Helen Wang found Tango in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Or rather Tango found her. After coming back from Buenos Aires in 2010, she decided to learn tango professionally. With her training in dancing and classical music growing up, she quickly excelled in tango and she won 1st place at the USA Tango Championship NYC “Stage” category with her dance partner in 2012. However, she was more drawn by the connection and the improvisation elements of this dance, so she quitted her full time job and stayed in Buenos Aires again and did intensive training with renowned maestros. Her profound understanding of the dance is based on her studies with the maestros in all dance disciplines as well as her continuous own self research. Her intellectual approach to tango has made her a respectable tango instructor. Helen has a skilled teaching style that simplifies complex dance figures. Her dance is distinctive, sensual and playful with humor.

 

Helen Wang has been a professional tango dancer with over 12 years of experience in performing, teaching and choreographing. She has taught and performed in major states in USA such as Hawaii, TEXAS, NJ, MA, NY, PA, etc. Also famous milongas internationally in Spain, Germany, China and Argentina. Locally, she has performed at Lincoln Center in NYC, Nimbus Center in NJ and was the main dancer in a theater piece directed by Hector Zaraspe (creative director of Tango Pasion), to list a few. She currently hosts two milongas in NY every month - La Milonga Misteriosa and Candle Light Milonga. She hosts well-known international dancers and offers workshops, intensive seminars, private lessons in NYC and NJ (her own studio).

 

Her YouTube Channel - HelenWangTango has 13K followers. During the pandemic, she created a series of educational tango videos for dancers around the world - Argentine Tango Vocabulary. It is a well-received collection of major tango steps demonstrated by Helen Wang and selected dancers. Each video shows the correct and precise way of dancing the steps.   

 

Fun fact: Helen graduated from Cornell University in fashion design and management.  Her elegant designs and styles were discovered right after graduation, and she worked for Ivanka Trump and Wendy Murdoch as their stylist assistant for a whole year. What’s more, she designs and makes all of her performance dresses.