Bootcamps are a four class series and you will need to attend all four classes.  If you can't attend all four, see below for options.

Note: Please come 15 min early for the first class so we can take care of registration and start on time. Between the two classes you can hang out and practice if you like, or go out and get coffee or a snack.

WHERE
At GPSCY's (prounounced gypsy's), the Graduate and Professional Student Center at Yale.
204 York Street. directions

HOW MUCH? $20 Students and postdocs
for the whole 4-Class Bootcamp
($40 if you are not a student)
INCLUDES COMPLIMENTARY TANGO MUSIC SAMPLER
$20 covers the entire 4-class bootcamp. Includes complimentary tango music sampler to take home. 

Please note: $20 is due at the beginning of the first class; cash only, no excuses. If you are more broke than all the other students, you may request a tuition scholarship, in this case please write to the club describing in a few lines how unusually penniless you are. Application deadline: half a week before the first class. 

SIGN UP REQUIRED
Space Limited! The bootcamp is wildly popular.  
Bootcamps are always booked full between 4 and 48 hours after announcement, and sometimes faster for one gender than for the other. We take special care to have perfect gender balance so that everybody always has a partner to dance with.

WHO CAN JOIN
Open to Yale students, postdocs and their Significant Others by priority. Other people may join in the event that there is space left. 
For Sunday dancing, you do NOT need to be 21 to enter the building as the bar is closed on Sundays.

WHAT IF YOU MISS A CLASS?
Important: The material in the bootcamp is cumulative so if you miss a class you have to make it up before joining the next class. This is so the whole class isn't slowed down and we can make rapid progress. Email the club to discuss your options, including dropping in during the next bootcamp.

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MORE INFO

1. What to bring, what to wear
-   $20, cash preferred. There is an ATM in the building.
-   bring ID 21+ (on days other than Sunday when the bar is open).
-   wear comfortable clothes, light shirt or airy top in case it gets hot.
-   bring sturdy, snug-fitting shoes with leather soles if you have some, they are easier to pivot in. 
-   ladies, wear shoes with closed toes (for protection) and that fit snugly so you don't step out of them.
-   shoes that aren't so great for dancing: sneakers (unless for guys if they don't have leather soled shoes), flipflops, clunky platform shoes, open-toed sandals, shoes without heel straps or (better) heel cups. Don't worry too much about looking stylish, dance shoes have to be functional first.

2. Lesson plan (subject to minor changes):

1st lesson
     Tango Walk - forward, sideways and backwards 
     Tango Embrace 
     Rocksteps

2nd lesson
    Ochos
    Getting into ochos (2 ways) and out (2 ways incl cross)
    Musicality: pauses

3rd lesson
     Basic giros (turns) in parallel and crossed feet
     Musicality: Syncopations

4th lesson
     Ocho Cortado
     Tying it all together

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The Yale Tango Club will give priority to students, postdocs and their significant others registering for the tango bootcamp. If you are not a student or postdoc, you will be waitlisted until a few days before the start of the bootcamp, at which point we can give out the remaining spots in the course. The bootcamp tuition for people with real jobs is $40. Just for your information, for recent bootcamps, we had students remaining on the waiting list and as a result we were not able to accommodate any non-students. However, please feel free to come to our Sunday night practica to see what tango is all about. We recommend other tango instruction options below.

The Yale Tango Club is a student club and its mission is to bring entertainment and socializing opportunities to the student population broadly defined, to include undergraduate, graduate, professional, and postdoctoral students, as well as their significant others. We are committed to making sure tango instruction is available to our demographic through our offerings of free or inexpensive classes. Our activities are supported by the Graduate and Professional Student Senate (GPSS). We also encourage students to sign up for the Argentine Tango Class at the Yale Gym.

In addition we are pleased to welcome other members of the Yale Community and local dancers to the Yale Tango Club. However due to the overwhelming popularity of our bootcamps and the fact that we have limited time after our day jobs as Yale students, we are unable to offer instruction to non-students and you are encouraged to take the Argentine Tango class at the Yale Gym, or seek instruction from Judy Phelps in Milford. Once you know the basics, you may join the Tango Club (please see our membership information here).
 

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