Dancing on the Big Island
in Kona and Kohala, Hawaii
There is an active Argentine Tango Community on the Big Island
Click the button above to get email notices of Argentine Tango events on the Big Island.
or send an email to dancekona@dancekona.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject or text.
For Tango state wide see tangoislands.com
Visit the Hawaii Islands Tango Calendar - click here
The Big island has a Tango Ensemble named Mango Tango for our dancing and listening pleasure.
Visit the Mango Tango Web page - click here
What is Tango?
Tango is more than just a dance!
It comes into your life as a simple interest, develops into a nice hobby, slowly grows into an obsession... and gradually becomes your lifestyle...
Tango is not just a combination of pretty steps... it is a bouquet of human emotions - passion, anger, happiness, desire, lust, jealousy, love... interpreted uniquely by each individual person... and expressed on the dance floor...
Our vocabulary is rather limited... there is only so much that you can say in words... You can write pages and pages of romantic letters to the woman that you love, and still have a hard time expressing your true feelings... but a single touch, a sole motion on the dance floor can let her know so much in a single moment! Tango allows you to communicate your feelings and emotions much stronger... you are happy - you dance one way... you are sad or angry - you dance another way! The steps and moves that seem to be the same will come out differently depending on how you feel at that particular moment, what music you are dancing to, and who you are dancing with... Precisely because of that no Tango is ever the same! Every dance is always unique... it is pure improvisation! You may know the steps in your head... but your heart tells you where to move.
Tango brings together people from all walks of life... and erases their differences! It does not matter how old you are... it does not matter who you are or what you do for a living... all that matters is that you want to dance... When You are on the dance floor... nothing else exists around you… You surrender to the music and let it move you... it gets deep inside your heart and your soul, engulfs you completely... captivates you...
Tango is not just a dance... it is a lifestyle... it is distinctive, timeless and everlasting... It spans through decades, continents, nations and people! Tango is a unique culture, rich with history, thrilling and controversial, passionate and mysterious... And with every single song, with every single dance it draws you to it stronger and stronger and makes you want to be part of it more and more...
- Vladimir Estrin
Fred Gaeta
Fred is a world travelling Tango enthusiast who teaches a class and has a practice session "Practilonga" at the RCS Fitness Studio in the Koloko Industrial area ( upstairs from Civiche Dave's restaurant in the building above Home Depot) in Kona on Wednesday nights at 7:30-9:30.
Fred also organizes and sponsors Tango events and hosts visiting maestro's. See the Tango Events flyers & Calendar.
Brian and Mimi
Mimi and Brian both have movement and dance backgrounds. They learned to Tango in San Francisco and Buenos Aires - two of the best tango communities in the world! They were privileged to learn from master tango teachers and surrounded by enthusiastic tango fanatics. Some of their teachers include: Homer and Cristina Ladas, Ney Melo, Sebastian Arce, Chicho Frumboli, Mariana Dragone - and many more. Between 2005 and 2009 they attended classes, workshops, and countless milongas - soaking up all the technique they possibly could. They are now back on the Big Island (where Mimi grew up) and are excited to share their love for tango and teach others how to partner and connect with confidence and ease.
Mimi & Brian teach a class at the Green Church in Waimea on Thursday Evenings for 7-9 PM
Angel Prince
Angel hosts a Milonga at the Blue Barn in Puuanhulu (on the upper highway between Kona & Waimea) once a month on Fridays See the Tango Calendar.
Gilbert Ching
Gilbert teaches beginning, intermediate & advanced "show" Tango at the Hawaii Ballroom Dance studio in Kailua-Kona.
See the Tango calendar or call 808 334-0224
Youtube Tango teaching clips: