2024
April 2024
Saturday 20 April 2024
Sat 20 Apr, 8 pm-12 am. A milonga with Italian hospitality. You are cordially invited to spend the evening together to enjoy Tango music, Italian food, and friendship. Please invite your friends whether they are dancers or not. Rosa B Williams Dance Center, 524 NW 1 Street, Gainesville, 32601. $20. Tango El Abrazo Milonga - [events]
March 2024
Saturday 16 March 2024
Sat 16 Mar, 8 pm-12 am. A milonga with Italian hospitality. You are cordially invited to spend the evening together to enjoy Tango music, Italian food, and friendship. Please invite your friends whether they are dancers or not. Rosa B Williams Dance Center, 524 NW 1 Street, Gainesville, 32601. $20. Tango El Abrazo Milonga - [events]
February 2024
Saturday 17 February 2024
Sat 17 Feb, 8 pm-12 am. A milonga with Italian hospitality. You are cordially invited to spend the evening together to enjoy Tango music, Italian food, and friendship. Please invite your friends whether they are dancers or not. Rosa B Williams Dance Center, 524 NW 1 Street, Gainesville, 32601. $20. Tango El Abrazo Milonga - [facebook][events]
January 2024
Saturday 20 January 2024
Sat 20 Jan, 8 pm-12 am. A milonga with Italian hospitality. You are cordially invited to spend the evening together to enjoy Tango music, Italian food, and friendship. Please invite your friends whether they are dancers or not.
This month we will have a special guest DJ Guillermo Elkhouss (and lovely wife and tanguera Vittoria Natale), formerly of Buenos Aires and New Jersey, USA. Some of you will remember when he DJed for us prior 4 years ago and kept everyone dancing all night with his mix of classic hits from the Golden Age of Tango for a very authentic feel of Argentine Tango as played in the very best milongas of Buenos Aries and around the world. Rosa B Williams Dance Center, 524 NW 1 Street, Gainesville, 32601. $20. Tango El Abrazo Milonga - [events]
2023
December 2023
Saturday 30 December 2023
Sat 30 Dec 2023, 8 pm-12 am. A milonga with Italian hospitality. You are cordially invited to spend the evening together to enjoy Tango music, Italian food, and friendship. Please invite your friends whether they are dancers or not. Rosa B Williams Dance Center, 524 NW 1 Street, Gainesville, 32601. $20. Tango El Abrazo Milonga - [events]
November 2023
Saturday 25 November 2023
Sat 25 Nov 2023, 8 pm-12 am. A milonga with Italian hospitality. You are cordially invited to spend the evening together to enjoy Tango music, Italian food, and friendship. Please invite your friends whether they are dancers or not. Rosa B Williams Dance Center, 524 NW 1 Street, Gainesville, 32601. $20. Tango El Abrazo Milonga - [events]
October 2023
Saturday 28 October 2023
Sat 28 Oct 2023, 8 pm-12 am. A milonga with Italian hospitality. You are cordially invited to spend the evening together to enjoy Tango music, Italian food, and friendship. Please invite your friends whether they are dancers or not. Rosa B Williams Dance Center, 524 NW 1 Street, Gainesville, 32601. $20. Tango El Abrazo Milonga - [events]
September 2023
Saturday 30 September 2023
Sat 30 Sep 2023, 8 pm-12 am. A milonga with Italian hospitality. You are cordially invited to spend the evening together to enjoy Tango music, Italian food, and friendship. Please invite your friends whether they are dancers or not. Rosa B Williams Dance Center, 524 NW 1 Street, Gainesville, 32601. Andrea Pham. $20. Tango El Abrazo Milonga - [email][events]
2020
March 2020
Saturday 14 March 2020
Sat 14 Mar 2020, 8 pm-12 am. Argentine Tango Milonga located in Gainesville, Florida for dancers in Gainesville, and other nearby cities (Jacksonville, Ponte Vedra Beach, St. Augustine, Palm Coast, Ormond, Daytona, Tallahassee, Ocala, Orlando, Tampa) in North Florida, and visitors to our wonderful community.
BYO drinks, water, wine, food and snacks for passionate dancing all night.
Milonga El Abrazo de Gainesville is held regularly on the second Saturday of each month.
