Dance with Lois Donnay

Contact info, lesson details

Schedule for tango lessons: 

• Tuesdays:  Beginners 6:30-8 PM - Intermediates - 8:00-9:30 PM

• Thursdays:  Following for Leaders 7 - 8 PM,  Advanced Tango - 8:00-9:30 PM 
  
• Saturdays:Beginners 10 AM -11:30 AM - 3142 1st Ave S, 55408

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  • Classes and Privates held at: 3142 1st Ave S, Mpls, 55408  except Tuesday classes, held at Old Arizona, 2821 Nicollet Ave S, Mpls, 55408, In the purple building - details here     
    

• Cost is $14 per person per class       email:   Lois @mndance.com
  

Just drop in! No partner necessary.  You will meet people at the lessons to dance with.

Check out the lessons at Tapestry! Lois will teach beginning tango in May, every Sunday at 7:30. Tapestry Folkdance Center, 38th and Minnehaha, Minneapolis.

All classes emphasize authentic Argentine tango, danced in close embrace as they dance in Argentina.

Lesson and Event Calendar, including maps: 

Sign up for the Buenos Aires trip email:  mndance.com/mailman/listinfo/bsas_mndance.com

• 9:30 Every Tuesday - Tango, talk, food and wine with the local tango community at Lois's house, 3142 1st Ave S. Minneapolis. Bring a bottle of wine and something to eat, or drop a donation into the kitty. All types of people, lots of fun! 3142 1st Avenue South, Minneapolis. After the lessons at 9:30 PM until ?

Coming Up:

 

First Friday Milonga at Hopkins! We hope that this is a new tradition. Dan Griggs did the last one, but he is in Buenos Aires now so he has trusted me to do this to keep the momentum going.

The location is the Hopkins Studio on Main Street, where TSoM held their very popular milongas for many years. The studio is even nicer now. I am going to make this lots of fun for everyone, including playing sets of non-tango music like swing and salsa. In Buenos Aires when the play these sets, the music is a little different, but definitely good for swing dancing. I may play some of this music.  811 Main Street, Hopkins. Free parking in front and back, lots of snacks, and a drawing for prizes!  $10.   First Friday of the Month, May 2nd: Milonga at ERV Dance Studios,  8:00 lesson, 9 to 1 dancing, $10.   

First Thursday at Babalu's, 800 Washington Ave N, Mpls. 7:00 Lesson, 8:00 to 11:00 dance. 

Third Saturday  May 17th is the monthly Black Dog Milonga.  7:30 lesson, dance 8 to 12:00PM.  Lots of fun!  Great food, wine and dancing, relaxed and welcoming atmosphere. Black Dog Cafe, Broadway and Prince street, by the Farmers Market, St. Paul, MN.  Cover $4. Wine, beer and food available.  

 

 

 

"Best teacher in town. I can't understand why anyone would go anywhere else!"  "I took lessons from other teachers - I never got anywhere. Then I came to Lois"  "Lois Donnay is an excellent teacher as well as dancer. She has a wonderful grasp of the dance because of her travels to Buenos Aires, and has had the advantage of dancing with the best all over the world - both leading and following. Her students are the best dancers in the community. Plus she's a great communicator, and makes the lessons so much fun!" " Lois's classes are a lot of fun, and good for you. Try it for a week or so, and see if it is time to put some more fun in your life!   Read what others say about Lois's teaching

Watch a video of Lois dancing in a Buenos Aires tango  class

Read more about Argentine Tango

Lois Donnay teaches, performs and promotes partner dancing in Minnesota, and has been specializing in teaching Argentine Tango for 10 years. She was a founder and first president of the Tango Society of Minnesota www.mntango.org.  She is also a member of many of the dance organizations in Minnesota. She has performed at the Mall of America, State Theater, Pantages Theater,  Guthrie Theater, Northrup and at many events throughout the Twin Cities. She organizes the Fifth Friday dances at the 42nd Avenue Ballroom and the tango dance at the Black Dog Cafe in St. Paul and Babalu's in Minneapolis, and arranges tours to Buenos Aires.  She DJ's and performs regularly, and of course dances every chance she can!

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Dances Taught:
Argentine Tango, Vals and milonga

Blues Dancing

Salsa and bachata
Swing (West Coast, East Coast, Western Swing, Cajun, Jive, Lindy)

Ballroom (Foxtrot, waltz, cha-cha, mambo, bolero, tango, rhumba)

Nightclub 2-step

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