SF Tango With.Us

David Orly-Thompson: beginning and intermediate tango @ La Bruja
2024-03-20 19:00 - 22:00, 2024-03-27 19:00 - 22:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Berkeley City Club, 2315 Durant Ave, Berkeley, 94704, United States
Wednesdays in March, David Orly-Thompson teaches both beginning tango and intermediate tango classes at La Bruja!

The beginner class is geared towards absolute beginners and anyone who would like to work on their fundamentals. For the intermediate class, we recommend that you have been dancing tango frequently for at least six months.

These classes are taught as “leaders” and “followers” and are inclusive to folks of all genders, non-binary & LGBTQ+.

7:00-8:00 pm beginner class
8:00-8:30 pm practica
8:30-9:30 pm intermediate class
9:00-10:00 pm practica

$20 beginner class (cash only)
$20 intermediate class (cash only)
$35 for both classes (cash only)
$15 for student with ID (cash only)

The practica is included with the class. Students from both classes are encouraged to dance together during the practica.

We are in the ballroom (upstairs, with wooden floor) on all dates.

Berkeley City Club
2315 Durant Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94704

We are a 10-minute walk from Downtown Berkeley BART. For bike parking, use the bell to enter through the service entrance, and go straight to get to the back courtyard. No parking in the City Club lot. Extra parking is available for $2 per hour at the Ellsworth Structure at 2337 Haste St.

Event organized by Lindsey Newbold
www.labrujatangoberkeley.com
email: info AT labrujatangoberkeley DOT com

Tango Fundamentals & Practica with Ramada & Elaine
2024-03-20 20:00 - 23:00, 2024-03-27 20:00 - 23:00, 2024-04-03 20:00 - 23:00 | Couture Yoga & Dance Studio, 620 El Camino Real, Milbrae, CA, 94030, United States
•Fundamentals Class 8:00 – 9:00pm:
Explore the fundamentals of Argentine Tango and dive into the core principles of technique, connection, creativity, and floor craft. We’ll work with basic movements to build a strong foundation, enabling you to develop disciplined practice habits and skills for the social dance floor. Embrace the learning process and elevate the quality of your dance experience.
•Guided Practica 9:00 – 11:00pm:
Practice and apply the concepts or bring your own material and refine your foundation.
$25 Class (Practica included）
$10 Practica only
5-Class Pass $100 ($20/ class+practica) valid for 90 days upon purchase
Cash, Venmo, or Zelle
~We are dedicated to providing a welcoming, inclusive, safe, and comfortable environment for everyone, regardless of gender, age, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, religion, or any other characteristic or trait
~Switch role and queer-friendly
~Masks are recommended but not required.
~ Parking lot across the street.

Homer's Boombox Tango @ The Dome "Cellspace Night"
2024-03-20 20:00 - 2024-03-21 00:00 | The Dome, Oakland, CA, United States
Don’t miss HOMER’S BOOMBOX TANGO at the Dome on the mojo filled WEDNESDAY “CELLSPACE” Night.
Master Class Mashup with Homer and Tango Schema at 8:00. ALL cassette MIXTAPE Djs including legendary Bay Area OG DJ Polo Talnir playing tapes from the 90s. Daniel Peters plays Cellspace Gold and Homer takes dancers on an hour long cortina-free Outer Space adventure.
$20 suggested donation for class and milonga, $15 for milonga only.
email tangodome@nullgmail.com for more information.

Milonga Malevaje w/ Lorena Tarantino & Gianpiero Galdi (DJ Jun)
2024-03-21 19:00 - 2024-03-22 00:00 | Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa St, San Francisco, CA, United States
Class: 7:00 to 08:00 pm With Lorena Tarantino & Gianpiero Galdi
Milonga 8:00PM – 12:00AM DJ: JUN YI
Milonga: $20
Class: $25
Together $40

Gianpiero Galdi & Lorena Tarantino Workshops in San Francisco
2024-03-22 19:00 - 22:00, 2024-03-23 13:00 - 17:00, 2024-03-24 13:00 - 16:00 | La Pista, 3450 3rd St, Building 5, San Francisco, CA, 94124, United States
MARK YOUR CALENDAR! The most demanded European Couple Visiting San Francisco for the first time together. Performance, Seminars, Workshops and Privates available Mar.20-27th, 2024. Registration OPEN (Limit to 20 couples MAX).
To REGISTER: https://forms.gle/9wB2vnFCWUSCQofK8

3-Day Intensive Seminar (Fri| Sat| Sun)
Location: La Pista Studio: 3450 3rd Street, Building 5, #H San Francisco, CA.
COST:
Full Package: $250/person, $500/Couple (Fri, Sat&Sun 9hrs)
PER DAY: $90/person, $180/Couple (Fri/Sat/Sun, 3hrs)

TOPICS & SCHEDULE
1) 03/22 Friday Biomechanics (Science of Movement):
(7:00-8:30pm) WS1 Power and Freedom:Timing and body awareness in walking, ochos, crosses, giros and how to freedom when dancing in tight space;
(8:45-10:00pm) WS2 Fluidity and Continuity: Timing and body awareness in sacadas, barridas, ganchos, and dive into the fluid flow.