Easy parking, great lighting and security. Rosa B Williams Dance Center, 524 NW 1st Street, Gainesville, 32606. Steve Littler, 352-226-1103. $10, $5 student. Tango El Abrazo Milonga - [facebook][email][events]
February 2020
Sunday 23 February 2020
Sun 23 Feb 2020, 4 pm. Join SPECIAL GUEST Tate Di Chiazza (Buenos Aires) w Tangogypsies Karen jaffe (Asheville, NC) in Gainesville for several opportunities to study, dance and upgrade your Tango!
Thursday Feb 20
At Thuys (message Steve for directions)
7:30 - 9 pm WS1 "Advanced Fundamentals" followed by practica until 10:30 pm. Every experienced dancer knows the secret to better dancing is to revisit the all important fundamentals. The base, axis, posture, intention, impulse; explore with us to recognize, refine, rethink and recalibrate your foundation. It is all in the details.
Saturday Feb 22
Hip Moves Dance Studio, 708 NW 23rd Ave, Gainesville, FL 32609
12 - 1:30 pm WS2 "Intelligent Embrace"
Work less and produce more. Structure, tension, timing and flow. Explore how to adapt your embrace for more clarity, comfort, and connection.
2 - 3:30 pm WS3 "Co-Creation" Create more dynamic movement by collaborating. BOTH dancers contribute to the w ... Rosa B Williams 352Arts Center, 524 NW 1 Street, Gainesville, 32606. Steve Littler, 352-226-1103. Tango El Abrazo Milonga - [more][milongaelabrazodegainesville][email][events]
Saturday 22 February 2020
Sat 22 Feb to Sun 23 Feb 2020, 1:30 pm. Join SPECIAL GUEST Tate Di Chiazza (Buenos Aires) w Tangogypsies Karen jaffe (Asheville, NC) in Gainesville for several opportunities to study, dance and upgrade your Tango!
Thursday Feb 20
At Thuys (message Steve for directions)
7:30 - 9 pm WS1 "Advanced Fundamentals" followed by practica until 10:30 pm. Every experienced dancer knows the secret to better dancing is to revisit the all important fundamentals. The base, axis, posture, intention, impulse; explore with us to recognize, refine, rethink and recalibrate your foundation. It is all in the details.
Saturday Feb 22
Hip Moves Dance Studio, 708 NW 23rd Ave, Gainesville, FL 32609
12 - 1:30 pm WS2 "Intelligent Embrace"
Work less and produce more. Structure, tension, timing and flow. Explore how to adapt your embrace for more clarity, comfort, and connection.
2 - 3:30 pm WS3 "Co-Creation" Create more dynamic movement by collaborating. BOTH dancers contribute to the w ... Rosa B Williams 352Arts Center, 524 NW 1 Street, Gainesville, 32606. Steve Littler, 352-226-1103. Tango El Abrazo Milonga - [more][milongaelabrazodegainesville][email][events]
Thursday 20 February 2020
Thu 20 Feb to Sun 23 Feb 2020. Join SPECIAL GUEST Tate Di Chiazza (Buenos Aires) w Tangogypsies Karen jaffe (Asheville, NC) in Gainesville for several opportunities to study, dance and upgrade your Tango!
Thursday Feb 20
At Thuys (message Steve for directions)
7:30 - 9 pm WS1 "Advanced Fundamentals" followed by practica until 10:30 pm. Every experienced dancer knows the secret to better dancing is to revisit the all important fundamentals. The base, axis, posture, intention, impulse; explore with us to recognize, refine, rethink and recalibrate your foundation. It is all in the details.
Saturday Feb 22
Hip Moves Dance Studio, 708 NW 23rd Ave, Gainesville, FL 32609
12 - 1:30 pm WS2 "Intelligent Embrace"
Work less and produce more. Structure, tension, timing and flow. Explore how to adapt your embrace for more clarity, comfort, and connection.
2 - 3:30 pm WS3 "Co-Creation" Create more dynamic movement by collaborating. BOTH dancers contribute to the w ... Rosa B Williams 352Arts Center, 524 NW 1 Street, Gainesville, 32606. Steve Littler, 352-226-1103. Tango El Abrazo Milonga - [more][milongaelabrazodegainesville][email][events]
Sunday 9 February 2020
Sun 9 Feb 2020, 2-4:45 pm. This weekend we welcome back Judy and Jon from Las Vegas for the 4th time. Save the date and make your plans. We will have workshops, a pre-milonga class, milonga with show. And yummy Italian food by Rosanna Marsella. Do not miss it.
