Don't Forget to Bring Your Own Chair!

First Saturday Milongas, starting on February 4 and running through September 1, 2012:

Beginners Class 8-9pm (Must pre-Register!  email tangobuddha@gmail.com) 

Supervised Practica 9-10pm

Milonga 10pm-2am

1st Saturday May 5, 2012 Javier Antar & Kara Wenham perform @ Eastern Market Tango at 11 pm.  Pre-Registration now open.

1st Saturday June 2, 2012 Luis Bianchi & Daniela Pucci teach Eastern Market Tango's Special 2-Hour Beginner Lesson and perform @ 11 pm. Pre-registration now open.

1st Saturday Evening:

8-9pm Beginner Class, $15.  (Must Pre-Register!!!  email tangobuddha@gmail.com)
9-10pm Supervised Practica.
8-10pm Beginner Class/Supervised Practica, $20.

10pm-2am Milonga ($15)

Pre-registered Package Deal: Class/Practica/Milonga/1 Drink=$25.  

Jake & Liz's Beginner Class

Thursdays @ 7 pm

Come learn the fundamentals of Argentine tango in this popular summer program at Eastern Market. Newcomers who started in last year's summer program are now talented dancers in Washington, and you can do the same. Each week we review the core material thoroughly and develop your dancing for the social floor, where you get your real experience in tango.

Beginner classes are designed for new dancers, and while it's best to take all the classes, you can join at any time. We cover all the essential vocabulary of traditional tango, so that you can get to the social floor early and dance with confidence:

-- First steps and the Embrace

-- Basic walking patterns

-- The Cross

-- The 8 Count Basic

-- Ochos: forward and back

-- Turns and the "ocho cortado"

-- Floorcraft (dancing well around others)

This is the core of the tango, and it's all you need to succeed on the social floor and have a great time dancing!

Jake & Liz's Intermediate Class

Thursdays @ 8 pm

Intermediate classes build a more elaborate and elegant dance out of themes and material covered in the Beginner series. Every series of classes develops one core concept, and works toward a different variation, to give you the best combination of consistency and variety. Recent themes, which we explore for 4-8 weeks, have included:

-- Turns with 1-3 sacadas

-- Cadenas ("braided" steps)

-- The calesita

-- Social colgadas (spins)

-- Boleos and ganchos

-- Decorated figures

These are the time-tested figures that dancers have grown with for decades. Once you're comfortable on the social floor, these classes are the best way to take your technique and ability to the next level.

Thursday Evenings: 

7pm Beginner Class ($10), 8pm Intermediate Class or Advanced Class ($10)

9pm-12:30am MILONGA ($12/$10 with lesson)