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Featured On Joe’s Tango Podcast!

Featured On Joe’s Tango Podcast!

Posted onMay 6, 2019May 11, 2019 By Jonas

Joe’s Tango Podcast has interviewed many people I would call friend, mentor, teacher, and inspiration! It is an insightful and … Continue ReadingFeatured On Joe’s Tango Podcast!

Being a Tango DJ

Being a Tango DJ

Posted onMay 1, 2019May 6, 2019 By Jonas

Selecting music for tango dancers to dance to is a labor of love. To do it well takes many hours … Continue ReadingBeing a Tango DJ

SFLovesTango: “10 Reasons to Love Tango”

SFLovesTango: “10 Reasons to Love Tango”

Posted onApril 23, 2019May 19, 2019 By Jonas

We recently took over as curators and admins for the website “SFLovesTango” which is a great resource for tango in … Continue ReadingSFLovesTango: “10 Reasons to Love Tango”

Tango with Jonas & Xiaomin

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working in tech by day โ˜€๏ธ dabbling in tango by night โœจ

Tango with Jonas & Xiaomin
Jonas and I are out in the east coast for some fun Jonas and I are out in the east coast for some fun (tango included!) so will miss the @berkeleytangoclub this Sunday, but learning & practicing shouldn't stop for you! No partner required. ๐Ÿ•ฐ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†,๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ - ๐Ÿฎ๐—ฝ๐—บ ๐Ÿ“ Eshleman Hall at #ucberkeley, room 10 in the basement ๐Ÿ†“ FREE for students & affiliates ๐Ÿ’ฐ$10 for community members (pre-register EACH WEEK! Link in bio ๐Ÿ”—) Weโ€™ll be back next week so see yโ€™all soon! ๐Ÿ”œ . . . #tango #argentinetango #tangoclass #partnerdance #learningisfun #embrace #bailar #practicepracticepractice
๐Ÿ•ฐ Itโ€™s been a minute since we last hosted the ๐Ÿ•ฐ Itโ€™s been a minute since we last hosted the all-night milonga at The Beat. How long ago was February, 2020 again? We almost forgot how much work there was before and after, and everything in between that could possibly go wrong... But last Saturday we pulled it off! ๐Ÿ™Œ ๐Ÿค— Shout out to @dombhuphaibool and all those who joined the Chacarera class, and to DJ @dhruvsyngh for the great music that kept everyone dance all night! (now, time for a little break before we venture to the east coast...๐Ÿ›ซ) . . . #tango #argentinetango #tangoevent #milonganight #folkloreargentine #chacarera #socialdancing #danceallnightlong
After another tango-packed weekend (so packed that After another tango-packed weekend (so packed that we almost thought we breathed tango๐Ÿ˜…) we are back to our regularly scheduled program โ€“ Monday all-level class (8:15-9:30pm, continuing the fun & exploratory theme!) and prรกctica till 12:30am with guest DJ @diablito.tanguero, with a Chacarera intermission ~11pm ish! ๐Ÿ“ @thebeatberk pre-registeration link in bio! ๐Ÿ”— $20 class & prรกctica or prรกctica only Cash, Venmo or PayPal accepted. Pre-payment is appreciated but not required to attend. . . . #tango #tangoargentino #tangoclass #partnerdance #practicepracticepractice
๐Ÿ‘‹ Hello, beautiful humans! TOMORROW Monday Tang ๐Ÿ‘‹ Hello, beautiful humans! TOMORROW Monday Tango at @thebeatberk, we'll continue with the fun & exploratory theme for the class, and we'll have DJ Douglas for the first time playing music for the practica! ๐Ÿด:๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ-๐Ÿต:๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ๐—ฝ All-levels class with @jonas.aqui & Xiaomin ๐Ÿต:๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ๐—ฝ-๐Ÿฌ:๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ๐—ฎ+ Practica with Guest DJ Douglas ~๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐—ฝ๐—บ ish Chacarera break Pre-register link in bio! ๐Ÿ”— . . . #tango #tangoargentino #tangoclass #partnerdance #bailar #embrace #timetopractice
๐Ÿ”” The first class of Fall semester with @berkel ๐Ÿ”” The first class of Fall semester with @berkeleytangoclub starts TOMORROW!! ๐Ÿ”œ ๐Ÿ—“ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ through November 27 ๐Ÿ•ฐ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ-๐Ÿญ๐—ฝ๐—บ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ & ๐Ÿญ-๐Ÿฎ๐—ฝ๐—บ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟรก๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ ๐Ÿ“ Eshleman Hall (2465 Bancroft Way, Berkeley), room #10 in the basement FREE for students & $10 for community members (there's still time to pre-register! Link in bio ๐Ÿ”—) See you soon! . . . #tango #argentinetango #tangoclass #newsemester #partnerdance #learningisfun #embrace #bailar
