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IslaTango is the premiere source of Argentine Tango in Hawaii, and was recognized as the "Best of Honolulu" for Argentine Tango in the March 2009 edition of the Honolulu Magazine (page 94). Offering lessons from internationally recognized tango maestro George Garcia. IslaTango was founded in 1997 by George Garcia and is now a solid tango community in the middle of the Pacific. George stars with Christy Coté in Dance Vision USA's highly acclaimed 20 DVD Argentine Tango Instructional Series. He has performed at the Tango Libertad Show in Tokyo and judged the competitions at the World Tango Festival in Tokyo in 2006 and 2007. George is a DVIDA National Examiner.

    • Tango for Absolute Beginners: A four-week series that starts on the first Wednesday of each month at the Honolulu Club, 932 Ward Avenue. "If you can walk... you can learn to tango" with expert instruction from maestro George Garcia. Class meets on the first four Wednesdays of the month at 7:30-8:30pm with a 2-hour practice session included. See "Lessons" page for details.
    • Would you like to take your tango to a higher level? George offers private coaching that gives immediate and long term results for both leader or follower. Learn out how to create that 'Lush Connection' that partners find irresistible.
    • Tango travels... - Past workshops with guest instructors through the years. Past instructors include Carlos Gavito y Marcela Duran, Hugo y Miriam, Jorge Torres, Graciela Gonzalez, Fabian Salas, Cecilia Gonzales, Christy Coté, Chelsea Eng, Evan Wallace y Michelle Badion, Felix Chavez, Alberto y Valorie, Daniel Trenner, Rebecca Shulman, Brigitte Winkler, Jean-Sebastien Rampazzi, Florencia Taccetti, Jorge Nel y Milena, Gloria and Claudio Otero, Felix Chavez, Emil Sansour y Nazan, Miguel Angel Pla, Julian Miller Ramil y Claudia Lissette, Susana Miller, Cacho Dante, Murat y Michelle, Marcelo Solis y Yanina Messina, Carlos Stasi and Susana Guevara, Julio y Mirabai, Akiyoshi y Noriko, Mariana Ancarola y David Orly-Thompson, and still counting....
 
Upcoming...

IslaTango Summer Bootcamp in Honolulu ~ July 12-31
An extended tango immersion course that gives a student a chance to learn and retain the necessary skills and vocabulary of the dance.

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Special Ladies Technique Workshop with Christy Coté in Honolulu!
Saturday, June 24th at Tango Bootcamp $25/person
4:00-8:00pm at the Al Franz Studio

Maestro Facundo Posadas and Christy Coté Workshops in Honolulu - October 29-31

Contact us for information!


 
Around The Net...
George Garcia's "Lush Connection" concepts - Mark Andersen, a fan from the Bay Area describes his own experience of the teachings of the Maestro at a workshop in San Francisco. George's concise explanation of the "Lush Embrace", posture and balance differentiations of leader and follower, expquisite invitation and response inspired revelatory reactions of the entire class. more (Type in "4 Secrets" in the Archive Search box)

"Do's and Don'ts of Inviting and Accepting" by Ney Melo
What is the proper tango etiquette of asking someone to dance? Is there a method? Click here for a great article by Ney: |more|






 
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