Tango Breakthrough workshops with Rafael Baere
Schedule
Sat Sep 06 2025 at 03:00 pm to 07:30 pm
UTC-05:00Location
9649 Hillcroft Ave, Houston, TX 77096-3805, United States | Bellaire, TX
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RAFAEL BAERE teaching and DJ-ing in Houston!Who is Rafael Baere?
A professional teacher of social tango and a world-class tango DJ. Not a stage performer. Not a champion. TEACHER. Real professional tango instructor, for 18 years. See full bio below.
Why take lessons from Rafael?
In Rafael’s words: "Some instructors teach you WHAT to dance. I teach you HOW to dance." Student testimonials – read here.
EARLY BIRD SALE – ONE WEEK ONLY!
Prices for Rafael’s workshops are on sale - UNTIL SATURDAY August 16th - plus TWO BONUSES!
[SORRY Early Bird sale is over]
REGULAR prices – after August 16th
1 workshop: $40
1 day (3 workshops): $105, free MMM entry included
2 days (6 workshops): $180, free MMM entry included
ATTENTION COUPLES: your partner registers at HALF-PRICE!
REGISTRATION - 713-302-8763 OR [email protected]
WORKSHOPS
Saturday Sept 6th - Beginner-to-Intermediate-level workshops
Prerequisite: knowing how to dance basic tango steps such as ochos, giros, and ocho cortado.
3:00 – 4:15 Musicality for both roles.
How to adapt your core movements to 4 different styles of tango music. How to suggest and how to respond.
4:30 – 5:45 Upgrading your sacadas.
How to combine them for a smooth flow. How to alternate between leader sacadas and follower sacadas.
6:00 – 7:15 Energy management in tango.
How to make your dance breathe by managing the energy of the embrace. How to vary movements with opposite energies to create a more colorful dance.
Sunday Sept 7th - Intermediate-to-Advanced-level workshops
Prerequisite: ability to execute the movements listed as the topic of the workshop. We're going to work on refining these movements, assuming that you already know what they are.
3:00 – 4:15 Next level giros.
How to control dynamics of giros. Organic insertion of planeos, agujas and enrosques.
4:30 – 5:45 Legs up! Boleos and ganchos with musical focus.
How to combine them in fresh and dynamic ways.
6:00 – 7:15 Adding flash to your tango: colgadas and volcadas.
Stability, resistance, posture and energy.
REGISTRATION - 713-302-8763 OR [email protected]
About Rafael Baere
Rafael started his life in dance at the age of 8 with break dance. Later, when he was around 15, he started learning classical ballet and contemporary dance. At the age of 17, he encountered ballroom dance and other embrace dances, like tango.
After falling in love with tango, he started leaving all the other dances behind and dedicated himself to a select few dance forms, one of them being tango. Since 2002 he took many seminars and private classes with the following masters: Gustavo Naveira and Giselle Anne, Chicho and his partners Eugenia Parrilla and Juana Sepulveda, Fabian Salas and his partners, Julio Balmaceda with Corina de la Rosa, Sebastian Arce and Mariana Montes, Pablo Verón, and Moira Castellano.
At the age of 22 he started giving classes and since then he has travelled the world, taking advantage of mastering several languages, giving group classes, private classes and seminars, with a partner or alone in Europe, Russia, Brasil, Argentina, Asia and Oceania, the United States and Canada. His classes mainly focus on posture, balance, fluid energy, embrace and musicality. He considers that the best way to learn how to dance is by studying, not just copying sequences.
Seeking complementary studies alongside his work as a teacher, he studied Alexander Technique, Rolfing, Feldenkrais, Franklin Method and dove deep into books about the history of dance, anatomy for dancers, biomechanics and he took advantage of his knowledge of martial arts to build singular classes which aim to use body movements in the healthiest way possible.
Since 2012 he tours Asia and Oceania, United States and Canada, Europe and Middle East offering workshops, private classes and doing DJ for milongas, marathons and Festivals. He also travels in a less regular way to teach in South America, and Africa. His Private classes and DJ pages on Facebook have reviews from Dancers and Organisers from all over the world about his work.
In his work as a DJ, he aims to balance melodic and rhythmical orchestras, instrumental with sung tandas, and normally plays 2 tango tandas and 1 vals tanda, 2 tango tandas and 1 milonga tanda, changing to 3-1-3-1 according to the dance floor.
He finds that the dancers are the most important element to DJing, as they are the ones who give feedback to a DJ. Rafael has DJed in Europe, Russia, Brazil, USA and Argentina for more than 10 years and has received very positive feedback from milonga regulars.
Rafael's Houston visit schedule:
Labor Day Weekend: DJ-ing the Austin Tango Marathon
Tuesday September 2nd: All-level class @ Simone on Sunset
Wednesday-Friday September 3rd-5th: Private lessons
Saturday September 6th: DJ-ing the MMM milonga
Saturday - Sunday September 6th-7th: Tango Workshops
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Where is it happening?
9649 Hillcroft Ave, Houston, TX 77096-3805, United States, Pediatric Dentist Houston TX, 9641 Hillcroft Ave, Houston, TX 77096, United States, BellaireEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