๐Ÿคฉ After 5yrs and in 24hrs, tomorrow we'll set f ๐Ÿคฉ After 5yrs and in 24hrs, tomorrow we'll set foot at ๐€๐ฅ๐ฆ๐š ๐๐ž๐ฅ ๐“๐š๐ง๐ ๐จ in Marin county again to teach milonga! That's right, more milonga simply because we can't get enough of it! ๐Ÿ˜„ ๐——๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ฃ-๐—œ๐—ก ๐— ๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—” ๐—–๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐Ÿต๐˜๐—ต 6-7p Beginner class, $20 7:15-8:15p Intermediate class, $20 8:30-10p Prรกctica (all Levels), $10 ๐Ÿฎ-๐—ช๐—˜๐—˜๐—ž ๐— ๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—” ๐—ช๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ž๐—ฆ๐—›๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—ฆ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐˜๐—ต & ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿณ๐˜๐—ต, ๐Ÿฐ:๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ-๐Ÿฒ๐—ฝ๐—บ 1hr class + 30min "mini" prรกctica, $50 ๐Ÿ‘‡Pay to register๐Ÿ‘‡ Venmo, Zelle or Paypal to Debbie@almadeltango.org . . . #tango #tangoargentino #tangolesson #milonga #partnerdance #bailar #improvisacion
๐Ÿ˜Ž Send off the summer with some Tango with us t ๐Ÿ˜Ž Send off the summer with some Tango with us tomorrow! Pre-registration link in bio๐Ÿ”— ๐Ÿด:๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ-๐Ÿต:๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ๐—ฝ All-levels class with @jonas.aqui & Xiaomin ๐Ÿต:๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ๐—ฝ-๐Ÿฌ:๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ๐—ฎ+ Practica with Guest DJ @lebendiguna ~๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐—ฝ๐—บ ish Chacarera break For the next 3 Mondays, our theme is ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป! ๐Ÿ˜‰ We'll learn together as we play some Tango games. Join us to find out what they are! ๐Ÿ“ @thebeatberk Vaccine+Booster and high-quality masks (KF94/KN95/N95) are required. Looking forward to seeing you! . . . #tango #argentinetango #tangolesson #embrace #bailar #letshavefun #playandlearn #byesummer
โœจ Milonga night out is always more fun with frie โœจ Milonga night out is always more fun with friends! Last night at @milongamalevaje is one of those ๐Ÿค— . . . #tango #tangoargentino #bayareatango #bailar #milonga #friendsmakeitbetter #jxtango
๐ŸคŸ 3 days ago we celebrated our 3rd wedding anni ๐ŸคŸ 3 days ago we celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary by doing what we love the most - teaching & dancing milonga! ๐Ÿฅณ Finishing our last class of the 3-week Milonga series at @abrazoqueertango with an improvised role-switching demo performance was truly special! โ™ฅ๏ธ Every time when someone outside of our tango circles ask us "how did you two meet?", we always say "we met on the dance floor". What we often don't have the right moment to share is, it's nothing like those love-at-first-sight drama scenes. Life is like tango off the dance floor. There are blissful rondas and there are challenging ones. We've walked some miles, and yet it's still just early in a life-long journey. ยกVรกmonos! ๐ŸŽฅ Jessie S. ๐Ÿ‘—๐Ÿ‘–๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ‘ž by @touchlinetango & @tangolerashoes . . . #happyanniversary #doingwhatwelove #tango #bailar #partnerinlife #followme
๐Ÿฅณ Yay, WE DID IT! ๐Ÿฅณ the 8-week intro to #tan ๐Ÿฅณ Yay, WE DID IT! ๐Ÿฅณ the 8-week intro to #tango beginner series at @ywcaberkeleyoakland was a wrap! ๐Ÿ™ We are very grateful for this seriously happy bunch for their trust in us. โ™ฅ๏ธ They made learning the fundamentals fun & special every week for the past two months. ๐Ÿค— Treating them with yummy empanadas by @theba.cafe and alfajores by @woodentablebaking seems just right! ๐Ÿ˜‹ The Chinese has a saying, โ€œๅƒ้‡Œไน‹่กŒ๏ผŒๅง‹ๆ–ผ่ถณไธ‹โ€, which means โ€œthe journey of a thousand miles begins with a single stepโ€. Tango is a dance of walking, and we love the introductory classes because we want to help our students walk their first a few tango steps with warm feelings, and carry that with them as they continue the learning journey on their own terms. #keepdancing #neverstoplearning #tangolesson #itsjustthebeginning
๐Ÿ˜„ Last Sunday at @abrazoqueertango was filled w ๐Ÿ˜„ Last Sunday at @abrazoqueertango was filled with giggles as we uncovered more tips & tools dancing to milonga! ๐Ÿ’Ž ๐Ÿ™Œ Kudos to Xiaomin who taught solo again (like a boss!๐Ÿ˜Ž) but @jonas.aqui is finally well & back to join our final class of the 3-week milonga series this coming Sunday! ๐Ÿ•  ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐Ÿด/๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿด, ๐Ÿฑ:๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ-๐Ÿฒ:๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฝ๐—บ ๐Ÿ“ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น, 1970 Chestnut St, Berkeley, CA 94702 Contact ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐—ผ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ผ@๐—ด๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น.๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ to get on the list! . . . #tango #tangoargentino #tangoclass #tangolesson #milonga #partnerdance #improvisacion #bailar #neverstoplearning #queertango #lgbtqally #jxtango
