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...]
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...]
Milonga Spotlight: Milonga Malevaje (2022)
On March 26, 2022, Verdi Club had a magnificent night celebrating 25 years of tango dancing. 25 years, can you believe it? So, how exactly did tango dancing transcend through a quarter of a human being's lifetime's worth in this place? The Past Verdi Club Milonga, 1997~2014 Tango at the Verdi Club began when Victor Meneses & Christy Cote started The … [Read more...]
Somewhere Here Over the Rainbow – Celebrating Pride & Queer Tango in SF
We've missed you! Since the pandemic started in March 2020, we've taken a long break from posting and used the time for site maintenance instead. As we get into Summer 2022, Tango in SF Bay Area is back. Different, but back. Some pre-pandemic regular events have felt like they've almost resumed to what they used to be - with safety protocols and limited attendance, and … [Read more...]