UPCOMING EVENTS!
Encuentro Milonguero San Miguel de Allende, Mexico November 10-12, 2023 Details
“Strictly Gavito” – Classes & Workshops
Friday August 4, 2003 Pre-milonga classes
Saturday August 5, 2003 wORKSHOPS
Dance Blvd 1824 Hillsdale Avenue, San Jose, CA.
Call Dance Blve to register: 408.264.9393 or Contact Olivia Levitt for additional information and/or private lessons 650.834.5658
July 15, 2023 Dance Blvd, 1824 Hillsdale Avenue, San Jose, CA 95124
Workshop I. LEARN THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN TANGO MILONGUERO AND TANGO SALON STYLES OF DANCE.
Designed to facilitating personal invitations to register and dance with high intermediate to advanced level tango milonguero style dancers at the National Encuentros. This workshop will facilitate a comfort level for intermediate to advanced level tango salon dancers, highlighting the nuances differentiating tango milonguero style from tango salon, including the most common distinctions in axis, nuances, embrace and technique.
Workshop II. DANCING ON A TILE IN THE MILONGUERO EMBRACE
In a crowded milonga, can you dance rhythmically to an entire song within the area of four tiles? Learn the technique to dancing in the crowded salons of Buenos Aires (or locally in a very tight space) which will empower you to develop a vocabulary that you can lead and follow with confidence at your next milonga. Time permitting, we will continue with variations on giros (turns) utilizing ocho cortado to facilitate change of direction.
Workshop III. CREATING TORSION IN YOUR TANGO MOVEMENTS TO DANCE THROUGH SPACE INSTEAD OF MUSCLING THROUGH FORCED MOVEMENT.
In this workshop, we will share the technique to internally create and release torsion in your body throughout your tango movements; how to properly utilize the adductors and the inner ball of the sole to arrive at and/or pass through a perfect collect; maintaining axis, balance and grounding in your walk; and utilizing the rhomboid muscles for an unforgettable embrace; applying this knowledge to your tango movemens in a sustained connection on your forward axis transcending to a more sensual connection in your dance.
July 14, 2023 Dance Blvd. San Jose, CA 1824 Hillsdale Avenue, San Jose, CA 95124
PRE-MILONGA CLASS ALL LEVELS:
Topic: THE TANGO WALK WITH ADVANCE LEVEL NUANCES pertaining to the body mechanics of the tango walk. One must master the walking technique before one can proficiently execute the movements one has learned, and raise one's entire vocabluary of movement to a higher level.
PRE-MILONGA CLASS ADVANCED LEVEL:
Topic: LEARN THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN TANGO MILONGUERO AND TANGO SALON STYLES OF DANCE.
Designed to facilitate personal invitations to dance with high intermediate to advanced level tango milonguero style dancers at the National Encuentros. This class will facilitate a comfort level for intermediate to advanced level tango salon dancers, highlighting the nuances differentiating tango milonguero style from tango salon, including the most common distinctions in axis, nuances, embrace and technique.
July 9, 2023 Empanada Milonga -- St. Clements Epispocal Church 2837 Claremont Blvd. Berkeley, CA 94705
Pre-milonga Class 1:30pm - 2:30pm Int/Adv level
Topic: Use of the milonguero turn and ocho cortado in the tango milonguero embrace with change of direction. Milonga 2:30 - 6:00pm. Jonathan y Olivia performance at 4:00pm
Jonathan y Olivia at Encuentro Utopia February 16-19, 2023 Jonathan DJing
Wine Country Encuentro 2022 August 12-14, 2022
Encuentro Poema 2023 January 27-29, 2023
Benidorm Spain Tango Festival Jonathan DJing! April 27 - May 1, 2022
San Francisco Encuentro January 28-30, 2022
Encuentro New Orleans November 5-7, 2021
Valentango February 15-20, 2022 Jonathan DJing!
Tango Milonguero Encuentro Bootcamp
Baton Rouge Lousiana
Aprio 16, 2020-April 21, 2020
Register for Jonathan y Olivia's Tango Milonguero Encuento Bootcamp
(See tab on home page) for details
Vida Mia Encuentro
Join Jonathan y Olivia in Spain!