๐Ÿคพ๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ When life throws you a curve bal ๐Ÿคพ๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ When life throws you a curve ball, you catch it & roll with it! ๐Ÿ’ช @jonas.aqui is still out of commission (feisty fist waving at the damn ๐Ÿฆ !), so Xiaomin's solo teaching continues TOMORROW at @abrazoqueertango, week 2 of the 3-part Milonga series! ๐ŸŒˆ More tools & tips for your milonga dancing so you can stop stressing out about it! ๐Ÿค“ ๐Ÿ“ธ @ououborneo . . . #tango #tangoargentino #tangoclass #tangolesson #milonga #bailar #sundayfunday #embrace #partnerdance #tangodancers #neverstoplearning #bayareatango #queertango #lgbtqally
When the partner-in-crime is out of town... Teachi When the partner-in-crime is out of town... Teaching solo ๐Ÿ’ช and doing class summary demo with a graceful student (thanks for trusting!๐Ÿ™) ๐ŸŽฅ Andy L. . . . #tango #tangoargentino #tangolesson #tangoclass #tangodancer #partnerdance #embrace #improvise #tanguera
โœจ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ โœจ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด... โœจ Our 8-week Intro to Argentine Tango beginner series at @ywcaberkeleyoakland hits the half way mark today! โœจ ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ โœจ There's no front desk staff for the summer so please enter through the ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฟ and find us at the auditorium! The 1hr progressive โ€œFunโ€damentals class is closed for registration now but the ๐Ÿฎ๐—ต๐—ฟ ๐—š๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟรก๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ โ€œ๐—ฌโ€ ๐Ÿณ:๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ โ€“ ๐Ÿต:๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฝ๐—บ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ-๐—ถ๐—ป every Tuesday through 8/23! Queer-friendly & all are welcome. ๐ŸŒˆ ๐Ÿ‘‰ Get your tickets on Eventbrite (link in bio ๐Ÿ”—) or contact YWCA: 510-848-6370 Monday โ€“ Friday 9 AM โ€“ 5 PM, or email info@ywca-berkeley.org anytime. ๐Ÿ“ 2600 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA 94704 . . . #tango #argentinetango #tangoclass #tangopractica #bailar #neverstoplearning #bayareatango #jxtango
๐ŸŒˆ We're back to @abrazoqueertango TODAY Saturd ๐ŸŒˆ We're back to @abrazoqueertango TODAY Saturday, 7/16 at Abrazo, the Queer Milonga!๐ŸŒˆ 6-7 pm: beginner's class โ€“ no partner required 7-10 pm: Milonga with DJ @jonas.aqui 8:30 pm: Birthday Vals, yes Queen! ๐Ÿ˜Š Come dance with us, enjoy life and be happy! ๐Ÿ“ Finnish Hall at 1970 Chestnut St., Berkeley CA *Limited to 35 dancers* Fans out. All windows open. Upgraded masks on. Vax + booster verification required. ๐Ÿ“ธ @jazzgirltt . . . #saturdayvibes #tango #argentinetango #tangoargentino #tangoclass #milongas #queertango #bayareatango #bailar #tangophotography #jxtango
Eat. Sleep. Tango. Repeat. That was the rhythm we Eat. Sleep. Tango. Repeat. That was the rhythm we had last weekend thanks to @noras_tango_week . @jonas.aqui had a blast DJing the Afternoon Milonga on Saturday โ€“ it was so lovely to see our friends connect & watch them dance, even a baby tanguera was on the floor! We also got to study with @maja_marko_tango again after 4 years, learned from @inesmuzzopappa & @gabymatalovely for the first time, danced & caught up with old friends & made new ones, awestruck & inspired by maestros' performances, witnessed the historical moment of Nora passing the torch to the next generation (huge congrats @tanguera_e & Ramada!), enjoyed live tango music by @pabloestigarribiaok, Seth Asarnow & @jazzgirltt @voice.declassified, watched documentary films, recharged with yummy treats from @formosachocolates & @woodentablebaking, and shared snippets of the 4-day long event & our โ™ฅ๏ธ for #tango through the lens of @sflovestango. It was a very packed yet rewarding #staycation for us! . . . #tango #tangoargentino #argentinetango #tangoevent #tangofestival #tangoweekend #tangoclass #tangomusic #tangodj #bayareatango #sflovestango #jxtango
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