Tango in Malta - This holiday is no longer available -

Experience the ultimate tango Holiday to Malta with Sandra and Santiago Monticelli where you will enjoy at least eight hours of tango classes, visits to milongas (entrance payable locally), sight-seeing options, full hosting and 4 nights' accommodation with breakfast. 

Sandra and Santiago bring their unique blend of talent, performance and hosting to this all-encompassing tango experience.

This holiday is for Beginner / Improver.

 

Yes! Our long weekend of tango in Malta gives you the perfect opportunity to learn or perfect your moves with some of the best Argentinian teachers on the scene whilst enjoying the summer weather in Malta. Suitable for beginners and improvers.

The provisional itinerary below gives you an idea of what the weekend might look like.  Some details may change.

(OP) indicates an optional extra for which a charge will be made in advance.

Day 1 Check-in from 1500
1500 Welcome drink and lunch at a popular restaurant (lunch payable locally)

1600 Tango classes

2000 Meet for dinner.

Day 2

1000 - 1200 Tango classes

2000 (OP) Dinner at atmospheric local restaurant.

2200Tango Milonga (entrance payable locally)

Day 3

1000 - 1200 Tango classes

1300 - meet for lunch 
2200 Tango Milonga (entrance payable locally)

Day 4

1000 - 1200 Tango classes
1900 (OP) Dinner at local restaurant2200 Tango Milonga

Day 5
Make your own way to the airport

• At least 8 hours' of tango classes with Sandra and Santiago
• Two milongas (entrance payable locally)
• Club Dance Holidays tour host
• 4 nights bed and breakfast accommodation in the stunning 4star Seashells Resort at Suncrest
• A complimentary welcome drink

Working in conjunction with the island’s favourite tango school, you'll enjoy an intensive 8 hours' of  tuition over the weekend designed to benefit beginners and improvers tango dancers to cover basic techniques, with a particular focus on musicality and elegance following Tango essentials:

Connection - The key concept in tango which is basically an improvised dance.

Embrace - The striking difference between Argentine tango and ballroom tango is in the shape and feel of the embrace. Ballroom technique dictates that partners arch their upper bodies away from each other, while maintaining contact at the hip, in an offset frame. In Argentine tango, it is nearly the opposite: the dancers' chests are closer to each other than are their hips, and often there is contact at about the level of the chest.

Your teachers will aim to perfect the basic elements of the technique in couples. Working on the individual posture, position of the feet, balance and pivots, they will focus on the mechanisms of the embrace, flexibility and movements within closed embrace, connection in the change of weight, harmonious walk, musicality and improvisation.

You'll learn the traditional tango salon sequences that can be improvised on the dance floor (from elegant promenades to unusual salidas, giros, sacadas, voleos, etc.)

In an absolutely genuine Buenos Aires style, the dancers will focus on musicality and elegance and on the change of dynamics and precision of the movements, to improve your overall quality of dance. 

Having recently completed a UK tour with Midnight Tango, Sandra and Santiago Monticelli judged at the World Tango Championship in Argentina and appeared on BBC's Strictly Come Dancing.

Originally from Argentina, Santiago has been a part of the Buenos Aires professional tango scene for the past 15 years. With a modern jazz and contemporary dance background, he studied tango with some of the world's finest masters including Pepito Avellaneda, Raul Bravo, Pupi Castello, Jorge Dispari, Norberto Guichandu, Nito and Elba and Carlos Perez.

Santiago toured the world with some of Argentina's most famous shows including Tango Emoción (2004) directed by Mora Godoy, Tango X2 (2005) directed by Miguel Angel Zotto, Francisco Canaro Orchestra (2003) and Los Reyes del Tango Orchestra (2008). He also performed at the VIII International Festival Cultura Paiz in Guatemala (2004) and toured the UK with the ArtLATino company's tango show Romance d'Carnaval (2006). Between 1997 and 2010, he worked in the most significant dinner-show theatres in Buenos Aires, including Señor Tango, La Ventana, Michelangelo, Taconeando, Café Tortoni, Piazzolla, Esquina Homero Manzi and Madero Tango.

Santiago has featured in TV programmes including Canal 26 Los grandes valores del tango (2005), BBC's Strictly Come Dancing (2006) and Por el Tango directed by Nolo Correa (2010).

