Inés and Corina in Pittsburgh this May!

Tango Weekend with Inés & Corina

We are thrilled to welcome Inés Muzzopappa and Corina Herrera to Pittsburgh for an unforgettable Argentine Tango weekend, May 14-18, 2025! Don’t miss this extraordinary weekend of learning and dancing with two world-class maestras from Buenos Aires.

Schedule:

Please Note – there are two locations for workshops and events for this weekend, but they are both in East End Pittsburgh neighborhoods. Please double-check the schedule before your arrival! No reservation necessary.

Wednesday, May 14 – Wightman School Community Building
5604 Solway St, Pittsburgh, PA 15217

7:30 PM – All-Level Technique Class

8:30 PM–11:00 PM – Welcome Practilonga

Friday, May 16 – Wightman School Community Building
5604 Solway St, Pittsburgh, PA 15217

8:00 PM – Workshop 1 (All Levels) – Body Awareness: Understanding weight distribution, pushing off the ground, and using our joints efficiently.

9:30 PM–Midnight – Milonga

Saturday, May 17 – Wilkins School Community Center
7604 Charleston Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15218

1:00–2:30 PM – Workshop 2 (Intermediate) – Couple Communication: Developing receptivity and responsiveness in tango.

2:30–3:00 PM – Workshop 3 (Intermediate) – Mastering the Pivot: Using feet and arms for controlled, comfortable pivots in different situations.

Saturday Night – Wightman School Community Building
5604 Solway St, Pittsburgh, PA 15217

8:00 PM–11:00 PM – Gala Milonga (featuring a special performance by Inés & Corina!)

Sunday, May 18 – Wilkins School Community Center
7604 Charleston Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15218

1:00–2:30 PM – Workshop 4 (Advanced) – Lapiz with Sacadas: Refining technique and fluidity.

2:30–3:00 PM – Workshop 5 (Advanced) – Exploring Different Types of Boleos: Control, dynamics, and variations.

Workshop & Milonga Fees

• 1 Workshop – $30

• 2 Workshops – $55

• 3 Workshops – $80

• 4 Workshops – $105

• 5 Workshops – $130

• Friday Milonga – $15 (Full-time students: $10)

• Saturday Night Milonga – $20 (Full-time students: $15)

• Wednesday Technique Class – $20

• Practilonga – $10

Private Lessons

Private lessons are available. To schedule, please contact us via email: [email protected]

Payment Methods

🔹 Venmo: @pgh-tango

🔹 Zelle: [email protected]

🔹 PayPal: [email protected]

🔹 Check: Payable to Koichiro Suzuki

EDUARDO VILLALBA PITTSBURGH TANGO SUMMER INTENSIVE

EDUARDO VILLALBA PITTSBURGH TANGO SUMMER INTENSIVE

Eduardo will be in Pittsburgh teaching workshops and available for private lessons from July 21 to July 23. Don't miss this chance to learn from a Great Tango Master!

WORKSHOPS:

Saturday, July 22

WS 1 1-2:30 pm

Topic: The tango embrace - Posture, frame, how to create the space in close embrace to start giros and sequences. (All Level)

WS 2 2:30-4 pm

Topic: Sacadas and Boleos - Technique for how to lead and follow sacadas and boleos and how to use them on the dance floor. (Int)

Wilkins School Community Center: 7604 Charleston Ave

Milonga X 9-1 am DJ: Chris

Performance by Eduardo & Yulia

CrossBody Dance + Movement: 422 Wood Street Pittsburgh

Sunday, July 23

WS 3 1-2:30 pm

Topic: Colgadas and Volcadas - Technique, resistance/elasticity, how to use them on the dance floor. (Int/Adv)

WS 4 2:30-4 pm

Topic: Sequences in close embrace rebotes dinámicos, giros and barridas. (Adv)

Wilkins School Community Center: 7604 Charleston Ave (2F)

Workshop & Milonga Fee:

1 class…$25

2 classes…$50

3 classes…$70

4 classes…$90

Milonga X....$15 (Full-time students for $10)

Private Lessons are available. Please contact schedule the lessons via email: [email protected]

Payment Method: Venmo: @pgh-tango, Zelle: [email protected], Check: PGH Tango Connection

Tango Summer Intensive with Jessica & Somer

We are excited to have Somer & Jessica from Estonia for the weekend in Pittsburgh July 21-24!
The magic of Argentine Tango brought Jessica and Somer together in 2012 in Tallinn, Estonia where they are currently based and teaching regularly. They have been invited to perform around the world and provide classes and intensive learning opportunities for dancers at all levels. Jessica and Somer's simple method in teaching keeps the students engaged and makes them advance easily. Their passion for dance and teaching is felt by those they touch.

