TANGO SPA v13: BOOKING NOW OPEN!
TANGO SPA v13: 23rd-25th Oct. 2026, Leamington Spa & Warwick.
Tango Warwick's weekend festival, Tango Spa, will be held this year from the evening of Friday 23rd October to that of Sunday 25th October. As usual this gives an extra hour because of the change to GMT.
The weekend is for those who just want to dance as well as those who want to combine social dancing and workshops. For the former there will be over 20 hours of dancing in fine venues in Warwick & Leamington Spa, with DJ's (tba) to match the occasion. For the latter we have Jenny & Ricardo Oria, probably the most popular teachers in the UK.
Jenny & Ricardo will perform at the Saturday Ball in the glorious Royal Pump Rooms, The Parade, CV32 4AA, and give 5 workshops and a welcome class.
Afternoon milonguitas will be in the delightful Royal Pump Rooms' Conservatory.
The weekend will be completed on a triumphant note by an early Sunday evening milonga, also in the Royal Pump Rooms.
Jenny & Ricardo Oria's classes will be just round the corner in North Hall, Spencer Yard, CV31 3SY.
These are all in Central Leamington; 5 or 6 minutes walk from each other, and from hotels, B&B's, restaurants, etc.
We are extremely grateful to St Nicholas Church, Warwick, for again letting us use their lovely Church, opposite Warwick Castle entrance, for our Friday evening milonga. It has proved very popular. Parking is easy. Ricardo & Jenny give a welcome class there first.
There are many hotels and B&B's nearby. The area is a major tourist zone with Warwick Castle, Kenilworth Castle, and Stratford-on-Avon nearby. You can even stay in Warwick Castle grounds. Oxford is 35 minutes by train; the Cotswolds an easy drive away.
Tango Warwick's team look forward to welcoming you to a truly gorgeous weekend of tango !
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PROGRAMME:
Friday 23rd October:
St Nicholas' Church, St Nicholas Church St, Warwick CV34 4JD
6.30 pm-7.25 pm: Welcome Class with Jenny & Ricardo Oria, " Calesitas Milongueras: Unity and Groundedness". (Improvers & onwards.)
7.35 pm (approx)-11.30 pm (music stops at 11.30pm) :Welcome Milonga.
Saturday 24th October:
Workshops: North Hall, Spencer Yard, CV31 3SY.
W1 12.30-2pm: " Comfortable, Close, Musicality and Dialogue". (Improvers & onwards)
W2 2.30 pm -4pm: " Understanding Rebound energies: Technique & Development " .(Intermediates & onwards).
W3 4.30 pm-6 pm: "All about Biagi: Tools to Express & Connect, rhythmical patterns, and crisp moves". (Advanced)
Dance:
2 pm -6 pm: Matinee Milonguita . The Conservatory, Royal Pump Rooms, The Parade, Leamington Spa, CV32 4AA.
8 pm-1 am: Grand Spa Ball. Royal Pump Rooms. + performance by Jenny & Ricardo Oria.
Sunday 25th October:
Workshops: North Hall, Spencer Yard, CV31 3SY.
W4 11am -12.30 pm: "Couple Techniques for better Invasions in Tango" . (Int.& onwards)
W5 1pm -2.30 pm: " Tango Vals: Exploring Circular & Linear movements". (Int.& onwards)
GP 2.30pm -3.15 pm (approx): Practice & Guidance (For participants of workshops only).
Dance:
12 noon-3.30 pm: Matinee Milonguita. The Conservatory, Royal Pump Rooms, The Parade, Leamington Spa, CV32 4AA.
3.30 pm -7.30 pm: Milonga "Tango Spa". Royal Pump Rooms.
PRICES: We will hold prices to last year's, as below, for bookings with payment received by midnight Monday 8th June. After that there may be an increase to take into account external price increases.
Individual workshops: £20
Matinee Milonguitas: £8 (£5 with a workshop on same day)
Friday Milonga (students £10): £16
Welcome class (students £5): £10
Friday Milonga plus Welcome class: £19
Saturday Grand Ball: £25
Sunday Milonga (students £10) : £20
Practice & Guidance (Workshop participants only) : Free
PASSES (in advance only):
Royal Spa & Maxi passes include both matinee milonguitas, and the three milongas.
Royal Spa: 4 workshops, welcome class, + all dance events: £123
Maxi dance: 3 milongas + 2 milonguitas: £60
Maxi 2: 2 workshops & all dance events: £90
Maxi 3: 3 workshops & all dance events: £105
Mini 2: 2 workshops plus 2 milonguitas : £45
Two Day dance: all dance events on Saturday & Sunday: £50
Sunday Spa: Sunday Milonguita & Milonga: (students £10): £22
Extra Friday Welcome class (with a pass): £6
BOOKINGS:
Workshops and passes: must be booked and paid for in advance and will only be re-confirmed when we are aware that payment has arrived.
For these: email bookings taken via tangowarks@gmail.com under heading Tango Spa v13
specifying
(1) which dance events or workshops you want to attend and
(2) your name plus contact number and email address, and distinguishing names of any others you are booking for and
(3) for workshop bookings whether they are being booked as leaders or followers
(4) for dance events whether they expect to mainly dance as leaders or followers or to switch.
Individual dance events: can be booked/preregistered using the google form https://forms.gle/YfGH2djirDTNaPgRA
For these you do not need to pay immediately to hold a booking. If the form proves difficult to use, use tangowarks@gmail.com under heading Tango Spa v13.
We aim to balance the number of leaders and followers in each workshop (not the welcome class). To help us, please book early and if possible with a partner, but early is more important.
We do not find specific people to partner those who book without one, we just aim to ensure that there is a partner available. A waiting list will be operated. However rationing may be imposed, depending on the waiting list, probably to a maximum of 3 workshops initially; so if you are booking without a partner please give some order of preference for the workshops you want to take.
Please also make sure you do not apply for workshops above your level of experience: the advertised level “Int” means “Intermediate and onwards”.
If any of the dance events look as if they will be overfull we will stop bookings for them and maybe any passes that include them. This has happened in the past.
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GETTING HERE: We are in the geographical centre of England, with very good national and international communications.
By air: the nearest airport is Birmingham Airport, about 30 mins by train; the most convenient London airports are Luton and Heathrow; East Midlands can be useful but is not easy to get to without a car.
By train: from London Marylebone, 90 minutes to 1hr 45 mins; from Bath, 2hours 15mins or more; from Manchester, about 2 hours 30 minutes; from York, around 3 hours; from Edinburgh, 5 hours or more; from Paris, about 6 hours.
By bus: see https://www.traveline.info/, cheaper than train but usually slower.
By car: We are easily connected to the main cross country routes; M40 and A46 touch Warwick, respectively connecting to London, Oxford, and south, and to M6 to the NW and N Wales and to M1 to the NE or SE , with A14 to Cambridge and east, and M5 to the the SW and South Wales. The A46 goes past Stratford and the Cotswolds, and Evesham to Cheltenham and beyond. The delightful Fosse Way passes close by.
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PARKING AND OTHER PRACTICALITIES:-suggestions nearer the time. NB: FOR FRIDAY EVENING the venue is next to the very large St Nicholas Car Park with easy access to it; it costs £2.20 for 6pm to 8 am.
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David, for Tango Warwick