ERIC nijmegen netherlands
- Almost nobody knew about the transfer to come.

SAMANTHA cambridge england
- There were men dancing together like whirling dervishes.

FREDRIK braunschweig germany
- I have been waiting a long time in front of the toilet door waiting for that man to get out!

MELIN instanbul turkey
- I stood in front of the building and asked myself where my home was.

TILLA frankfurt germany
- I met a lot of people I have already met around Europe and I found out that they are all frequent guests.

TOVE lund sweden
- So even if I was impressed by a lot of things I mostly wanted to leave.

HENRY nijmegen netherlands
- My friends had a very good time because they noticed that something happened to me.

STEFAN nijmegen netherlands
- I finally dared to ask one of the 'local heroes'. What an energetic explosion!

MAX dortmund germany
- He welcomed me with my name without having seen me before.

THORSTEN düsseldorf germany
- At this point I wonder if El Corte is a regular dancing school.

SINAN valletta malta
- I felt myself disappointed at the very first impression.

RUTH totnes england
- This is very hands-on peace work, so badly needed in a world full of fighting and disconnection..

GREG seatle usa
- I can't begin to describe the truth of that prediction.

ELISABETH bologna italy
- I survived though, and have
lived to tell the tale.

GUIDO & MY moers germany
- Wir alle suchten dann noch seine Socken (auf denen My saß...)

JO london england
- I had never seen such a beautiful dance floor.

JESSE los angeles usa
- It's like I've came back home to old friends that I haven't met yet.

CHRISTIAN rotterdam netherlands
- Some other tangueras y tangueros immediatly guided me where to store away my belongings - 'regulars' as I later learned.

JOHN totnes england
- The collective excitement was filling the space to bursting point, threatening to build to a lighting strike...

PASCALE lille france
- Et quand ils quittent la piste, c’est dans le silence, dans le recueillement de la danse...

ALEX portland usa
- and I left after the week's dancing was done with the tango-junky's needle still in my arm wanting more.

STELLA berkeley usa
- We had to stand in the cold in our light tango clothes until the doors opened.

NITIN washington usa
- I liked the absence of any sign except the street number, 108: a little frisson of anxiety, is one at the right place?

RENÉ & CHANTAL roosendaal netherlands
- The decision to leave was an easy one;
no, we were not ready for El Corte.

KATIA moscow russia
- I can speak El Corte’s tango-language! Well… may be with some accent :)

ELISABETH 86 times since 1997

I had been in Bologna for the academic year 1995-96, and first
learned about tango from Tobias and Annalisa in February 1996. Then I met Giovanni and when he heard that I was returning to England, he told me about you and El Corte, and urged me to get in touch. During the autumn and winter of 96 I went to your classes in London and you invited me to El
Corte and to the international week in July (1997). (I was the only onefrom the UK that year).

My first visit, however, was in February and although it was a chained salon I don't remember that there were many people from outside Holland. I was very shy and nervous and you were so warm and welcoming, I shall never forget. You found me partners for the workshops and everyone was kind and friendly.

Then on the Sunday you told me about the dancing in Arnhem and drew a map of how to get there. I went by train on my own and when I arrived there were only two people there. Muzo behind the bar and one other person! I survived though, and have lived to tell the tale.

I have learned a lot of things from El Corte - most of all, a kind of
tango that I love and relate to completely. It is an evolving experience - always something new to learn, and something old to be reminded of and learn again. But also, so much more. A way of life - of thinking - of being.