With the rest of the world, Portland has closed milongas, practicas, and tango classes to help slow down the COVID-19 pandemic.  We miss them!

There is so much uncertainty and we don’t know how long it will be before we have the ability to dance with each other again.  

We have heard so many members of our wonderful community ask: What can I do to help? 

The Portland Tango Association is facilitating a fundraising effort in order to preserve the community that we love so much.  

There are 2 ways you can help:

• You can donate directly to some of our special venues that are in need of assistance.
• You can also make a donation to the general fund for Portland Tango.  These funds will be used to help the community get back on its feet after this crisis. Possible examples of how these funds could be used are: assistance to venues, events, and scholarships

Milonga el Zorzal
Friday, January 17, 2020

The next all vinyl Milonga el Zorzal takes flight Friday January 17th at the beautiful Polish Hall in Portland Oregon. Zorzal is the longest running all vinyl milonga in the US! Join us for this special evening you won’t soon forget.

Friday 8:00pm-12:30am.
3832 N Interstate Ave, Portland, OR 97227

DJ Robert Hauk spins 4+ hours of all vinyl traditional tango. Guaranteed to keep you on the floor and smiling.
The 100 year old hardwood floor at the Polish, with it’s lovely acoustics, provide the perfect venue to experience my collection of over 300 vinyl records. Each carefully selected to provide high calibre, danceable music, brought to you in the warm sounds of vinyl. This sound quality would not be possible without the big Frequencia sound system by Ward Stevens. A nice spread of food will be available on the dance floor free of charge.

Bring your favourite partner and enjoy the longest running all vinyl tango event in the US.
$20 at the door.

Semi formal attire recommended.
Let’s make a night of it!
❤️Angela

Thursday Milonga
Grand Opening Thursday Jan 9, 2020

“LA DIVINA”
At the Village Ballroom
704 NE Dekum St, Portland, OR 97211

weekly Thursday Milonga with traditional music, food, and beverage

Hosts: Gly and Rebecca
Tango lesson: 7:15pm
Dancing: 8-11/11:30pm

Food and Beverage available for purchase on site through the Oregon Public House
contact: rebeccaroricksmith@gmail.com

February 23- March 3, 2020, workshops weekend with Jose Garofalo, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Jose will be offering classes in historical forms of tango, as well as modern, experimental explorations of tango now! Jose is a relaxed, funny, experienced teacher with 30+ years of tango under his belt. There will be group classes, small group intensives and private lessons.

Stay tuned for details, and if you are the flash mob/performance in the street kinda folks, we may have an interesting proposition for you. As you may know, Jose organizes a multi-media tango festival in Buenos Aires. and does a lot of performance art/street tango/etc., and we’ve been talking about having a bit of fun in PDX 🙂

Information and registration for Jose’s workshops will be on Elizabeth’s page as details firm up.

With 2020 on the horizon, it’s time to get ready for the next biannual PDX Tango Intensive, coming up the first weekend of the year: January 3-6, 2020.

7 workshops, 10+ hours of instruction, as well as two free practicas following the Sunday and Monday workshops.

To stay in touch with announcements and updates: Facebook Event Page
or contact dominic.bridge@gmail.com.

July 27-28, 2019, workshops weekend with Gaston Olguin, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

I am excited to introduce Gaston to the Portland Tango Community, his insights into the tango dance are amazing!

Gaston is part of the young tango dancers wave coming out of Buenos Aires. He works regularly with Luciana Valle in her Buenos Aires Tango Intensivo.

Gaston will also be in town for a whole week, so if you are interested in booking privates with him, and I would suggest you to do so, send a message to: luisa-tangopdx@tanichezini.com.

Check Gaston’s schedule of classes below or check link for more information

Early bird registration starts on June 25, 2019.

To get updates tells us if you are interested or plan to come to the workshops on Gaston’s event page on Facebook and sign up with your email at the bottom of here. I will send email announcements occasionally, not many don’t worry, to remind you about the event.