Gabriela’s Tango

Wow. Before Gabriela, I’d gone to ten or so lessons with three different tango teachers in the Denver/​Boulder area, but often couldn’t remember very well and kept getting overwhelmed and unable to do it. It seemed like I could maybe eventually learn tango? This was different…
Gabriela gave the beginner class some great fundamentals on how to stand and breathe and move, then drilled the basic steps in a way that I actually could completely remember them (that’s unusual for me), then had us practice a ton with different people — great turnout and gender balance too. I stayed on for the intermediate level class because it was actually repeatable and memorable.
This woman is incredible: running to greet each person individually at the door with warmth, DJing great varied music, giving simple understandable & memorable coaching, speaking loudly and audibly over the music in an awesome accent, demonstrating with her back to us to avoid left-​right mixups, and putting people on the spot with coaching in front of everyone, but everyone gets it.
Love the studio’s size: it has mirrors and couches and authentic tango posters. It got a little warm, but the open door let in cold night air, which I prefer over A.C. The men do tend to wear dress shirts.
$ 15 for 4+ hours of as much learning & practice & music as you have the stamina for.