Oscar Casas and Jesica Arfenoni
Oscar Casas grew up in Buenos Aires, breathing tango. His father was a milonguero who organized milongas in Parque Patricios, a tango barrio in Buenos Aires. Oscar is a well-known figure in the milongas … Read More
Gustavo Benzecry Saba and Maria Olivera
Gustavo started dancing in the late ‘90s, studying from milongueros and stage performers. In 2003 he met María and they started teaching together at the famous Salón Canning, in Buenos Aires. Their teaching method … Read More
Carrie Field and Mike Malixi
Mike and Carrie offer tools from a playful understanding of the structure of Tango, encouraging students to see all the possibilities. They are passionate about the mechanics of the dance and physical technique, emphasizing … Read More
Homer and Cristina Ladas
Homer and Cristina both started their tango obsession in 1997. They finally met each other at the all-nighter in Berkeley, CA in 2001. After signing-up as dance partners at a Portland Tango Festival in … Read More
Shoes By Yolanda
Argentine Tango fashions and authentic shoes for women and men Comme Il Faut , Neo Tango , VB, Yolanda Rossi, DNI and Fabio’s, including full collections of men and Practica shoes. Shoesbyyolanda@gmail.com 818-296-8736
Distinctive Dancewear Design
We offer an eclectic line of fun, playful,tango inspired dance wear,whatever you fashion style. Both Elizabeth and Mary have Decades of experience with, dance, stage and design. The Combination of knowledge and experience and … Read More
DJ Fernanda Valdovinos
Fernanda started dancing tango in Chile in 2008, but tango music has been always in her life. Her grandparents used to dance and sing tango since she was a baby and she always enjoyed … Read More
DJ Paul Akmajian
Paul Akmajian (Tucson-Albuquerque) has been dancing tango for over 18 years and DJing for the last 11. In addition to being a regular DJ in Tucson, Albuquerque and Santa Fe, Paul has DJ’d at … Read More
Guest Instructor Marc Hussner
The Tucson Tango Festival is happy to welcome Marc Hussner as a guest instructor for the 2017 festival. Marc will be available for privates during the festival both solo and with his partner Patricia … Read More
DJ Brick Robbins
From San Diego, Brick has been DJing for dancers over a decade for both Tango and other genres. He DJs at festivals around the USA, and has DJed in Buenos Aires. With a a … Read More
DJ Derek Tang
Derek is one of the most requested DJs in Los Angeles. He consistently deejays at the most prestigious Milongas throughout Southern California. He has also been a DJ for the San Diego Tango Festival, … Read More
DJ Greg Gee
Greg started dancing tango in 2005 and quickly grew to love it. His love and connection to the music led him into DJing. He is a local favorite in San Diego. His style brings … Read More
Tilly Kimm
Tilly has been a dancer and musician her whole life. She grew up in the classical world, training as a ballet dancer and working as a chorister before branching out into musical theater, where … Read More
Adam and Tilly
Adam Cornett began his obsession with dance in 2000, when he found tango. The organic movement and improvisational nature of tango appealed to his desire for exploration. The desire to continually experiment and share … Read More
Alex and Patricia
Alex Krebs has been dancing tango for 20 years, teaching worldwide for 18 years, and playing bandoneon for 15 years. He is still in love with the dance, the music and culture of tango, … Read More
Alicia Pons & Daniel Arias
Alicia Pons is an elegant and accomplished dancer with refined technique and distinctive personality. She is the most noted for her foot play and sensual seduction, which are done with humor and decorum. She … Read More
New Venue and New Dates
The Tucson Tango Festival is moving to the 1st weekend in March starting in 2017 and to a new Venue, the Casino Del Sol Resort. Casino Del Sol is a 4 star destination resort … Read More
Carrie Field
Carrie has been teaching Pilates, Yoga and Gyrotonics since 1992. She holds certifications in all three practices, holds a Bachlors Degree in dance, and a previous career as a modern dancer where she toured … Read More
Tucson Tango Festival 2016 – Tango at its best
The 2016 Tucson Tango Festival was again a wonderful weekend of workshops and milongas, with fantastic performances by all of the instructors.