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Dance tango
Be in tango
WHY ARGENTINE TANGO?..
Dance is a beautiful way to communicate our feelings, thoughts, our experiences to the world. Argentine tango allows individuals to share their stories with each other in a sensitive and elegant way. Tango is more than a dance; it is a culture, an interpretation of life values on a micro scale, it gives an opportunity to express complete love. It is structured, yet free, fully improvised, and unique to every person.
Through tango you can learn to love yourself and to love the person next to you. Tango has the power to awaken emotions and open hearts. By learning argentine tango one can learn to feel music, to interpret movement, and to express themself in creative and fulfilling ways.
…Why do I teach?
I am grateful for the chance to share with you how tango has impacted my life and the horizons it has shown me.
I want to share everything I have absorbed from many talented and amazing teachers across the globe. I started dancing tango in 2012 and my passion motivated me to take any opportunity to improve my skills. The dances I’ve shared with others and the energy we created together on the dance floor transformed me, and I want others to have the same opportunity to learn, grow, and create.
Tango awakened the need in me to create an environment where needs are heard, understood, and addressed.
My goal is to build an inclusive, diverse, mindful safe space with a sense of community & purpose within Houston Tango Community.
We provide a progressive program of classes and a variety of events to bring a tango experience to everyone from Houston and all visitors: Tango Curious (Level 1), Tango Explorer (Level 2), Tango Dedicated (Level 3), Followers Empowering Club (HTFEC), monthly workshops, and an annual international Houston tango marathon. To help you become a socially aware member of the tango community, our schedule will also include a tango etiquette class and a guided practice.
I appreciate your support with all my heart and can hardly express my excitement to welcome everyone.
Iryna Ilyk
Be In Tango Mission
is to be a respectful, inclusive, and safe space, free of stereotypes, where all can express themselves in Houston.
The aim is to empower dancers, to build their confidence, and help them connect with themselves and others in a loving and trusting environment.
Our Class Philosophy …. or what to expect at the class
At the Be In Tango class: Each person in the room is there to challenge themselves. We all are out of our comfort zones and we all share common respect for each other because of that, and encourage each other on to the next step. Each of us is on a personal journey, moving at different speeds, on varying paths, and at different stages of development. Each person and journey is beautiful. We encourage and teach dancers to listen to themselves and be attentive to each other. We appreciate the effort it takes to embark on this tango journey with us and we are grateful to each student who trusts us to guide them. We are open to questions, doubts, concerns, and gladly share experiences. We appreciate individual thinking and we look forward to seeing each unique, creative, and beautiful individual connect, contribute, and compose with us. We engage in different levels of communication about tango and our tango journeys: through dance, classes, discussion, lectures, workshops, and practicas. Come Be In Tango with us.
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Join us in having fun dancing tango everywhere we go. Online lessons are available now.
Tango takes two, but before we communicate to our partner, it is great to have an opportunity to learn your own body and connect with it. And we do it through practice and individual work.
Gaining balance, good posture and smooth movement is the best platform to grow healthy partnership.
Try Individual drills lessons today, no experience dancing needed, it is helpful for all levels and roles.
And look next for online tango lessons with the partner coming SOON!
COVID-19 Update
How are you? I hope with all my heart you and your family is healthy and safe and you are holding up ok through this time. I hope you find space to be kind and loving to yourself.
All our onsite event are temporarily cancelled until further notice and I cannot tell how much I look forward to hug you all again. With understanding the coming back to social life will be long and evolving process tango embrace will not be the first thing we shall be able to experience.
Lets together choose new ways to connect and grow. I am here to hear you any request of lesson community zoom calls or hangouts. We can do this.
So far there are online individual practice lessons available and we shall keep adding new fun online events, hope you shall enjoy them.
Monthly Milonga Fermata
We are excited to invite Houston and visitors to milonga Fermata every first Saturday of the month at a great location with free easy parking, a great new floor, and welcoming, friendly environment. We promote a safe and inclusive space for all who are passionate about dance.
We commit to creating a respectful and empowering space and invite you to share it with us and contribute to our vision.
When: Every First Saturday of the month, 9:30 pm – 1:00 am (temporarily canceled due to COVID-19)
Where: Studio Nia moves, 508 Pecore St
Fee: $12 (cash or paypal/venmo)
About the name: Fermata is a musical notation, indicating the prolonged pause in music. You might have heard the saying: “We dance between the steps”, for us the peak of communication through dance/movement is actually in the moment of stillness right after it. When there is so much desire to express yourself, but there is a pause and you must contain it and find the most subtle way to communicate it. It is that complete presence, honesty in the moment of pause. Hold the pause, embrace the pause, embrace the moment, embrace FERMATA.