Check out their website if you haven't seen them before:
https://tangowithjudy.com/
Maestros of Milonguero close embrace style social dancing. They are Americans who have previously taught Tango in Buenos Aires to Argentinians for 10 years. They share their knowledge of successful social dancing at Buenos Aires milongas with us here in the US now. Learn fun vocabulary with enough technique to dance socially on a crowded floor.
(Privates available. Call/text Judy Margolis at 520-907-2050.)
Costs
Workshops: $25 for one. $45 for two, $90 for all four
Pre-milonga class $10
Milonga with Show by Judy & Jon, + Italian food by Rosanna Marsella: $15, Students $7
Full Weekend Pass: $110, Students $55 ... Rosa B Williams 352Arts Center, 524 NW 1 Street, Gainesville, 32606. Steve Littler, 352-226-1103. Tango El Abrazo Milonga - [more][milongaelabrazodegainesville][email][events]
Saturday 8 February 2020
Sat 8 Feb to Sun 9 Feb 2020, 2 pm-12 am. This weekend we welcome back Judy and Jon from Las Vegas for the 4th time. Save the date and make your plans. We will have workshops, a pre-milonga class, milonga with show. And yummy Italian food by Rosanna Marsella. Do not miss it.
Check out their website if you haven't seen them before:
https://tangowithjudy.com/
Maestros of Milonguero close embrace style social dancing. They are Americans who have previously taught Tango in Buenos Aires to Argentinians for 10 years. They share their knowledge of successful social dancing at Buenos Aires milongas with us here in the US now. Learn fun vocabulary with enough technique to dance socially on a crowded floor.
(Privates available. Call/text Judy Margolis at 520-907-2050.)
Costs
Workshops: $25 for one. $45 for two, $90 for all four
Pre-milonga class $10
Milonga with Show by Judy & Jon, + Italian food by Rosanna Marsella: $15, Students $7
Full Weekend Pass: $110, Students $55 ... Rosa B Williams 352Arts Center, 524 NW 1 Street, Gainesville, 32606. Steve Littler, 352-226-1103. Tango El Abrazo Milonga - [more][milongaelabrazodegainesville][email][events]
Saturday 1 February 2020
Sat 1 Feb 2020, 8 pm-12 am. Lovely Argentine Tango Milonga with Rosanna's home cooking. Rosa B Williams Dance Center, 524 NW 1 Street, Gainesville, 32601. Andrea Pham. $10, $5 student. Tango El Abrazo Milonga - [email][events]
January 2020
Saturday 11 January 2020
Sat 11 Jan 2020, 8 pm-12 am. Lovely Argentine Tango Milonga with Rosanna's home cooking. Rosa B Williams Dance Center, 524 NW 1 Street, Gainesville, 32601. Andrea Pham. $10, $5 student. Tango El Abrazo Milonga - [email][events]
Saturday 4 January 2020
Sat 4 Jan 2020, 8 pm-12 am. Argentine Tango Milonga located in Gainesville, Florida for dancers in Gainesville, and other nearby cities (Jacksonville, Ponte Vedra Beach, St. Augustine, Palm Coast, Ormond, Daytona, Tallahassee, Ocala, Orlando, Tampa) in North Florida, and visitors to our wonderful community.
BYO drinks, water, wine, food and snacks for passionate dancing all night.
Milonga El Abrazo de Gainesville is held regularly on the second Saturday of each month.
Easy parking, great lighting and security. Rosa B Williams Dance Center, 524 NW 1st Street, Gainesville, 32606. Steve Littler, 352-226-1103. $10, $5 student. Tango El Abrazo Milonga - [facebook][email][events]
2019
December 2019
Saturday 14 December 2019
Sat 14 Dec 2019, 8 pm-12 am. Argentine Tango Milonga located in Gainesville, Florida for dancers in Gainesville, and other nearby cities (Jacksonville, Ponte Vedra Beach, St. Augustine, Palm Coast, Ormond, Daytona, Tallahassee, Ocala, Orlando, Tampa) in North Florida, and visitors to our wonderful community.
BYO drinks, water, wine, food and snacks for passionate dancing all night.
Milonga El Abrazo de Gainesville is held regularly on the second Saturday of each month.
