Kyle Asher
Kyle has turned Tango into his passion in life. Constantly trying to improve himself, he offers lessons in any topic you’re interested in, but focuses on musicallity, basics, the natural movements, and being enjoyment out of the dance from all perspectives. In charge of the Ashland Community Practica, he also DJs, and writes on his own blog about his Tango Travels.
Based out of Ashland Oregon
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kyle@tango-voyage.com
Morgan Lindsay
Morgan explored pretty much every other type of social dance before falling head over heels for tango. She loves the expressive and playful musicality, unique improvisation, and deep heartfelt connection of each dance. Morgan has been dancing tango for over 15 years and enjoys teaching beginners. She encourages everyone to dance both lead and follow, that way you can dance with everyone!
Morgan is also a community organizer, passionate about bringing people together to exercise our collective power for a just and equitable world. Morgan is a co-founder of local non-profits Rogue Climate and the Rogue Action Center. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Mt Holyoke College in environmental science and chemistry.
Based out of Ashland Oregon
Contact through: ashlandtangoinfo@gmail.com
Ben
A life-long self-described “dance geek,” Ben originally found his freedom to dance with punk rock, hippy jams, and electronica. But partner dance always had an elusive draw. In 2005, he found tango right here in the Rogue Valley and a new passion was born. He is inspired by the connection between partners, and the unified flow of the movement and musicality. For him Tango has an intriguing intellectual element, but also offers the opportunities to empty the mind and just move. Ben is also a certified assistant teacher (fukushidoin) in Aikido, and loves how the energetic connection and balance between partners (if not the intended outcome) is so similar to Tango.
Based out of Ashland Oregon
Clay & Nancy
Clay & Nancy believe that the basic principles for good teaching are universal and apply equally well to both engineering and dance. He also believes that no other dance can compete with the passion and intensity of Argentine Tango!
Based out of Medford Oregon.
Contact & Find out more at: https://www.tangoclay.us/
Samarra Burnett
Samarra Burnett went to her first tango class on a dare. She fell in love with the dance’s subtlety and capacity to express a vast range of inner experience. Samarra’s tango classes are relaxed, but deep, and cater to people without dance backgrounds. She also offers private lessons in her Ashland home studio, where she emphasizes detailed technique, in the service of comfort and connection, and fundamentals that are also useful in daily life. She loves teaching beginners.
Samarra has been dancing tango since 2005, teaching since 2010, and has extensive background organizing tango events in the Rogue Valley, including the SOU Tango Club, and CONNECT Tango festival. She is also certified to teach T’ai Chi Chuan and Chi Kung, and has a masters degree in Somatic Education.
Based out of Ashland Oregon
Caley O'Brien
Based out of Ashland Oregon
Tara Laidlaw
Tara has been a professional educator for over a decade, teaching in a wide array of disciplines from K-12 science to classical ballet. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Stanford University in anthropology and dance, and a master’s degree from Hamline University in natural science and environmental education.
Based out of Talent Oregon.
Dexter & Jericha
We’re Dexter & Jericha, the teachers & organizers behind Tango del Corazon. We met at San Francisco’s longest-running alternative tango venue in 2014, and we’ve been dancing together ever since. We’ve been lucky enough to study with truly amazing dancers all over the world, most recently Cristian Correa & Miriam Copello of Argentina, and we travel regularly to dance, study, and deepen our commitment to tango.
Based out of McCloud California.
Contact & Find out more @ https://www.tangodelcorazon.com/
Taran Gagne
In 2012 Taran started dancing because his friends wouldn’t stop talking about how amazing Tango was. Skeptical, one day Taran said enough was enough, and went to the local college tango club class to see what all the fuss was about. It only took him the one night, and he was completely hooked on the dance. Now, he’s the one who won’t stop talking about tango, and is now the Southern Oregon Universty tango club instructor and DJ.
Taran started DJing locally because he wanted to have an even deeper appreciation and understanding of the music and the dance. As a writer, the concept of having the music over the course a milonga tell a story intrigued him, especially one that changed every night. HIs goal is always to play great traditional music to tell that story.
Based out of Ashland Oregon