Beginning Argentine Tango dance class with Mira

In February 2024, join us for Argentine tango classes with Mira Barakat! This class is geared towards total beginners, and is open to anyone who wants to work on their fundamentals. Mira is a professional tango instructor who is equally amazing at leading and following, and she has years of experience teaching tango. Class meets Wednesdays, 7:00-8:00 pm. This is a drop-in class, but it helps to come every week.

If you have been dancing tango frequently for more than six months, you may opt to take the intermediate class (8:00-9:00 pm, $20).

No partner necessary. This is a queer-friendly class where all genders are welcome to lead and follow.

• $20 general admission (cash only)
• $15 students with ID (cash only)

This class takes place in the ballroom (with wooden floor) on all dates.

Mira Barakat is a local tango teacher, performer, and singer based in Oakland, CA. With a dance background in Modern dance, Contact Improv, Swing and Blues dance, Mira took quickly to tango after attending her first milonga in 2006 and felt especially drawn to the connection and embrace. A few years later, she moved to Buenos Aires to study intensively, dance, sing and soak up tango in its birthplace. She returns to Buenos Aires every year where she co-hosts a tango immersion program, BA. Tango Evolution. She works frequently with the queer tango community, teaching regularly for Abrazo Queer Tango in Berkeley, and she has taught and performed at the Berlin, New York, and Miami Queer Tango festivals. She was a member of the all women’s tango company Tango Con*Fusión from 2016-2019 and toured internationally with the company. She currently offers private classes from her home studio in Oakland as well as group classes around the Bay Area. More info: [mirabarakat.com.](https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmirabarakat.com%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR08TbUad6AumDUj_2U5t-vyrWpYg_mZBNdNu1kFoUfYhHWWo5gj0y9v-Pw&h=AT3GPIEFDOhSu0gT9_XHkEB5rU5O4Pz6rudw8mgCthXLsOmrElZ0XwDhH-cIzn7WJ4YliO1ekpj9ngom-XOt43SmgUpc7dcWg3UbEjB87AvLlo9f_6HLmGf6_Fx8OCO_nA90XPD6RSRVaG0m3g&tn=q&c[0]=AT0Y4DdoUfNpQqwrJE-5MR43X9ry96u8mu4fSiMniZJWupWg26MQQqRGTfj5_VifOqlvhqapZSN8N9CLliQ4JpaLwSbJdhc_OnLLr2hdE08CY97iBpa80HARozdPtapSngaltySz4HhMrLc2jH5wdvybkNBh)

We are a 10-minute walk from Downtown Berkeley BART. For bike parking, use the bell to enter through the service entrance, and go straight to get to the back courtyard. No parking in the City Club lot. Extra parking is available for $2 per hour at the Ellsworth Structure at Ellsworth St. and Channing Way.

Tango classes will continue on Wednesdays in March with instructor David Orly-Thompson.

Event organized by Lindsey Newbold
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