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EsquinaTango Cultural Society of Austin

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EsquinaTango Cultural Society of Austin is a non-profit organization striving to build a vibrant and diverse community in East Austin and beyond through culture, health, and dance, with an emphasis on Latino heritage, recreational tango and other Argentine traditions, fostering personal wellness, and promoting understanding of Latino culture.

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    EsquinaTango Cultural Society of Austin

    209 Pedernales St.
    Austin , TX 78702

    Phone: 512.524.2772   |   Email   |   Official Website

  • Current Events

    07/09/12- Ongoing	Noche de Tango with Glover Gill & The Tosca String Quartet Noche de Tango with Glover Gill & The Tosca String Quartet Presented by EsquinaTango Cultural Society of Austin July 9, 2012 - Ongoing : Come a enjoy Esquina’s magical tango nights! Evening includes tango class (9pm) and lots of social dancing and socializing with wonderful Live Music by Glover Gill and The Tosca String Quartet! No partner needed, come with a friend or to make new ones! Snacks provided, bring your own beverage.
    04/20/10- Ongoing	Conversational Spanish Classes Esquina Tango Conversational Spanish Classes Presented by EsquinaTango Cultural Society of Austin at Esquina Tango April 20, 2010 - Ongoing Conversational group open to all levels of experience. We will chat, read articles, watch movies and conduct other activities to improve students’ understanding of the Spanish language (listening and speaking). * Note: this group is meant to get you comfortable talking and listening. To learn in a relaxed environment...but it won't take the place of Spanish Class (you still have to go get some of that grammar and language foundation).
    03/06/10- Ongoing	Forró Calsses: Famous Brazilian Dance Forró Calsses: Famous Brazilian Dance Presented by EsquinaTango March 6, 2010 - Ongoing Pronounced fo-ho, Forró refers to the music, dance, and social gathering from rural Northeast Brazil. In this class, students will learn several related couples’ dances: Forró, Xote, and Marchinha. Forró is incredibly happy music and the dances are accessible to newcomers. No partner needed.
    02/07/10- Ongoing	Yoga at EsquinaTango Yoga at EsquinaTango Presented by EsquinaTango Cultural Society of Austin February 7, 2010 - Ongoing New Staring in January 2011: Weekday Morning Classes! (to get the day started right!) Instructors: Esquina welcomes to the team these premier Yoga teachers for this year. Come down and experience these wonderful Esquina instructors lass as they enlighten us and our bodies through the beautiful form of Hatha Flow Yoga Level: all levels About the class: Stretch, bend, breathe, sweat, and smile. Open your body and open your soul, challenge yourself to some...
    02/07/10- Ongoing	Brazilian Street Dance Brazilian Street Dance Presented by EsquinaTango February 7, 2010 - Ongoing Come every week to sacudir, pular e rebolar** to samba reggae and baile funk! ** shake, jump and roll. This classes will focus on the fun and popular Brazilian street dance styles known as samba reggae and baile funk. No partner needed.
    08/21/09- Ongoing	Esquina Tango: Monthly Foreign Movie Night Esquina Tango: Monthly Foreign Movie Night Presented by EsquinaTango Cultural Society of Austin August 21, 2009 - Ongoing Join us for our monthly foreign movie viewing with English Subtitles. Work on your Spanish while enjoying different and beautiful films: classic, modern, comedy, drama and more! Hosted by the Spanish Conversational Group. Bring your own beverage. Popcorn provided!!
    08/05/09- Ongoing	Argentine Tango Classes Argentine Tango Classes Presented by EsquinaTango August 5, 2009 - Ongoing Beginner, Intermediate, Advance classes offered. Tango is a highly improvisational dance that is built in layers. Esquina instructors guide true beginners in understanding the structure of tango from the start. In a relaxed atmosphere, students are coached in the skills of leading and following — as well as the etiquette and culture of Argentine Tango. As students progress to the different levels more complex figures and technique are taught with lots of personal attention and a great...
    08/05/09- Ongoing	Salsa Class at EsquinaTango Salsa Class at EsquinaTango Presented by EsquinaTango August 5, 2009 - Ongoing Latin partner dancing, rhythm & footwork, including merengue and salsa. Basic & Intermediate levels, new topics each month. Intermediate classes will help you improve your salsa/Latin dancing at any level. Intense spins practice, body isolation, footwork and lead/follow techniques will be covered. No partner needed.
    08/04/09- Ongoing	Samba Classes at EsquinaTango Samba Classes at EsquinaTango Presented by EsquinaTango August 4, 2009 - Ongoing This class will cover the fundamentals of samba as it is danced in the Bahia and Rio regions of Brazil. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the basic samba step, developing proper technique, and learning a range of movements and footwork associated with each regional style. This type of samba should not be confused with "ballroom samba", so no partner is necessary.
    08/01/09- Ongoing	Salsa Aerobics at EsquinaTango Salsa Aerobics at EsquinaTango Presented by EsquinaTango August 1, 2009 - Ongoing  Ladies, Move to the fun beat of Salsa Aerobics! Learn sexy footwork and flirty hips while you sweat. Available to all ages and all levels.
    07/30/09- Ongoing	Argentine Tango Class Argentine Tango Class Presented by EsquinaTango July 30, 2009 - Ongoing     Beginner, Intermediate, Advance classes offered. Tango is a highly improvisational dance that is built in layers. Esquina instructors guide true beginners in understanding the structure of tango from the start. In a relaxed atmosphere, students are coached in the skills of leading and following ˜ as well as the etiquette and culture of Argentine Tango.  As students progress to the different levels more complex...

