Introductions & Clarifications

My name is Sasha and this is my tango site. I dance Argentine Tango socially in the San Francisco Bay Area. Before my daughter was born, I used to guide the fundamentals hour at Tuesday Night Tango in Palo Alto. I volunteer at the Stanford Tango Club and participate in L.O.F.T., a community tango orchestra. Between the baby and the tango, I can be spotted at the opera or heard practicing bandoneón or singing in a foreign language. And yes, I do have a day job.

Dancing for me is about expressing the music in partnership. After studying classical music all my life and years of tango training, I seem to have developed enough intuition to enjoy the dance without too much stress. The musical component came easier; as for moving around… let's just say that as an athletically challenged engineer by trade, I take full advantage of the fact that this dance was invented by mere mortals for mere mortals.

Alexander… Alex… Sasha… Which is it?

All my names. I respond to all three. Sasha is a Russian nickname for Alexander which isn't really any more weird than Bob for Robert.

Argentine Tango

1. a popular art form comprised of music, dance and way of life that has been developing in Buenos Aires since the late 19th century to the fascination of the rest of the world.
2. "un pensamiento triste que se baila." According to Enrique Santos Discépolo, a great tango poet, tango is "a sad thought danced."

Comfortango®

Tango is comfortable. My approach to dancing (and teaching) is based on this idea.

Sharing Tango

Contact me if you would like to engage me as…

• Tango instructor (private lessons or small group classes)
• Tango DJ
• Dancer for an improvised demo
• Singer (Tango or Classical)
• Bandoneón player

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