You should also visit the Borja Restaurant, where
Emilia Borja and Pedro Antuñano host El Traspié,
a cozy milonga where a lot of dancers from different places go to dance.
A four hours west of Querétaro lies Guadalajara,
where dancer and teacher Güera Ascencio resides and the collective group, La Vagoneta Tanguera.
They have been responsible for the growing number tango milongas, shows, and classes not only in
Guadalajara, but also in other parts of Jalisco.
Whoever has been touch by tango will agree
with me about the necessity of a good milonga to be seduced for some hours under the
spell of the 2x4 compas. And this is the reason behind of La Vagoneta Tanguera
— Verónica Peinado
co-conspirators in La Vagoneta
With just a handful of events and milongas, Guadalajara is potentially the next big place for tango in
Mexico. It doesn’t hurt that the city is beautiful, the
people amiable and the food truly excellent.
Another two hour drive through the beautiful
landscape of Jalisco and Guanajuato, you will find
a small but very energetic community of dancers,
Leon. Eduardo Delgado and Ursula Carranza are
two very active organizers of classes and shows,
hosts of the latest milonga. Ojitos Verdes.
A couple hours to the north is San Luis Potosí
with a lot of tango activity to offer. La Primera
is a monthly milonga hosted by Alice Sánchez and
Miguel Duque. There is also Tango Libre, a monthly
an itinerant milonga hosted by Héctor Hernández, Mónica Fragoso, and Fátima Martínez. Finally, there is La Garufa well located in the historical
center of the city.
In the north of the country, Durango has a growing and very youthful community of tango dancers.
Cecy Alvarado and Roberto Ruiz have practices
and classes almost every day. For a good milonga,
you can go to Casa de Tango Vieja Luna, a dedicated
place for tango where Jasel Bermudez and Daniel
Hipólito hosts Vieja Luna Milonga.
In the the corner of Mexico liesTijuana, surely one
the best places to go on vacations. It is also one of
the best places in Mexico for tango. In Tijuana, Vanessa Piri hosts of Milonga Querida at the Casa de
la Cultura Playas, just south of the border in the famous neighborhood of Playas Tijuana. Another cultural center, the imposing Cecut, offers its lobby for
classes, practices, and milongas. Be sure to contact
Sin Fronteras-Tijuana Tango to keep in touch with
all the activities that take place in Tijuana, Rosarito,
Ensenada and San Diego.
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