Instructors & Groups
(As of 1.13.26, our Instructors & Groups page is still being updated)
Classes and events at Dance Underground are independently run by various groups with their own registration format. Please contact groups directly or visit their websites for registration details.
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Meet the owners Ilana Rubin and Tony Fan. Seattle's longest-running Saturday night Tango social dance with awesome music, elegant decoration, tasty desserts, and a friendly atmosphere! Argentine tango has been an integral part of the Dance Underground dance program since the beginning. Here is a line-up of our program:
Three weekly tango classes by Tony and Ilana, the founder and owner of Dance Underground.
Thursday night tango practice.
Seattle's longest-running Saturday night Tango social dance with awesome music, elegant decoration, tasty desserts, and a friendly atmosphere!
Email: seattletango@hotmail.com
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Ilana Rubin and Tony Fan bring to the tango a life-long interest in dance. They were both trained in ballet and modern dance, and bring to tango an exciting, accessible, individual style. Ilana's extensive dance training includes modern dance with Martha Nishitani, as well as ballet and folk dancing. She performed for five years with Radost, Seattle's premiere folk dance ensemble. Tony started his dance career studying modern ballet before he discovered the Argentine tango. Tony has also studied tango in Europe. Tony and Ilana have been dancing the Argentine tango together for over eighteen years. The beauty of their movement comes from their maturity in the dance, strong connection and deep respect for the music. Together, they have studied with such notable dancers: Juan Bruno, Susanna Miller, Julio Balmaceda and Corina de la Rosa, Osvaldo Zotto and Lorena Ermocida, Esteban Moreno and Claudia Codega, Gabriel Angio and Natalia Games, Graciela Gonzalez , Daniela Arcuri and Armando, and Omar Vega.
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Register for classes at www.afrodanceseattle.com
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Kiné Camara is a danc eartist and educator based in Seattle, WA. She loves bringing her passion for dance to the stage, and has performed with artists including Uncle Waffles, Asake, Tiwa Savage, Adekunle Gold, Sauti Sol, Archie, and Ibrahima & Safal, however her long life passion is teaching. She also founded Afro Dance Seattle, and serves as the program director in addition to teaching Amapiano dance there and with organizations like University of Washington and Cornish College of the Arts. She has also taught in other cities including Paris (FR), Vancouver (CA), Atlanta, and Los Angeles. She serves on the executive board, choreographs and dances with the performance team, Element of Passion, aka ElementOP. For more info, visit her on Instagram @kine_camara or at kinecamara.com.
Register for classes at www.afrodanceseattle.com
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Hip Hop, Reggaeton, Jazz Funk + more!
For class schedule, visit:
or find us on Instagram, TikTok or Facebook @dropzonedance
Drop Zone, founded by Lex Ramirez, is a dance community that hosts classes, events, and groups centering artists from historically marginalized communities. We currently offer Hip Hop, Reggaeton and Jazz Funk.
We also have two adult dance training groups: DROP SQUAD (Beginners, no auditions) and DRIP (Intermediate, video audition). For more info visit www.dropzonedance.com/training
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Lex Ramirez [@mamiimoves] is a queer Latinx teaching artist, choreographer and community organizer from Oakland, CA. Lex believes that dance is for people of all experience levels and, as such, has cultivated communities based on inclusivity and fun. She is the founder of Drop Zone Dance Community, Archie the Shycon’s choreographer and a Vogue ballroom competitor in the PNW KiKi Scene. Lex also created the Seattle Theatre Group Young Ambassador program, an arts professional development program for BIPOC teens. When Lex isn’t teaching, she’s training so that she can continue to grow and transfer that growth to her students. Lex values community, authenticity and equity above all else!
Lex is directing our beginner/intermediate training team, Drop Squad, season Winter ‘26 which starts January 25th. Sign ups are LIVE! No auditions required. More info + sign up here.
Sign up for Lex’s Hip Hop + Jazz Funk Level 1 Class on Sundays 3:00-4:00pm OR Reggaeton ½ on Wednesdays 6-7pm.