My name is Igor Polk. I dance and teach Argentine Tango.
Call to arrange private or small group classes in my dance studio in Hayward, at your home, office, or party.
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Introductory Tango Classin Hayward at Every Friday at 7:30 to 9:00 pm + 1 hour practica. Suggested donation $10, or $20 per family. Joy Choate, Igor's student is assisting. |
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As a tango teacher Igor Polk pursues "the unconscious competence that will give students effortless mastery."
My phone is 510-582-8711, E-mail: ipolk@virtuar.com, cell phone: 510-610-8711
More information about Igor Polk Private Tango Classes in San Francisco Bay Area
Also I teach group Tango classes in Palo Alto
Who am I? Please visit
YouTube video examples: Tango Dance examples;
My main San Francisco Tango website;
My Tango Blog;
Links to videos of great tango performers;
List of all my Tango Articles;
Photos of me with my partners;
Call now !
510-582-8711
ipolk@virtuar.com
"..One thing I really regret and I will deeply miss is my dance sessions with you. In our last session I felt I have started to dance and I loved it. I hope I come back to Northern California some days and continue my lessons with you..." - M
Why Tango:
NPR (radio):
- Psychologists and physical therapists believe learning to tango can help people suffering from Alzheimers, Parkinson’s Disease, and depression. Find out more at the first International Conference on Tango Therapy.
Igor Polk: "The author mentions that Tango has good effect of people with chronical depression perhaps, how he said, "contra intuitively because the tango lyrics [in Spanish] is very sad". Well, it is a common misunderstanding. Particularly sad music, songs and lyrics cures and brings a person back to the good mood. Tango is just a little sad, just enough. And there is a lot of joy there also."
- "Natalie Rogers, a psychotherapist in Manhattan who said she prescribes tango to some of her patients struggling with performance anxiety. “I tell women that it’s a great way to meet men.” ";
- "Tango is a leveler of age differences as well. Alexander Turney, 89 ... said he learned to tango at age 67, “and it gave me a new lease on life.”";
- " “When celebrities come by, they just hang out... We don’t bother them. Tango people are not grovelers.”";
- "“It’s a lot more fun than going to the gym, where you feel like a hamster.” "
- "Music and dance synchronize, harmonize, amplify and enhance our essential biorhythms. They can slow down processes of aging, extend our life and greatly enrich the quality of every day of our entire life.";
- "music, dance, laughter, touching hands, and happy social interactions combine in a mystic synergistic way to activate our hormones and neurotransmitters (such as beneficial “beta endorphins”, “enkephalins”, “dynorphins” and “oxytocins”)."
- "..the test of experienced Dance or Walk teachers is not that they are magnetic personalities or entertainers, but rather that they can become a clearer lens for this flow of energy back and forth.."
- "the nature of the tango is such that participants switch off the automatic negative thought patterns that contribute to anxiety and depression"