Learn Argentine Tango with
Dagny Miller + Eran Polat
How Our Classes Work
1. Choose Your Level
Beginner or Intermediate Track
Finding the right place to start matters. Our level system helps you begin where you’ll feel supported, challenged, and successful — whether you’re brand new or continuing your tango journey.
2. Join a 4-Week Series
Progressive, Structured Learning
Our classes run in monthly 4-week series that build skills week by week. Instead of random drop-in lessons, you’ll follow a clear curriculum designed to create real progress and confidence.
3. Dance With Confidence
Practice, Community & Real Tango Experience
Each class includes an attached practice session where you can apply what you learn in a relaxed, social setting and ask questions. We also organize group outings to local milongas so you can experience tango in the real social dance environment — together.
Beginner Track (Level A)
Who It’s For
Absolute beginners
No experience required
No partner needed
You’ll Learn
Tango walk
Embrace & connection
Musical basics
Social dance skills
Intermediate Track (Level B)
Who It’s For
Dancers comfortable with fundamentals
Dancers looking to enrich their tango
No partner needed
You’ll Learn
Turns & sequences
Musical phrasing
Technique refinement
Partner connection
Upcoming Class Series
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Upcoming Class Series 〰️
August 4-Week Series
🗓 Thursdays | August 6, 13, 20, 27
📍 Balance Arts Center
Beginner Track Class 7-8pm
Level A1-A4
Practice Time 8-830pm
Open to All
Intermediate Track Class 830-930pm
Level B5-B8
September 4-Week Series
🗓 Thursdays | September 3, 10, 17, 24
📍 Balance Arts Center
Beginner Track Class 7-8pm
Level A1-A4
Practice Time 8-830pm
Open to All
Intermediate Track Class 830-930pm
Level B9-B13
October 4-Week Series
🗓 Thursdays | Oct 1, 8, 15, 22
📍 Balance Arts Center
Beginner Track Class 7-8pm
Level A1-A4
Practice Time 8-830pm
Open to All
Intermediate Track Class 830-930pm
Level B13-B17
Our Curriculum Designed for Progressive Learning
BEGINNERS (LEVEL A)
Tango Foundations: Balance, Connection & Musicality
4-Week Series | Beginner Level
This Foundations Series introduces the essential building blocks of Argentine Tango through movement quality, partner connection, and musical awareness — not memorized choreography.
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The Tango Walk: Balance, Axis & Intention
Focus: Walking, posture, connection
The tango walk is the heart of everything. In this class, we build a grounded, elegant walk that feels stable, musical, and connected—whether leading or following.You’ll work on:
Finding your balance and axis
Walking with clarity and intention
How connection starts before movement
Moving together comfortably in the embrace
✨ Why it matters: A confident walk makes everything else easier.
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Ochos: Rotation, Flow & Communication
Focus: Forward and back ochos, pivoting, dissociation
Ochos introduce rotation and conversation between partners. We’ll explore how pivots come from the body—not force—and how leaders and followers communicate clearly through the torso.You’ll work on:
Understanding dissociation (upper body vs lower body)
Smooth, comfortable pivots
Leading and following ochos with ease
Maintaining balance while rotating
✨ Why it matters: Ochos teach listening, elasticity, and flow.
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The Cross & Resolution: Structure & Simplicity
Focus: The cross (cruzada), resolving phrases
This class introduces one of tango’s most recognizable movements: the cross. More importantly, we explore how movements begin and end, creating clean, comfortable resolutions.You’ll work on:
How the cross naturally happens
Clear leads and relaxed responses
Simple resolutions that feel satisfying
Ending movements with intention (not rushing)
✨ Why it matters: Tango isn’t about more steps—it’s about finishing them well.
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Musicality & Connection: Dancing With the Music
Focus: Timing, pauses, quality of movement
Musicality isn’t about knowing the song—it’s about listening together. This week ties everything together, helping you move with the music instead of chasing it.You’ll work on:
Walking and ochos with musical intention
Pausing and breathing with the music
Feeling rhythm vs melody
Strengthening connection through shared timing
✨ Why it matters: Musicality makes simple movements feel expressive and alive.
INTERMEDIATE (LEVEL B)
The Comfortable Tango:
Embrace, Communication & Ease
4-Week Series | Connection-first tango
This series focuses on how tango feels. We refine the embrace, clarify communication, and remove unnecessary effort so your dancing becomes more comfortable, responsive, and deeply connected.
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The Living Embrace
Theme: Comfort, adaptability & trust
The embrace is not a fixed shape—it’s a living conversation.You’ll explore:
Finding a comfortable, sustainable embrace
Adapting the embrace to different partners and music
Tone vs tension in the arms and torso
Staying connected without gripping or collapsing
✨ Takeaway: Your embrace feels supportive, responsive, and calm.
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Clear Signals, Quiet Bodies
Theme: Communication through intention, not force
Great tango communication is subtle and efficient.
