Albuquerque Tango Festival
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What is it like to be at Albuquerque Tango Festival?
Plan to attend this event, where you’ll find one of the friendliest, most welcoming tango communities anywhere. The festival will take place in the fantastic Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town. Hotel Albuquerque offers abundant ballroom space, lovely common areas, an on-site restaurant and bar, and comfortable rooms. The hotel is adjacent to Old Town, which offers over 13 cafes, restaurants, galleries, and shops – all a short stroll away.
Space dimensions: 280 square meters
Price: Full pass $276
Edition: 10th
Last year’s Albuquerque Tango Festival edition:
Maestros at Albuquerque Tango Festival:
Carolyn Stoklosa
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Tango classes at Albuquerque Tango Festival:
Albuquerque Tango Festival is a great opportunity for you to meet and have classes with your favourite tangueros and tangueras. Discover the available classes in Albuquerque Tango Festival here:
TJs:
Rebecca Rorick Smith
Djing since the early aughts at the Eugene Tango Center, Rebecca’s dj style has been influenced by both her Pacific Northwest roots and her years spent Marathoning and Festivaling across Europe. Notably she was a regular DJ at both Traditional and Alternative Milongas in Berlin but has also played at Festivals in Sweden, Budapest, Poland, and England. Keen on keeping the flow for any style of evening she focuses on reading the room and facilitating seamless tandas.
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Olga Bogatova
When Olga took her first tango class she immediately discovered that this dance was a meaningful language with endless possibilities to create and interact. She became addicted to the dance and started collecting traditional and alternative tango music right away.
DJing has opened new doors for her to entertain dancers and connect with the community. With a diverse music taste, Olga combines tandas that tap into the mood of the milonga. Her goal is to keep everyone dancing and let the dancers experience the range of emotions that tango communicates. You can catch Olga at festivals along the West Coast and in her home community in San Francisco.’2019 Festival DJs
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Jessica Schilling
Based in Boston, Jessica Schilling started DJing in 2010 after realizing that it was a great way to write a tango-music addiction off on her taxes. Since then, she’s played traditional tango, alternative music, and everything in between for dancers at events across North America, including the San Diego Tango Festival, Portland ValenTango, the Stowe Tango Music Festival, and a variety of other festivals, encuentros and prácticas. When it comes to the alt side of tango, she strives for a mix that’s a little sultry, a little sassy, but always fun — and always danceable.
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Michelle McRuiz
Michelle McRuiz has been a tango DJ for eight years and a tango dancer for 11 years. A local favorite, she DJs traditional milongas and practicas regularly in Albuquerque and Santa Fe. Michelle has also DJed the Albuquerque Tango Festival; Tucson Tango Festival; Las Puertas Tango Marathon; Austin Spring Tango Festival; Cambridge Festivalito (UK); Casa Tango Milonguero Weekdend in Salida; the Pioneer Encuentro in Salt Lake City; and various and sundry milongas in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Oakland.
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Paul Akmajian
Paul has been dancing tango for 20 years and DJing for the last 15. In addition to being a regular DJ in Tucson, Albuquerque and Santa Fe, Paul has DJ’d nationally and internationally at numerous major festivals, marathons, and encuentros, including Portland, Denver, Albuquerque, Los Angeles, Seattle, Chicago, Baltimore, Charleston and many places in between. As a DJ, Paul work hard to keep everyone energized and dancing long into the night by playing the highest-quality, most familiar, time-tested and dancer-approved music from the Golden Age of Tango.
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Tango Stores:
Time to update your collection of tango shoes, pants or dresses? Discover the stores that will exhibit this year in Albuquerque Tango Festival, and even visit their pages to have something specially made and delivered to you when you arrive at the festival!
TANGOLEVA
Tangoleva has dressed tangueras worldwide since 1998. Clothing is designed and produced by tango dancers and this gives the company a finger on the pulse of tango fashion. Tangoleva knows what works, what feels good, what looks great!
Tangoleva creates limited edition tango dresses, skirts, tops & pants of high end quality fabrics and workmanship. We focus on dance tested designs that work on a variety of body types and show off each woman’s best features.
Poema
POEMA is luxury handmade tango clothing. We produce fantastically beautiful clothes with total freedom of movement, using high-end materials like real silk charmeuse and bamboo knit. Our signatures are glamorous silhouettes, fashion-forward prints & rich colors. Poema clothing IS designed for dancing late into the night without sacrificing the opulence of luxury materials or the delicate whimsy of handmade couture.
Soft Chocolates
Soft Chocolates dancewear is delicious clothing for the woman wanting a unique style. We select fluid fabrics, breezy silks, and sultry jerseys so clothes melt around you. We know the interplay between fabric intrigue and your body definition makes for a dancer’s clothing dream.
Each garment is individually handmade to fit a large size range, from petites to the voluptuous.
Turquoise
Whether you are looking for closed cage heels or slingbacks, our amazing range of styles and models can satisfy any shoe afficionado’s taste. At Turquoise, we are proud of our women’s tango shoes selection that are made from top quality materials and are produced with outstanding craftsmanship. Collections are constantly updated with new, exciting models.
Zapatos Zofie
Zapatos Zofie will be offering a half dozen new and established lines of tango shoes at the Albuquerque Tango Festival, and will have shoes at a full range of price points from just under $100 to just under $200.
Other stores exhibiting:
Rebeldia, Mussa Collection, Baila Dancing shoes, Piba Buena
Organizer:
Daniel Boardman
Accomodation
Any tango argentino festival that respects itself should be able to make you look forward to rest your feet at the end of the night. Discover accommodation suggestions for you close to Albuquerque Tango Festival!
Hotel Chaco
Best Western Rio Grande
Econo Lodge Old Town
El Vado Motel
Quality Inn and Suites
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Event Details
Date: November 7 – November 10 2019
Location: 800 Rio Grande Blvd NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104, USA ,
(warning: multiple locations)
Website: http://albuquerquetangofestival.homestead.com
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How many dancers are expected to come this year? And will the stores exhibit every day?
About the hotels that are mentioned, do you have any recommendations? Anyone had any experience during a previous edition of the event? (was there a previous edition?)
Hey Charlotte!
Thank you for your questions! We reached to the organizers to see if they can help us respond your questions.
Related to the hotels, we are researching, and we’ll notify you.
Thank you for sharing your enthusiasm and questions!
Hug, and let go,
the T.A.F. team
Hi Charlotte,
Daniel Boardman here, organizer of the Albuquerque Tango Festival. We typically have attendance in the range of 650 to 700 dancers. Yes, the vendors are open every day. This is your tenth year. You should check out the festival website AlbuquerqueTangoFestival.com, and our Facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/AlbuquerqueTangoFestival/, for additional information.
I bought the discounted ticket the day it went on sale for The Milongas only. I am not able to attend this year. Is there a way to either sale my ticket or use it for next year festival? I have attended the last 3 years and love it. Have to be in BA those days this year.
Thanks
Mirta
Hey Mirta!
We let the organization know so they can respond in private. I am sure they will find a solution.