World Embrace Tango is building community in Olympia, Washington through Argentine Tango, providing regularly scheduled tango events such as practicas, milongas, workshops and hosting visiting instructors. We also offer weekly group classes and private lessons. Jennifer Jaymes is an experienced tango dancer & instructor with passion for sharing her love of healthy body movement through dance. With over a decade's experience with Argentine Tango, she offers beginner friendly, quality instruction focusing on technique, musicality & connection. World Embrace Tango will connect you to tango and one another …It all starts when we embrace.

What’s in the name World Embrace Tango? A personal message from Jennifer Jaymes:

The essence of Argentine Tango is in the connection: the connection with your partner, the connection with the music, and ultimately, the connection with yourself. My connection to tango as a dancer, artist and community builder deepened greatly during the pandemic, when I began reaching out across the globe for the connection I was missing without access to social dance. I couldn’t have expected to form so many life-altering, transformative bonds through a computer screen. The bonds we can form through our mutual love for tango run so deep - even a global pandemic, thousands of miles, or two completely different languages can’t break us. Since I began reaching out to tango teachers and tango enthusiasts across the globe, the world of tango has opened up for me, and my dance has improved one thousand percent. I began to reach out to the local tango teachers and organizers of every city I would travel. I have made connections in tango communities across the world and the mutual impact has been astounding; the love for tango transcends social media, cultural differences, dance experience and breaks down challenging physical, emotional and social barriers. I even have tango pen-pals I have yet to meet (can’t wait for the chance to travel to their cities!).

The essence of World Embrace Tango is simple: we need all of us to keep Argentine tango alive and well. Each tango dancer, from beginner to maestro, has something to offer this community and we all play a role in progressing tango forward. This is the mindset I encourage when we greet one another on the dance floor. Tango is more than a dance; it becomes a way of life, a call to friendship and a requirement to step out of self.

World Embrace Tango is an invitation for unity among tango dancers worldwide. We start in Olympia by making space for human connections, celebrating collective knowledge, and promoting positive tango experiences.

I am teaching classes and organizing tango events in the South Sound of Washington State that create opportunities for quality tango learning and collaboration with all others who want to grow tango. World Embrace Tango serves as a platform to encourage combined resources, shared ideas and champion other tango communities.

Let’s delight in each another’s unique gifts and understand that we are better together. Each of our individual strengths, when shared, make a stronger global tango community. We are ALL necessary for tango to continue to thrive. There is absolutely no way to have the full experience of tango by yourself. That is why we embrace.