Gainesville Tango Weekend with Andrés Amarilla
Pay at the door
Date
Saturday
May 3, 2025
Time
Location
Gainesville Tango - Weekend with Andrés Amarilla
May 3–4
A weekend of tango structure, rhythm, and classic sequences from the Golden Era. 4 workshops + Milonga + Guided Practica with tango teacher Andrés Amarilla.
Saturday: Heartwood Soundstage
Sunday: How Bazar
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SATURDAY, MAY 3 @ Heartwood Soundstage
619 S Main St, Gainesville, FL
Schedule
• 11:00–4:00 — Private Lessons (5 total slots)
• 5:00–5:30 — Registration
• 5:30–7:00 — Workshop 1: Cross System Flow
Master compact, rhythmic sequences that move forward with musical clarity.
• 7:00–7:30 — Break
• 7:30–9:00 — Pre-Milonga Class: The Tango Base (Beginners Welcome!)
Build strong timing and structure from the version danced in the golden era.
• 9:00–12:00 — MILONGA with DJ Andrés!
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SUNDAY, MAY 4 @ How Bazar
60 SW 2nd St, Gainesville, FL
Schedule
• 12:30 — Registration
• 1:00–2:30 — Workshop 2: Tete Rusconi – The King of Vals
Explore circular phrasing and embrace-driven choreography grounded in real tango.
• 2:30–3:00 — Break
• 3:00–4:30 — Workshop 3: Antonio Todaro – The Creative Genius
Analyze elegant, directional sequences deeply based on his peers’ social dancing.
• 4:30–5:00 — Break
• 5:00–7:00 — Guided Practica
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Pricing
Pre-registration by Venmo payment:
• Milonga + 1 Class: $25
• Milonga Only: $18
• Guided Practica Only: $15
• Workshops: $35 each
• Full Pass (All Workshops + Milonga + Practica): $130
CASH ONLY At the Door:
• Milonga + 1 Class: $30
• Milonga Only: $20
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Born and raised in Buenos Aires, Andres Amarilla began dancing tango in 1987 at age 11. While still a child, he studied with and performed in the dance companies of three of the greatest tangueros of all time: Gustavo Naveira, Juan Carlos Copes, and Rodolfo Dinzel. After 10 years of intensive immersion in the music, culture and movement of traditional Argentine Tango, Andres became part of a small group of young people seeking to push the limits of the traditional art form. Together, they analyzed and codified the movements, sequences and rules of traditional tango and began to play with the “grammar” of the tango language, thereby developing uncounted new sequences of movements, and giving birth to a new means of teaching, dancing and thinking about tango. This way of analyzing tango has become the basis of most good tango pedagogy in the world today.
A greatly sought-after teacher, Andres has taught in more than 70 cities worldwide, including Istanbul, Beirut, Warsaw, Gdansk, Moscow, Sydney, Brisbane, Belo Horizonte, Buenos Aires, San Francisco, Vancouver, Montreal, and New York, among many others. In 2008, Andres and his dance partner, Meredith Klein, founded the Philadelphia Argentine Tango School. Until Covid-19, Andres was splitting his year between Philadelphia and traveling to teach in other parts of the world.
