Malo Tanguero
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There are more Encuentros and Tango Marathons than there used to be, and I presume they are cheaper to run than Festivals, however its not clear what the costs come to.
How expensive is it to run a Tango Marathon?
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I think the simple answer is that if you have to ask, and can't do the math for the business plan, then you shouldn't be doing it.
There was a case in Berlin, I think, some years ago where the organiser(s) went off with the money. Invited maestros weren't paid and locations were booked but not paid.
ArbeeNYC
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Maybe those organizers should be avoided in the future.
ArbeeNYC
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Can you be more specific? That's a very broad question. Depends where and when and for how long.
Malo Tanguero
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The general format is for three days, for around 30-40 hours of dance time over that period, usually Fri-Sun. They are usually run at hotels, dance studios and halls with wooden floors. Since one isn't paying for teachers they should be much cheaper to run than festivals, and the proliferation of them suggests this is the case.
Malo Tanguero
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Yeah, the folks on Top Law Schools and Student Doctor Network totally shouldn't be going into law or medicine.
They get trained by someone who knows what they're doing (allegedly). If you set up something like this, hopefully you work with someone who has done it before - and not run off with the money. It used to be called apprenticeship. I don't think an Internet forum really provides adequate training.
You do a plan. You consult. You decide on the risks. Or maybe you just do it in a country which doesn't care and you can set yourself up as any entrepreneur, 'doctor', 'lawyer', or snake oil salesperson.
itwillhappen
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At festivals get workshops usually paid separately from the ticket itself. So how do you want to compare them with marathons?
The one festival I went to included group workshops in the weekend admission. Privates were extra. And of course the organizer has to guarantee enough revenue to the instructors to convince them to come.
I have been marginally involved as volunteer in a few festivals, and all except of one of them folded because they were running at a loss or with minimal profit. And "minimal profit" usually means "minimal profit if the organizer does not count the hundreds of hours they put in, and the money they lost because they were not working at whatever pays their bills, and the unpaid hours all the volunteers put in". The surviving one aggressively stays small enough to be somewhat easily managed and the organizer does not have to put their life on hold for free for a few months to run them.