Bärbel Rücker

Bärbel has been dancing Tango since 1997, teaching since 1999, and touring throughout Europe as dancer and teacher since 2006. Between 2006 and 2009, Bärbel spent a total of 11 months in Buenos Aires, dancing, teaching, and developing her own style of Tango.

She has taught both on her own, as well as with Tango dancers, Henrik Uldall (DK), Riku Kotiranta (S), Nicolai Farver (DK), Rafael Busch (D), Sabine Rohde (D/DK) and Antonio Midiri (I).

Recently she is working together with Johan Eckart Hansen (DK) in Copenhagen.

Bärbel teaches in Danish, English, and German.

In April 2008, Bärbel began DJ’ing, introducing her personal approach, combining a rich variety of traditional Tango music, throughout Europe. The music of the late nineteen twenties and thirties is Bärbel’s passion. In the course of an evening DJ’d by Bärbel, Tango dancers dance to music of Di Sarli, D’Arienzo, Canaro, Firpo, Calo, Fresedo, Biagi, among others. Always striving for an inspiring atmosphere, and to maintain effortless flow on the dance floor, Bärbel’s style is at once romantic, rhythmical, playful, and full of surprises. A combination of Tango songs from the past, late forty Tanda, fast Valses, is only one of many examples of the atmospheres Bärbel likes to create for the dance floor.

Her DJ Sets || 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012.

Tanzbar

In January 2009, Bärbel surrendered to her passion for Tango Argentino, and started her “one woman company”, Tanzbar | Bärbel Rücker. In addition to teaching, DJ’ing, and organizing Tanzbar Milongas in Copenhagen, she also DJ’s and dances at Tango festivals, Tango marathons, and milongas, throughout Europe. Likewise, besides teaching in Denmark, since founding Tanzbar, Bärbel has also taught Tango in Helsinki and Tampere [FIN], Zürich [CH], Bochum [D], Stockholm [S], Malmö [S], Budapest [HU], Heidelberg [D] and Catania [I].

Please feel free to contact Tanzbar | Bärbel Rücker if you’d like to:

• Learn how to dance Tango Argentino
• Take private lessons
• Participate in group classes
• Dance to DJ Bärbel’s music
• Hire a Tango DJ
• Arrange a workshop

Tango Argentino

Tango is a dance for couples that originated in Argentina in the beginning of the 19th century. Dancing Tango is like speaking a language of the body, which the partners use to relate to both each other and the music. Improvisation and awareness is essential to Tango dancing. You can read more about the history of Tango e.g. on totango.net.

Bärbel & Francesco | Catania