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Headgate Theatre, 14 Chapel St. North, Colchester, Essex, CO

Beginners' Argentine Tango Classes

Learn to dance Argentine tango with Nicolas Ignacio Godoy and Miriam Gita in Colchester at the Headgate Theatre on Sunday mornings. These lessons will get you dancing by covering all the basics of tango in a friendly and welcoming group. No need to bring a partner. No dance experience required. All welcome!

Suspended pauses and poses - Argentine Tango Intensive Works

Sunday 7th December 12-2pm, £20

The pause is one of the most important "moves" in tango both for the expression of your musicality and for intensification of the connection between leader and follower. The magic of Argentine tango is in its mood and aesthetic. In order to achieve this iconic look for yourself you need to pay close attention to your posture, the pose with which you move and the poses you create throughout your dance and especially in those moments of suspension into a soft pause. 


At this intensive Argentine tango workshop Miriam and Nicolas will give you specific technique tips and exercises to increase your beneficial use of suspension in every step you take to make you really look like a tango dancer and help you unlock your potential to improve your tango.

The technical skills vital to achieving this will be taught in great detail and you will be given options to make it attainable and satisfying whether you want an ambitious challenge or a simple introduction to the concept. 


During the workshop Nicolas and Miriam will give you beneficial strengthening exercises to practice at home as well as advice on how to stay with the music in your dance. No need to bring a partner, some tango experience is essential for this workshop. This two-hour workshop is suitable for all with useful simplifications given to beginners as well as advanced challenges on offer for more experienced tangueros. No partner necessary.

Sunday 7th December 12-2pm, £20
Headgate Theatre dance studio, 14 Chapel Street North, Colchester, Essex, CO2 7AT

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. 

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The Sacada Matrix - Argentine Tango Intensive Workshop

Sunday 30th November 12-2pm, £20

Experienced professional Argentine tango teachers Nicolas Ignacio Godoy and Miriam Gita bring you a special workshop on the subject of linking and combining sacadas in various and diverse ways using understanding of the technique necessary to lead and follow this exciting and dynamic movement. This intensive workshop will take you to a better understanding of what sacadas involve from a technical point of view and with respect to the music and open up more possibilities for you to enjoy them in your tango. You will be given plenty of time to practice your new moves with different partners to make sure that you can genuinely lead or follow real sacadas rather than just walking through them by rote.


During the workshop Nicolas and Miriam will give you beneficial strengthening exercises to practice at home as well as advice on how to stay with the music in your dance. No need to bring a partner, some tango experience is essential for this workshop.


Sunday 30th November 12-2pm, £20
Headgate Theatre dance studio, 14 Chapel Street North, Colchester, Essex, CO2 7AT

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.

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The Passage House cafe, Bank Passage, Colchester, CO1 1HZ

Introduction to Argentine tango

Saturday 22nd November 2025, 5-6pm, £10

Are you tango curious? Join us for an introduction to Argentine tango for total beginners.

Sunday 23rd November 2025 - Headgate Theatre Colchester, CO2

Workshop: Directionality to focus your tango

Argentine tango workshop 12am-2pm, £20

with Nicolas Ignacio Godoy and Miriam Gita

Finesse your tango with one-to-one specialist teaching

Argentine Tango Private Lessons in Colchester

Accomplished Argentinian Tanguero and experienced tango teacher Nicolas Ignacio Godoy is teaching private tango lessons in Colchester on from 3pm on Sunday 16th of November 2025. 

Book your private lesson
Sunday 16th November 2025 - Headgate Theatre Colchester, CO2

Rhythmic variation in tango and milonga

Argentine tango workshop 12am-2pm, £20

with Nicolas Ignacio Godoy and Miriam Gita

Musicality and Dynamism in tango and vals workshop

with Nicolas Ignacio Godoy and Miriam Gita

This intensive improvers Argentine Tango workshop on musicality and dynamism with experienced tango teachers Nicolas Ignacio Godoy and Miriam Gita will challenge the expression of your relationship with the music and help you unlock the passion and dynamism in your musicality.

Sunday 9th November 12-2pm, £20
Headgate Theatre dance studio, Colchester, 

For more information and to reserve your place. 

Text 07706746750 or email thejoyoftango@gmail.com 

Argentine Tango social dance in Colchester

The Passage House Afternoon Tea Milonga

Saturday 25th October 4-7pm, £5

2 Bank Passage, Colchester, Essex

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