Welcome to Integrative Method Social Tango
A holistic approach to beginning, developing, and refining your dance.
Hi, I’m Yelizaveta
I offer tailored tango instruction that fosters musicality, technique, and self-expression for social dancers.
Tango Itinerary 2025
I never thought I would be a dancer
Before tango my life was kind of meh…
Others thought my life was awesome, but I felt no joy in my achievements, degrees, and awards. Plagued by all the existential angst that comes with becoming an adult I didn’t know what was missing.
I was lonely, depressed, insecure, dissatisfied, bored…
I encountered tango by total accident. I had no dance experience or training and had no intention of ever dancing it.
But tango had other plans for me…
Seemingly overnight I was ushered into a magical world of dancing almost every day (and/or night), meeting fascinating people, and traveling around the world to dance in the most exotic places!
Suddenly it was fun to be an adult! I was getting to do what I fantasized about doing as a kid!
I was hooked. Since starting in 2009 I have danced thousands of hours, with hundreds of people from all over the world. I hope I get to dance with you one of these days!
What People Are Saying
“I’ve taken workshops, technique and a privates with Yelizaveta. Enthusiastic, supportive, and with great attention to the alignment details to become a great dancer. She is the best resource I have found to not just learn about tango, but to work through the steps to transform your body to really dance tango. She provides no shortcuts because there are none. Instead she is the real deal, a magnificent dancer with the musicality and refined body awareness to ensure that the time you are able to put in is most effectively directed towards a great experience for yourself and your partner.”
— EUGENE LEWINS, PORTLAND, OR
“Yelizaveta creates an environment of learning that invokes the Spirit of tango as experienced through the imagination and the senses. Participants are engaged not just as students, but as co-creators and fellow artists of the dance. What I learned about the essence of tango while working with Yelizaveta has made me a better dancer in tango and in life!”
— KATIE ROEDA, PORTLAND, OR
“I highly recommend Yelizaveta’s classes. The movements as well as the explanations, visualization and understanding of how each movement connects to tango movements has been invaluable. I can definitely feel the difference in my body and even though I have a lot to work on, I now have the tools and basic understanding of how my body should engage and move. I believe that any level tanguero(a) can benefit from this instruction. ”
— STEPHANNI JONES, LOS ANGELES, CA
