Our Mission
To provide therapeutic benefit, improve quality of life, spark joy, and promote social connection through Argentine tango.
Our Vision
A world where the power and beauty of Argentine tango is harnessed to enhance physical, emotional, and psychological well-being for people of all ages and abilities.
Our Values
Physical touch, social engagement, and aesthetic experience are core aspects of being human. Argentine tango invites us to embrace these and to become more whole.
Argentine tango is a social partner dance based on hugging another person and walking together. Because its essence is simple, tango is accessible to people of all ages and doesn’t require specialized physical training. Tango is improvised; dancers learn and share a movement vocabulary, but much like life, the dance emerges in the conversation between partners in the moment. Tango is a moderate-intensity activity that offers practice in countless real-life skills, including many that prove challenging for people with PD and other conditions.
Tango offers a safe environment for experiencing physical touch and forming meaningful social connections and community. As a cultural phenomenon that encompasses dance, music, and poetry, tango invites lifelong learning, a connection to the wider world, and neurological engagement scientifically proven to boost happiness and well-being.
A Time for Tango
The United States is a country with an aging population. We are suffering an epidemic of loneliness and isolation that has only grown since the onset of COVID-19. Many of us are deprived of physical contact, and we receive cultural messaging that treats the body, the senses, and the arts with suspicion. Too often, we disregard the social determinants of health outcomes in favor of medical intervention and pharmaceuticals. We need creative, cost-effective solutions to supporting quality of life at every stage, but especially as we age, alongside the technological advancements and scientific discoveries that have made our longer lives possible.