About Alma de Tango
Alma de Tango is famous for creating a unique and elegant atmosphere for Tango lessons and social dancing (called a Milonga). Through Alma de Tango, Founder Monica Llobet has traditionally featured five big, annual special events: Night of Glitz and Glamour in January (celebrating Alma de Tango’s anniversary with a formal black tie gala and live music by an authentic Argentine tango Orchestra); Milonga Rouge in February (a French-infused, romantic, Valentine’s event where guests come dressed with a touch of red, sophisticated decor and traditional French music); Earth Day Milonga in April (an annual spring showcase where students have an opportunity to perform and exhibit their progress in the dance); Signature White Party in August (our end-of-summer tradition where guests come dressed in white elegance and the music evokes tango’s Golden Era); and the Masquerade Ball in October (a traditional Venetian Ball with all of its intrigue. Guests must come fully regaled, complete with a mask). Monica also extends Alma de Tango for other artists to give workshops and perform as well as craft artists to showcase their work.
In 2020, Alma de Tango initiated a new tradition, overseas Tango excursions. The first year and 2023 featured trips to Buenos Aires and Montevideo. The Fall of 2023 witnessed an enchanting trip to Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 2024 offers another exciting trip to Buenos Aires coinciding with a local, multi-day tango festival. New trips to every continent (maybe except Antarctica) are in the planning. Travel and Tango make for a great combination.
Alma de Tango is also busy in the planning of a new South Florida tango festival. Stay tuned for more details!
Monica Llobet
Founder, Alma de Tango
Monica Llobet has created a world of artistry around Argentine Tango in South Florida. A globally renowned professional Argentine Tango dancer, she has earned numerous recognitions and accomplishments granted by the International Dance Organization including, "World Cup Argentine Tango Champion 2000" in Budapest, Hungary; "World Argentine Tango Champion 2001" in Miami, Florida; and "World Cup Argentine Tango Champion 2001" in Hong Kong, China. In other words, she is a three-time world champion in Argentine Tango.
As a pioneer of the Argentine Tango community in South Florida, she has founded, promoted and managed successful local and internationally recognized events such as "Alma de Tango", which has produced collaborations with the Ritz-Carlton Cocoanut Grove and the historic Biltmore Hotel of Coral Gables in the past. Currently, Monica offers beginners and advanced classes for members and guests of the Carillon Miami Beach. 2024 starts a new monthly Moonlight Milonga at the Carillon. Now, the exiting and elegant commencement of the Alma de Tango Milonga at the historic Coral Gables Country Club is underway bringing back the active social calendar for which Alma de Tango is famous.
Monica is a full-time Tango professional. In an average week, Monica gives private lessons, group classes, workshops and once a month; a Practica (an opportunity for the students to practice their steps). She creates unique choreographies for her students based on their abilities and dancing levels. Her big events are called Milongas. A Milonga is a gathering of students, local guests and Tango aficionados from around the world. Throughout all of these activities, Monica is noted for her passion and commitment to the maintaining the vast cultural norms and traditions of the Argentine Tango. She has steadily built a Tango community in Miami and has put our phenomenal city on the international Tango circuit.
Throughout her successful career, Monica has understudied with top dancers and trainers in many regions around the world, which allows her to provide and transfer a vast and unique amount of experience and nuance to the South Florida Tango community and to an ever-expanding audience. Monica has taught and performed with several of the immortal names in Tango including Jorge Torres from Forever Tango, Carlos Gavito from Forever Tango, Osvaldo Zotto and Miguel Angel Zotto, in places such as Buenos Aires, Las Vegas, San Francisco, New York, Toronto, and Rome. She has also partnered and prepared Argentine Tango programs and activities for Arthur Murray International, Inc.
Monica is recognized by the worldwide media as a top Argentine Tango performing artist and is very common to find her in international television appearances, interviews and reviews.