2026
January 2026
Saturday 17 January 2026
Sat 17 Jan to Sun 18 Jan. Alchemy Club, 602 S Main Street, Gainesville. Miha Kim. Tango El Abrazo Milonga - [facebook][events]
Argentine Tango Weekend in Gainesville
January 17-18, 2026 with Andrés Amarilla
Organized by Miha Kim
The Alchemy Club
602 S Main Street
Saturday, Jan 17
3:00 PM — Registration opens
3:30–5:00 PM — Soltadas Workshop- Learn how to lead them in a natural and clear way
5:00–5:30 PM — Break
5:30–7:00 PM — Ganchos Workshop - What they really are and how to make them look good
7:00–7:30 PM — Break
7:30–9:00 PM — ALL levels - Milonga Workshop - fun and accessible resources
9:00 PM–12:00 AM — Milonga / Social Dance
Sunday, Jan 18
1:00 PM — Registration opens
1:30–3:00 PM — Vals Workshop - Understanding phrasing and tempo
3:00–3:30 PM — Break
3:30–5:00 PM — Dance terms Workshop - How to use universal dance terms often cited in classes and how they apply in tango
5:00–5:30 PM — Break
5:30–7:00 PM — Safe Volcadas Workshop - How to lead them responsibly, keeping both leaders and followers comfortable and happy
Pricing & Passes
At the Door (CASH ONLY)
1 Workshop — $35
Milonga — $20
Pre-Milonga (All Levels) Workshop — $20
Milonga + Pre-Milonga Combo — $30
Full Weekend Pass (6 Workshops + Milonga) — $200
Picadillo Empanadas $5
BYOB
Discounts
Teens — 50 % off
Students under 30 (with ID) — 20 % off
Pre-register via Venmo by midnight Friday Jan 16:
venmo.com/u/Miha-Kim-1
DJ Andrés Amarilla
All levels welcome — no partner needed
Born and raised in Buenos Aires, Andres Amarilla began dancing tango in 1987 at age 11. While still a child, he studied with and performed in the dance companies of three of the greatest tangueros of all time: Gustavo Naveira, Juan Carlos Copes, and Rodolfo Dinzel. After 10 years of intensive immersion in the music, culture and movement of traditional Argentine Tango, Andres became part of a small group of young people seeking to push the limits of the traditional art form. Together, they analyzed and codified the movements, sequences and rules of traditional tango and began to play with the grammar of the tango language, thereby developing uncounted new sequences of movements, and giving birth to a new means of teaching, dancing and thinking about tango. This way of analyzing tango has become the basis of most good tango pedagogy in the world today.
A greatly sought-after teacher, Andres has taught in more than 70 cities worldwide, including Istanbul, Beirut, Warsaw, Gdansk, Moscow, Sydney, Brisbane, Belo Horizonte, Buenos Aires, San Francisco, Vancouver, Montreal, and New York, among many others. In 2008, Andres and his dance partner, Meredith Klein, founded the Philadelphia Argentine Tango School. Until Covid-19, Andres was splitting his year between Philadelphia and traveling to teach in other parts of the world.
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www.philadelphiatangoschool.com/andres
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