Tangon Taikaa – argentiinalaisen tangon kesäleiri Siuntiossa 13.-15.6.2025

Friday 13.6.

Arrival from 3 p.m
Group lessons

Supper

Welcome milonga for participants only

Saturday 14.6.
Breakfast
Group lessons

Lunch
Group lessons

Free time

Supper

Tango taikaa milonga, open to everyone!

Sunday 15.6.
Breakfast

Group lessons

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Hotel and dining

Hotel Siunto is located along good transport links in Western Uusimaa. 

Hotel Siuntio, Lepopirtintie 80, 02570 Siuntio.

The municipal swimming hall is located on the ground floor of the hotel. The pool and sauna visit is included in the Superior room and can also be added for a small additional fee to the Comfort room (€6.50/time in spring 2025, current price information from the hotel when booking). Please order meal package also separately from the hotel. Rooms and meals should be booked directly from the hotel by email myynti@hotellisiuntio.fi with code: Tango25.

 

Hotel offer (Accommodation includes breakfast):

• Comfort
  1hh 100€/day
  2 hh €120/day
• Superior
  1hh €110/day
  2 hh €130/day

 Meals are purchased separately:

13.6. Barbecue evening €30

14.6. Lunch €13.70

14.6. Buffet dinner €24

(Breakfasts purchased separately €17 for non-stayers)

Accommodation and dining reservations by e-mail only

myynti@hotellisiuntio.fi

With code: Tango25 

Hotel rooms are recommended to be booked early due to room availability. Meals must be booked at the hotel no later than one week before the event.

Please remember to notify the hotel of special diets! Meals must be booked no later than one week before the event.

Please contact the hotel directly also for other additional questions related to meals or accommodation. 

Contact information: tel +358 10 324 4850 / myynti@hotellisiuntio.fi

Please do mention about Tangon taikaa dance camp, when communicating to the hotel.

Explore the hotel: https://hotellisiuntio.fi/
Map link: https://goo.gl/maps/1RVK9nfAnwTZ6R2C8

For those traveling with a motorhome, we recommend finding a local campsite, as the hotel does not have motorhome maintenance facilities. 

 

Course fee

The normal price of the tango camp is €210/person. The Early bird price 180 €/person is valid for registrations until 22nd April.

The camp fee includes dance lessons and milongas.

Accommodation and meal packages are booked separately directly from the hotel.
In the additional information field of the registration form, indicate your preferred payment method: Liikuntaedut (Smartum, Epassi, Edenred), invoice, or MobilePay. Payment instructions are sent separately.

 

Is the course suitable for me?

Dance lessons are held at two levels: Intermediate and Advanced. (This camp is not suitable for first-time beginners.)

At the intermediate level lessons, you will concentrate for developing basic dance and you will get new materials to improve your tango skills. You should already know the front&back ochos, cruzada and giro. You also know how to switch between parallel and cross systems and understand their differences. You are able to dance both in closed and open abrazo. When dancing in milonga, you can maintain a nice ronda in a group and you know how to use cabeceo to invite other people to dance with you. Please join this group if you want to practice to improve on your tango journey and you are ready to try new things!

In the more challenging advanced group, the focus is on more detailed and demanding training. You’ve been dancing tango for several years now, and you can easily keep up with the basic concepts. In addition to tango, you also know how to dance waltz and milonga. You have good experience about dancing in milongas, and you are able to modify your dancing to different types of songs and musical styles. You listen to music while you dance and try to apply the dance material in accordance with the music. You know how to make a good dancing experience also for your partner, and adapt your dancing to suit the skill level of your partner during the dance.  You want to improve your dancing and also develop your technical skills. You are ready to practise hard and do many repetitions, because you understand the importance of mastering the details in learning the tango. Please join this group if you are ready to polish your basics and go deeper in tango.

 

Camp teachers

Noelia Barsi: Noelia is a top Argentine tango professional from Buenos Aires. Noelia is not only a seasoned tango professional, but also an empathetic and warm-hearted person. Noelia has performed in several notable ensembles, taught at tango festivals around the world, and served as a judge at tango world championships. She really is a star! As a teacher, Noelia’s strength is improving dance subtly, with details and precision. Noelia’s knowledge of tango and eye for detail and style is impecable.

Emilio Cornejo: Emilio is originally an Argentinian professional dancer and dance teacher who currently lives in Finland. Charming and likeable Emilio is one of the world’s best in the field of Argentine folk dance, and he travels around Europe teaching and performing. Emilio runs his own tango school Astor Tango Academy In Lappeenranta. Emilio’s strong charisma and genuine sincerity melt the ice and create good energy in group lessons. As a strong dancer, it is natural for Emilio to use a lot of his own body as an example in teaching, and to lead the dancers forward with the help of sensation and listening their own bodies. 

Saara Tuikkala: Saara is a trained dance teacher who has been teaching partner dances for 30 years. Saara has studied tango under the world’s top teachers in Finland and abroad, and currently travels around Finland teaching in addition to running her own dance school in Lahti. As a dance teacher, Saara is energetic, positive and genuinely present to her students. Saara’s teaching proceeds clearly and thoroughly. Saara’s strength is technical structuring and the way to combine the methodology of different dance types with the teaching of Argentine tango. In her teaching, Saara strives to create moments of freshness and joy in the atmosphere of the classes.

 

Do I need my own partner? 

You can register for Tangon Taikaa summer camp with or without a dance partner. You can stay in queue for a partner. If you register without a partner, your participation will be confirmed once a partner is found. Please note that you will train with the same couple during all group lessons. There is no change of partners during lessons. In milonga please feel free to dance with everyone.

 

Do I have to register?

Yes, please register until June 2nd. Registration closes earlier if the course will be full before. Each group has places for approx. 12 couples, so please book your place soon. Please note, that the Early bird price is valid for registrations until 22nd April.
SIGN UP WITH REGISTRATION FORM HERE

 

Milongas

In Tangon taikaa milonga we use cabeceo (invitation with eye contact) and we appreciate respecting the ronda on the dance floor. International milonga etiquette is normally used, and we invite our guests to consider each other with polite manners to enjoy this event at it’s best.

The Friday Milonga is an introductory milonga, only for dance camp participants.
Saturday’s Milonga is open to everyone and you are warmly welcome to join us even if you can’t make it to the lessons. In addition to dancing in the milonga, you can even book a room to stay the night and enjoy hotel meals and sauna! The price of the milonga when purchased separately is 15 €/person (MobilePay payment to number 25768). 

A warm welcome to Tangon taikaa dance camp and milongas!