Welcome to TangoCleveland

updated on Jan 9, 2010

every Tuesday night,
There will be lessons and dancing at
Alegria with Timmy y Joanne
8778 Gatewood Drive
North Ridgeville, Ohio 44039 440/748-2204
7:00 lesson in the Milonguero style of tango
8:00 to 10:30 Open dancing
Still only $5 including light refreshments
Pop is $0.50
Bring your friends

There is a new venue to tango at
Starting Sunday, July 26
A night of 100% Argentina flavor
food, wine, music, and porteno
Experience Argentina, at the beautiful new
La Boca Restaurant
5800 Detroit road
Cleveland, Ohio (Gordon Square area)
There are lessons for beginners and experienced at 6:00
Dancing begins at 7:00 and goes to 11:00
Other special features include
There is a full dinner menu featring popular BsAs
food is available up to 9:00
NO BYOB permitted
Dress code for a night out, No jeans, or shorts
New dining room and bar
New rosewood hardwood dance floor
Art on all the walls from Cleveland artists for sale
Patio seating, small parking lot or street parking
owned and operated by a portena
Eat Dance Enjoy
We will be there Jan 10, and 24
and then every other weekend


In Feb
Tango Starts us again at Oberlin College
A college credited coarse lasting 12 weeks


In May, Oscar Casas returns to Alegria for more tango instruction
Classes will be held at Silhouette Dance studio, 12501 Madison Ave. In Lakewood, Oh
More info to come.



At Alegria
Where the Argentine Tango, Milonga, and Vals are danced and taught.
Tim and Joanne Pogros teach the close embrace, Milonguero or Apilado style of tango to their students.
We also have brought many instructors from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Cleveland to help in good instruction. People like, Carlos Gavito, Milena Plebs, Ricardo Vidort, Robert Hauk, and many, many, more.


The Argentine Tango is a dance of Passion, grace, speed and intricate steps. It is intensely individualistic and improvisational. The music is derived from black African rhythms, the melodies of southern Italy, Cuba and the Andalusian Tango. The theme of tango is passion, emotion and longing. It is reflected in the somber strains of the bandoneon, an accordion like instrument that breathes and signs with the pining of a lost love. Born around 1880 in the River Plate Region, Tango is an exclusively urban phenomenon whos major development took place in Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina. Initially only performed by amateurs, the tango was danced solely among men, who perfected their steps to impress the prostitutes at underground brothels. Women were included at the turn of the century, and the aristocracy embraced the dance in the late 1910s. 100 years since its birth, the tango is both the classic and modern form is again an integral part of Argentine culture, reclaimed by an older generation and discovered by the young.
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