ARGENTINE TANGO

Argentine Tango was born in the late 1800s along the Río de la Plata, among the working-class neighborhoods of Buenos Aires and Montevideo, where European immigrants, descendants of enslaved Africans, and local criollos mixed their music and customs. In 2009, UNESCO recognized tango as part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

The core of the tradition. Grounded, intimate, and deeply musical, tango is danced counterclockwise around the floor with walking steps, pauses, and figures improvised to the phrasing of the music. No two dances are ever the same.

Unlike ballroom tango, Argentine Tango isn’t built on set routines. It’s an improvised conversation between partners, led and followed in the moment, inside a relaxed embrace that can be close or open. Its foundation is the walk, and its heart is the connection with your partner and the music.

MILONGA

Tango’s lively, playful sibling. Milonga music has a quicker, distinctive syncopated rhythm, and the dance follows suit: lighter, more rhythmic steps with a cheerful, upbeat character. The same word also names the social dance event itself.

VALS

The Argentine waltz. Vals music is in 3/4 time but carries the sound and feeling of tango music, and dancers move through it much like tango, only with the lilting rhythm of the waltz. The result is flowing, circular, and romantic.