2) 02/23 Saturday Connection & Communication:
(1:00-2:30pm) WS1 Pillars of connection for mutual understanding and building flow, The one technique of connection that sustains complex journey of expression;
(2:45-5:00pm) WS2 Our best insights for a comfortable and present embrace, exercises to dive into the nuances of connection that contributes to a harmonious and responsive partnership;

3) 03/24 Sunday Dynamics & Musicality:
1:00-2:30pm WS1 The power of transitions: how to build flow and richness by linking dynamic structures with fineness of music interpretation;
2:45-4:00pm WS2 Rethinking the adornos: connection techniques for Leaders&Followers to enrich the dance for deep intimate dialogue;

In addition, there will be 2 extra workshops
03/21 Thursday, Malevaje: Essential Follower & Leader Technique (there will be a teaser performance at Malevaje Milonga).
03/26 Tuesday, El Valenciano, Dancing milonga: musicality tricks to differentiate dance climax and enjoy interpretation;
Their ONLY performance will be on Saturday Mar. 23rd, at Vecher Milonga, details coming soon.

Privates
Spots are limited and going out fast, seminar attendees get priority.
Questions: junicorn033@nullgmail.com

La Milonga Genesis w/ Claudia Cortes & Martu Salem Workshop
2024-03-22 20:30 - 2024-03-23 00:30 | Genesis Dance, 404 Clement St., San Francisco, CA
Tango Workshop 8:30-9:30pm
Topic: “How to pivot without losing the connection to master the giros for both roles and enrosques”
Tango Bailongo 9:30pm-12:30(?)am w/ DJ Claudia Cortes
Workshop only $25
Workshop & Milonga $40
Milonga Only $20
$5 discount for full-time college students

Harvey Milonga - Alternative Contemporary Tango
2024-03-23 19:00 - 23:00 | Harvey Milk Center for the Arts, 50 Scott St, San Francisco, CA, United States
7-8pm: beginner lesson with Christy Cote
7-8pm: intermediate lesson with Lisette Perelle
8-11pm: social dancing
lesson + milonga: $15-25 (sliding scale)
milonga only: $10-20 (sliding scale)
cash or venmo at the door
Volunteers get in free! (information to come)
If you want to attend but cannot afford entry, please contact Wren Forth at is.a.wren4th@nullgmail.com.
All proceeds go to Harvey Milk Center for the Arts
(after we pay teachers and deejays)
Harvey Milonga is committed to the principle that inclusivity is a social contract. We strive to be a comfortable, safe, and joyous space for everyone—regardless of age, gender, sexual orientation, race, class, ethnicity, religion, size, or ability—who commits to that contract.

Vecher Tango w/ Gianpiero Galdi & Lorena Tarantino (DJ Loco)
2024-03-23 21:00 - 2024-03-24 01:30 | Russian Center of San Francisco, 2460 Sutter St, San Francisco, CA, United States
9:00 – 1:30a Special Edition of Vecher Tango starring Gianpiero Galdi y Lorena Tarantino
$30 Special Milonga with Gala Performance by that fabulous couple, Gianpiero Galdi y Lorena Tarantino
$10 after the Performance

Milonga @ Alberto's
2024-03-24 19:00 - 2024-03-25 00:00 | Alberto’s Night Club, 736 W. Dana St., Mountain View, CA, United States
7pm – Midnight
Entrance $15
736 W. Dana, Mountain View, California 94041
No communal food or water – bring your own water (but no alcohol).
Licensed bar will be open all evening.

Tango Techniques with Ramada & Elaine (On Hold)
2024-03-25 19:30 - 21:30 | La Pista, 3450 3rd St, Building 5, San Francisco, CA, 94124, United States
Fundamentals Class:
Explore the fundamentals of Argentine Tango and dive into the core principles of technique, connection, creativity, and floor craft. We’ll work with basic movements to build a strong foundation, enabling you to develop disciplined practice habits and skills for the social dance floor. Embrace the learning process and elevate the quality of your dance experience.
Guided Practica:
Practice and apply the concepts or bring your own material and refine your foundation.
$20 (Cash, Venmo or Zelle)
~Dancers of all levels are welcome to attend.
~Switch-role-friendly and a queer-friendly.
~We reserve the right to refuse entry to anyone who causes discomfort, unsafe feelings, and physical hazards to our attendees.
~Parking lot on site: you can park in the numbered lots EXCEPT the numbers:24,25,28,29,30,31,35,36,40