Easy parking, great lighting and security. Rosa B Williams Dance Center, 524 NW 1st Street, Gainesville, 32606. Steve Littler, 352-226-1103. $10, $5 student. Tango El Abrazo Milonga - [email][events]
Saturday 7 December 2019
Sat 7 Dec 2019, 8 pm-12 am. Lovely Argentine Tango Milonga with Rosanna's home cooking. Rosa B Williams Dance Center, 524 NW 1 Street, Gainesville, 32601. Andrea Pham. $10, $5 student. Tango El Abrazo Milonga - [email][events]
November 2019
Saturday 9 November 2019
Sat 9 Nov 2019, 8 pm-12 am. Argentine Tango Milonga located in Gainesville, Florida for dancers in Gainesville, and other nearby cities (Jacksonville, Ponte Vedra Beach, St. Augustine, Palm Coast, Ormond, Daytona, Tallahassee, Ocala, Orlando, Tampa) in North Florida, and visitors to our wonderful community.
BYO drinks, water, wine, food and snacks for passionate dancing all night.
Milonga El Abrazo de Gainesville is held regularly on the second Saturday of each month.
Easy parking, great lighting and security. Rosa B Williams Dance Center, 524 NW 1st Street, Gainesville, 32606. Steve Littler, 352-226-1103. $10, $5 student. Tango El Abrazo Milonga - [email][events]
Saturday 2 November 2019
Sat 2 Nov 2019, 8 pm-12 am. Lovely Argentine Tango Milonga with Rosanna's home cooking. Rosa B Williams Dance Center, 524 NW 1 Street, Gainesville, 32601. Andrea Pham. $10, $5 student. Tango El Abrazo Milonga - [email][events]
October 2019
Saturday 12 October 2019
Sat 12 Oct 2019, 8 pm-12 am. Argentine Tango Milonga located in Gainesville, Florida for dancers in Gainesville, and other nearby cities (Jacksonville, Ponte Vedra Beach, St. Augustine, Palm Coast, Ormond, Daytona, Tallahassee, Ocala, Orlando, Tampa) in North Florida, and visitors to our wonderful community.
BYO drinks, water, wine, food and snacks for passionate dancing all night.
Milonga El Abrazo de Gainesville is held regularly on the second Saturday of each month.
Easy parking, great lighting and security. Rosa B Williams Dance Center, 524 NW 1st Street, Gainesville, 32606. Steve Littler, 352-226-1103. $10, $5 student. Tango El Abrazo Milonga - [email][events]
Saturday 5 October 2019
Sat 5 Oct 2019, 8 pm-12 am. Lovely Argentine Tango Milonga with Rosanna's home cooking. Rosa B Williams Dance Center, 524 NW 1 Street, Gainesville, 32601. Andrea Pham. $10, $5 student. Tango El Abrazo Milonga - [email][events]
September 2019
Saturday 14 September 2019
Sat 14 Sep 2019, 8 pm-12 am. Argentine Tango Milonga located in Gainesville, Florida for dancers in Gainesville, and other nearby cities (Jacksonville, Ponte Vedra Beach, St. Augustine, Palm Coast, Ormond, Daytona, Tallahassee, Ocala, Orlando, Tampa) in North Florida, and visitors to our wonderful community.
BYO drinks, water, wine, food and snacks for passionate dancing all night.
Milonga El Abrazo de Gainesville is held regularly on the second Saturday of each month.
Easy parking, great lighting and security. Rosa B Williams Dance Center, 524 NW 1st Street, Gainesville, 32606. Steve Littler, 352-226-1103. $10, $5 student. Tango El Abrazo Milonga - [email][events]
August 2019
Saturday 10 August 2019
Sat 10 Aug 2019, 8 pm-12 am. Argentine Tango Milonga located in Gainesville, Florida for dancers in Gainesville, and other nearby cities (Jacksonville, Ponte Vedra Beach, St. Augustine, Palm Coast, Ormond, Daytona, Tallahassee, Ocala, Orlando, Tampa) in North Florida, and visitors to our wonderful community.
BYO drinks, water, wine, food and snacks for passionate dancing all night.
Milonga El Abrazo de Gainesville is held regularly on the second Saturday of each month.
