Abrazo Queer Tango

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Abrazo Queer Tango

We are a SF Bay Area queer tango organization that offers weekly tango classes and a monthly milonga.

Once upon a time, in a land quite similar to this one, kindred from far and wide gathered to dance, prance, and make oh so very merry. They called it Queer Tango, and those were some seriously happy people.

10/18/2026

A beautiful class and milonga last night with Elly and DJ Andres and we are back at it today lovelies!
--> Last set of classes with Elly Fernandez before she heads back to Q***r Tango Detroit.

SUN 10/18 at Finnish Hall: 1970 Chestnut st Berk.

SUNDAY SCHEDULE

3:15-3:30 pm Check-in
3:30-4:30 pm Fundamentals class. Who will benefit: new dancers and all-level dancers who want to focus on tango basics to advance their dance.

4:30-5:30 pm Practica - socialize, practice, enjoy life + tea and treats station: bring a cup and goodies to share when you wish!

5:30-6:30 pm Deeper dive class. Who will benefit: dancers with 8 or more tango classes, who have an understanding of tango basics, and who want to go deep on special topics, getting more into technique, steps and pivots, spirals and joy.

Classes limited to 22 dancers

COST

INDIVIDUAL CLASS, includes practica
$15-25 honor system sliding Scale
$10 Students with ID

REGISTRATION FOR ALL EVENTS

Venmo: abrazo-tango (Karen Curtis)
Paypal: abrazoq***[email protected]
Zelle: abrazoq***[email protected]

Note what you are paying for in the comment section
You can pay at the door.
No Refunds or Exchanges

It's a dance day!

09/19/2026

Tonight We Dance!
Abrazo, the q***r mionga -- our 15 year anniversary!
We are throwing a party beautiful people!
Tonight, at Finnish Hall.

6-7 pm All-Levels class with Phi Lee Lam from NYC
7-10 pm DJ Crespo takes us there
8:30 pm: Phi Lee and Carrie perform.
Birthday vals and community dance.
Goodies (a full spread) by Kyra!

COST.
$15-35 for class+milonga with performance
(no one turned a way for lack of funds -- donate as you wish)

REGISTRATION.
Venmo: abrazo-tango (Karen Curtis)
Paypal: abrazoq***[email protected]
Zelle: abrazoq***[email protected]
No refunds or exchanges.

Abrazo Q***r Tango is a q***r, trans and non-binary dance organization, and we welcome allies who can light up the room with us.

Location: 1970 Chestnut st. Berkeley.

Thank you dear dancers for 15 years of q***r tango!

07/16/2026

Sat July 18th at Finnish Hall
1970 Chestnut st. Berkeley
The superq***ros are dancing!

07/07/2026

We are over the moon to welcome back Anahi to the SF Bay Area!

She’s teaching, performing and DJing all month! Oh how we will dance!

Anahí Carballo is an Argentine Tango and Folklore master teacher, choreographer, and director with more than two decades of global experience. She is the founder of Estudio Tango Cuir—the world’s premier Q***r Tango studio—and spent ten years directing the historic all-female company Compañía Tango Entre Mujeres. Currently a professor at the National University of the Arts, her credentials include a Provincial Malambo Championship and a semifinalist spot at the World Tango Championship. She is the author of Vinculadas, Otro Modo, and co-author of Nuestra Historia.

Contact Anahí directly to schedule a private lesson.

WhatsApp: +54 9 11 31146118

[email protected]

Highly recommended as a great way to take advantage of Anahí’s time with us + support Anahí’s work in BA.

Honor system Sliding Scale

1 lesson: $100-$120 + floor fee.

Package of 3 lessons $275-335 + floor fee. ($25 savings)

Long Live Q***r Tango!

06/18/2026

Dance until your heart is full!

SAT June 20th
Abrazo, the q***r milonga, our pride event!
Finnish Hall, 1970 Chestnut St, Berkeley, CA 94702

We are celebrating q***r joy this Pride with an expanded program featuring special classes with two stellar out of town teachers, DJ Nico, a performance to swoon over and all the love we can fit in the room.

