Dancing tango since the early 1990s, Luciana Valle is regarded around the world as one of the most dynamic and articulate teachers of Argentine Tango. In her popular tango school "El Motivo" in Buenos Aires, Luciana offers a compendium of thematic workshops and inspires dancers with her remarkable insight, energy, and clarity. Through her teaching, a prodigious number of great … [Read more...]
Time flies… 11 years of “SF Loves Tango”!
We can't believe we're already a quarter through 2023! Did you know that the very first post on SF Loves Tango was published by Maika on April 20, 2012? And April 21, 2019, is when the brains and hands behind SF Loves Tango changed to us, Xiaomin & Jonas? We would like to celebrate these anniversaries by recapping what we've accomplished post-COVID and start looking … [Read more...]
Women’s Gathering, not your usual gathering
With the intention to bring the tango community closer, and inspired by the book The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters, our beloved tango dancer, teacher, DJ, and organizer, Ayano Yoneda, hosted the first two editions of Women’s Gathering at the beginning of 2023. The following conversations happened between SF Loves Tango and Ayano before and after these two … [Read more...]
Che! Tango SF 💬
Che, amigos! What's new? Did you notice the rising of Che! in the SF tango scene? About Che! Che! is the name chosen by Ramada Salieri and Elaine Chiu in the Fall of 2022 to brand their endeavor of creating a collective of all tango-related events. It includes but isn't limited to traditional milongas for social dancing, but also experimental formats, such as música (for … [Read more...]
Alma del Tango, “the soul of Tango” in Marin
Tango can be found in many cities, counties, and suburbs of the Bay Area. Alma del Tango (ADT) is the gem in Marin county, located in the northwestern part. It will be celebrating the 26th anniversary at their Milonga de San Anselmo on September 23rd, 2022 with live music performances featuring visiting artist Hugo Satorre on bandoneon collaborating with local musician Seth … [Read more...]