popular group classes are taught with humor and with an eye on encouraging and nurturing individual artistic styles; while at the same time stressing the core movements and strong values of traditional tango. His infectious energy and love of the dance have created a large following of students in Chicago and the surrounding area.
Jenny and Rod started dancing together in 2009; they annually go to Buenos Aires to train with world-renowned teachers and dancers. By fusing their other background styles in dance, their partnership generates a unique tango. Their group and private classes have become very popular in Chicago
We are so excited about the first ever visit of Erin and Doruk to Utah! What a high energy, profoundly skilled, and super fun and generous couple!
Partners on the dance floor and in life, Erin and Doruk have been dancing together since 2004, and have a combined 50 years of dance experience. They are known for their smooth dancing, their turns, unique musicality, and connection to one another. Erin and Doruk are generous teachers, known for the approachable way that they share their knowledge of both the body in motion and the structure of the dance. They have taught and performed extensively in the San Francisco Bay Area, Northern and Southern California, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Seattle, Hawaii, Colorado, Michigan, Ohio, Arizona; outside the United States: Buenos Aires Argentina, Ireland, Portugal, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and Turkey. Erin and Doruk have taught classes and courses at Western Michigan University (MI), University of Hawai’i at Manoa (HI), California State University East Bay, and Stanford University (CA)
In their teaching, Erin and Doruk prioritize partnership, concentrating on what makes true leading and following, and making the dance work together. They use structural analysis to facilitate understanding. They believe that this analysis can be used to build the foundation for any aesthetic styling.
Please enjoy their videos, read the student testimonials, and expect an even better synergy between this great couple and our community!
We are excited to welcome back DJ John Miller and Jesica Cutler!
Serena Lembach from San Diego
Anibal Troilo said “El tango siempre te espera” (Tango always waits for you.) This is surely the case for Serena Lembach, who first stumbled onto tango during a BsAs visit with a soccer group in 1986.
A single couple all in black on a tiny stage. The music grabbed her soul. The connection and passion was palpable.
Returning home; no tango in sight, sick kids; life got in the way. Fast forward decades. Once she started she never looked back, classes and milongas several days a week. always the music driving the quest.
Serena took the love of the music to djaying, and is busy in San Diego being house DJ for Toca Tango Milonga, as well as guest DJing at other milongas and practicas across the Western US and Mexico. Just as you only know a people when you know the language, you only know tango when you know the music.
She finds joy in seeing dancers embrace the music and grow in their ability to be one with the music.