DC Queer Tango Weekend

Schedule

Fri, 12 Jun, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Sat, 13 Jun, 2026 at 11:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Montgomery College Cultural and Performing Arts Center | Silver Spring, MD

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Visiting queer tango teachers, organizers, DJs, and dancers converge on the Washington, DC area for a weekend of learning and dancing.
About this Event

Sponsored by the Montgomery College Arts Institute, the Department of Visual and Performing Arts, and the Cultural Arts Center.


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Friday

πŸ•‘: 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM
All-Levels workshop with Karen: Healthy movement
Host: Karen Johnson

Info: Healthy movement (using spiraldynamik training) to create changes in dynamics with ease, accommodating each person's individual body and needs. (Registration required.) Location: CU205 dance studio


πŸ•‘: 07:30 PM - 09:00 AM
Workshop with Elly: Higher Risk Moves
Host: Elly Fernandez

Info: Higher risk moves (starting with sacadas for all, moving into hooks/leg wraps/ganchos). (Registration required.) Location: CU205 dance studio


πŸ•‘: 09:00 PM - 10:30 PM
Dinner & Community Discussion

Info: Registration required. Location: first-floor lounge


πŸ•‘: 10:30 PM - 11:30 PM
After Dinner Social and Community Sing Along

Info: Group sing along to tango music highlighting meaning, cultural context, and poetry of tango lyrics (English translation available). Location: first-floor lounge


Saturday

πŸ•‘: 12:00 PM - 01:30 PM
Embrace: Communication and Connection (all-levels workshop with Phi Lee)
Host: Phi Lee Lam

Info: (FULL) The objective of this workshop is to find a comfortable yet dynamic and connected embrace so that both leaders and followers can transmit intention, movement and response with clarity and ease. (Registration required) Location: CU205 dance studio


πŸ•‘: 01:30 PM - 03:00 PM
Tango Improvisation Lab (workshop with Phi Lee)
Host: Phi Lee Lam

Info: (FULL) In this exploratory workshop, we will play with elements such as the sacada, enrosque, lapiz and gancho within a giro. (Registration required) Location: CU205 dance studio


πŸ•‘: 02:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Practilonga
Host: DJ Sandeep Tata

Info: Informal practice time to work on what we've learned. Location: first-floor lounge


πŸ•‘: 07:30 PM - 08:30 PM
Queer Tango Taster class

Info: An introduction to tango before the party gets started. Location: first-floor lounge


πŸ•‘: 08:30 PM - 11:30 PM
Be Here Queer! Milonga
Host: DJ Karen Johnson

Info: Location: first-floor lounge


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Montgomery College Cultural and Performing Arts Center, 7995 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, United States

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