The Celebrate Tango Festival - Teaching, Hosting, and DJing

Celebrate Tango Week is coming!

I will be teaching two classes:

Wednesday, July 18, 7-8pm: FREE INTRO CLASS, Corazon at Studio 101

Sunday, July 22, 10-11:25am: Elegant Paradas, Stepping Out Studios

This week at Corazon, we will be Celebrating Tango!

After an intermediate lesson July 18 at 8pm by Sergio Natario & Alejandra Arrue, Corazon will be hosting the finals of the First USA Tango Championship! Come and cheer on your favorite couples; the winner will be flown to Buenos Aires to represent the USA in the semi-finals of the prestigious V World Tango Dance Championship (V Campeonato Mundial de Baile de Tango.) To check out these beautiful instructors, and to get a feel for the championship, check out the videos below.

After the championships, dance until 1am! (I'll be DJing, obvio.)

I will also be DJing the Black and White Ball on Friday, July 20 at Stepping Out Studios! It's a beautiful


Sergio and Alejandra:






Quarter Finals, Campionato Mundial de Tango:

July 11 at Corazon: Claudio Asprea

First of all, thanks to all the great tangueros who made July 4 such a success! The picnic dinner disappeared, the dance floor filled up, and outside the fireworks lit up the sky. Maria Ybarra taught a beautiful combination with sacada, and Alberto Dassieu performed two beautiful dances, a tnago with Jan LaSalle and a very sweet vals with his wife Paulina. (Check out my YouTube channel for the videos!) It was a wonderful party, and a great milonga.

Now check out this week, as Corazon is delighted to welcome Claudio Asprea as the guest teacher July 11. Claudio has some of the fastest feet in Buenos Aires, and is known for his teaching style, which is engaging and relaxed (just like his dancing!), with attention given to the individual dancer.

Claudio will be arriving fresh from Buenos Aires, so see him first on July 11 at Corazon - a taste of Buenos Aires in New York!

Celebrate the 4th!

It's the 4th of July - and we are OPEN!

Burn off your afternoon barbeque (or just enjoy the air conditioning!) at Corazon this Wednesday. Our intermediate class will be taught b Maria Ybarra, a portena and popular social dancer admired for her great partner connection.

Later in the evening, we'll have a full dinner spread -- just to make sure no one's dancing hungry -- and we're planning a few other surprises to spice up the night.

Our performer will be Alberto Dassieu, a milonguero of the old school known for his precepts about musicality and connection: "To walk, to stop, to know how to dance the pauses and the silences, and the steps to be made must be done with all sobriety and to the beat". It's a beautiful description of the tango as it is meant to be danced socially, and he brings 'a fantastic sense of rhythm to his performances. Check him out in action !

Tango Videos!

So, I can work a camera after all! Check out my new YouTube channel, with some of the best performances from Corazon!

I'm especially proud of the videos of Tete y Silvia and Martha y Manolo; they are true legends, and it was my honor to host them. There was an amazing crowd to welcome them, which was even better - thanks to everyone who helped make it such a memorable night!

(I also have video clips from the class where Tete made everyone boogie to jazz music - awesome!)

There are pictures to come, but for now, enjoy one of Tete y Silvia's performances, and check out the rest of the videos on YouTube! I'll be posting them every week I remember to take them. If you want to be updated when I put up a new batch, check back here often or join my mailing list! (You can sign up on the sidebar; it's low-traffic, I promise.)

This Week at Corazon: Jorge Torres

Jorge Torres - the legend! (Or so he says.) Star of Forever Tango, master choreographer, snappy dresser; Jorge is one of tango's most accomplished ambassadors, having danced his way across the globe in tango shows and workshop series. We've been lucky to have him in New York from time to time, but Forever Tango is currently on tour and it's been a long time since he's been around...

Luckily, Corazon has managed to convince him to come back! Jorge is stopping by New York for only a few days before flying out again on tour, and he'll be at Corazon this Wednesday.

Anyone who has taken classes with him knows he teaches an elegant style of social dance and provides individual attention to each student in a relaxed atmosphere - expect to laugh!

It's his only group class while he's in town, so check him out before he's gone.




Even better, Chino will be visiting, showing off her newest NeoTango shoes direct from Buenos Aires! Stop by the Felina Shoes display and try on that pair you've been dreaming of.

See you Wednesday at Corazon - a taste of Buenos Aires in New York!

At Corazon June 6 - Anton Gazenbeek

This Wednesday, June 6, Corazon welcomes Anton Gazenbeek. Many of you know him - he is a renowned tango historian, and he is a guest of the New York Tango Festival this year.

I am excited to welcome Anton because of the great program we have lined up; it is a unique approach to tango, almost a one-night festival preview!

In the early days of tango, men practiced exclusively with each other to prepare for dancing tango with women in the milongas. Anton will be bringing this tradition to Corazon with an exclusive workshop in leaders’ technique. This is an amazing opportunity for anyone who leads or wants to better understand leaders; role reversal and focus on clarity, form, and intent - a chance to perfect your technique (or take on a new role entirely) sets this workshop apart from the crowd!

Later in the evening he will be giving a pair of rare performances. Anton will be dancing with Sergio Segura in the style of the all-male, turn-of-the-century practicas. Then, proving that good leading works on anything, he will be performing with a wooden stick!

You can catch Anton at the Tango Festival, but this workshop and performance can only be seen on June 6 at Corazon – a taste of Buenos Aires in New York!

Huge Thanks to Tete y Silvia and Manolo y Martha!

I just want to thank Tete y Silvia and Manolo y Martha for making Wednesday's Corazon so memorable. Tete and Silvia gave a great class and an even better performance which I recorded (I think, this camera is tricky). Hopefully all is well and I can post it here soon.

Martha celebrated her birthday with us and she and Manolo performed a canyengue! I don't think I recorded this one, but plenty of other people had their cameras handy, so we will see if it shows up! I will be keeping my eye out; it was a wonderful performance in front of a wonderful crowd - thanks to everyone who came for making it such a great night.

Next week we have Anton Gazenbeek teaching and performing with a couple of unusual partners - stay tuned for more information!