About Us
Get to know our talented team of Tango instructors at El Olivo Tango Club.
Experienced Instructors Who Inspire Passionate Learning
At El Olivo Tango Club, we believe in the power of learning from experienced instructors. Our teachers are passionate about sharing their knowledge and love for Argentine Tango, ensuring that each student receives the highest quality instruction.
our approach
Our teaching approach is focused on providing personalized instruction tailored to each student’s needs and goals.
Extensive Dance Experience
Our teaching team has years of experience performing and teaching Argentine Tango.
Passion for Tango Music
We are dedicated to sharing our love for tango music with our students.
Meet Our Team
Discover the talented team behind El Olivo Tango Club.
Radi shafie
In 2009, Radi Shafie started dancing tango and immediately became immersed in it. His pursuit of dancing and studying tango has never stopped, and he considers himself first and foremost a student of this exquisite and complex dance. Over the years, he also obtained a PhD in Critical Dance Studies, focusing his research on the “popular milongas” of Buenos Aires. He finds the endless potential for learning that this dance offers to be most inspiring and is always striving to improve himself. His main teachers have included Carlitos Espinoza, Moira Castellano, and Roxana Suarez.
He experiences tango as a moving meditation; a unique kind of meditation since it involves another person. This meditative experience is possible only through the cooperation of the other. To be more precise, what makes this experience unique for Radi is that it requires a constant embodied awareness of the other. When he is attuned to the finest details of the presence and movement of his partner, he has truly arrived.
Radi has a passion for teaching tango and has taught in both community and university settings over the past decade. In more recent years, he has primarily taught with his partner Oldřiška, focusing not only on teaching movement but also on sensitivity and awareness. He views the exploration of ways to transmit the nuances of this dance as a rewarding challenge.
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Oldřiška Prokopová
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Pamela Damia
Pamela Damia is an Argentine dancer, teacher, and choreographer of tango. Since 2007, she has been invited to tango festivals and encuentros internationally, and has participated and contributed to various tango shows in Argentina, Italy, and Japan, where she has also organized practicas and milongas.
Pamela developed her pedagogy as staff member of different schools such as La Viruta Tango (Buenos Aires), La Fundación Tiempo Iberoamericano (Japan), Calabriatango Tangueando Argentango (Italy), and diverse cultural spaces in Barcelona where she currently lives.
In addition to tango, she has studied various disciplines such as ballet, contemporary, aerial, lyrical jazz, flamenco, theatre, contact improvisation, lindy hop, rock, and Argentine Folklore. Passionate about technique, communication, and history, in her classes she creates enthusiasm for deepening and understanding tango culture while teaching in Spanish, Catalán, English, and Italian.
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Daniel Arroyo
Daniel Arroyo, tango dancer and teacher born in Venezuela, obtained his dance training in various disciplines, including contemporary, classical ballet, jazz, butoh, swing, and street dance. Specialized in social tango as well as stage tango, Daniel began his professional dance career in Buenos Aires, where he learned from renowned teachers such as Corina Herrera, Javier Rodriguez, and Chicho Frumboli. In 2015, together with Juampy Ramirez, he represented the first ever same-sex couple in the Tango World Championship in Buenos Aires. Daniel continues to explore tango from different perspectives, studying with distinguished artists such as Les Twins and Aya Sato. As a teacher, he strives to discover a movement that is authentic, ergonomic, and musical while developing self-discipline and structure without sacrificing the feeling and maximum freedom in the tango.
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Students Feedback
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“Excellent milonga and school in Barcelona. Comfortable and elegant atmosphere to learn and dance. Special mention to Radi and Oldriska, two great people and teachers. Highly recommended for tango lovers.”
Franco Placenti
“Amazing place to take tango and yoga classes, to dance-practice-make new friends.”
Claudia Fragnito
“Excellent place to learn Argentina Tango in Barcelona, great teachers ,showroom for tango equipment, well-decorated and modern facilities, and most importantly, milongas!”
Xinyan Yang
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Preserving the Rich History of Tango Dance
El Olivo Tango Club is dedicated to preserving the rich history and tradition of Tango dance. With a team of experienced instructors and a welcoming community, we strive to provide the highest quality dance education and promote the beauty and elegance of Tango.