Oxford Tango Academy

General information

Miriam Orcutt & Dante Culcuy have become known for their passion for teaching and dynamic and expressive performances. They are currently based between London and Oxford, and as well as teaching weekly classes in Central London, are directors of the biggest tango school in the UK, comprised of two thriving tango academies: The Northern Tango Academy and Oxford Tango Academy. They have been guest artists in tango schools, milongas and festivals across the world, including the Mallorca Tango Festival, Blackpool Tango Festival, Porto Tango Festival, Ulverston International Music Festival, Karlsruhe Festival and The International Book Fair Mexico 2015. They were finalists in the World Tango Championships in Buenos Aires in the category of Tango Salon (de pista) in 2015.

After organising very successful regular milongas (Milonga el Arrabal, Oxford; Mala Junta Milonga, York; Poema Milonga, Liverpool) and festivals (The Oxford Tango Festival) across the UK for the past six years they have now opened their first regular milonga in London, Sans Souci Milonga. Each year in August they also have organise tango trips to Buenos Aires for their students to get a taste of the wonder that is tango in Buenos Aires.

Our teaching: We have been working on our pedagogy over the last eight years and have developed a unique method for learning, using a lot of conceptual explanations as well as detailed technique and often some anatomical explanation. We have found certain ways of explaining both movements and body awareness which improve students' dancing significantly. Our backgrounds and our trajectory are quite different from most dance couples, with years of intense training and study in classical and contemporary dance, yoga teaching and medicine, which has given us a unique pedagogical approach which we are always excited to share with our students.

For more information visit about us, our tours and other activities visit: www.miriamydante.com