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Teachers Day by Day

Here’s the upcoming schedule of teachers. Please cross-reference this schedule with our registration site for the specific classes offered and to sign up.

  • Monday, April 29: Andres Amarilla
  • Wednesday, May 1: Andres Amarilla. DJ Jake Spatz.
  • Monday, May 6: Andres Amarilla
  • Wednesday, May 8: Andres Amarilla
  • Monday, May 13: Andres Amarilla
  • Wednesday, May 15: Andres Amarilla
  • Monday, May 20: Andres Amarilla
  • Wednesday, May 22: No Event
  • Friday, May 24-Monday, May 27: Philadelphia Tango Festival
  • Wednesdays & Mondays, May 29-June 12: Meredith Klein

2024 Philadelphia Tango Festival: La Poesia del Abrazo

πŸ’œπŸ’«πŸŽˆ You are invited! πŸŽˆπŸ’«πŸ’œ

The 𝟏𝟐𝐭𝐑 𝐏𝐑𝐒π₯𝐚𝐝𝐞π₯𝐩𝐑𝐒𝐚 π“πšπ§π π¨ π…πžπ¬π­π’π―πšπ₯ will take place over Memorial Day Weekend, Friday, May 24 through Monday, May 27, 2024.

This year’s festival will explore the theme
𝐋𝐀 ππŽπ„π’πˆπ€ 𝐃𝐄𝐋 π€ππ‘π€π™πŽ (The Poetry of the Tango Embrace)

🎊 Festival Maestros
RocΓ­o Lequio & Bruno Tombari (in the U.S. for the first time!)
Los Totis (Christian Marquez & Virginia Gomez)
Felipe Martinez & Ayano Yoneda

πŸŽ™οΈ Lecturers
Matias Mauricio (in the U.S. for the first time!)
Ayano Yoneda

🎹 Live Music
TΓ­pica Messiez (2 nights!)
Juan Villarreal & Patricio NoΓ© Crom
Horacio Romo-Pablo Agri-Emiliano Messiez Trio
Eleonora Barletta
Sexteto Fantasma (by livestream from Buenos Aires)

🎼 New Music
Since 2023, the Philadelphia Tango Festival produces a new album of tango music for tango social dancing each year. We are very pleased to be working with SEXTETO FANTASMA to produce an album which will be released & presented at the festival!

Read more…

PATS Schedule

Ignacio left Temple University Hospital on Monday, April 22, after more than 6 weeks. He’s at Moss Rehabilitation in Elkins Park now, and making enormous progress. You can read daily updates on Ignacio’s condition here. Thank you for all the love, support, good wishes, prayers, and strength that you have sent to him and to me.

A Latin Grammy-nominated composer wrote a tango for a shop cat in Fishtown

Tuesday, December 6

The full article about Sheldon, Emiliano Messiez’s Sheldoneando, and the Philadelphia Argentine Tango School is now available. You can read it online here.

Or if you’re not a Philadelphia Inquirer subscriber, you can see the PDF here.

Photo: Jose F. Moreno

Best of Philly!

πŸ†"Best Dance School for Adults in Philly"

We are overwhelmed to have been named the Best Dance School for Adults in Philly in 2023, sharing the honor with the illustrious Philadelphia Dance Academy.

Thank you to everyone who voted for the Philadelphia Argentine Tango School. And huge, huge thanks to Metro Philly!

Safer Spaces Program

The Philadelphia Argentine Tango School (PATS) strives to create spaces and events that are safe, welcoming, and inclusive for everyone, regardless of age, race, gender, sexuality, ability, experience, or background.

We’re very happy to launch a Safer Spaces Program to support this effort. Please check it out!

Huge thanks to our Safer Spaces Coordinators, Kate Donohue, Gustavo Rueda, and Amy Yang, who have been working tirelessly on this effort. They can be reached at SaferSpacesPATS@gmail.com. You can report a an incident or concern here.