Tango Toolkit

Thursdays 6:00 to 7:30pm with Carina

Advanced Beginner Level

On the Menu for June: Paradas & Playful Stops

June 11th with Carina and Dante ( workshops are included in the monthly packages)

Build Your Toolkit

Step beyond the basics and start dancing with confidence. This class is designed to help you connect the dots—combining essential elements of Argentine Tango into a fluid, social dance experience.

You’ll refine your walk, embrace, and musicality while integrating key movements like turns, ochos, sacadas, and simple sequences. Learn how to navigate the floor, adapt to different partners, and respond to the music with clarity and ease.

This is where technique meets expression—giving you the tools to step onto the dance floor and truly enjoy the dance.

4 week course $160. Single workshop $45

SPECIAL: Take the the 7:30pm pm class for free if you sign up for Toolkit. 2 1/2 hours of dancing

June Course starting June 4th to June 25th

Paradas & Playful Stops

Pause… tease… and connect. In this fun Argentine Tango class, we’ll explore paradas — the elegant “stops” that create playful moments, musical accents, and irresistible connection on the dance floor. Learn how to use pauses, gentle blocks, taps, and creative foot play to turn simple walks into expressive conversations. Add drama, flirtation, and personality to your tango while improving balance, timing, and partner connection. Perfect for dancers who want more playfulness and musical magic in their social dancing.

Argentine Tango – Advanced Beginner
Toolkit to Go Out Dancing

This 90-minute workshop is the perfect bridge between foundational skills and confident, social dancing.
Tango Toolkit dives into essential tango techniques—rhythm, axis, embrace, sequences, and partner communication—empowering students with the tools to go out dancing .

This advanced beginner class is for dancers who know the basics and are ready to make their tango feel more complete, natural, and social. The goal is integration: bringing together technique, musicality, navigation, and partnership into a cohesive dance you can confidently use at the milonga.

Each class focuses on how the core elements of tango work together rather than as isolated steps. We’ll refine posture, balance, and embrace to improve connection, then apply them to walking, turns, ochos, and simple variations that adapt easily to different partners and crowded dance floors. You’ll learn how to start and end movements clearly, how to recover smoothly, and how to stay calm and present in the dance.

Musicality is a key part of this toolkit. We’ll explore rhythm, phrasing, pauses, and changes in energy, helping you respond to the music instead of rushing through patterns. You’ll also gain tools for floorcraft, spacing, and improvisation, so you can move with confidence and awareness in a social setting.

By the end of this class, you’ll have a reliable set of skills—not choreography—to help you feel comfortable, connected, and expressive when you go out dancing. Ideal for dancers transitioning from beginner classes into regular social dancing and milongas.