DJ Charles Carbone on original vinyl
Saturday Dec 27,
5:30 - 9:30 pm
1680 Bryant St. Palo Alto
Doors Open
5:00PM
Milonga w/ DJ Charles Carbone
5:30pm
Live Music, Cristal & Claudio Ortega
8:00 pm
Cristal y Claudio Ortega was formed in 2024 in the San Francisco Bay Area, bringing Argentine tango to life with the warmth of an Argentine singer at its heart. The ensemble performs with dancers and listeners in mind, keeping the music warm, lively, and full of heart.
Born in Hong Kong, Crystie Shum began piano lessons at the age of four. In 2017, she fell in love with Argentine tango. Since then, she has studied with renowned maestros including Héctor Del Curto, Pablo Estigarribia, Nicolás Ledesma, Adrián Enríquez, and César Salgán, among others. She performed at the Stowe Tango Music Festival in 2022 and 2023 alongside special guests Víctor Lavallén and Guillermo Rubino. She has also performed in Buenos Aires, Tijuana, and multiple cities throughout Japan. Crystie is an active member of Alex Roitman Tango Ensemble (based in Florida) and Orquesta Tarareando, directed by Sasha Zeyliger (based in the San Francisco Bay Area). In 2024, she founded her own group, Cristal. Outside of music, Crystie works as a social worker and shares her home with three dogs, a parrot, a tortoise, and an iguana.
Pablo began studying bandoneon in 2020, inspired by Winnie Cheung. Since then, he has learned from wonderful teachers and mentors including Aude Bresson, Alexander Zeyliger, Melissa Bowman, Alex Roitman, and most recently, Rodrigo Avalos. He has also participated in workshops across the United States, learning from renowned Argentine tango masters such as Hector del Curto, Pablo Jaurena, and Julián Peralta.
Polina is a Russian-born violinist from Saint Petersburg who began playing at age four and made her orchestral solo debut at seven. Trained at the Special Music School and the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory, she later earned an Artist Diploma from the Longy School of Music. She has performed as a soloist across Europe and the United States with ensembles including the St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra and Boston Virtuosi. After several years with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, she joined the San Francisco Symphony in 2009, where she is a member of the second violin section, and she also serves as Principal Second Violin at the Sun Valley Music Festival
Chris Johnson studied classical double bass at Cal State Northridge and later at The Boston Conservatory. He played with many orchestral and chamber music groups in Los Angeles, Mexico, and Boston. In 2009, Mr. Johnson moved to Buenos Aires to study tango bass with Juan Pablo Navarro. In the Bay Area, he plays with Seth Asarnow y su sexteto típico and continues to explore musical possibilities across genres.
Claudio, born and raised in Buenos Aires, has been bringing the soul of tango to life in the San Francisco Bay Area since 2005, when he founded his ensemble Trío Corazón al Sur, captivating audiences with his heartfelt performances ever since. He has shared the stage with many of tango’s most respected artists and ensembles, including Tangonero Orchestra, Hugo Wainzinger, Trío Garufa, Trío Tangazo, Scott O'Day Trio, Sexteto Cristal, Charles Gorkzynsky's West Coast Ensemble, and pianist-arranger Yazmina Raies, performing everywhere from the Los Angeles Ford Amphitheater to Pacifica’s Mildred Owen Concert Hall, the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, and countless intimate milongas.
Mr. Carbone spins exclusively Golden Era tango on original vinyl, sourced from South America, Europe, and Japan. With one of the most complete tango record collections in North America, he crafts tandas in the spirit of the great orchestras—designed exactly as dancers love to move.
Authentic pu erh prepared by a tea master from Yunnan district in China; preserved and aged in the US
Some dancers and artists at Tea & Tango over the years
Feeling Flow: Hosted at a historic heritage house in Palo Alto, we are inspired to help people experience flow through dance, yoga, meditation, and related arts, and give them basic tools to translate this experience into other areas of life. Flow is a state of awareness where we are completely immersed in what is right in front of us. It is a highly satisfying state that facilitates well-being and growth. Art, in essence, is a form of self-discovery and a connection practice. It is said that the best way to know yourself is through the mirror of relating to others.
Please reach out to us if you are unsure about attending a social dance or one of our other classes or events. We are happy to offer you guidance and coaching on what to expect.
We highly recommend dance shoes or can you dance in socks. We request no street shoes on the dance floor.
No, you are welcome to dance with your partner all evening and enjoy the live music and the atmosphere.
To keep things streamlined we request you to register through this website at least 2 hours before the event. But, come nonetheless, the door pricing may be expensive and in case the event sells out we will have to sadly turn you back, this has happened in the past.
Plenty of free and safe street parking available near Bryant Street
100% refund if requested 2 weeks before the event start. 50% refund if requested 1 week before. No refund, after. However, we will accomodate you in a future event/class.
Saturday, Dec 27th
3:45 – 5:00 PM
Feeling Flow Studios
1680 Bryant St., Palo Alto
Milonguero Style — Dancing with Precision in Close Embrace
Ahead of our New Year Milonga with live music, we’ll revisit the classics—Cruzada, Giro, Barridas, and Enganches—through the Milonguero Style: compact, elegant, and rooted in the close embrace. This is the art of navigating crowded floors with clarity and finesse, where every movement is distilled, intentional, and shared. A return to the essentials before stepping into the new year.
or email: teacher@feelingflow.org
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