Thursday, July 21
Technique Class 7:30-8:30pm $20
Practica: 8:30pm-10pm
Wilkins School Community Center
7604 Charleston Ave

Friday, July 22
WS 1: 8-9:30pm
Topic: Catching the moment for the gentle boleos (all levels)
Welcome Milong 9:30p-1am DJ: Somer
CrossBody Dance + Movement
422 Wood Street Pittsburgh

Saturday, July 23
WS 2 1-2:30pm
Topic: Sustained moves into planeos. Int
WS 3 2:30-4pm
Topic: Smooth change of directions for creamy vals. Int
Wilkins School Community Center
7604 Charleston Ave
Pittsburgh, PA

Grand Milonga X 9-1am DJ: Chewy
Performance by Jessica & Somer
CrossBody Dance + Movement
422 Wood Street Pittsburgh

Sunday, July 24
WS 4 1-2:30pm
Topic: Milonga; let the music move you through rhythmical patterns. Int
WS 5 2:30pm-4pm
Topic: Soltadas; learn to let go without loosing your partner Adv
Wilkins School Community Center
7604 Charleston Ave (2F)

Workshop & Milonga Fee:
1 class…$30
2 classes…$60
3 classes…$85
4 classes…$110
5 classes…$135
Friday & Sat Milonga....$20 (Full-time students for $10)
EARLY BIRD: 10% off if paid by July 18th.
FULL-TIME STUDENTS: $20 for workshops (No early bird discount)
*All milongas and Thursday Technique classes are paid separately. Technique Class $20
Private Lessons are available. Please contact schedule the lessons via email: [email protected]
Payment Method: Venmo: @pgh-tango, Zelle: [email protected],

PITTSBURGH TANGO WEEKEND WITH INES MUZZOPAPPA & GABY MATALONI

Pittsburgh Tango Weekend with Ines Muzzopappa & Gaby Mataloni

Since 2018, Inés and Gaby have started to work together teaching in different milongas in Buenos Aires. Inés and Gaby connected deeply and found a strong coincidence in their pedagogic approach to the Tango teaching, always prioritizing an investigational process for helping and enabling students to find their own ways of dancing and expressing themselves, within the language of Tango and with all the technical resources at hand.

Thursday, June 16
WS 1: 7:30-8:30 pm
Topic: Two active roles: enhancing the communication & connection in the couple
Wilkins School Community Center
7604 Charleston Ave
Practica: 8:30pm-10pm

Friday, June 17
Wine Tasting (free): 5-6 pm (Wine & Spirits at the Terminal).
Intro to Tango Class: 6-7 pm (The 20th st Passageway at the Terminal)
Welcome Milonga 7 pm -11 pm DJ: Mackenzie Jones, Columbus, OH
Location: The Terminal, 20th st passageway. 2101 Smallman St, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Cover: $20 (Full-time students for $10)

Saturday, June 18
WS 2 Noon-1:30pm
Topic: Pivot and introduction to turns.
WS 3 4-5:30pm
Topic: Finding the taste in Paradas.
Wilkins School Community Center
7604 Charleston Ave
Pittsburgh, PA

Grand Milonga X
9-1 am DJ: Chewy
Performance by Ines & Gaby
CrossBody Dance + Movement
422 Wood Street Pittsburgh
Cover: $20 (Full-time students for $10)

Sunday, June 19
WS 5 1-2:30pm
Topic: Boleos back and forward
WS 6 2:30pm-4pm
Topic: Milonga
Wilkins School Community Center
7604 Charleston Ave (2F)

Workshop & Milonga Fee:
1 class…$30
2 classes…$60
3 classes…$85
4 classes…$110
5 classes…$135
Friday & Sat Milonga....$20 (Full-time students for $10)
FULL-TIME STUDENTS: $20 for workshops (No early bird discount)
*All milongas are paid separately.
Private Lessons are available.