-6:00-7:00 pm All-levels class Lise Brody from Q***r Tango Boston
-7:00 - 8 pm All-levels Chacarera class with Carlos Blanco from Q***r Tango Mexico
-8:00 -11:00 pm DJ Nico, goodies and bubbly in the back room
9:00 pm Carlos and Sandeep perform! Plus our birthday vals and our community dance

COST
This is a fundraiser and the entrance fee is new: pay as you wish. We are asking for up to 2 hours of what you make at work*

—->100% goes to making q***r tango possible. Donations from out of towners and folks who can make it happily accepted.

Did you know that fundraising is a line item on our budget for the year? To pay our teachers and DJs, to compensate our organizers and cover all expenses, while also reaching dancers at income levels in our community, Abrazo counts on fundraising to meet our yearly budget.

Abrazo is also a part of a growing and beautiful q***r tango community outside of the SF Bay Area. As other q***r tango communities do not have our fundraising reach and need support to operate, we reserve 10% of what we raise to support them. We believe in a circular economy that benefits all of us, that helps us all grow, and your donation supports this mission. Or as my mom used to tell me, “If we all had more, we’d all have more.”

Your support is deeply appreciated. For the past 15 years, Abrazo has operated on a simple idea: that we are the people we have been waiting for. That together, we can create a place where q***r, trans, non-binary, black and brown dancers, dancers of all ages and abilities can come as we are and dance as we wish.

Long live Q***r Tango.

TO CONTRIBUTE as able, no one turned away for less or no funds, light up one of these links.

Venmo: abrazo-tango (Karen Curtis)
Paypal: abrazoq***[email protected]
Zelle: abrazoq***[email protected]

06/07/2026

Beautiful dancers.

First Sunday of the month and we have a pride worthy month of q***r tango ahead.

COME AS YOU ARE, DANCE AS YOU WISH!

✨ SUNDAY Teacher schedule:

-6/7 Mira Barakat -- her last set of classes before mom-time!
-6/14 Luna Beller-Tadiar from QT NYC
-6/21 Lise Brody from QT Boston (she's also teaching our premilonga class on 6/20)
-6/28 NO CLASS. Happy Pride.

Classes are limited to 22 dancers. Register to save your spot. Walk-ins always welcome, if there is room in the class.

✨ CLASS SCHEDULE

-3:15-3:30 pm Check-in
-3:30-4:30 pm Fundamentals class. Who will benefit: new dancers and all-level dancers who want to focus on tango basics to advance their dance.

-4:30-5:30 pm Practica - socialize, practice, enjoy life + tea and treats station: bring a cup and goodies to share when you wish!

-5:30-6:30 pm Deeper dive class. Who will benefit: dancers with 8 or more tango classes, who have an understanding of tango basics, and who want to go deep on special topics, getting more into technique, steps and pivots, spirals and joy.

🎟️ COST
$15-25 honor system sliding scale per class. $10 Students students with ID.

🌈REGISTRATION FOR ALL EVENTS not required, but very helpful

Venmo: abrazo-tango
Paypal: abrazoq***[email protected]
Zelle: abrazoq***[email protected]
>>>No refunds or exchanges. Note what you are paying for in the comment section.

LOCATION: Finnish Hall 1970 Chestnut st. Berkeley.

❤️ Q***r Tango by and for q***r, trans, non-binary dancers.

05/14/2026

He aha te mea nui o te ao? | What is the most important thing in the world?
He tāngata, he tāngata, he tāngata | It is people, it is people, it is people
Whakataukī | Māori proverb

Dr Jacquelyn Parente (she/her) is a social, q***r tango dancer. She began dancing tango milonguero in New Zealand in 2010. In 2016-2019, she served as Demonstrator with Lucia Nuss in Germany, while dancing socially at q***r tango events throughout Europe, including retreats with Brigitta Winkler and Malin Backström and workshops with Geraldine Rojas & Ezequiel Paludi. She returned home to Los Angeles in 2019 and in 2023 resumed learning with tango milonguero and tango salon instructors, Daniel Arias and Katerine Ricardo, respectively.

Her background in engineering, athletics, and caregiving brings together a dance style rooted in clarity, connection, and attention within a close-embrace. Known for her smoothness, musicality, and playfulness, she priorities how tango feels. She remains curious about the factors that enable dancers to gain physical, emotional, and social security on the crowded dance floor. Currently, Jacquelyn serves as Emergency Medical Technician in Los Angeles. She holds an EMT certificate from UCLA, a PhD in Bioengineering from University of Canterbury, and a ScM in Biomedical Engineering and AB in Biology both from Brown University.