  • Upcoming Events

    There are no upcoming events available for this organization at this time.

• Current &
  Upcoming Events

  • Current Events

    07/09/12- Ongoing	Noche de Tango with Glover Gill & The Tosca String Quartet Noche de Tango with Glover Gill & The Tosca String Quartet Presented by EsquinaTango Cultural Society of Austin July 9, 2012 - Ongoing : Come a enjoy Esquina’s magical tango nights! Evening includes tango class (9pm) and lots of social dancing and socializing with wonderful Live Music by Glover Gill and The Tosca String Quartet! No partner needed, come with a friend or to make new ones! Snacks provided, bring your own beverage.
    04/20/10- Ongoing	Conversational Spanish Classes Esquina Tango Conversational Spanish Classes Presented by EsquinaTango Cultural Society of Austin at Esquina Tango April 20, 2010 - Ongoing Conversational group open to all levels of experience. We will chat, read articles, watch movies and conduct other activities to improve students’ understanding of the Spanish language (listening and speaking). * Note: this group is meant to get you comfortable talking and listening. To learn in a relaxed environment...but it won't take the place of Spanish Class (you still have to go get some of that grammar and language foundation).
    03/06/10- Ongoing	Forró Calsses: Famous Brazilian Dance Forró Calsses: Famous Brazilian Dance Presented by EsquinaTango March 6, 2010 - Ongoing Pronounced fo-ho, Forró refers to the music, dance, and social gathering from rural Northeast Brazil. In this class, students will learn several related couples’ dances: Forró, Xote, and Marchinha. Forró is incredibly happy music and the dances are accessible to newcomers. No partner needed.
    02/07/10- Ongoing	Yoga at EsquinaTango Yoga at EsquinaTango Presented by EsquinaTango Cultural Society of Austin February 7, 2010 - Ongoing New Staring in January 2011: Weekday Morning Classes! (to get the day started right!) Instructors: Esquina welcomes to the team these premier Yoga teachers for this year. Come down and experience these wonderful Esquina instructors lass as they enlighten us and our bodies through the beautiful form of Hatha Flow Yoga Level: all levels About the class: Stretch, bend, breathe, sweat, and smile. Open your body and open your soul, challenge yourself to some...
    02/07/10- Ongoing	Brazilian Street Dance Brazilian Street Dance Presented by EsquinaTango February 7, 2010 - Ongoing Come every week to sacudir, pular e rebolar** to samba reggae and baile funk! ** shake, jump and roll. This classes will focus on the fun and popular Brazilian street dance styles known as samba reggae and baile funk. No partner needed.
    08/21/09- Ongoing	Esquina Tango: Monthly Foreign Movie Night Esquina Tango: Monthly Foreign Movie Night Presented by EsquinaTango Cultural Society of Austin August 21, 2009 - Ongoing Join us for our monthly foreign movie viewing with English Subtitles. Work on your Spanish while enjoying different and beautiful films: classic, modern, comedy, drama and more! Hosted by the Spanish Conversational Group. Bring your own beverage. Popcorn provided!!
    08/05/09- Ongoing	Argentine Tango Classes Argentine Tango Classes Presented by EsquinaTango August 5, 2009 - Ongoing Beginner, Intermediate, Advance classes offered. Tango is a highly improvisational dance that is built in layers. Esquina instructors guide true beginners in understanding the structure of tango from the start. In a relaxed atmosphere, students are coached in the skills of leading and following — as well as the etiquette and culture of Argentine Tango. As students progress to the different levels more complex figures and technique are taught with lots of personal attention and a great...
    08/05/09- Ongoing	Salsa Class at EsquinaTango Salsa Class at EsquinaTango Presented by EsquinaTango August 5, 2009 - Ongoing Latin partner dancing, rhythm & footwork, including merengue and salsa. Basic & Intermediate levels, new topics each month. Intermediate classes will help you improve your salsa/Latin dancing at any level. Intense spins practice, body isolation, footwork and lead/follow techniques will be covered. No partner needed.
    08/04/09- Ongoing	Samba Classes at EsquinaTango Samba Classes at EsquinaTango Presented by EsquinaTango August 4, 2009 - Ongoing This class will cover the fundamentals of samba as it is danced in the Bahia and Rio regions of Brazil. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the basic samba step, developing proper technique, and learning a range of movements and footwork associated with each regional style. This type of samba should not be confused with "ballroom samba", so no partner is necessary.
    08/01/09- Ongoing	Salsa Aerobics at EsquinaTango Salsa Aerobics at EsquinaTango Presented by EsquinaTango August 1, 2009 - Ongoing  Ladies, Move to the fun beat of Salsa Aerobics! Learn sexy footwork and flirty hips while you sweat. Available to all ages and all levels.
    07/30/09- Ongoing	Argentine Tango Class Argentine Tango Class Presented by EsquinaTango July 30, 2009 - Ongoing     Beginner, Intermediate, Advance classes offered. Tango is a highly improvisational dance that is built in layers. Esquina instructors guide true beginners in understanding the structure of tango from the start. In a relaxed atmosphere, students are coached in the skills of leading and following ˜ as well as the etiquette and culture of Argentine Tango.  As students progress to the different levels more complex...

