Tango has been my passion for almost 20 years now and the Tango Lab is a culmination of all that I have learned so far. In essence, it’s an exploration of all aspects of Argentinean tango, teaching, learning, social dancing and most of all having serious fun!
I have danced regularly throughout both the UK and Europe over the years and consider El Corte in Nijmegen in the Netherlands to be my spiritual tango “home”.
I first travelled to Buenos Airies in 2009 taking daily classes and 1:1 lessons throughout my 2 1/2 months stay, returning more recently in 2022 /2023, again for 2 months or so. During this visit I again took regular 1:1 classes, focussing this time mainly on technique as a follower.
I have taught informally on a regular basis from around 2008 and taught regularly around Nottingham in the UK for 2 1/2 years prior to the pandemic.
My professional training to teach tango has been with Eric Jorissen and the other teachers at El Corte in the Netherlands on multiple occasions from 2014.
I also participated an intensive Tango Teacher Training programme with Melina Sedo and Detlef Engle throughout 2019, graduating from the programme in October 2019.
Since moving to Devon in 2023, I continue to dance locally on a regular basis, as well as travelling both in Europe and the UK.
If you do choose to work with me, the focus will be on dancing in very close embrace, aiming for understated elegance, musicality and respect for other dancers on the floor.
My teaching focusses on developing connection and technique that is well suited to small spaces and busier dance floors that are the norm where I usually dance in Europe.
I also put a lot of emphasis on body awareness and bodywork to support key aspects of the dance, much of which is drawn from many years of martial arts training, Zen Yoga teacher training, a range of other movement practices and my alter ego as a mindfulness meditation teacher.
I hope to see you on a dance floor soon!
Hugs,
Roy