Tango Beginners, join an cohort to support you in your first year of tango learning

Argentine Tango is a transformative dance that can propel you to new depths of connection, heights of joy, and a deeply potent community experience anywhere in the world. 

But, it can be difficult to learn anything new, and tango is no exception. The truth is that without a supportive structure, most people quit tango within the first few weeks. 

Tango Challenges are here to give beginners the context, structure and support they need to get past the awkward phase and start having fun. They are gentle, illuminating, fun, and facilitated with great love. Join a cohort now! Upcoming Challenges:

Oxygen Tango in Los Angeles - Facilitated by David Lampson and Magan Wiles

Tango & I in Minneapolis - Facilitated by Sabine Ibes

Join a local Tango Challenge

This vision of the Tango Challenge is that absolute beginners experience harmony with themselves, with others, and with the larger community as they learn to tango.

Through the course we cultivate the relationships that enable each participant to become fully absorbed in the tango learning process. 

The program provides a container that supports local exploration of classes, lessons, and tango events, adding a supportive, complementary dimension. 

We work in collaboration with local tango teachers, organizers, and peer-mentor dancers all over the country. 

What You Will Learn

Tango Movement

Able to connect with another dancer, with the music, and the space, to improvise a Tango in a public setting. Understanding of the basic techniques. Able to distinguish between kinds and styles of Tango.

Tango Music

Able to synchronize movement to music, identify basic properties of Tango music, and distinguish between important orchestras and among the sub-genres of tango, milonga, and vals music by ear. Able to articulate what kind of Tango music you resonate most with personally.

Tango Culture

Track awareness of your inner state and evaluate its usefulness in supporting your Tango. Purposefully cultivate the personal qualities that support Tango dancing and practice, grounded in the traditional culture of Tango. Learn how to connect with yourself and with a partner.

Dear community member,

Life today can be disconnecting. Media can drive us deeper into separateness. Many of us are yearning for something. Join us as we work to rekindle the enchantment of the commons that once existed in the Golden Age of Tango.

It's 1940, Buenos Aires. While world wars wage on the other side of the earth, neighbors gather to embrace one another.  An epic intergenerational, interracial, interclass social movement emerged of unprecedented power and purity.

Built on self-care and deep care of our partners, it enlivened of micro-local communities in ways that are still felt. And the music is unforgettable!

Since 2010, we have been working with tango communities to recreate the joy of gathering to share this dance. The Tango Challenge is a beloved gateway into the joyful world of social, improvised Argentine Tango.

It provides a rigorous curriculum, layers of expert and peer support, and milestones to guide your journey. Please explore this program and join the journey!

Warm regards,

Mitra Martin
Creator

Yes! I am ready for my challenge! 

Join Now:

Oxygen Tango in Los Angeles - Facilitated by David Lampson and Magan Wiles - NEXT CHALLENGE

Tango & I in Minneapolis - Facilitated by Sabine Ibes - NEXT CHALLENGE