You’ll work on:
Leading and following from the center
Reducing extra movement and noise
Listening through the embrace
How small changes create clearer responses
✨ Takeaway: Your partner understands you without effort or confusion.
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Refining Movement: Less Effort, More Sensation
Theme: Efficiency, flow & comfort
This class is about removing what doesn’t serve you.
You’ll explore:
Using the floor instead of muscle
Smooth weight transfers
Moving without rushing or pushing
Letting movements travel through the body naturally
✨ Takeaway: Dancing feels smoother, lighter, and more enjoyable.
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Dancing That Feels Amazing
Theme: Integration, ease & shared presence
When connection, communication, and movement align, tango becomes deeply satisfying.You’ll work on:
Combining embrace, clarity, and musical timing
Choosing comfort over complexity
Allowing stillness and breath
Creating dances that feel good start to finish
✨ Takeaway: Your tango feels grounded, confident, and deeply connected.
Beginner Steps, Grown-Up Tango
4-Week Series | Technique, musicality & refinement
This series takes familiar beginner material and transforms it through quality, timing, and intention. No new steps—just better tango.
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The Walk, Upgraded
Theme: Weight, elasticity & musical timing
You already walk. Now we refine how.You’ll explore:
Weight transfer that feels continuous (no stepping “on top” of the floor)
Elastic connection through the torso
Changing the quality of a step without changing the step
Walking with rhythm, suspension, and pause
✨ Takeaway: Your walk becomes expressive instead of functional.
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Ochos That Breathe
Theme: Flow, pivots & shared axis
Ochos are no longer a shape—they’re a conversation.You’ll work on:
Cleaner pivots with less effort
Allowing ochos to stretch and breathe
Using pauses and rebounds
Maintaining connection through rotation
✨ Takeaway: Ochos feel smoother, quieter, and more musical.
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The Cross as a Musical Tool
Theme: Timing, phrasing & intention
The cross isn’t just a step—it’s punctuation.You’ll explore:
Creating the cross at different musical moments
Delaying or suspending the cross
Using the cross to highlight accents
Clean, intentional resolutions
✨ Takeaway: The cross becomes expressive, not automatic.
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Resolution, Stillness & Control
Theme: Finishing movements with confidence
Advanced tango often looks simple because it’s finished well.You’ll work on:
Ending phrases with clarity
Using stillness as a choice
Comfortable pauses that feel intentional
Staying connected without filling every beat
✨ Takeaway: Your dance feels calm, confident, and grounded.
Dancing the Music: Musicality for Social Tango
4-Week Series | Timing, phrasing & expression
Musicality isn’t about knowing more—it’s about listening better. This series helps you respond to the music with clarity, confidence, and restraint, using simple movements to express complex feeling.
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Finding the Pulse
Theme: Rhythm, grounding & shared timing
Before expression comes agreement.You’ll explore:
Identifying the strong beat
Walking in time together
Feeling rhythm in the body, not the head
Staying grounded while changing tempo
✨ Takeaway: You and your partner feel synced and steady.
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What Happens Between the Beats
Theme: Pauses, suspension & breath
Musicality lives in the spaces, not just the steps.
You’ll work on:
Pausing without disconnecting
Streching or suspending movement
Using breath to shape timing
Allowing stillness to be musical
✨ Takeaway: Your dancing feels spacious and intentional.
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Phrasing & Musical Conversation
Theme: Structure, questions & answers
Music speaks in sentences—so does tango.You’ll explore:
Recognizing musical phrases
Beginning and ending movements clearly
Responding to musical changes
Dancing in dialogue with the music
✨ Takeaway: Your dance feels cohesive, not random.
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Choosing What to Listen To
Theme: Melody, rhythm & orchestral layers
You don’t have to hear everything—just choose.You’ll work on:
Focusing on rhythm vs melody
Changing intention without changing steps
Expressing musical texture through quality
Trusting feeling over correctness
✨ Takeaway: Your musical choices feel confident and personal.
Sacadas: Entering Space with Clarity & Care
4-Week Series | Precision, timing & shared space
Sacadas are not about taking space—they’re about entering it with intention. In this series, we refine how you approach, share, and exit your partner’s space so sacadas feel smooth, controlled, and fully connected to the dance—not abrupt or forced.
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Theme: Precision, timing & clean entry
A sacada begins long before the contact—it starts with a clear pathway.
You’ll explore:
• Creating space before entering it
• Aligning the body for clean, effortless entry
• Timing your step with your partner’s movement
• Avoiding collisions through clarity, not hesitation
✨ Takeaway: Your sacadas feel precise, intentional, and easy to initiate.
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Theme: Proximity, control & mutual awareness
Once you enter the space, what matters is how you exist inside it.
You’ll work on:
• Controlling your axis while close to your partner
• Maintaining connection without disrupting their balance
• Matching energy and tone in close proximity
• Letting the movement pass through, not stop the dance
✨ Takeaway: Your sacadas feel smooth, controlled, and comfortable for both partners.
