Carlos Quilici's guide to the technicalities of musicality for tango dancers - intensive workshop
Carlos Quilici is bringing you his technical guidelines from a professional musician's perspective to help tango dancers express their musicality. Expert musician, bandoneonist, singer, and composer Carlos Quilici will give you a technical understanding of the structure and nature of tango music which is essential for dancers to be able to satisfyingly interpret and successfully dance to tango music.
Wednesday 1st July 2026, 19:30-21:30, £20, Colchester City Centre
Text Miriam Gita on 07706 746750 for venue details and to book your place.
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Study Musical Understanding with Carlos Quilici
Expert musician, bandoneonist, singer, and composer Carlos Quilici will give you a technical understanding of the structure and nature of tango music which is essential for dancers to be able to satisfyingly interpret and successfully dance to tango music.
Sunday 5th July 12-2pm, £20 Colchester City Centre
Text Miriam Gita on 07706 746750 for venue details and to book your place.
Argentine Tango workshop with Miriam and Miles
Wednesday 25th March 2026,7.30-9.30pm, £20
The social sacada is an extremely compact type of sacada that can work within the line and lane of dance where the lead sacadas the follower in close or open embrace. These types of sacadas are done on the follower's side step and/or the forward steps. Come and learn these wonderful sacadas that you can immediately apply in your dance today! We will explore lead technique, follower technique, and couple's technique in how to respond appropriately.
Class to be led by Miles Tangos, who's been teaching social tango for 19 years all around the world, and assisted by Miriam Gita with her eight years of experience teaching Argentine tango in England. Text Miriam on 07706746750 to book your place.
Wednesday 18th March 2026 7:30-9:30pm, £20, Colchester city centre - parking available
Weekly Wednesday Evening Argentine tango lessons
Welcome to The Joy of Tango social club
My weekly Argentine tango classes on Wednesday evenings are a friendly mixed-level group really welcoming and encouraging for total beginners as well as being challenging for experienced tango dancers because I passionately believe that a large part of the tango experience is about being able to adjust ourselves to various different dance partners in the most mutually pleasurable way whatever their level of experience.
Upcoming Events
Come and join us in Colchester city centre 7:30-9:30pm, £10 on Wednesdays.
Weekly Sunday afternoon tango classes in Colchester
12-2pm Sundays, £10, Colchester city centre, all welcome
Join our friendly Colchester tango community and dive into the vibrant world of Argentine tango!
No need to bring a partner and no dance experience necessary. This is a mixed-level group class always welcoming new beginners who learn quickly with the friendly encouragement of more experienced tango dancers. And for those of you with more tango experience I always have challenges and exercises to get your tango up to the next level.
Text me on 07706746750 or email thejoyoftango@gmail.com for more details
Colchester city centre, street parking available or at Butt Road or St. Mary's nearest car parks.
Festive Passage House Milonga in Colchester
Sunday 21st December 2025 6-10pm, £5, 2 Bank Passage, Colchester, CO1 1HZ
Celebrate Christmas with tango. Colchester's festive milonga at The Passage House. A warm welcome awaits you with a good floor, friendly people, delicious food and drinks including bar available. Traditional tango music in TTVTTM tandas with cortinas selected by Miriam Gita.
If you don't already dance tango then come to our beginners introduction to Argentine tango beforehand, 5-6pm, £10 to get started on your tango journey!
Parking is available in the street on Sundays and also at car parks such as St. Mary's, Butt Road and P:riory St.
Saturday 22nd November 2025 6-10pm, £5
Passage House Milonga
Join us for this friendly, intimate milonga on a gorgeous little floor with traditional tango music in TTVTTM tandas. Delicious food and drinks available from the cafe.
Argentine Tango social dance in Colchester
The Passage House Afternoon Tea Milonga
Saturday 25th October 4-7pm, £5
2 Bank Passage, Colchester, Essex
Community and physicality in the culture of Argentine tango
Tango Workshop
Exploring unconscious group dynamics, therapeutic communities and physicality through the culture of Argentine tango