  • Upcoming Events

    There are no upcoming events available for this organization at this time.

• Past
  Events

  • Past Events

    05/26/13	Rendez-Vous Esquina Tango
    05/17/13- 05/20/13	Javier Rochwarger Tango Workshops Esquina Tango
    05/12/13	Tarde de Documental: "2012: Time for Change" Esquina Tango
    05/04/13	Flamenco Concert Esquina Tango
    05/04/13- 05/05/13	Rio-Style Samba Workshop Esquina Tango
    04/27/13- 04/28/13	Milonga del Campanario Esquina Tango
    04/21/13	La Dignidad de los Nadie Esquina Tango
    04/20/13	Forro with Seu Jacinto Esquina Tango
    04/19/13	El Exilio de Gardel/ Noche de Pelicula Esquina Tango
    04/07/13- 04/21/13	Afro-Brazilian Workshop Esquina Tango
    03/29/13	HUERTA CULTURE Esquina Tango
    03/02/13	Correo Aereo in Concert Esquina Tango
    02/22/13- 02/23/13	Post Carnaval party with "Gente Boa" Live plus DJ Esquina Tango
    02/15/13	Noche de Película/ Movie Night: Eva from Argentina "EVA, DE LA ARGENTINA" Esquina Tango
    02/05/13- 05/30/13	Free Youth Classes & Camps "La Juventud" Esquina Tango
    02/02/13	Austin's Fifth Annual “Free Day of Dance” Esquina Tango
    01/25/13- 01/26/13	gustavo@esquinatangoaustin.com Esquina Tango
    01/18/13	Noche de Pelicula: Chico & Rita Cuba/ 2010/ Animation / 94 min Esquina Tango
    06/05/12- 08/02/12	La Juventud Free Summer Dance Camps Esquina Tango
    04/27/12	Afropop with Bamako Airlines! Esquina Tango
    02/01/12- 03/08/12	Esquina Tango Esquina Tango
    12/31/11	Esquina Tango New Years Celebration Esquina Tango
    12/17/11- 12/18/11	Noche de Salsa with "Cuchillo e Palo" plus Mini Salsa Class Esquina Tango
    12/10/11	EsquinaTango Nights Esquina Tango
    12/01/11- 12/31/11	Learn to Dance Tango, Salsa, Samba and more! Esquina Tango
    11/20/11	East Austin Studio Tour-Esquina Tango Arte en Movimiento 2011 Esquina Tango
    03/19/11	Leticia Rodriguez and Darin Layne with Friends Esquina Tango
    02/26/11	Noche de Tango with Austin Piazzolla Quintet Live Esquina Tango
    02/25/11	"Charanga Cakewalk" Special Live Concert
    12/31/10- 01/01/11	New Year's Eve Celebration, Esquina Style Esquina Tango
    12/05/10	Trovas with "Nelson Saga's Trio" Esquina Tango
    11/06/10	Brazilian Night with "Manga Rosa" Esquina Tango
    11/05/10	Cerronato Live! Colombian Vallenato & Cumbia Esquina Tango
    10/22/10	Brazilian Soul Sounds with "Os Alquimistas"
    10/16/10	El Tule Live Esquina Tango
    10/02/10	Salsa Time with "Son y No Son "
    09/24/10	"Seu Jacinto"
    09/18/10	Cuban Salsa with "Charanga Si" Live
    09/10/10	Ojala
    09/06/10	Annual Free Day of Yoga
    08/28/10	Noche de Tango with "The Austin Piazzolla Quintet"
    08/13/10	Cerronato Live! Colombian Vallenato and Cumbia
    08/07/10	"Charanga Cakewalk" Special Live Concert
    07/24/10	"Leonel Soto" in concert
    07/23/10	"Este Vato" & "El Tule" Live
    07/17/10	Brazilian Night with "Manga Rosa"
    07/09/10	Cuban Salsa with "Charanga Si" Live
