Tango Safety and Inclusion

San Antonio Tanguer@s welcomes everyone who has a passion to learn, teach, practice and dance Tango in community with others passionate about the dance.

As the @ in our name suggests, there’s a place for everyone on our dance floor, whether you dance as leader, as follower, or one who swaps roles at will.

We welcome all persons regardless of age, body description, disability, ethnicity, gender and sexual identity, language, nationality, politics, race, religion, role preference, or skill level.

If you ever feel uneasy, afraid, or distressed about your safety or freedom of choice from the touch, words, or other behavior of another, we urge you to tell someone:

The person whose behavior bothered you, if you feel safe doing so;
The teacher or assistants;
The event hosts;
The DJ; or
The front desk attendant.

Tango is an intimate dance often danced in heart-to-heart contact. But you always have the choice of your dance partner, how close you will dance, and what movements you will allow.

A close embrace on the dance floor is not an invitation for intimacy. Consent may be given or revoked at any time.

Unsolicited advice is not welcome, except for something unsafe or making you uncomfortable.

An attendee whose repeated disrespectful behavior, by words or actions, interferes with any person's ability to enjoy a tango event will be asked to leave. In extreme cases of bad behavior, the participant may be prohibited from entering future events organized by San Antonio Tanguer@s.

Please see also our expectations about Tango etiquette.

Be Safe, Have Fun, Respect Others!

This document is adapted from documents created by the Austin Blues Syndicate and members of the Austin Tango Society.

Everyone should feel welcome.

Everyone should feel comfortable.

"Tango dancers at 'El Corte'" by Zabara Alexander is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

Board Policy Items

Master Calendar Maintenance and Event Overlaps:

As we grow, San Antonio Tanguer@s will continue to create, monitor and update our master tango calendar to report accurately and minimize event conflicts on any given day.

For the benefit of our tango community, please assist us in creating tango opportunities that do not conflict with other scheduled events by checking the San Antonio Tanguer@s comprehensive master calendar.

San Antonio Tanguer@s is available for questions and if the situation warrants, mediate any issues/conflicts in order to reach a harmonious resolution.

Please note that members of our tango community might hold special events that are not related to our organization’s guidelines such as private house Milongas, birthday parties etc. Those instances are beyond the scope of San Antonio Tanguer@s’ mission and do not merit any involvement.

In order to maintain a cohesive and friendly tango community, we kindly request all organizers verify the master calendar before scheduling a new item to avoid overlap.

Since our mission is to promote tango in San Antonio and surrounding areas, we pledge to publish all tango related events on our master calendar.

To add your event to the calendar, we ask you to email all pertinent information to:

operations@sanantoniotangueros.org

Thank you for your cooperation.

Social Media Posting:

Our San Antonio tango community is growing - and so is our Inbox!

In order to streamline our communication channels such as social media postings emails and/or group texts, we kindly request all organizers post their event only once (1) per week. As such, Duplicate postings will be removed.

For the comprehensive San Antonio and Austin tango schedule, please visit our calendar online at: https://sanantoniotangueros.org/calendar