Classes, workshops, and milongas built for real community.

Instructor

Tango Mercurio teaching team

Location

Balance Gym Capitol Hill (3rd floor), 214 D St. SE, Washington, DC 20003

Price

$130 · 6-week series

Our most popular gateway to tango! A fun, hands-on 6-week progressive series exploring the fundamentals — balance, posture, connection, musicality, and technique. Class vocabulary includes the tango walk, cunitas, the follower's cross, back ochos, the ocho cortado, navigational tools, and introductory adornments. No partner required.

Instructor

Tango Mercurio teaching team

Location

La Cosecha, 1280 4th Street NE, Washington, DC 20002

Price

$130 · weekend bootcamp

All the material from the 6-week Tango Initiation series condensed into one fun weekend of two 3-hour sessions — balance, posture, basic musical education, and technique for tango movement while improvising with a partner. Pre-registration required. Pairs well with the 6-week Initiation series to accelerate learning.

Instructor

Tango Mercurio teaching team

Location

Balance Gym Capitol Hill (3rd floor), 214 D St. SE, Washington, DC 20003

Price

$130 · 6-week series

The bridge between Tango Initiation/Bootcamp and Tango Essentials. Review the basics and fundamentals from Tango Initiation, explore combinations, and dig into cross system in more depth. Prerequisite: 6-week Tango Initiation, Weekend Bootcamp, or prior tango experience (6–9 hours of instruction).

Instructor

Tango Mercurio teaching team

Location

La Cosecha, 1280 4th Street NE, Washington, DC 20002

Price

Free (first 30 registrants)

Kick off the Fall program with two FREE tango classes: Intro to Tango (1–2pm) and Tango Essentials — Classic & Timeless Sequences (2–3pm). Free for the first 30 registrants. Registration required.

Instructor

Tango Mercurio teaching team

Location

Balance Gym Capitol Hill (1st floor), 214 D St. SE, Washington, DC 20003

Price

$130 · 6-week series, $30 drop-in

When the going gets tough, the tough get turning! Develop a strong grasp of technique, theory, and timing for giros and molinettes — the most useful tools for navigating crowded dance floors — exploring the subtleties and dynamics for smooth, powerful, effortless turns.

Instructor

Tango Mercurio teaching team

Location

La Cosecha, 1280 4th Street NE, Washington, DC 20002

Price

$35 · 1-day workshop

A 3-hour intensive to get you grooving to milongas at the milongas! Learn classic, timeless, and iconic combinations “stolen” from old milongueros(as).

Instructor

Tango Mercurio teaching team

Location

Balance Gym Capitol Hill (1st floor), 214 D St. SE, Washington, DC 20003

Price

$130 · 6-week series, $30 drop-in

The bridge from the classroom to the social dance floor. Focusing on the essential elements of Argentine tango in both parallel and cross systems, this course develops mastery, improvisation, navigation, and musicality — refining fundamentals, expanding vocabulary, learning clockwise and counter-clockwise turns, and exploring the ocho cortado.

Instructor

Tango Mercurio teaching team

Location

La Cosecha, 1280 4th Street NE, Washington, DC 20002

Price

$50 · 2-day workshop

Explore rolling and dissociation — the two most essential components for a dynamic, comfortable connection in the tango embrace — then apply them to an in-depth exploration of alterations (changes of direction), opening up fluid turns in the line of dance and improvisation in tight spaces.

Instructor

Tango Mercurio teaching team

Location

La Cosecha, 1280 4th Street NE, Washington, DC 20002

Price

$35 · 1-day workshop

Explore the use of rebounds in social dancing as powerful tools for musical expression across rhythmic orchestras — developing and refining the technique, timing, and precision of rebotes, including their many variations.

Instructor

Tango Mercurio teaching team

Location

La Cosecha, 1280 4th Street NE, Washington, DC 20002

Price

$15 · drop-in

Whether you're learning for the first time or need a refresher, we cover special topics throughout the season, including sacadas and boleos. Drop-ins allowed. Dates: Sept 13, 27; Oct 11, 25; Nov 22; Dec 13, 27.

Instructor

Community floor

Location

La Cosecha, 1280 4th Street NE, Washington, DC 20002

Price

$15 · drop-in

Enjoy your hard work and mingle with our local DC community at our afternoon social event. Drop-ins allowed. Dates: Sept 13, 27; Oct 11, 25; Nov 22; Dec 13, 27.