Argentine Tango in South London
Maestros Amanda and Adrian Costa are back @ Tango 178 in March/April with a TANGO INTENSIVE WEEK - classes, workshops, private lessons and performance!
Amanda and Adrian ane internationally renown teachers and performers of Argentine tango. whose authentic style closely mirrors the old milongueros of the 1940’s and 50’s, the Golden Age of tango. Their style and teaching is very much in keeping with the Tango178 philosophy both in dance and community spirit. We warmly welcome them back for their sixth visit! Full details of classes workshops and performance here on our site.
Welcome to Tango 178.. The home of Argentine tango in South London, dancing every Sunday.
London’s most sociable and welcoming tango community dancing every Sunday @ The New Cross House. We welcome all levels with weekly drop in classes that will quickly give you the skills to dance socially. We also have a fantastic committed experienced regular dancers building a wonderful tango vibe in the weekly social dancing events. Come and experience the wonders of Tango 178!
178 Community
We are a community minded Argentine tango school and we’ve been running Classes on Sundays and social dancing in South London for ten years.
Our aim is to make tango accessible, affordable and fun both to learn and dance socially.
In Tango 178’s classes you can learn the fundamentals of tango in a drop in classes or your existing skills in our second improver class.
All this can lead you to developing the skills to join our Weekly Milonga or social dance night directly after the classes.
Our dance space is the showroom, upstairs in the New Cross House in the heart of the Goldsmith’s University student district. It is a perfect space for tango with a great floor, excellent menu, wine and cocktails and friendly and supportive staff. It’s like a little piece of Buenos Aires, the spiritual home of tango.
Come learn tango and dance in the most friendly, community orientated tango scene in London!
It’s our 178’s Birthday celebration on Sunday! we will celebrate by dressing “Up To Eleven”… which means extra specially smart. Join us for lessons, cake and a unique and interactive performance!
Our Approach to Argentine Tango
After our classes, our dancers can enjoy the milonga (or social dance) where we encourage a respect for how we share the dance space and all have a good time!
Our music is traditional, and focuses on the tunes that were played back in the day when tango was the ultimate URBAN dance, in the 30’s and 40’s. If you haven’t heard traditional Argentine tango music, it’s AMAZING!
The magic of tango is how a very simple combination of music, contact and movement can create a deep intimacy that is lost in everyday life. It’s not just about the closeness of the embrace and we do dance CLOSE…. the special nature of tango is that it is a ‘travelling’ dance. This means that dancers are in a constant circular flow or Ronda. This is unique to tango. What makes Tango 178 special is that it’s one of the very few dance nights in London where this can be fully appreciated and experienced. We move, as a community dancing together and moving TOGETHER.
Come to The New Cross House on Sunday evening and experience this for yourself!
