2ToTango School – School with a focus on Musicality Performance Technique and Styling.

We have taught 11 dance forms over the last 16 years each to international standards. We have taught Salsa, Bachata, Meregue, Lambada, Jive, Swing Lindyhop, Latin Cha Cha, Waltz, Vienesse Waltz. Since 2009 we have primarily become a Tango School though from time to time we do have a class for Lindyhop and Latin Cha Cha. We have a strong focus on musicality, performance. technique and styling.

• We have organized workshops with more than 30 international teachers and ran a weekly Milonga for 3 years.
• We teach all the dances to international standards. Our strength lies in thorough research on music, techniques and styling. We follow the pedagogy of the best dancers internationally. – Sebastian Arce. Mariana Montes. Jorge Fernando. Alexandra Baldaque. Frankie Manning. Corky Ballas. Slavik Kryklyvyy. Karina Smirnoff.
• We curate our crowd and work towards creating homogeneity within the diverse backgrounds of students. For us at 2ToTango it’s not just a dance lesson school.
• We bring people together to share the warmth and joy of long lasting bondings and friendships. Our socials and parties are the talk of the town.
• We have held latino and Retro nites and International Tango festivals at Tapas Hotel Vasant Continental, Dublin – Maurya Sheraton, Kitty Su – Hotel Lalit. Delhi Gymkhana Club . Capitol – Hotel Ashok. Samrat Hotel . The Deck – Unitech Grande and many other high profile venues.
• We have frequent socials mostly private parties and occasionally bigger format parties at the Night clubs and Restaurants.
• Over the years we have become a big family whether its sharing joys of family celebrations or going for holidays together

Memorable Events from 2ToTango

Choreographed a show for Austrian Embassy for their Vienesse Ball Taj Mahal Hotel . 2005 Taught Viennese Waltz to 20 students for a performance with Vienna Chamber Orchestra.

India’s First International Tango Festival 2011
2nd New Delhi International Tango Festival 2012 - Gymkhana Club and Capitol . Hotel Ashok
3rd New Delhi International Tango Festival - Curtain Raiser Night at Kity Su with Maestro's Fernando and Alexandra
3rd New Delhi International Tango Festival 2013 - Gymkhana Club
3rd New Delhi International Tango Festival - Party at Ashwani's House
2ToTango Milonga at the US Embassy with Vagelis and Marianna
Milonga with Vagelis and Marianna in memory of the Marwari Milonguero Arvind Jain
Tango at the Oxford Ball with Sol and Leandro
Performance at the Viennese Ball organised by Austrian Embassy. Hotel Taj Mahal
2ToTango Latin Retro Nite - 16th December 2016 . Tapas. Hotel Vasant Continental. New Delhi.
Vienesse Ball Taj Mahal Hotel, 2009
2ToTango New Year's Party 2010

Founders

2ToTango was founded by Rakesh Borar and his Guru Late Kiran Kalunauria in 2003.

Late Kiran Kalunauria

Kiran was a legendary dancer and a maestro. He knew more than 15 forms of dances Jazz, Tap, Ballroom and Latin Dances – Waltz, Fox Trot, Viennese Waltz, Quick Step, Cha Cha, Jive, Merengue, Salsa, Bachata, Lambada, Mambo. He was the only teacher of these dances in Delhi in the 1990s.

Rakesh Borar

Rakesh Borar started his dancing journey with Modern dancing (Martha Grahame Style) in 1986 at the Delhi School of Music with M Patricia Torres (2yrs) and Margaret Lave Chatterjee (2yrs). He resumed his dancing interest in 1995 with Kiran Kalunauria (Jazz) and Ballroom and Latin dances later. He choreographed and performed Viennese Waltz with Vienna Chamber Orchestra in 2000, 2005 and 2008 at the Viennese Ball organized by the Austrian High Commission. Rakesh has organized quite a few International Tango festivals.

He has learnt Argentinean Tango mainly with Sebastain Arce & Marianna Montes and Jorge Fernando & Alexandra Baldaque. He has attended Tango workshops with many international teachers – Javier Rodrigues, Fatima Vitale, Sol & Leandro, Vaggelis & Marianna, Rod and many more. He follows Homer and Christina, Michelle & Jaochim , Sebastian Achaval and Sebastian Jimenez.

Rakesh is a trained singer in Western Classical music. He has performed many solo Pop Opera concerts. He also has training in Classical Guitar – 5th Grade from Trinity U.K. He speaks 5 international languages English French Italian Spanish and Hindi.