Tango With Jon

I took a few classes with Jon about 5 years ago. Just like everything else in life, practice makes perfect. You won’t become an expert by taking one class. However, my intention was not to become an expert. I just wanted to get out of the house on a Saturday night. The milongas are fun– you get to meet people and have a few drinks. The prices were somewhat reasonable, especially compared to these other elitist tango studios (they might have raised it). However, some guys are overly possessive of their girlfriends. Once, we rotated in class and I was dancing with some dude’s girlfriend. He kept staring at me the whole time. I will admit that the girl was attractive, but I wouldn’t knowingly hit on a chick who had a boyfriend. After the dance was over, I left the building.
Besides that one incident, I enjoyed taking classes here. I loved practicing with Della (I’m not sure if she’s still here). I may come back this summer.

If you are truly interested in learning tango, then RUN in the other direction. This man thinks that by insulting people he earns their respect. I have words for you Jon, I got zero respect for you from the first time we spoke and you said your rent was $ 1700, you lived in midtown and wanted to know how much I pay for my rent. Hahaha, how dumb do you have to be?
After looking at his fancy website, I purchased the groupon. I was in for a rude shock given his misogynistic ways. I’m really not quite sure where to begin with this because of how obnoxious a man Jon is.
Let me tell you what his typical class looks like. He is full of insults for women. He tells the male dancers how to treat women with attitude with a rude gesture of flicking his fingers under his chin. I presume that he gets that a lot given his short stature for tango.
He never dances with his students, despite the female ratio being higher in his class. When I questioned him on that, he blatantly tells me he only dances with students who buy private lessons.
He starts his classes late, ends early and barely teaches you anything, in between taking phone calls, leaving the classroom for long periods and begging students over the phone to come.
He keeps bragging that he’s been teaching for 10 years and I call b.s. on that. There are plenty of good tango teachers and I highly recommend Victoria Codru of dance sport.

Bought a living social deal for this place. The man who picked up the phone was rude, uncompromising, and gave a lot of attitude. So much to the point where I decided to not even schedule anything and am asking for a refund back from living social. Horrible customer service.

Awful. Took a beginners class and Jon showed us this one absurd move and then just left the room to talk to other people in another room. He didn’t explain about the basics and left us to practice that one move over and over again. I went to another tango class and actually learnt more in a few minutes than an hour of just twiddling my thumbs and fending for myself. Go somewhere else if you want to learn tango.

If you are truly interested in learning Argentine Tango then Jon Tariq is the instructor you need. He is completely dedicated to sharing his passion and love of Argentine Tango with his students. He teaches, encourages, motivates. Along with his classes he offers Tango Practicas where you can practice what you’ve learned in class. And then there are Milongas where you actually dance all that you’ve practiced! I’ve developed my skills with Jon’s classes. I can finally be lead around the dance floor. In just a couple of months the difference from night and day. I look forward to developing myself as a good dancer and I know that with Jon I will achieve my goal!