Photo by Gloria Plascencia
Events created and produced:
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Milonga LAX - a prime Argentine Tango social events in Los Angeles taking place once a month (10 years)
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The Tango Experience - a weekly Argentine Tango dance social with lessons (7 years)
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LA Tango Marathon - an annual international/interstate Argentine Tango weekend event (12 years)​
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Concert & Dance event with Otros Aires band from Argentina
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Tango FlashMob at LAX (in the news)
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Traveling Tango FlashMob around LA
Special Workshops & Presentations:
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Let's Dance! - LAPL weekly workshop culminating in a group performance - 20 weeks)
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Argentine Tango for Corporate: Aerospace Corp., El Segundo (weekly class - 24 weeks)
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Argentine Tango for Team Building: Mattel Inc. El Segundo (weekly class - 8 weeks)
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Tango Through Life - Agape International Spiritual Center, Culver City
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Reinvent & Live with Passion - presentation the Neptunian Woman's Club. MB
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Reset & Find Balance - Rotary Club, Queen Mary in Long Beach
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Truth About Tango - workshop at ESMoA, El Segundo
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Tango Through Life - Best You Expo, DTLA
Meet Ilona
A leading force in the Southern California tango community, Ilona Glinarsky is a dance visionary, public speaker, wellness advocate, mindfulness practitioner, and accomplished tango event producer.
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Known for her innovative, heart-centered approach, Ilona teaches the principles of conscious relationship through the vehicle of Argentine Tango. Her signature Living Tango® method offers an experiential learning process that explores communication, connection, and relationship dynamics—lessons that resonate both on and off the dance floor.
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A multi-talented artist, Ilona is a classically trained musician, dancer, and choreographer, as well as an MBSR (Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction) facilitator. As a wellness advocate, she designs and facilitates dance-inspired programs for organizations, communities, and institutions seeking embodied approaches to well-being, connection, and resilience. A committed tango activist, she has produced numerous charitable and community-based events designed to educate the public about the cultural richness and true nature of social partner dances such as Argentine Tango. At the core of her work is a deep belief that anyone can learn and enjoy partner dancing.
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Ilona has worked with diverse populations including amputees, seniors, and children, using tango as both a therapeutic and educational tool. Her unique teaching style synthesizes spiritual psychology, mindfulness, music, movement, and life coaching—creating a transformative learning experience rooted in presence, empathy, and embodied awareness.
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Why Tango?
Argentine Tango is a lot like LIFE; it is created in the moment, step by step…it requires our full attention and presence, it is based on connection to everything around, it is improvisational, it provides immediate feedback to what works and what doesn’t, every step and decision made by one partner instantly impacts the other…When we are able to relinquish the need to be in control and allow each moment to lead the way, we become ONE and open to experiencing joy and bliss.
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Tango is a powerful metaphor for a conscious relationship and partnership, where both masculine and feminine feel celebrated. It offers a safe place to practice empathy and compassion for both roles, leader’s and follower’s, without resistance or judgement.
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Tango is a perfect tool for personal growth, transformation and expansion. At this time, when human connection gets often reduced to texting, e-mailing and hang-outs, social partner dancing offers a unique, fun and effective vehicle to creating an authentic meaningful connection to yourself and another.​