Welcome to the Washington DC QUEER Tango Collective

Organized by LGBTQ+ tango dancers in the Washington, DC area, the DC Queer Tango Collective strives to create queer-centered spaces for learning and dancing social tango, where we build and nurture ourselves and our communities. All of our events are free of charge. We strive to create a space where queer people and allies can safely explore tango without preconceptions about gender and gender-based roles.

COME AS YOU ARE!!!

DANCE AS YOU WISH!!!

The Collective is on Holiday break until January 10, 2026. Enjoy the year-end festivities.

And keep dancing!!!

New Beginners Class starts 1/10/26!

Start your Queer Tango journey with us in 2026! Jose and friends will lead a condensed three class beginners’ series. No partner or experience is needed. Learn the basics of tango walking, on cross and parallel systems, leading to the cross step, and simple pivoting and ocho steps. Classes are from 1:30pm to 3:00pm, on Saturdays January 10th, 17th, and 24th, followed by practice time until 5pm. The classes take place at Montgomery College Takoma Park/Silver Spring, 7995 Georgia Avenue, Second Floor Dance Studio (CU 205). Free parking is plentiful at the lot next to the building or in the garage across King Street. The Silver Spring Metro stop is a 15 minute walk. All classes are FREE of charge. Everyone is welcomed to our queer-centered space, where you “Come as you are! Dance as you wish!!!”

Feel the Joy of the Queer Tango Embrace

WEEKLY QUEER TANGO CLASSES AND PRÁCTICAS

We meet every week on Saturday afternoon for tango classes and a guided practica. The practicas are always free of charge and beginners are welcome, with more experienced dancers available to assist and guide newcomers. The practicas are held at the Dance Studio of Montgomery College Takoma Park Campus, located at 7995 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland. The closest Metro station is Silver Spring on the Red Line, which is a 15-20 minute walk from the Campus.

Typically the first hour and a half every Saturday is devoted to a queer tango class for beginners with little or no experience tango dancing. The rest of the time (until 430pm or 5pm), we play tango music for practice, open to all dancers and dancers from the community at large. From time to time we hold special workshops during this time period. For more details on the content of the classes or any workshop please visit the Collective’s Facebook, Instagram or Discord channel links below.

Please note that when the College is closed we do not meet.

We host queer milongas (tango dance parties) from time to time in the DC area. All free of charge. Beginners welcome!

Upcoming Events

Transgender and non-binary people are essential, valued members of our community—they are our colleagues, friends, family, loved ones. We stand united in celebrating transgender and non-binary identity and in affirming the right of transgender and non-binary people everywhere to live with dignity, access health care, employment, safe housing and all other human rights. There is no queer, no LGB, no allyship without the T. Now more than ever, we come together in supportive community and look to a future where we all people are respected, protected, and free. We dance in the hope of a better future.

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