Please contact schedule the lessons via email: [email protected]
Payment Method: Venmo: @pgh-tango, Zelle: [email protected], Paypal: [email protected], Check: Koichiro Suzuki

Javier Sanchez in Pittsburgh

We are excited to bring Javier Sanchez, a bandoneon player from Buenos Aires, who is a professional musician based in South Carolina, Javier will be here in Pittsburgh from March 30-April 3rd!

Wednesday, March 30th
6:30-7:15: Live Music (Javier Sanchez with PGH Tango Trio)
7:15-8: Tango Lesson
8-9:30: Social Dance
Kingfly Spirits
$20 Cover

Thursday, March 31st

7:30 -8:30pm
Technique Class with Javier
Wilkins community Center

Saturday, April 2nd

1-4pm "Analyzing the rhythmic elements of tango, vals, and milonga. (No music knowledge needed) “

Wilkins School Community Center

8 pm Milonga X- Live music with Javier
CrossBody Dance + Movement

Sunday, April 2nd

1-4pm Analyzing the rhythmic elements of tango and its characteristics in the main Orchestras of the golden age (Troilo, Pugliese, D’Arienzo, Di Sarli).
Practice: Applying and interpreting those rhythmic elements to the dance.

Wilkins School Community Center

Marcos Pereira & Florencia Borgnia Tango Intensive in Pittsburgh

MARCOS PEREIRA & FLORENCIA BORGNIA TANGO INTENSIVE IN PITTSBURGH
SEPTEMBER 24-26 2021

Florencia and Marcos formed a partnership in 2013, after more than 15 years of individual development and exploration of tango. They studied with the grandmasters of argentine tango, achieving a uniquely elegant, refined style of dance, combining elements of traditional tango, with its roots in tango salón, with techniques incorporated through the study of tango escénico, while maintaining the fundamental essence of tango, an intimate connection with the partner through the embrace.

Friday, September 24
WS 1 (Beg) 8-9:30pm
Topic: Combination of useful circular movements to navigate the dance floor. Connection and embrace.

Welcome Milonga 9:30-1 am
Location: Pittsburgh Fencers' Club, 7501 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15208

Saturday, September 25
WS 2 (Int) 1-2:30pm
Topic: The cross and its multiple possibilities.
WS 3 (Int) 2:30- 4pm
Di Sarli vs. Pugliese vs. D'Arienzo. Differences and qualities in the movements.
Location: Wilkins School Community Center: 7604 Charleston Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15218

Milonga 9-1am
Location: Pittsburgh Fencers' Club, 7501 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15208

Sunday, September 26
WS 4 (Adv) 1--2:30pm
Topic: Turns (I): Changes of dynamics combining Sacadas and Ganchos for both roles.
WS 5 (Adv) 2:30pm-4pm
Topic: Turns (II): Barridas and out of axis in the turns.
Location: Wilkins School Community Center: 7604 Charleston Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15218

Workshop & Milonga Fee:
1 class…$30
2 classes…$60
3 classes…$85
4 classes…$110
5 classes…$135
Friday & Sat Milonga*....$15; $10 Ful time Students

FULL-TIME STUDENTS: $20 for workshops
*All milongas are paid separately.

Private Lessons are available. Please contact Yulia to schedule the lessons via email: [email protected]
Payment Method: Venmo: @pgh-tango, Zelle: [email protected], Paypal: [email protected], Check: Koichiro Suzuki

Summer Dance Spectacular with PSO!

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Pgh Tango Connection collaborated on an exciting event - Summer Dance Spectacular!
PSO will host this energetic exploration of different dance styles, where they come from, what they look like, what they sound like, and how they continue to change and evolve.
The Front Row Series will offer free access from June 21-July 20, 2021, all you need to do is to sign-up.

