07/08/2026
Don't miss this wonderful opportunity to learn from Buenos Aires milonguero-style teacher Monica Paz. Her DC tour details are just below.
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Tuan and I are excited to welcome back Maestra Monica Paz (Monica Paz, Monica Paz Tango) to DC next week, July 15 - 21!
Join us for the opportunity to deepen your tango with a teacher rooted in the living history of Buenos Aires milongas. Through her personal experiences and decades of dancing with the great milongueros, Monica offers insights that can transform your dance—not with steps, but with the essence and feeling of tango.
Monica proposes an intense and personalized work that will help you capture the subtleties of this beautiful dance. Enjoy a close embrace that makes you feel deeply connected to your partner and free to move to the music. Don't dance everything the same way; add flavor to each piece; and enjoy each tanda, because “la vida es una milonga."
You can study and dance with Monica here:
Wednesday, July 15 – Pablo’s Practica in Arlington, VA
Thursday, July 16 - Harvey and Dhruv's Milonga Siempre es Carnaval at Three Whistles in Clarendon, VA
- Charla / dinner chat: 7:30 - 8:15 pm, milonga 8:30 - 11:00 pm
Topic: Anecdotes of experiences with the old milongueros in Buenos Aires
Two pre-milonga classes: Two days where the music, not the leader, will guide!
Saturday, July 18 - Ramu's Milonga Zandunga in Bethesda, MD
- class: 9:00 - 10:00 pm; milonga 10:00 pm - 3:00 am
Topic: Part 1 - Different dynamics. Pauses and accelerations. How and when.
Monday, July 20 - Ramu's Milonga Zandunga in Bethesda, MD
- class: 8:00 - 9:15 pm; milonga: 9:15 pm - 12:30 am
Topic: Part 2 - Tips and variations on simple but challenging movements for both roles.
Private lessons and small group, semi-private workshops (up to 4 couples) will be held at our home in North Bethesda.
Reserve your spot here:
Private lessons: https://www.monicapaz.com/book-your-private-lesson-in-md/
Small group, semi-private workshops: https://www.monicapaz.com/dc-july-2026/
See Monica’s bio below and we look forward to seeing you soon!
Abrazos,
Marni & Tuan
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Bio
Monica Paz has taught and performed in Argentina, Brazil, Europe, the U.K., and the U.S., bringing the soul of traditional tango to dancers around the world.
Born into tango in Buenos Aires, Monica grew up with a milonguero father and began formal study in 1996. She holds degrees in tango dance and history, but her most profound education came from dancing for decades with the milongueros in the heart of the city. Many of the older generation have passed on, but their legacy lives on.
The milongueros began by learning the follower role. Many women today dance the leader role.
It doesn’t matter what role you dance, but how present and active you are when you dance, how you communicate with your partner—giving and receiving, receiving and giving—and, of course, how you express the music.
Today, we take that heritage and apply it according to our preferences. Tango is so many things… also freedom!
Experiencing the very essence of tango—this is what Monica strives to teach; not just to share her own love of the dance, but to pass along a taste of this essence, that it may be experienced by future generations.
I don’t teach you what to do, but how to do it. This is my challenge for you.
I look forward to working with you on the effectiveness of your movements, and on the confidence, comfort, and solidity of your dancing. Your partner will appreciate it as much as you do!
