At 17:38 on Wednesday, 26 April 2006 Colleen said:

Firstly thank you to all involved, it was a terrifc Festival and a great mix of classes, milongas and social activities. I personally learnt a lot and I especially gain a lot from the technique classes esp womens technique- these tips about posture (eg holding my mid-area as if someone is about to punch me in the stomach! – thanks Lisa) and strengthening/pilates type exercises were terrific. I really enjoyed having the variety of teachers as well who were very inspiring – from Lisa’s great technique session, to Pedro’s direction changes and who could forget the amazing Baile performances.

Tangomania got me thinking about our class structures. It would be great as part of Siempre’s regular teaching program to have some more specific class series like the type of topics you had as part of Tangomania to add to the ongoing teaching blocks building on from the couple you have run previously like the leading ladies and milonga classes- eg more milonga, womens technique, and others topics dealt with at Tangomania. They may be only small teaching blocks of 2 – 4 weeks or the occassional afternoon on a weekend. This should not replace ongoing classes but provide students of intermediate/advanced standard with opportunities to focus on some specifics. I know getting enough interest to justify extra sessions may be an issue but you could perhaps offer up some ideas and see how much interest you get before committing. Hope that makes sense – ask me if you want clarification.

The only thing for Tangomania I would like improved is to make it clear whether partner changes are happening or not or whether you need to (when enrolling as a single) match up with another person to work with for a class – it was a little confusing what the policy on this was.

Great effort to everyone involved – my sincere thanks.

Colleen