ALL PGH TANGO ACTIVITIES ARE CANCELED

Dear Pittsburgh Tango Community, 

We have been following the information that has been unfolding daily in regards to COVID-19. Because the updates are rapidly changing the nature of the COVID-19 situation, this is being handled with sensitivity and as the situation progresses.

PGH Tango Connection is suspending all events until further notice. That includes classes, Milongas, Practicas, and upcoming workshops with Gaby and Ines. Our hope is to restart activities in April, as long as it is safe. Private lessons with Chewy and Yulia are still available.  

For those individuals who made deposits for the workshops and prepaid for March sessions, we will be contacting you with the information on reimbursements.

We are joining the efforts with the worldwide tango community. While social distance is recommended by health officials as one of the more effective measures for fighting the spread, it’s important, now more than ever, to practice self-care and mindfulness for ourselves and compassion and understanding for others:

• “Every hand that we don’t shake must become a phone call that we place”.

• “Every embrace that we avoid must become a verbal expression of warmth and concern”.

• “Every inch and every foot that we physically place between ourselves and another, must become a thought as to how we might be of help to that other, should the need arise.”

 -Rabbi Yosef Kanefsky

Sincerely, 

Koichiro, Yulia & Sofia

CANCELED - Pittsburgh Tango Intensive with Ines Muzzopappa & Gaby Mataloni

Pittsburgh Tango Intensive with Ines Muzzopappa & Gaby Mataloni. Since 2018, Inés and Gaby have started to work together teaching in different milongas in Buenos Aires. Though in their individual working paths they have been mainly focused in the interpreter’s role as performers before, they have also been actively studying and investigating the role of the proposition for the last few years, considering it more than useful for teaching, dancing, thinking and living Tango. Inés and Gaby connected deeply and found a strong coincidence in their pedagogic approach to the Tango teaching, always prioritizing an investigational process for helping and enabling students to find their own ways for dancing and expressing themselves, within the language of Tango and with all the technical resources at hand.

DJs: Muyou Li from Penn State
Koichiro Suzuki
Chris Gebhardt

Thursday, March 26
7:30-8:30pm :Fundamentals Technique (all levels) $20
Guided Practica 8:30-10:30pm $5 DJ; Chris
Wilkins Community Center 7604 Charleston Ave, Pittsburgh, PA

Friday, March 27
WS 1: 8-9:30pm: Axis and embrace: how to align our body and how to connect and use the embrace.
Welcome Milonga : 9:30pm-1am DJ: Chewy
Cover: $20 Simple refreshments and snacks will be provided.
Pittsburgh Fencers' Club
7501 Penn Ave Suite 7, Pittsburgh, PA 15208

Saturday, March 28
WS-2 1-2:30 pm: Open and close embrace, lanes and use of spaces.
WS-3 2:30- 4:00 pm: Milonga
Wilkins Community Center 7604 Charleston Ave, Pittsburgh, PA

Grand Milonga
9:00pm-1:00am DJ: Muyou
Cover: $20 Simple refreshments and snacks will be provided.
Location: TBA ( Ines & Gaby perfromance)

Sunday, March 29
WS-4 1-2:30: Boleos: back and forward
WS-5 2:30-4:00: Sacadas -including back sacadas
Location:Pittsburgh Fencers' Club
Wilkins Community Center 7604 Charleston Ave, Pittsburgh, PA

Workshop Cost:
1 class…$30
2 classes…$60
3 classes…$85
4 classes…$110
5 classes…$135

EARLY BIRD: 10% off if paid/postmarked by March 12th.
TRAVELERS: 10% off if traveling 100+ miles
FULL TIME STUDENTS: $20 for workshops (No Early, Travelers Discounts)

*All milongas and Thursday technique and practica paid separately.

Private Lessons available. Please contact Yulia to schedule the lessons asap via email: [email protected]
Paypal: Koichiro Suzuki
[email protected]

Venmo: pgh-tango

PITTSBURGH TANGO INTENSIVE WITH FEDERICO & SABRINA

Pittsburgh Tango Intensive with Federico & Sabrina

Federico & Sabrina dance together from 2012, and even when they are in the process of developing a new dance’ style, their outstanding quality at tango dancing has been required for exhibitions in practically all Milongas of Buenos Aires.
They also keep their activities as instructors in Buenos Aires and traveling all around the world.