Monday Night Tango @ The Beat w/ Brigitta Winkler & DJ Madeleine
2024-03-25 20:15 - 2024-03-26 00:20 | The Beat, 2560 Ninth Street, Berkeley, CA, United States
8:15 – 9:30 All-level class with Brigitta Winkler
9:30 – 0:30a Práctica with guest DJ Madeleine Cule
$20 class + práctica or práctica only
$10 for full-time students
Venmo @jonastango or PayPal @xiaomin (“send to a friend”)
Cash accepted at the door
This weekly class & práctica is hosted by Jonas & Xiaomin, and this week we’ll have a guest teacher Brigitta Winkler to teach the class!
Registration is required for first-time attendees since 2021:
www.jonastango.com/jx-at-the-beat/
If you don’t feel well, please stay at home.
We will keep the room well-ventilated. Please bring layers.
Staying up to date with COVID-19 vaccines is highly recommended.
If you’ve contracted COVID-19 within 5 days of attending this event, please contact us. We will notify the attendees.

El Valenciano Milonga w/Lorena Tarantino & Gianpiero Galdi (DJ Jonas)
2024-03-26 20:00 - 2024-03-27 00:30 | El Valenciano, 1153 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA, United States
8-9pm – Tango Workshop – Gianpiero Galdi y Lorena Tarantino (visiting from Italy)
Topic: Dancing milonga: musicality tricks to differentiate dance climax and enjoy interpretation
9pm-12:30am – Milonga w/ DJ Jonas
Workshop only $25
Workshop & Milonga $40
Milonga Only $20

Sunnyvale Practica @ The Moose Lodge
2024-03-27 19:00 - 22:00, 2024-04-03 19:00 - 22:00 | Moose Lodge, 922 Weddell Court, Sunnyvale, CA, 94089, United States
We are all inclusive tango community of dedicated tango lovers .We come every Wednesday to work hard on improving our tango skills. Join us on this journey and enjoy welcoming environment and great music played by our DJ in residence Rene Quebec or a guest DJ.
¡¡DO NOT: Double park, block other cars, block the fire lane, park in disabled parking, or in the front of the building!!
Alternate parking locations: 1) Behind the building to the north at Fortinet or 2) one lot to the west at 901 Kifer.

ATUSA Tango Championship & Festival
2024-03-28 - 2024-04-01 | Double Tree Hotel, 2050 Gateway Place, San Jose, CA
ATUSA is a national event & the only OFFICIAL BRANCH of TANGO BUENOS AIRES DANCE WORLD CUP in the US, sanctioned by the Buenos Aires Ministry of Culture & the Tango BA Dance World Cup.
ATUSA FESTIVAL:
4 Master couples + 4 great experienced DJs + 4 evening milongas + 3 matinee milongas + 32 tango workshops + 1 Special DJ Workshop + 2 spectacular Master Shows & the OFFICIAL USA TANGO CHAMPIONSHIP!
RENOWNED MAESTROS
Lorena Ermocida & Pancho Martinez Pey
Junior Cervila & Guadalupe Garcia
Carla Rossi & Jose Luis Salvo
Paloma Berrios & Maximiliano Alvarado
DJS
Rodrigo Saraibe
Avik Basu
Costas Aretos
Brick Robbins

Milonga Malevaje w/ DJ Grigor
2024-03-28 20:00 - 2024-03-29 00:00 | Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa St, San Francisco, CA, United States
Every Thursday from 8:00 to 12:00
When Class. from 7:00 to 8:00
Masks Optional
Bar is open! No outside drinks allowed, please.

La Milonga Genesis w/ DJ Cathy & Dale
2024-03-29 20:30 - 2024-03-30 00:30 | Genesis Dance, 404 Clement St., San Francisco, CA
La Milonga: 8:30pm-12:30am
– Discounts offered for those in financial hardship
email: tangosaborsf@nullgmail.com
PLEASE DO NOT ATTEND IF YOU ARE NOT FEELING WELL

Allegro Milonga w/ Claudia Cortes & Martu Salem Workshop
2024-03-30 19:00 - 2024-03-31 00:00 | Allegro Ballroom, 12012 San Pablo Avenue, Richmond, CA, 94805, United States
This week we welcome Claudia Cortes & Martu Salem to teach a workshop + Performances during the Milonga.
Milonga with Guest DJ Michael Arntz with his new collection of tandas, and a huge dance floor.
7:00 – 7:30 Beg Class
7:30 – 9:00 Workshop for all Levels with Claudia & Martu
9:00 – 12:00a Milonga with Guest DJ: Michael Arntz
Workshop + Milonga=$25
Milonga + Shows: $15
Plenty of free-lighted parking! Allegro entrance is next to the Grocery Outlet entrance across the street from Planet Fitness.

