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Couples
Levels
Photographing
Salsa nights
Dining
Equipment
Cancellations



Workshops

In Tampere International Salsa Festival of 2011 top teachers from all over the world are coming to teach on 36 dance lessons from Friday to Sunday in Atalpa gym at the University. You can choose four most interesting and suitable classes of your own level, 12 hours during the festival is the maximum four one participant.

Look more information about the teachers from Instructors-link!

>> Workshop discriptions

Couples

You can register for the salsa festival without a partner. To make sure that the couples are even, the regitration for couple classes that are full on the part of women, will be closed on web site. Only the fastest ones will get to the couple classes. Partners change all the time during the lessons. In 2011 the number of student are controlled more than in previous years.

Levels

From the timetable under the workshop you can see the name of the teacher, the place and time, is it a couple or solo class and which level the class is. The level means the level of the studets in some particular dance. In the beginners level you start from the basics, the proceeding of the class may vary depending of the dance class, the students and the teacher. Intermediate is suitable for dancers who already know the basics. In the advanced level you can deepen the skill you already have and the classes advance quicklier. In the solo classes you can choose the level more freely than in the couple classes, everyone can dance by their own abilities. There is also lessons that are suitable for all levels. In couple classes it is required to know the basics of the  dance in question.

Photographing

Both filming with video camera and photographing are forbidden during the workshops. You can ask a permission from the teacher to film the dance pattern at the end of the lesson.

Salsa nights

Tampere International Salsa Festival organises four dazzling salsa nights in restaurants in town:

Thursday 21.7. The welcoming evening in restaurant Kuuba (Aleksis Kiven katu 15) at 22-01: the teachers will introduce themselves, dj Mauricio and dj Francisco.

Friday 22.7. Festival's salsa gala in Klubi (Tullikamarin aukio 2) 22-04: Dazzling dance performances, colourful performance outfits and passionate salsa! Dj Neiro and Dj Fruta Bomba.

Saturday 23.7. Festival's concert in Pakkahuone (Tullikamarin aukio 2) at 22-02, dj Lucho!

Sunday 24.7.  The final salsa night of the festival at 22-01 in Mustalahti dance pavilion (Paasikiventie 2), dj Neiro.

The entrance fees for salsa nights can be ordered as a salsa evening pass in advance with the formvon the web page. Theprice is cheaper untill the end of June. Also the festival pass íncludes the entrance to all salsa nights. Single tickets to salsa nights are not sold in advance.

 Dining

The festival pass includes buffet lunch on Saturday and Sunday at the Juvenes restaurant at the University (the main building). There is also veggie and gluten-free option on offer. If you don't have the festival pass, you can still buy the lunch on the spot. Between the workshos there is a 1,5 hours lunch break between 14.00-15.30 on Saturday and Sunday.

Equipment

Salsa Festival is organised on the third weekend of July. As it probably will get quite hot during the classes, light and flexible clothes are the best. Good shoes i.g. dance sneakers, which have suitable for soles for salsa turns. You can also wear high heels but narrow heels must be covered with rubber or other soft material. The space in the changing rooms are unfortunately limited so we recommend you to change at least partly the clothe at home/ hotel. You can leave you bag to a secured place near the dance rooms during the classes. In the festival area you can buy work out outfits and dance shoes. Salsa festival is not responsible for clothes and other good forgotten in the premises.

Cancellations

Salsa festival will compensate 100 % of the paid ticket if the cancellation is made at least 30 days before the festival. If the cancellation happens after this, the festival does not refund paid tickets. If you are uncertain about your participation, send email to the dance school Salsa Pasión and we can arrange the payment schedule. Tampere International Salsa Festival reserves the right to make schedule changes.

Accommodation

There are lots of events in Tampere in the end of July and and the hotels are quite full. The easiest way to book yuo raccommodation is to contact GoTampere sales: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or 03 5656 6800