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Authentic Argentine Tango in Kansas CitY

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Tango Matiz


They say Tango Chooses You. We got lucky, and in 2013 began our Tango journey with an amazing couple in Kansas City. Within a few months of starting Tango, we were completely hooked, attending classes 3 times a week, hoping for more with every step.

Since those initial months, we have travelled the US and Europe dancing, learning, and absorbing information. We are eager to incorporate this knowledge into our dancing and share it with our students.

Tango is an incredibly rich cultural experience, often more than just the dance. The music, the culture, the language, the emotion, and the complexity of human interaction all play integral roles in the experience.

Come join us as we explore and dissect the world of Tango—a world of challenge, technique, beauty, simplicity, and yes, passion.

Schedule

Schedule

October 2025

Our lessons are split up between two groups: beginners and intermediate/advanced dancers. If you are a beginner, the best place for you is in our beginner series. Please feel free to attend at any point as beginners topics at any stage are going to work best for you.

If you have some experience, the intermediate class may be a better fit for you, but topics in the intermediate class will vary from relatively simple to complex, depending on overall class attendance and curriculum plans.

For best learning results we would recommend consistent week-to-week attendance, but we absolutely understand that life happens in the way it happens, and this may not be possible.

No reservations are necessary to come to a class. Just show up! Clothing-wise, there is no dress-code. Please wear what is comfortable. For shoes, we recommend any shoes that you can easily pivot it, ideally with a leather sole. For followers, we recommend heels, even if they are short. If you are unsure that your shoes will work, grab a pair of socks just in case.

Friday • October 3

Beginner’s Class 7-8pm
Intermediate Class 8-9pm
9pm+ Practica w/ Jon
$15 / person (either class or both)

Viva Social Dance Studio
5722 Nieman Rd, Shawnee, KS 66203

Friday • October 10

Beginner’s Class 7-8pm
Intermediate Class 8-9pm
9pm+ Practica w/ Jon
$15 / person (either class or both)

Viva Social Dance Studio
5722 Nieman Rd, Shawnee, KS 66203

Friday • October 17

Beginner’s Class 7-8pm
Intermediate Class 8-9pm
9pm+ Practica w/ Jon
$15 / person (either class or both)

Viva Social Dance Studio
5722 Nieman Rd, Shawnee, KS 66203

Friday • October 24

Beginner’s Class 7-8pm
Intermediate Class 8-9pm
9pm+ Practica w/ Jon
$15 / person (either class or both)

Viva Social Dance Studio
5722 Nieman Rd, Shawnee, KS 66203

Friday • October 31

Beginner’s Class 7-8pm
Practica w/ Jon 8pm+
$15 / person (either class or both)

Viva Social Dance Studio
5722 Nieman Rd, Shawnee, KS 66203

Approach

Approach

Dancing can be taught in many different ways. We’ve been incredibly lucky to study with some of the most impactful names in Tango: Chicho Frumboli & Juana Sepulveda, Carlitos Espinoza & Noelia Hurtado, Javier Rodriguez, Pablo Rodriguez & Corina Herrera, Gustavo Naveira & Giselle Ann, Victor & Aksana Golub and many more, and what these maestros have said, made a great impact on our dancing and our teaching.

What we aim to bring to the craft, is our distillation of the knowledge given to us by the many people we have learned from and danced with.

What may surprise you as you come into Tango, is we will focus very little on memorizing steps or sequences. Instead, we will work hard to understand the why and how of each movement, and will polish and tune this movement to add it to our repertoire. We will also work to commit this and every other movement to muscle memory, and unlock the ability for us to use movement to illustrate and accompany the music.

This, we believe is the essence of Tango: the ability to express yourself freely to the inspiration of the music, without limitation to your repertoire of movements, but with special attention to your partner and the experience you are sharing as a couple.

Media

Media

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AUDIO

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Tango Matiz — July 4 | Windy City Tango Festival 2024, Chicago, IL
Verano Porteño — Color Tango (Arr. Osvaldo Pugliese)
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Tango Matiz — July 4 | Windy City Tango Festival 2024, Chicago, IL
Lágrimas y Sonrisas — Rodolfo Biagi
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Tango Matiz — July 4 | Windy City Tango Festival 2019, Chicago, IL
Vuelvo al Sur — Juan Carlos Cáceres
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Tango Matiz — July 4 | Windy City Tango Festival 2019, Chicago, IL
Porteñisimo — Miguel Caló
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Tango Matiz — October 6 | Boogie Ball 2018, Ararat Shrine, Kansas City, MO
Remembranzas — Osvaldo Pugliese

Tango Matiz — June 8 | VooDoo Lounge, Kansas City, MO
Hallelujah — Pentatonix

Tango Matiz — June 8 | VooDoo Lounge, Kansas City, MO
La Mulateada — Alberto Podestá y Las Bordonas

Tango Matiz — January 17 | Manhattan, KS
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Tango Matiz — January 17 | Manhattan, KS
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Tango Matiz — January 17 | Manhattan, KS
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