All Night Milonga: DJ Howoon + Diego & Alejandra @ The Beat
2024-03-30 20:00 - 2024-03-31 03:00 | The Beat, 2560 Ninth Street, Berkeley, CA, United States
This month’s milonga is on the 5th Saturday, Mar 30 and your hosts are Jonas and Xiaomin.
8 pm – 9 pm Class with guest teachers Diego Lanau & Alejandra Saravia
9 pm – 3 am Milonga with guest DJ Howoon Chung
We’ll provide refreshments throughout the night. You’re also welcome to bring snacks to share!
(Please give your name and list of ingredients to Xiaomin and she’ll provide a label for you.)

Sliding scale*
$30-35 class & milonga
$20-25 milonga only
* you can pay any amount in between
Venmo (jonastango) or PayPal (xiaomin)
Cash accepted at the door
High-quality masks are advised.
Registration is required only for first-time attendees since 2021:
www.jonastango.com/jx-at-the-beat/

More details:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/587339038104024

Tango Picnic in the Park
2024-03-31 15:00 - 18:00 | Conservatory of Flowers, 100 John F Kennedy Dr, San Francisco, 94118, United States
Hello Beautiful Tango Friends – Spring is upon us!
(Weather Permitting) We’ll be setting up an out-door dance floor with tango music in Golden Gate park. Bring snacks and refreshments, bringing some to share is encouraged, the park is a perfect place for music and a picnic!
Here’s the goole maps link for our location – https://maps.app.goo.gl/DMZSahywPpbv4Wxj6
Here are the coordinates if that’s how you like to navigate
37.77244481738951, -122.45926604991998

Milonga @ Alberto's (No Milonga)
2024-03-31 19:00 - 2024-04-01 00:00 | Alberto’s Night Club, 736 W. Dana St., Mountain View, CA, United States

Monday Night Tango @ The Beat
2024-04-01 20:15 - 2024-04-02 00:20 | The Beat, 2560 Ninth Street, Berkeley, CA, United States
8:15 – 9:30 All-level class with Jonas & Xiaomin
9:30 – 0:30a Práctica
$20 class + práctica or práctica only
$10 for full-time students
Venmo @jonastango or PayPal @xiaomin (“send to a friend”)
Cash accepted at the door
This weekly class & práctica is hosted by Jonas & Xiaomin.
Registration is required for first-time attendees since 2021:
www.jonastango.com/jx-at-the-beat/
If you don’t feel well, please stay at home.
We will keep the room well-ventilated. Please bring layers.
Staying up to date with COVID-19 vaccines is highly recommended.
If you’ve contracted COVID-19 within 5 days of attending this event, please contact us. We will notify the attendees.

El Valenciano Milonga w/ DJ Howoon & Live Cortinas w/ Diego
2024-04-02 20:00 - 2024-04-03 00:00 | El Valenciano, 1153 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA, United States
8:00pm – Zero Hour
10-11pm – Live Cortinas w/Diego Bayani Ramil on the Piano
$20
$15 (w/ full-time college student ID)

Tango Classes with Astrid from Queertango Berlin @ La Bruja, Berkeley
2024-04-03 19:00 - 22:00 | Berkeley City Club, 2315 Durant Ave, Berkeley, 94704, United States
On Wednesday, April 3rd, we welcome visiting instructor Astrid for one day only! Astrid is visiting from Germany, where she is the director of Queertango Berlin. These classes are taught as “leaders” and “followers” and are inclusive to folks of all genders, non-binary & LGBTQ+.
The beginner class is open to total beginners and anyone who wants to work on their fundamentals. For the intermediate class, we recommend that you have been dancing frequently for at least six months.
7:00-8:00 pm beginner class
8:00-8:30 pm practica
8:30-9:30 pm intermediate class
9:00-10:00 pm practica
$20 beginner class (cash only)
$20 intermediate class (cash only)
$35 both classes (cash only)
$15 student with ID (cash only)
The practica is included with the class. We encourage students from both classes to dance together during the practica.
Berkeley City Club
2315 Durant Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94704
We are a 10-minute walk from Downtown Berkeley BART. For bike parking, use the bell to enter through the service entrance, and go straight to get to the back courtyard. No parking in the City Club lot. Extra parking is available for $2 per hour at the Ellsworth Structure at 2337 Haste St.
Event organized by Lindsey Newbold
www.labrujatangoberkeley.com

Milonga Malevaje w/ DJ Ayano
2024-04-04 20:00 - 2024-04-05 00:00 | Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa St, San Francisco, CA, United States
Milonga 8:00PM – 12:00AM
Bar is open! No outside drinks allowed, please.
