Tango Lessons, Tango Tours, Tango Taxi Dancing 2009
TANGO LESSONS, TANGO TOURS, TANGO TAXI DANCING 2009
About us: our classes are bilingual, and concentrate on the music, embrace, connection, improvisation, and sensuality of tango milonguero, the most popular and traditional style of the Buenos Aires milongas, where we are well-known. We do not dance stage tango, and do not teach choreography. We've been dancing together for more than four years, and were finalists in the Campeonato Metropolitano de Tango de Buenos Aires 2006.
I've been dancing tango since 1997, and have studied with Fernanda y Guillermo, Julio y Carina, Francisco y Natalia, Suzuki Avellaneda, Juan Bruno, Nito y Elba, Fabian Salas, Gustavo Naveira, and, most of all, Carlos Gavito.
Ruben has been dancing tango in the milongas of Buenos Aires since 1980. He came to the tango from a background of folklore and rock 'n roll.
What Ruben and I offer for dancing tango in Buenos Aires:
Private lessons for one person with Ruben and me, 1 hour: $60 us, which includes studio and translation, if needed. For a couple, 1 1/2 hours; $80 us.
Note: With lots of tango teaching experience, we feel that it's better to start out with a few private lessons to make sure you don't develop bad habits (which can take years to break), and learn the fundamentals of technique before you learn steps and figures. After you develop a base of tango technique, then it can be fun to take group classes to meet new people.
Here in Buenos Aires, "everyone" is a tango teacher, even if they've had only ten lessons more than you. Cheap lessons aren't necessarily the best. There are shoe stores and hotels which offer free lessons. But sometimes you get what you pay for.
Group classes: to be arranged
Packages: a 10% discount given when purchasing a package of 10 classes in advance;
Milonga accompaniment with both of us, explaining the codigos, etc., including entrance fees, soft drink, transportation to and from our studio in Boedo. (Discount given if a private student.)
Taxi Dance Service: Ruben or I will accompany and dance with a client in the milonga of their choice--$50 us for two hours, plus expenses (transportation, entrance, soft drink.)
Two-Day Intensive Tango Tour: a one-hour private tango lesson, coffee in an historic cafe, a parrilla lunch or dinner (not including drinks), a cultural/historical excursion, tango shoe shopping, a milonga accompaniment, transportation between activities: $400 us.
Escorted Day Trips to the Gaucho Fair at Mataderos, and to the Delta of Tigre.
We also can advise and help with music and CDs.
All of our friends and students are invited to join us at our table in La Milonga de los Consagrados, Saturdays from 6:30-10:30, Humberto Primo 1462. Please just let us know in advance that you are coming so we can save room.
Hasta pronto!
FOR TESTIMONIALS: please see the Comments, or email me for referrals.
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26 comments:
Thanks Cherie. Good info to keep in mind for the future.
Cherie y Ruben,
You are the best!!! Wonderful milonguero y milonguera. I had a great time with both of you and had enjoyed your company tremendously.
See you soon in Feb.
XO
Cherie and Reuben,
Another great night together. The time just flew by. You both have
been such an important part of making our time here everything we had hoped for and more. Hopefully we'll see you teaching in the US. In any case, I'm hoping our paths will cross again sooner rather than later. My best to both of you in your teaching, you have so much to offer. Cherie, we'll be following the blog and definitely will stay connected. Thanks again for being such great teachers and generous friends.
Guillermo
Truly, having the opportunity not only to learn from you but to become friends has been such an important part of our sojourn in South America. Hopefully we will have the chance to return the favor and the pleasure when you and Ruben FINALLY get to the US to teach!
Mary
Minneapolis
Thanks for the photos Cherie, we both really loved it and I sang your praises to Sarah who later forced Noah to dance.
Jess really liked it and said it may have been the best thing she did in BA, and that if she had done it earlier she would have done it everyday.
I think Tango lessons are likely to follow in Bermuda, and I hope they at least come close to tangocherie.
Adam
Thank you Thank you Thank you again for the life-changing lessons! If there are any travel sites/blogs etc. where you feel my posting a recommendation would be especially beneficial to you, please let me know and I will do so in glowing terms.
See you next year! I’ll be studying Spanish in the meantime, and I can’t wait to hear Ruben’s jokes!
Besos,
Sarah
Ohio
Hell-o Cherie and Ruben, How are ya's doing. I am
working now and there is lots of snow on the ground
still. I miss seeing you both much and your smiles.
The tango here is so different as compared only one
night a week, I feel as though I do not fit in here
cause it is a different dance, I am at a crossroads. I
will work alot to re-visit, "the plan". I just wanted
to say Hi and let ya know I was thinking of yas.
Abrazos,
Don
Alaska
Thank you and, especially Ruben, for your integrity
(not trying to capture me into many lessons)
and for a wonderful experience.
With much appreciation...un abrazo,
Adria
Saludos Cherie and Ruben, A quick howdy from Santa Barbara. Joanna and I are finally settled back into Santa Barbara after one month in South America. We enjoyed meeting you, and taking your wonderful Tango lessons. Someday we will return and look you guys up. If you are ever in California, be sure and stop by Santa Barbara.
Warm regards,
Stan Krome – Joanna Morgan
Hi Cherie,
We are safely back to US.
