Argentine Tango School

Author: Marcelo Solis

I was born in Argentina. Through my family and the community that saw my upbringing, I have been intimately involved with the culture of Tango all my life, and have been an Argentine Tango dance performer, choreographer and instructor for over 30 years. I profoundly love Tango dancing, music, and culture, particularly that of the Golden Era. I am a milonguero.
Argentine Tango dancing with Mimi in San Jose, June 2019

Argentine Tango class intermediate level: pause in the three

Argentine Tango class intermediate level: pause in the three

  • Argentine Tango class intermediate level: pause in the position three.

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If you are in the San Francisco Bay Area and want to learn to dance Tango, you can:

Learn to dance Argentine Tango

Argentine Tango private lesson with Marcelo Solis

Private lessons

Are the way to learn Argentine Tango

  • At our private lessons we work intensely on foundations, rhythm, musicality and connection with partner. We design a program according to your own goals and requirements.

  • While group classes are necessary to work on the social aspects of this beautiful art form, during private lessons we focus on the specific details of your dance which are important in achieving your goal of being a great dancer, a true milonguera or milonguero.

Book your private lesson

Argentine Tango dance with Miranda teaching backward ocho at beginner's class in San Francisco

Backward ocho basic

Argentine Tango beginner class: backward ocho

  • This is a basic backward ocho.

Do you have questions about Argentine Tango dance?

More video lessons

If you are in the San Francisco Bay Area and want to learn to dance Tango, you can:

Learn to dance Argentine Tango

Argentine Tango private lesson with Marcelo Solis

Private lessons

Are the way to learn Argentine Tango

  • At our private lessons we work intensely on foundations, rhythm, musicality and connection with partner. We design a program according to your own goals and requirements.

  • While group classes are necessary to work on the social aspects of this beautiful art form, during private lessons we focus on the specific details of your dance which are important in achieving your goal of being a great dancer, a true milonguera or milonguero.

Book your private lesson

Marcelo Solis and Mimi dancing Argentine Tango at Lafayette milonga.

Argentine Tango dancing with Mimi at opening of classes for beginners in San Jose

Argentine Tango dancing with Mimi at opening of classes for beginners in San Jose

What “make your life a work of art” means?

It is to choose to be completely aware of your life and to take full responsibility for it.

Often we run without being present here and now, we are anxious and empty our lives towards the expectancy of what could come; or we stuff ourselves with regrets and longings of the past; or sedate our existence, by being neither awake nor asleep.

To do this, you will need to work hard.

Alternatively, you can make yourself stronger, more beautiful, fulfilled, giving yourself purpose.

To do this, you will need to work hard. 

It is not easy. It is not cheap. It is not shallow.

If you are in the San Francisco Bay Area and want to learn to dance Tango, you can:

Learn to dance Argentine Tango

Argentine Tango private lesson with Marcelo Solis

Private lessons

Are the way to learn Argentine Tango

  • At our private lessons we work intensely on foundations, rhythm, musicality and connection with partner. We design a program according to your own goals and requirements.

  • While group classes are necessary to work on the social aspects of this beautiful art form, during private lessons we focus on the specific details of your dance which are important in achieving your goal of being a great dancer, a true milonguera or milonguero.

Book your private lesson

Argentine Tango dance exercise- dancing with sticks

Argentine Tango dance exercise: dancing with sticks

Argentine Tango dance exercise: dancing with sticks

I want to know if you appreciate/value/care-about Tango.

I want your answer to be not in words but in your acts. When I observe you in class, before giving you corrections I will ask you: are you satisfy with the way you are doing it (your walk, your posture, your technique, etc.)? If you don’t know what to answer, then I will ask you: do you like the way I dance? 

If you still do not have an answer, I will tell you that you need to make up your mind, make more research, find out.

If you are in the San Francisco Bay Area and want to learn to dance Tango, you can:

Learn to dance Argentine Tango

Argentine Tango private lesson with Marcelo Solis

Private lessons

Are the way to learn Argentine Tango

  • At our private lessons we work intensely on foundations, rhythm, musicality and connection with partner. We design a program according to your own goals and requirements.

  • While group classes are necessary to work on the social aspects of this beautiful art form, during private lessons we focus on the specific details of your dance which are important in achieving your goal of being a great dancer, a true milonguera or milonguero.

Book your private lesson

Argentine Tango Dancing with Mimi at beginner's class in San Jose, California, September 2019

Argentine Tango dancing with Mimi at a beginner class in San Jose

Argentine Tango dancing with Mimi at a beginner class in San Jose

What is dancing and why do we feel so at home when dancing?

Civilization has required the silencing of our bodies. Where, otherwise, would the indeterminable complexity of our anatomy would fit? A great split was initiated: the spirit manifested in words and our bodies went on to construct civilization. Words are easy to control: “Don’t say that!”. On the other hand, how does one prohibit certain moves? The entire body was proscribed from expression, there, where the influence of those who negate themselves could reach. Condemned to build, the slaved bodies danced in their creation of steel and concrete, through the machines they invented, with the technology they deliver to us. 

Now, we have accepted their invitation…

If you are in the San Francisco Bay Area and want to learn to dance Tango, you can:

Learn to dance Argentine Tango

Argentine Tango private lesson with Marcelo Solis

Private lessons

Are the way to learn Argentine Tango

  • At our private lessons we work intensely on foundations, rhythm, musicality and connection with partner. We design a program according to your own goals and requirements.

  • While group classes are necessary to work on the social aspects of this beautiful art form, during private lessons we focus on the specific details of your dance which are important in achieving your goal of being a great dancer, a true milonguera or milonguero.

Book your private lesson