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It is with great pleasure that we welcome Jacquelyn Parente to Abrazo this weekend.

📣 ABRAZO, THE Q***R MILONGA SATURDAY, MAY 16

6:00-7:00 pm All-levels class Jacquelyn Parente
7:00-10:00 pm DJ Andres
8:30 pm birthday vals and our community dance

$15-25 Honor System* Sliding Scale
$10 Students w/ ID

📣 SUNDAY Classes, May 17

3:15-3:30 pm Check-in
3:30-4:30 pm Fundamentals
4:30-5:30 pm Practica
5:30-6:30 pm Deeper dive class.

COST
$15-25 Honor System* Sliding Scale per class, practica free with class or $5 alone.
$10 Students w/ ID

📣 Private Lessons
Jacquelyn is offering a limited number of private lessons during her weekend with us: [email protected]

📣 REGISTRATION FOR ALL EVENTS

Venmo: abrazo-tango (Karen Curtis)
Paypal: abrazoq***[email protected]
Zelle: abrazoq***[email protected]

Note what you are paying for in the comment section
No Refunds or Exchanges
→You can pay at the door, but preregistration is helpful.

Black and White photo credit: Helene Modigh

Abrazo Q***r Tango: Q***r tango by and for q***r, trans, and non-binary dancers (and few of our unicorn friends.)

05/03/2026

Beautiful dancers,

Every Sunday, q***r tango by and for q***r, trans and non-binary dancers.

✨ TEACHER SCHEDULE FOR MAY!

-5/3 Carrie Fundamentals. Nicolas Martin Filipeli from BA, Deeper Dive
-5/10 Carrie and Andrés Ozzuna, both classes
-5/17 Jacquelyn Parente from LA, both classes (she's also teaching our premilonga class on 5/16)
-5/24 Aramo from QT Spain, both classes
-5/31 Carrie and Andres, both classes.

🌈 SUNDAY SCHEDULE

3:15-3:30 pm Check-in

3:30-4:30 pm Fundamentals class. Who will benefit: new dancers and all-level dancers who want to focus on tango basics to advance their dance.

4:30-5:30 pm Practica - socialize, practice, enjoy life + tea and treats station: bring a cup and goodies to share when you wish!

5:30-6:30 pm Deeper dive class. Who will benefit: dancers with 8 or more tango classes, who have an understanding of tango basics, and who want to go deep on special topics, getting more into technique, steps and pivots, spirals and joy.

🎟️ COST
$15-25 honor system sliding scale per class. $10 Students students with ID.

(Note: the Deeper Dive class is for folks with at least 8 Fundamental classes AND a knowledge of tango basics.)

🌈REGISTRATION FOR ALL EVENTS not required, but very helpful

Venmo: abrazo-tango
Paypal: abrazoq***[email protected]
Zelle: abrazoq***[email protected]
>>>No refunds or exchanges. Note what you are paying for in the comment section.

LOCATION
FINNISH HALL 1970 Chestnut St, Berkeley, CA 94702

❤️💪🏾 I got nothin' but love for you. Have the best May possible.

04/05/2026

First Sunday of April and it's a good moment to be dancing q***r tango!

FINNISH HALL 1970 Chestnut st. Berkeley.
Sunday April 5, 12, 26: Salem teaches the 3:30 fundamentals class.
Sunday April 5, 12: Glenn teaches the 5:30 deeper dive class.

THE DOME, 951 62nd st. Oakland.
Friday - Sunday April 17-19: Q***r Tango Intensive with Augusto La Marshall

Happy dancing peeps!

03/30/2026

April 16-22, 2026, we welcome back to the West Coast, the godfather of q***r tango, Augusto LaMarshall from Buenos Aires, for a Q***r Tango Intensive: private lessons, workshops, performances, practicas, milongas, socials and all the love and joy we can fit in the room.

Augusto is also a featured artist at the amazing Miami Q***r Tango Festival, ***rtangomiami, April 9-12.

He's an amazing teacher, founder and organizer of q***r tango in BA, a truly gifted gem of the q***r tango world, and he's not in the USA often. Catch him on the east or west coast, or both if you can, while he is here in April.

Address

1970 Chestnut Street
Berkeley, CA
94702

Website

http://abrazoqueertango.wordpress.com/

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