    07/06/10- 07/13/10	Silvina Valz and Oliver Kolker Tango Workshop Esquina Tango
    06/27/10	Latin Music with Mauricio Callejas Live
    06/25/10	Festa Junina: Seu Jacinto Live plus DJ Macumba " Brazilian Northeastern Celebration"
    06/13/10	Live Music with The Crying Monkeys plus Mini Samba Class
    06/08/10- 08/19/10	Free Summer Dance Camps for Children & Pre-teens Esquina Tango
    05/30/10	Asado De La Revolucion
    05/28/10	Big Chief Kevin and the Flaming Arrows & Hueta Culture
    05/14/10	Latin Dance with Soniquete plus Salsa DJ
    05/14/10	Salsa Night with"O+Positivo Band" plus Salsa DJ
    05/09/10	Leticia Rodriguez live:Boleros, Flores y Chocolate! Esquina Tango
    05/07/10	Samba da Esquina: a night of Brazilian dancing music
    04/25/10	Ooey Gooey Abdominals
    04/24/10	Vanessa Lively Canto y Cantera CD Release!
    04/18/10	Tamasha Africana Grand One Time Reunion
    04/17/10	Latin Dance with Soniquete plus Salsa DJ
    04/16/10	Noche de Pelicula: Bombón
    04/09/10	Cerronato Live! Colombian Vallenato and Cumbia
    04/02/10	Brazilian Culture Night: 'Os Alquimistas' Live Music
    04/02/10	Brazilian Culture Night: 'Os Alquimistas' Live Music
    03/21/10	Silva Technique Workshop (Capoeira/Modern Dance Fusion)
    03/21/10	Silva Technique Workshop (Capoeira/Modern Dance Fusion)
    02/27/10	Noche de Tango with Austin Piazzolla Quintet
    02/26/10	Wold Music with Atash
    02/21/10	Cine Infantil en Español
    02/12/10	Samba da Esquina: a night of Brazilian dancing music
    02/06/10- 02/26/10	Intensive Acting Workshop in Spanish Esquina Tango
    02/05/10	Flamenco: Straight no Chaser
    01/31/10	The Crying Monkeys
    01/31/10	Free Day of Dance: EsquinaTango
    01/22/10	Cerronato Live! Colombian Vallenato and Cumbia
    01/16/10	Sin Lineas en el Mapa:Hay Locuras International Tour
    01/15/10	Noche de Pelicula: Paisito
    01/14/10	EsquinaPassion in Dedication to Tete Rusconi & Osvaldo Zotto
    01/08/10	Forro and Coco: Dance Workshop
    01/08/10	Brazilian Forro with Sao Jacinto + Forro and Coco Dance Workshop
    12/19/09	O Positivo - Noche de Salsa
    12/18/09	Monthly Movie Night: The City of No Limits
    12/13/09	Trio los Vigilantes + 4 in Concert
    12/12/09	Noche de Tango with Glover Gill & The Tosca String Quartet
    12/04/09	Samba da Esquina: a night of Brazilian dancing music
    11/22/09	EAST Austin: Esquina Tango
    11/14/09	Noche de Tango with Glover Gill & The Tosca String Quartet
    11/12/09- 11/22/09	Salsa Aerobics at EsquinaTango
    10/18/09	Rumba Flamenca with Oro Viejo
    10/17/09	Charanga Cakewalk
    09/25/09	The Spirit of Flamenco
    09/19/09	Brazilian Forro with Seu Jacinto
    09/18/09	Film Screening at EsquinaTango
    08/23/09- 08/13/09	Trio Los Vigilantes
    08/16/09- 01/01/11	Live Romantic Music with Trio Los Vigilantes
    03/22/09	Samba de Gafieira Workshop
    01/17/09- 12/31/08	Brazilian Samba Classes
    12/31/69	Latin Dance Classes

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