World renown tango maestro, Daniel Arias, will personally instruct you how to tango, develop your own dance flow, understand the music, and improvise your tango steps. His tango classes are fun, informative, and detailed. He teaches milonguero style Argentine tango which is the favored style at traditional milongas in Buenos Aires.
Tango classes excel in traditional, close embrace tango danced in confined spaces— the true social tango!
New Dancers/Beginners: Start off confident with a firm tango grounding.
Mature dancers: Eliminate bad habits, cultivate sensitivity to your partner, and improve your floor craft and tango protocol.
Thursdays – 8:30pm-10pm (partner required or pre-register to ensure gender balance
Classes take place at Sophie Dance: 5867 W. 3rd Street Los Angeles, CA 90036
Every Sunday (except first Sunday of the month, no partner required, ideal for beginners
Class: 7pm-8pm
Milonga at 8pm-11pm
Cost: $20 class + milonga or $15 for milonga only
Classes and milonga take place at Sophie Dance: 5867 W. 3rd Street Los Angeles, CA 90036
Contact us today to start your classes. All Skill Levels Welcomed. Beginners encouraged! =)
Daniel teaches tango, the concept, the embrace, musicality. He teaches in a way that will enable you to advance in your tango journey. He knows both the lead and the follow and can help bring your dance to a higher level. He is indeed a maestro de tango. His tango classes are enjoyable and inspiring. Very personable with a good sense of humor!!
I have taken tango classes with Daniel Arias for two years now after 8 years of classes in many cities. I have finally found an instructor who teaches one how to dance tango, how to develop one’s own dance, how to understand the music and apply the steps to it, and how tango technique informs the quality of one’s movements. He teaches Argentine tango in its musical and social cultural context. Not.just.tango.steps!
Daniel is an excellent teacher. His focus is on traditional, close embrace tango danced in confined spaces – the real social tango. New or inexperienced dancers – start off right with a firm tango grounding. Mature dancers – eliminate bad habits, cultivate sensitivity to your partner, and improve your floor craft and tango protocol.
Daniel Arias is a wonderful Argentine tango instructor. his classes are informative and detailed. he teaches Argentine tango milonguero style wich is the style danced at traditional milongas in Buenos Aires.
His emphasis is on musicality and connection and tango dancing in reduced spaces. Highly recommended.
Providing an authentic Argentine Tango experience for you right here in Los Angeles, Maestro Daniel Arias is not only unique and highly skilled tango maestro, he also is the only Milonguero style tango class instructor in Los Angeles.
Milonguero tango is characterized by a close embrace dancing style with an emphasis on the connection between you and your partner and expressing ourselves through the music while moving in connected unison. Daniel’s style is the traditional style of tango so prevalent in Milongas throughout Buenos Aires.
Emphasis is also placed on musicality, improvisation and crisp movements. Daniel does not teach steps per se. Rather, he teaches you to develop your tango dance essence so that you may improvise and combine learned tango steps on the spot and immediately participate and connect with the music instead of mechanically dancing to a set of predetermined patterns.