Sandra is an Italian professional tango dancer with extensive teaching experience in Argentina and in Europe. With an artistic gymnastic and ballet training background, she devoted hersfelf to the practice of conditioning for dance and the study of pedagogy.

She began her professional tango career in Buenos Aires at the beginning of the last decade, after having studied with some of the world’s finest dancers such as Lorena Ermocida, Gachi Fernandez, Alejandra Mantiñan, Milena Plebs, as well as Raul Bravo, Jorge Dispari, Nito and Elba, Carlos & Rosa Perez.

She complemented her tango dance training with courses in contemporary dance and modern jazz at the renowed Dance institute Gurquel-Lederer in Buenos Aires and between 2006 and 2009 ran the SantangoEstudio (Tango school, reharsal space and B&B) in the heart of the tango neighbourhood Almagro, Buenos Aires.

As assistant Director (2008) in the prestigious dinner-show theatre Esquina Homero Manzi, directed by the famous tango dancer and choreographer Gachi Fernandez, Sandra continued to perform in private events around Argentina.

Sandra and Santiago regularly tour Europe (England, France, Italy) to teach and perform the most traditional style of tango salon, milonga traspié and vals, as well as the more acrobatic and spectacular stage tango. Home for Sandra and Santiago is London and they teach regularly in Central London, Windsor and Beckenham as well as at private events and Milongas all over the UK.

To ensure you get the best from your trip, we offer you a variety of optional extras making your holiday even richer and add some local colour.  You can buy your optional extras at the welcome meeting at the beginning of your holiday where we will ask you to pay in cash and fill out a form.  These are the optional extras that we anticipate running – actual details and prices will be confirmed on arrival. Some may require minimum numbers.

You'll enjoy 8 hours' of tuition over the weekend designed for beginner and improver level focusing on connection and embrace, the two tango essentials.

Sandra and Santiago will aim to perfect the basic elements of the technique in couples. Working on the individual posture, position of the feet, balance and pivots, they will focus on the mechanisms of the embrace, flexibility and movements within closed embrace, connection in the change of weight, harmonious walk, musicality and improvisation.

On Arrival: You will receive a detailed itinerary, annotated map and details of any optional extras, along with information on the local sights, recommended restaurants and other helpful tips to ensure you make the most of your trip.

Independence: We believe our guests do not like to be over-organised so we give you details of organised social and dancing activities and it's up to you to decide if and when you want to turn up. You're fully independent on these holidays so you can dip in and out as you please.     

Club Dance Holidays Host:  Your holiday tour host is there to make your holiday as enjoyable as possible. Club Dance Holidays Tour Hosts are a cut above your typical Holiday Rep with a lightness of touch that enables you to get the best out of your holiday. Through our local knowledge and our knowledge of dance, Club Dance Holidays Tour Hosts offer much more of themselves than you would expect, like making sure your nights are sociable and fun often well into the small hours if that is your whim! During the daytime the level of participation and presence of Club Dance Holidays tour hosts varies according to the nature of each holiday and its destination.

Getting around: You'll be responsible for making your own way to the dance classes and meeting points on the itinerary. On arrival you will be provided  with the addresses of all the venues. Taxis are plentiful and allow you to visit the best of the city with the minimum of fuss.

Flights : This holiday, and the rest of our short haul programme, is quoted flight exclusive which allows you to fly from the airport of your choice, at the time which best suits you.  It also allows you to take advantage of any offers for early bookers made to you by the airline.

NB Please make sure we've confirmed your holiday before you book your flight.

Transfers: Please make your own way to the hotel. If you wish to share a taxi please let us know and we will put you in contact with other clients.

What to wear for Tango dancing: We recommend that you bring comfortable and supportive shoes with a leather sole for the dance classes and the evenings. Lightweight cotton socks are advised to avoid sweaty and blistered feet along with comfortable and loose clothing for the classes.

 
Health and Fitness: There are no particular health requirements for a dance holiday. However you should be able to dance for at least two hours a day in order to be able to enjoy the dance classes. If you have any concerns feel free to give us a call - 0207 099 4816.

Insurance, Visa and Passport Requirements: Insurance is a condition of booking. You must check with your local embassy regarding Visa and passport requirements. 

Travel Documents: You'll receive these via email approximately 10 days prior to departure and once you have paid in full. We also confirm the address and phone number of the hotel and any emergency contact numbers.

The average temperature in May is about 24 degrees Celsius.