Spring 2026: Enrollment

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Located at Motivo LA in Atwater Village, LA TANGO ACADEMY offers a comprehensive curriculum designed to guide you from your first steps on the dance floor, to becoming a skillful and advanced dancer.

Schedule 2026

  • The next session starts July 1.

  • Space is limited & classes are role balanced.

  • No partner required.

    • We offer two semesters per year (starting January & July). Each level (Tango 100, Tango 200 etc.) includes 2 courses which can be taken in either order or at the same time.

    • Once you advance to Tango 200 and beyond, any previously completed level is complimentary with an active membership. This way, the farther you get in the curriculum, the more classes you can attend with your membership.

    • All classes are limited in size & role balanced.

    • Our curriculum classes (Tango 100-400) offer drop-in access only during the first 4 weeks of each semester, after that, a monthly commitment is required as we progress through the curriculum.

    • We do offer the following drop-in classes/events on an on-going bases: TangoFit, LegTech & Beginner Bootcamp, as well as Practicas and Milongas (social dancing).

    • Best thing is to start at the beginning of a new semester. If you want, you can catch one of our 2h Beginner Bootcamps to try things out prior to a new semester.

    • If you miss the enrollment window, or need to start late, you can get caught up and join the ongoing session by taking our Beginner Bootcamp Intensive.

    • You can also jumpstart your tango journey or catch with an ongoing session anytime with private lessons.

    • For dancers with 2 or more years of experience, please contact us if you have any questions re placement in the intermediate/advanced levels (Tango 200-400).

Year 1:

Tango 100

Beginner/All Levels

An introduction to Tango concepts, connection, musicality, and movement. This course is for anyone who's never danced Tango before, but also for the experienced Tango dancer to learn the other role.

$145/month

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When you sign up for a Tango 100 membership, you have access to all classes at the “100 level” & “all levels”. We recommend attending as many classes as your schedule allows!

Year 2:

Tango 200

A deep exploration of dancing in close embrace while maintaining comfort and connection.  Dancing in small spaces, exploring rhythm and musicality, this course is designed to prepare the tango student for the milonga.

$145/month

Prerequisite - Tango 100 or assessment:

  • Salida básica

  • Ocho cortado

  • Turn to the left

  • Media luna

  • Pasadas

  • Forward ochos

  • Back ochos

  • Abanico

  • Changing between cross system and parallel system

  • Walking  in close embrace

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Special Dates:

  • Every Wednesday: Milonga Arrabal

  • Sep 7: Beginner Bootcamp

  • Sep 10: 1st day of class, Fall 25

  • 1st weekend of October No class/Practica (due to Gavito Tango Festival

Year 3:

Tango 300

This course focuses on axis and how it's used to create dynamics and direction in the dance. It explores shared axis movements and how the free leg responds to changes of the axis.

$145/month

Pre-requisite - Tango 200 or assessment:

  • The molinete timing and mechanics as a solo drill

  • Media vuelta with 2 sacadas

  • Media luna with 1 sacada

  • Basic vals timing: 121 & 131 

  • Milonga lisa & traspié 

  • Milonguero groove in close embrace 

  • All 100 material in close embrace

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Year 4:

Tango 400

This course delves deeper into axis awareness including micro & macro off-axis movements, soltadas (breaking the embrace) and overturned pivots/movements.

$145/month

Prerequisite - Tango 300 or assessment:

  • Calesita

  • Front & back boleos

  • Molinete with enrosque

  • Molinete with sacada

  • Forced cross

  • Back sacada

  • Basic leg wrap

  • Transitioning between 3 embraces.

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What people are saying.

  • I highly recommend Emma and Richard to anybody who wants to learn tango. They explain every move so well and are just phenomenal. I love taking classes with them, it's very fun. I wish all my friends had interest in tango and we could all dance together.

    ~ Yana

  • Taking lessons at LA Tango Academy has been an absolute joy every step of the way. Richard and Emma are highly skilled dancers and teachers who foster a warm community environment for learning the art form.

    ~ Peter

  • I feel like i landed on my feet and have found the best teachers to help me gain a really strong foundation in Tango. I had no prior dance experience, and was a little nervous, but immediately felt comfortable, and am now addicted.

    ~ Lynne

  • They do such a fantastic job of describing, demonstrating, and cueing optimal movement mechanics. LATA has given me the tools to better understand how small adjustments can vastly improve the look and FEEL of the dance.

    ~ Carolyn

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Location:

LA TANGO ACADEMY resides at MOTIVO LA in Atwater Village!

✨ 3509 Casitas Ave. Los Angeles, 90039 ✨

Atwater Village is bordered on the north and east by Glendale, on the south by Echo Park, on the southwest by Los Feliz and Silver Lake and on the west by Griffith Park.