Jonathan will DJ at Vida Mia Encuentro
Tenerife Spain Jan 30, 2020 - Feb 2, 2020
Jan 24-26, 2020
Encuentro San Francisco 2020
Jonathan y Olivia's 8th National Encuentro
Verdi Club
2424 Mariposa Street S.F. CA
The Tango Meeting
Jonathan will DJ at The Tango Meeting
Tenerife Spain Dec 27, 2019 - Jan 3, 2019
Nov 21 - 26, 2019
Jonathan y Olivia in New Orleans and Baton Rouge
Join Jonathan y Olivia's tango milonguero workshops and performances
Oct 17-21, 2019
Join Jonathan and Olivia at Charleston Encuentro!
Sept 24-30, 2019
Jonathan y Olivia's Tango Milonguero Workshops in Santa Cruz CA
Join Jonathan y Olivia for workshops
Jonathan DJs in Santa Cruz Milonga
June 20-26, 2019
Jonathan y Olivia's Tango Milonguero Workshops in Cleveland Ohio!
Join Jonathan and Olivia for workshop series, milonga
and Jonathan DJing the Cleveland Milonga
June 13-16, 2019
Jonathan DJs at Newport News Encuentro
Join Jonathan y Olivia at the Encuentro!
May 25-27, 2018
Jonathan y Olivia teach workshops in Port Townsend, Seattle, and British Columbia and attend the Port Townsend Encuentro!
April 30, 2019
Jonathan DJs at Milonga Leona
Join Jonathan and Olivia at Shahin's Milonga!
April 26-29, 2019
Jonathan y Olivia at Sante Fe Encuentro
Join Jonathan and Olivia at the Encuentro!
Mar 13-20, 2019
Join Jonathan y Olivia for Tango Milonguero workshops in New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Buluxi Mississippi!
Jan 25-28, 2019
Encuentro San Francisco at The Verdi Club
San Francisco CA
Jonathan y Olivia's 7th National Invitational Encuentro!
April 18-25, 2018
Jonathan y Olivia teach workshops in Sante Fe and Albuquerque and also attend the Sante Fe Advanced Encuwentro, 2018
March 7-13, 2018!
Join Jonathan y Olivia at the Newport News Encuentro
February 15-21, 2018
Jonathan y Olivia will teach workshops and private lessons in Salt Lake City Utah. Jonathan will also DJ the Avenues Yoga Milonga in SLC.
February 9-11, 2018
Join Jonathan y Olivia at Valentango
Pre-register for Valentango berofe February 1, 2018!
January 26-28, 2018 Jonathan y Olivia host Encuentro Milonguero San Francisco Bay Area 2018, a private invitational weekend consisting of five milongas, tango from the Golden Era, JDed by some of the best DJs in the country, bonding, dining, and dancing with 160 milonguero style dancers (evenly balanced leader and follower ratio) from the US, Canada and abroad eho honor the codigos of tango at the Masonic Lodge in Burlingame, CA.
January 26, 2018 Jonathan y Olivia host "A Tango Milonguero Intensive"
1:00pm-5:00pm featuring four one hour consecutive classes taught by Daniel Arias and Laura Mingo; Christopher and Caroline; Jonathan y Olivia and Pablo and Eva.
Novembe 5, 2017 Jonathan y Olivia launch El Beso Practica @ The Warehouse located at 64 Digital Drive Novato, CA scheduled for the 2nd and 3rd Sunday afternoons every month. Jonathan y Olivia introduce FREE mini-privates to the first 6 dancers to sign up each Practica!
November 4, 2017 Jonathan y Olivia consolidates Cachirulo Milonga at the Schoolhouse, Santa Rosa; The Belrose Milonga, San Rafael; and El Beso Milonga, Emeryville; and launches Cachirulo Milonga @ The Warehouse located at 64 Digital Drive Novato CA scheduled for the 1st and 4th Saturdays of every month.
Ocober 7, 2017 Jonathan DJs Los Puertas Milonga in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
October 7, 2018 Jonathan y Olivia teach afternoon workshops at the Albuquerque Tango Club, Albuquerque New Mexico
October 5, 2017 Jonathan y Olivia teach Pre-practica class and Jonathan DJs the Practica in Sante Fe