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Theme: Flow, redirection & continuity
A sacada doesn’t end at contact—it continues into the next idea.
You’ll explore:
• Clean, natural exits from sacadas
• Rebounding vs continuing energy
• Connecting sacadas to walking, turns, and sequences
• Avoiding “stop-and-go” dancing
✨ Takeaway: Your sacadas flow seamlessly into the rest of your dance.
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Theme: Timing, dynamics & creative choice
Sacadas become expressive when they respond to the music.
You’ll work on:
• Placing sacadas rhythmically within the phrase
• Exploring soft vs dynamic entries
• Choosing when a sacada adds to the music—and when it doesn’t
• Using sacadas as accents, not habits
✨ Takeaway: Your sacadas feel musical, intentional, and expressive—not mechanical.
Turns: Flow, Rotation & Partnership
4-Week Series | Circular movement, balance & connection
Turns are one of the most common movements in tango, yet they often feel rushed, forced, or disconnected.
In this series, we'll explore the mechanics and communication behind comfortable, efficient turns. You'll learn how to create rotation without tension, maintain connection while moving around your partner, and navigate circular movement with greater ease and musicality.
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Theme: Structure, alignment & pathways
Great turns begin with clear geometry.
You'll explore:
• The walking pattern of the turn
• Maintaining alignment while rotating
• Creating a consistent circular pathway
• Understanding each partner's role within the movement
✨ Takeaway: Turns feel organized, balanced, and easy to navigate.
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Theme: Dissociation, elasticity & efficiency
The best turns don't come from pushing harder. They come from allowing rotation to travel naturally through the body.
You'll work on:
• Separating upper and lower body movement
• Creating rotation without tension
• Using the floor instead of muscle
• Maintaining comfort through continuous movement
✨ Takeaway: Turning feels lighter, smoother, and more effortless.
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Theme: Communication, partnership & adaptability
As movement becomes more complex, connection becomes even more important.
You'll explore:
• Maintaining a consistent embrace during turns
• Clear communication through changing dynamics
• Adapting to different partners and sizes of movement
• Dancing turns as a shared conversation
✨ Takeaway: Turns feel connected, responsive, and comfortable for both partners.
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Theme: Timing, pauses & expression
Not every turn needs to move at the same speed.
You'll work on:
• Accelerating and slowing rotation
• Using pauses and suspensions
• Matching circular movement to musical phrases
• Creating dynamic contrast within turns
✨ Takeaway: Turns become a musical tool rather than a memorized pattern.
Pricing Package
Build confidence, technique, and connection through four weeks of structured tango training.
Start your tango journey with us for a one month trial of our beginner classes!
Enjoy the freedom to attend classes on your schedule with eight classes valid for four months.
Notes:
No refunds available for purchased classes.
It is recommended to take the beginner series a few times before moving to the intermediate classes to have the best learning experience. Talk to your teachers about your progress to make the transition.
Monthly series package must be taken in the same month.
Financial trouble?
Email us at higothamtango@gmail.com to explore work-study opportunities.
Your Teachers
Dagny Arizona Miller is an Argentine tango dancer and instructor based in New York City, with over 25 years of dance experience. She teaches in New York and travels throughout the U.S. to teach workshops and perform at festivals.
Her work centers on empowering dancers to move with confidence, presence, and authenticity. Drawing from a background in ballet, martial arts, yoga, and tango, Dagny’s teaching emphasizes connection and musicality over flashy steps, supporting dancers in building longevity, ease, and joy in their movement.
Originally from Turkey, Eran Polat has been dancing and teaching tango for over 15 years and is a musician for over 20 years. Influenced by martial arts and philosophy, he sees tango as a silent conversation — a healing and empowering practice that helps people connect more deeply with themselves and others.
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No partner is required. We rotate partners during class so everyone gets a chance to practice and learn with different people.
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Absolutely. Our Beginners (Level A) series is designed for complete beginners. No prior dance or tango experience is needed.
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Wear comfortable clothes that allow you to move easily.
For shoes, we recommend smooth-soled shoes (leather or suede bottoms work well). Avoid rubber soles that grip the floor. -
Because our series are progressive, we encourage attending all weeks. If you miss a class, we’ll help you catch up in the next session or recommend repeating the series.
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Our series are progressive, meaning each week builds on the previous one. Drop-ins are available only for students with prior experience and are not recommended for first-time beginners.
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Level A (Beginners): No experience needed
Level B (Intermediate): Requires tango fundamentals and prior class experience
If you’re unsure, send us a message and we’ll help place you.
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Yes. Our curriculum is designed specifically for social tango (milongas), not choreography or performance routines. We want to get you on the dance floor as soon as possible and that’s why we have included a 30 min practice time where you can start dancing in a safe environment and ask us any questions you might have about social dancing. We also organize milonga outings from time to time to get you started on your journy of becoming a tanguera/o.
