Participants in the festival includes tangueros from Canada, Switzerland, United States, Spain, Martinique, Tortola, Aruba and Dominican Republic among others.
The majority of the milongas will be at the Hotel Condado Plaza, located right by the beach and only 5 minutes away from Old San Juan. There are daily milongas by the beach and by the pool., with live music from the famous bands, like Otros Aires and over five international DJs. People get to dance both alternative and traditional tango in a relaxed environment in the beautiful place.
In February, the Puerto Rico Tango Marathon holds daily milongas on the beautiful San Juan Isla Verde beach. This great event is known for its laid-back and easy-going island feeling, warm receptions, and entertaining activities. It is promoted as a relaxing Caribbean vacation where dancers from all over North America and Europe meet. But, the atmosphere is one of serious dancing and sharing passions for tango.
The Puerto Rico Tango Marathon is five days of wondrous opportunities for tango aficionados to watch others, learn new moves and improve old ones, and to simply dance, all day and all night. Tia Maria Helfeld is the organizer of this event. She organizes local milongas and practicas, teaches at Y Entonces dance school, passing on her enthusiasm to build a more active tango community. Three years ago, she started organizing Puerto Rico Tango Marathon because she wanted all of the wonderful dancers and friends to come visit Puerto Rico.
She wanted to share with them the magic of dancing on the beaches of this beautiful Island. She also wanted to give the Puerto Rican community the possibility of experiencing a tango marathon, and to have the opportunity to connect, to share abrazos, tandas with dancers from around the world, making lots of new friends and to reunite with old ones in an awesome party. Afternoon beach milongas, followed by all-night indoor milongas. The weather is usually absolutely beautiful, and the tango energy is spectacular every day. There are yoga classes in the morning followed by a delicious brunch, with dance performances. The weekend, ends with a sail on an epic after-party boat trip!
For a short while in 2015, Luis Pena and Christin Neisler taught tango at the Harmony Suites Resort in Gros Islet, Saint Lucia. They left behind an enthusiastic group of dancers looking for instructors. Saint Lucia lies between Martinique, Barbados and Saint Vincent.
Throughout these crystal islands, tango has lived for many years. It has a rich history of mixing with those special Caribbean rhythms.
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