Metro Atlanta Tango

Tango Lessons in Atlanta at OUMAOur 8-week Beginner Tango Courses are held on Mondays at the Museum (OUMA). Check for the next start date in the registration form on the right sidebar. Sign up now.

The Beginner Tango Lessons as well as Intermediate are held in the venue shown in the photo above.

General information on Atlanta Tango Events

Metro Atlanta area has a nice and active tango community. On this page you will find a compiled information about schools of Tango Atlanta and milongas (complements of Tango Bohemia):

(The information came from teachers, organizers, or their respective websites. Contact me for changes or corrections. Listed in alphabetical order.)

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* Atlanta Tango

Atlanta Tango offers the experience of tango as it is danced in Buenos Aires and the best festivals in the United States. Atlanta Tango aims to get students on the social dance floor as quickly as possible. We want you to be able to share the passion and elegance of this beautiful dance—and not be stuck in classes forever without a social dancing experience. We teach the close embrace style of tango, also known as milonguero or apilado, which predominates in the crowded clubs of central Buenos Aires. Unlike the performance version of tango, the social dance is improvised. The close embrace style emphasizes the connection between partners and musicality and uses a rich and subtle body language.
Teachers: Angel Montero and April Parker.

* BATA

Buenos Aires Tango Academy offers tango classes on Tuesdays at Several Dancers Core in Decatur, GA. Fundamentals classes start at 7:30pm for one hour, Intermediate/Advanced are at 8:30 for one hour as well. Horacio also teaches regular workshops in North and South Carolina.
Teachers: Horacio and Marissa Arcidiacono

* Danneman’s Milonga + Practica – NOT HOSTED NOW

Drop by to dance tango at the Atlanta downtown location, or just have a glass of wine, chat, and enjoy the edgy urban atmosphere. We welcome all tango dancers – no matter what age or nationality you are or what the “color” of your tango is.

WHERE: Danneman’s Coffee Shop, 466 Edgewood Ave., Atlanta GA 30312 (corner of Boulevard and Edgewood)
WHAT DAY: First and third Wed of the month, 9-12pm (unless noted otherwise)
WHAT TIME: Learn from 8-9pm, Social Dancing from 9-12pm

* La Cooperativa Milonguera

LCM is a group of 40+ tango enthusiasts here in Atlanta sponsoring Milonga Buenos Aires generally on the last Sunday of each month. MBA welcomes all dancers while making a special place for the Buenos Aires style of close embrace. Horacio Arcidiacono offers instruction and personal coaching before the milonga from 6:30-7:30pm.
Organizer: Ron Dennis.

*Tango Bohemia

Tango in Atlanta Information Page

Tango Bohemia offers Tango in Atlanta on Mondays (Beginner and Intermediate Classes) starting at 7:00p. Visit our |About| page for information on the Tango Instructor. We also host two monthly milongas in Atlanta (Tango parties) – Milonga Bohemia on a 3rd Friday of a month at Daza Dance Studio in Buckhead and Milonga OUMA on a 3rd Sunday of the month at Oglethorpe University Museum of Art on Peachtree Road. You can join our email list to get the latest Tango news and bookmark our blog page with posts about Tango in Atlanta, GA.
Teacher: Ilya

* Tangueros Emory (a student-led organization)

Horacio teaches weekly tango classes at Emory in Atlanta Mondays at 7:30 pm, which is intended for Emory-affiliated persons, but the practicas, 8:30 – 10:00 pm, are free and open for everyone. We also have milongas the first Saturday of every month, with Horacio teaching an introductory lesson beforehand. Our milongas are organized by the students, and Horacio DJs.

* Tango Evolution

TE tango classes in Atlanta focus on teaching a social style of Tango which enables our students to dance anywhere in the world, from Atlanta to Buenos Aires to Paris. In our classes, we combine the techniques of traditional Tango with the newer ideas of Tango Nuevo. Through the use of a dynamic embrace, our students are able to comfortably dance any style of Tango. We offer classes that range from beginning students taking their first steps to classes with the newest advanced techniques in the art of Tango.
Teachers: Clint Rauscher, Lena Hrybok, Kevin & Edie Mason, Shelley Brooks.

* Tango Rio

Tango Rio is dedicated to promoting Argentine Tango as a social dance and art form. You’ll find us in Atlanta, teaching, performing and hosting special events. About six times a year Tango Rio organizes a tango party – Milonga at Callanwolde Fine Arts Center.
Teachers: Ronda and Manuel Patino, Gabriela Lopez.

* Tango Salon

Rick and Lynda teach Open Embrace and Close Embrace Tango at Atlanta Ballroom Dance Centre, in Sandy Springs. They host Barrio Norte Milonga on the second Saturday of each month.
Teachers: Rick and Lynda Wilson.