Escuela de Tango de Buenos Aires - Marcelo Solis

Escuela de Tango de Buenos Aires - Marcelo Solis Argentine Tango artist-guide from Buenos Aires. SF · San Jose · Lafayette · Online. Start with a class or private lesson ↓

Helping beginners, couples & social dancers find presence, musicality, connection & elegance. 30+ years of authentic lineage. Argentine Tango lessons and workshops with Marcelo Solis, focused on connection, musicality, and real social dancing in Buenos Aires tradition.

This week’s playlist opens with Ángel D’Agostino and Ángel Vargas: four intimate tangos that invite you to listen closel...
09/28/2026

This week’s playlist opens with Ángel D’Agostino and Ángel Vargas: four intimate tangos that invite you to listen closely. Then Biagi’s crisp instrumentals change the pulse. Across 12 tandas, the music moves between voices and instruments, rhythmic energy and lyrical depth, Donato’s milongas and D’Arienzo’s valses. Each tanda has its own coherent sound, while the full sequence keeps the dance moving.

Listen to all 46 songs:
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5rczAzvMCpk8Z3214JeCo1
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/tangos-milongas-valses-336/pl.u-aZbgjbrsPke8aX
Complete song list: https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:US:5f9423e8-7cd1-4ae8-b7f8-49f2032407f0

09/28/2026

Forward and backward ochos are walking combined with pivots. Forward ochos use forward steps; backward ochos use backward steps. In both, organize the pivot over a stable axis, transfer weight clearly, and let the free leg move naturally.

Watch the exercise, then explore the full lesson: https://wp.me/p9JGik-WyM

For in-person tango training in the San Francisco Bay Area, remote lessons worldwide, or training in Buenos Aires, get in touch.

One week from today: Listening with the Whole Body.Sunday, October 4, 20262:00-4:00 PM Pacific TimeIn person at La Pista...
09/27/2026

One week from today: Listening with the Whole Body.

Sunday, October 4, 2026
2:00-4:00 PM Pacific Time

In person at La Pista Tango School, 3450 3rd Street, Unit 5-H, San Francisco:
$50 individual | $90 couple
Includes one homemade empanada per student: beef, fish, or vegetarian. Please communicate your choice and any allergies or dietary concerns in advance.

Live online:
$35 for one dancer or a couple joining together.

No partner is required. Partner rotation may be encouraged in person but is not required. All levels with some basic Tango experience are welcome.

Discover the workshop and reserve your place: https://escuelatangoba.com/marcelosolis/listening-with-the-whole-body-tango-musicality-workshop/

For those joining Listening with the Whole Body in person, I will include one homemade empanada per student.You may choo...
09/25/2026

For those joining Listening with the Whole Body in person, I will include one homemade empanada per student.

You may choose beef, fish, or vegetarian. Please communicate your choice, along with any allergies or dietary concerns, before the workshop.

This is not separate from the subject of the class. Socializing is part of Tango. Conversation, hospitality, and recognition help create the community in which the dance can exist.

The workshop takes place Sunday, October 4, from 2:00-4:00 PM Pacific Time at La Pista Tango School in San Francisco, with live-online participation available worldwide.

Read the full description and register: https://escuelatangoba.com/marcelosolis/listening-with-the-whole-body-tango-musicality-workshop/

Listening with the Whole Body will not be two uninterrupted hours of dancing.We will move, but we will also sit and list...
09/24/2026

Listening with the Whole Body will not be two uninterrupted hours of dancing.

We will move, but we will also sit and listen closely. We will notice rhythm, phrasing, texture, repetition, expectation, and surprise. We will talk about what we hear and how it changes our readiness to move. We will work individually and with partners, then make space for conversation and social connection.

That variety is intentional. Tango is not only a physical vocabulary; it is a living social practice formed through attention to music and people.

Sunday, October 4, 2:00-4:00 PM Pacific Time. Join us at La Pista Tango School in San Francisco or live online.

Choose the in-person or online experience: https://escuelatangoba.com/marcelosolis/listening-with-the-whole-body-tango-musicality-workshop/

Dance teachers: ready to create your Danceable profile?This step-by-step tutorial walks you through the complete process...
09/23/2026

Dance teachers: ready to create your Danceable profile?

This step-by-step tutorial walks you through the complete process, from signing up and verifying your email to adding your dance style, profile photo, and teaching experience.

A complete professional profile helps students understand who you are, what you teach, and how to connect with you.

Read the tutorial: https://danceable.ai/how-to-create-a-teacher-account-on-danceable/
Create your account: https://app.danceable.ai/

Playlist #335 is a journey through contrast within the shared language of Tango’s Golden Era.Across 42 recordings and 1...
09/23/2026

Playlist #335 is a journey through contrast within the shared language of Tango’s Golden Era.

Across 42 recordings and 11 tandas, instrumental and vocal music alternate with rhythmic drive and lyrical expression, lightness and emotional depth. Each tanda keeps its own coherent sound, orchestra, and emotional identity.

Francisco Canaro opens the journey. Osvaldo Pugliese brings it to a profound conclusion.

Listen on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4UJvMWB4zzt2nKkZdDyekC?si=63324bff6fdc4c68&pt=6fba0752e522332afc897c117448f19f

Listen on Apple Music:
https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/tangos-milongas-valses-335/pl.u-38o9G7WFPV27Ga

View the complete playlist PDF:
https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:US:72032b91-491a-4757-ba8a-f9de2be7e412

Follow for more tango music and educational content.

We hear more in Tango as we become more familiar with its world.The music carries history, language, poetry, orchestral ...
09/21/2026

We hear more in Tango as we become more familiar with its world.

The music carries history, language, poetry, orchestral traditions, social customs, and collective memory. Knowing more about that culture does not prescribe one correct interpretation. It gives the dancer more to recognize and more meaningful choices to make.

Listening with the Whole Body is not only a movement class. We will listen, talk, and place physical experience inside the living social practice of Argentine Tango.

Sunday, October 4, 2:00-4:00 PM Pacific Time. Attend at La Pista Tango School in San Francisco or join live online.

Read the full workshop description and register: https://escuelatangoba.com/marcelosolis/listening-with-the-whole-body-tango-musicality-workshop/

09/16/2026

Before tango reaches us as a step, it often reaches us as an image.

Rudolph Valentino’s tango in the 1921 film The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse became one of cinema’s enduring tango images and helped popularize the dance with American movie audiences. But it is a performance made for the camera, not a documentary of everyday social tango.

For dancers, that distinction matters. Social tango is built through listening: to the orchestra, to one’s own balance, to a partner’s embrace, and to the changing space of the floor. Improvisation makes each dance unrepeatable.

Which part of tango’s living culture would you want a film audience to understand?

09/15/2026

Teaching tango for more than 30 years has taught me that a dance business is built on relationships—with students, fellow teachers, and the community.
It also takes a lot of work behind the scenes: organizing classes, appointments, and payments. That experience inspired me to create Danceable.ai, so dance professionals can spend more time teaching and connecting with people.
Here’s the story behind it. Explore Danceable at https://danceable.ai

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