Guest DJs: Muyou Li & Pavlo Bulanchuk from Penn State

Thursday, September 27 
Technique: 7:30-8:30pm :Individual Technique (all levels) $20
Guided Practica 8:30-10:30pm $5
Wightman Community Center 5604 Solway Street Pittsburgh, PA 15217

Friday, September 28 
WS 1: 8-9:30pm: Abrazo, caminata, postura, eje. Llevar y seguir
Welcome Milonga : 9:30pm-1pm
Cover: $10 Simple refreshments and snacks will be provided.
Wightman Community Center 5604 Solway Street Pittsburgh, PA 15217

Saturday, September 29
WS-2 1-2:30pm : Milonga 
WS-3 2:30- 4:00 Giros, pivotes, equilibrio. Lápices y enrosques
Location: Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 
7501 Penn Ave Suite 7, Pittsburgh, PA 15208

Beginner Intensive 1-4pm by Chewy & Yulia 
Location: Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 
7501 Penn Ave Suite 7, Pittsburgh, PA 15208

Fencers' Milonga 
9:00pm-1:00pm 
Cover: $15 Simple refreshments and snacks will be provided.
Location: Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 
7501 Penn Ave Suite 7, Pittsburgh, PA 15208

Sunday, September 30
WS-4 1-2:30 Sacadas y ganchos, lineales y en giro
WS-5 2:30-4:00 Barridas y boleos en abrazo cerrado
Location: Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 
7501 Penn Ave Suite 7, Pittsburgh, PA 15208

Milonga de Connection 
7-11:00pm Milonga. Federico & Sabrina performance 
Wightman Community Center 5604 Solway Street Pittsburgh, PA 15217
Cover: $15 Simple refreshments and snacks will be provided.

Workshop Cost: 
1 class…$30
2 classes…$60
3 classes…$85
4 classes…$110
5 classes…$135
Beginner Intensive..... $40 (Students$30) 
EARLY BIRD: 10% off if paid/postmarked by September 10th.
TRAVELERS: 10% off if traveling 100+ miles
FULL TIME STUDENTS: $20 for workshops

*All milongas and Thursday technique and practica paid separately.

Private Lessons available. Please contact Yulia to schedule the lessons asap via email: [email protected]
Send Checks Payable to:
Koichiro Suzuki
471 Allenby Ave
Pittsburgh PA 15218

or Paypal: Koichiro Suzuki 
[email protected] 

PGH Tango Labor Day Seminar September 2-3

PGH Tango Labor Day Seminar September 2-3
Alberto Ramos Cordero & Micaela Colleen Barrett 
Kristian Velazquez & Angeles Chanaha

Saturday, September 1st
Welcome Milonga
9pm-1am: Milonga $10 DJ:Chewy
Simple refreshments and snacks will be served.

Sunday, September 2nd
S-1: 1pm-2:30pm: Kristian & Angela
Topic: Enrosques
Join us to study and understand proper timing and execution of this awesome move for leaders and followers!

S-2: 2:30pm-4pm: Alberto & Micaela
Topic: Phrasing: Organizing the Dance
A “chamuyo” style exploration of the five elements every artist should hit to create a successful performance/tanda

Milonga de Connection
7pm-12am: Milonga $15
Simple refreshments and snacks will be served.

Monday, September 3rd
S-3 1pm-2:30pm: Alberto & Micaela
Topic: Off Axis Figures for Close Embrace
Playing with the axis is probably one of the larger dynamic shifts in the tango dancer’s repertoire. This class will help explore some interesting ways to play with the axis and body weight.

S-4 2:30pm-4pm: Kristian & Angela
Topic: Transforming Boleos in Sacadas
In this class we'll be showing how to lead and follow a neat, sharp, good looking Boleo and how to transform that movement into a Sacada

Afternoon Tea Milonga
4pm-7pm $10
Simple refreshments and snacks will be served.

Wightman Community Center (3F) 5604 Solway Street Pittsburgh, PA 15217