Social Tango in Australia

Principal Teacher and founder: Dana Parker, B.A hons.

Starting in dance performance at the age of 2 ½, Dana has a history of dance performance, choreography, and teaching that spans decades. A teacher of Tango in Australia since 2004, she has partnered with some amazing Australian and International Tango professionals across the last two decades.

Dana is trained in both lead and follow roles in various styles of tango (milonguero, salon, nuevo) and teaches with an emphasis on quality movement, connection, musicality and social etiquette.  She has taught classes and workshops in tours and Tango Festivals around Australia.

She established “Tango Butterfly” in Melbourne in 2011, a dance studio dedicated to contemporary social Argentine Tango.

Formal training in movement and dance includes:
modern & contemporary dance (matriculation), jazz/classical ballet, calisthenics, gymnastics, tae-kwondo, bellydance, yoga, qi gong, salsa, street latin, and tap.

She has trained as a Polestar Pilates Mat Instructor and as a Secret Elements Qi Gong Instructor. She is a frequent ecstatic dancer.

In her teenage years, Dana also toured in several international countries with the Australian Drill & Dance Team.

Dana is also an intuitive coach, meditation teacher and bodyworker. She has an honours degree in European Studies from Adelaide University.

She moved to the Northern Rivers area in NSW, Australia in 2021.

See, also: www.danaparker.com.au / www.danaspiritbutterfly.com