Easy parking, great lighting and security. Rosa B Williams Dance Center, 524 NW 1st Street, Gainesville, 32606. Steve Littler, 352-226-1103. $10, $5 student. Tango El Abrazo Milonga - [email][events]
July 2019
Saturday 13 July 2019
Sat 13 Jul 2019, 8 pm-12 am. Lovely Argentine Tango Milonga with Rosanna's home cooking. Rosa B Williams Dance Center, 524 NW 1 Street, Gainesville, 32601. Andrea Pham. $10, $5 student. Tango El Abrazo Milonga - [email][events]
Saturday 6 July 2019
Sat 6 Jul 2019, 8 pm-12 am. Argentine Tango Milonga located in Gainesville, Florida for dancers in Gainesville, and other nearby cities (Jacksonville, Ponte Vedra Beach, St. Augustine, Palm Coast, Ormond, Daytona, Tallahassee, Ocala, Orlando, Tampa) in North Florida, and visitors to our wonderful community.
BYO drinks, water, wine, food and snacks for passionate dancing all night.
Milonga El Abrazo de Gainesville is held regularly on the second Saturday of each month.
Easy parking, great lighting and security. Rosa B Williams Dance Center, 524 NW 1st Street, Gainesville, 32606. Steve Littler, 352-226-1103. $10, $5 student. Tango El Abrazo Milonga - [email][events]
June 2019
Saturday 8 June 2019
Sat 8 Jun 2019, 8 pm-12 am. Argentine Tango Milonga located in Gainesville, Florida for dancers in Gainesville, and other nearby cities (Jacksonville, Ponte Vedra Beach, St. Augustine, Palm Coast, Ormond, Daytona, Tallahassee, Ocala, Orlando, Tampa) in North Florida, and visitors to our wonderful community.
BYO drinks, water, wine, food and snacks for passionate dancing all night.
Milonga El Abrazo de Gainesville is held regularly on the second Saturday of each month.
Easy parking, great lighting and security. Rosa B Williams Dance Center, 524 NW 1st Street, Gainesville, 32606. Steve Littler, 352-226-1103. $10, $5 student. Tango El Abrazo Milonga - [email][events]
May 2019
Saturday 11 May 2019
Sat 11 May 2019, 7 pm-12 am. 7:00 - 8:00 Tango Vals technique class with Jorge & Anabel from Argentina. Cost $10
8:00 - 12:00 Milonga. Cost $15 Adults, $7 Students
Privates are available at $100/hr
Come see the current hottest and most highly reviewed tango instructors! Their unique core instruction teaches counter-body and inner core fundamentals. These instructors are not the usual “here’s a new step” teachers. They focus on distinctive techniques you can put into your dance right away.
Take advantage of the rare opportunity to learn Tango Vals, which will make you a better dancer. This class will add sizzle and style to what you already do.
Anabel Saldaña and Jorge Mendoza:
Anabel is a tango and flamenco teacher. She integrates her extensive experience of ballet, flamenco, yoga and music to the Argentine tango social dance. Jorge is a National Senior Teacher of folklore and tango. He is the director and choreographer of Open Tango Company. Both ... Rosa B Williams Dance Center, 524 NW 1st Street, Gainesville, 32606. Steve Littler, 352-226-1103. Tango El Abrazo Milonga - [more][facebook][email][events]
April 2019
Sunday 21 April 2019
Sun 21 Apr 2019, 2-4:45 pm. Guest teachers: Jorge & Anabel from Buenos Aires
These very popular teachers are back in Gainesville for their 3rd consecutive year prior to touring Florida and then Europe. Private lessons will be available and encouraged. Call/message Thuy to schedule privates.
These friendly, approachable teachers are known for their unique way of explaining, demonstrating and drilling classic and advanced ways of elegant posture, embrace, walking, and musicality, in new and simple ways such that the average person can more easily understand how it feels in their own body and put into their own dance right away.
We will also have Sandra Angel here with her Mussa Collection Tango Shoes and Clothes from Orlando, so take advantage of her while she is here April 6/7.
Pricing for Jorge and Anabel workshops in Gainesville April 6-21, 2019. Students half price.
Workshops: $25.00 ea. $45-two, $90-four
Pre-milonga class $10.00
Milonga: $15.0 ... Rosa B Williams Dance Center, 524 NW 1st Street, Gainesville, 32606. Steve Littler, 352-226-1103. Tango El Abrazo Milonga - [more][facebook][email][events]