First of all, I enjoyed the lesson by you and Ruben.
I thank you.
I think you make a good team and could improve my tango a lot. I hope to return to BsAs in the fall for two months and take more lessons.
Un abrazo grande,
ted ozawa
Hola Cherie y Ruben
Hoy me llamó Alejandro encantado con lo de anoche en El Beso. Estaba muy contento porque había sido una sorpresa total para su mujer. El les dijo que iban a ir al teatro. Estaban todos muy sorprendidos y felices con el baile muy especial.
Un beso
Cyn
Cynthia Lowe
Tour Guide
Hola.
I liked the dance lessons with you. I am just sorry we did not meet you earlier so we could have taken more. But I have to say that on the two last milongas I danced a lot and the men said I danced good, surely it was because of you and Ruben. Anyway, When I come back to BA next time I will contact you at once.
I hope i will see you soon and I wish you "good luck" with the teaching.
Regards from Randi in Norway
Dear Cherie and Ruben,
Thanks for everything and making my trip so wonderful .. Along with far more advancement in the Tango then I could have ever expected.
The best comment came from you vet tango friend when the said ' you are a stronger lead then I would have expected....Tina has been a wonderful resource.... thanks for the intro and allowing this to happen.
When next we meet in BsAs, (most likely in either Oct or Nov.) you will see a much better Tango dancer then when I left your 'arms' and fine care.
I am scheduling the building blocks on top of what you so wonderfully created for me.
All the best,
Buzz Levin
Baltimore
Dear friends, Cherie and Ruben,
Thank you again for the great lessons, and your welcoming warmth to this stranger from the Northwest. Along with Tina you really helped ease the transition into an entirely new culture.
Warmest regards and hugs,
Nina
Seattle
Just three days back in Holland I wanted to thank you again for a wonderful experience during our visit to Buenos Aires. My wife and I will certainly continue with our tango lessons.
Warm greetings from Holland,
Joep
I appreciate Ruben taxi dancing with me for two nights and the class
and the evening out. It really made the milongas so much more enjoyable!
Hope all is well with you and I hope to be back in BA soon.
Thanks again!!
Alisa
Just to let you know again what a great time we had. Hope to see you in March,
Georgiann
A BANewcomers post from Kent Wade:
Cherie and her partner Ruben, offer classes and
private lessons.
They are both excellent dancers, delightfully charming, and show their students how to navigate the milongas.
Senor Kent
Hi Cherie and Ruben,
Just to thank you so much for the lesson today. it was one of the wonderful experiences of my life and for that I thank you, Michael and I think you are both amazing, the way you both danced was a joy to watch. We will recommend you to everyone and I have given your info to the travel guide in the sofitel. once again many thanks.
Bobbie
CHERIE, YOU AND RUBEN WERE THE HIGHLIGHT OF OUR TIME IN BUENOS AIRES. THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT PHOTOS AND FOR THE RESTAURANT WHICH WE LOVED AND WENT THERE TWICE. THE STEAK WAS THE BEST WE'VE EVER HAD. WE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM YOU, THANK YOU.
MIRIAM AND ART
I want to write something for those who are considering studying from Cherie and Ruben. Go for it and you will be glad you do! Cherie and Ruben are not only great tango teachers. Yes, they are! But you don’t just learn tango from them; you learn a new place, new culture, new language, new code of conduct, and new lifestyle of Buenos Aries as well. Their invaluable tips and connections will make your journey much easier and more rewarding. In them you will find true friends who you will cherish forever.
I thank you, Cherie and Ruben, from the bottom of my heart!
Paul
You and Ruben have a sincerity and a generosity of spirit, that is quite welcoming.
Dear Cherie and Ruben,
Thank you so much for that delicious lunch we had
in your beautiful apartment. Both of you were so
generous to share your exquisitely prepared parrilla
and wine with us. Your generous invitation to lunch
and to los Consagrados made our wonderful trip
to Buenos Aires even more special. Please
visit me in New York if you are ever here visiting.
We look forward to seeing you again on our next
trip to BA, hopefully next spring.
Stay well and happy and keep on dancing so beautifully.
love, Barbara
Cherie & Ruben,
Thank you for being so generous with your time and your knowledge, I look forward to studying with you in the future.
Judith Frans
Boulder, CO
Ruben is an incredible leader. I enjoyed all my dances with him. I enjoyed the lesson as well. We worked through the language barrier very nicely. Speaking of work, boy I have some things to work on!
Cherie, I have to share with you that Ruben did a very nice job showing me what a followers sensual walk should look like. Gosh, I walk like a cowboy. How unattractive! But all in all the lesson was so much fun. I hope I wasn’t too much of a chore for him.
just wanted to drop you and Ruben a line to thank him for the wonderful dances and the great private lesson. He is such a wonderful person.
Cheers!
Dear Cherie & Ruben,
I am missing dancing & being with some of the lovely people who helped me smile so much in Buenos Aires & that incredibly indulgent life style that was a part of the big experience.
That big experience was largely coloured by meeting & being with you Cherie & Ruben, you both will always be in my heart, your generous & sunny personalities & your winter warm teaching & upstairs room....Loved, loved it all....Thank you for being.
Kathrin
Byron Bay
Australia
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