Paradise Tango

Honolulu, United States

5

Closed now

7 reviews

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Telephone:
+1 831-239-6529
Website:
www.paradisetango.com
Address:
150 N King St Ste 202, Honolulu, HI, 96817
Chinatown
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:
0.3 miS Hotel St + Bishop St
0.3 miBishop St + S Hotel St‎
0.4 miS Hotel St + Alakea St
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Today

Today 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Closed now
Local time (Honolulu) 03:18 Wednesday, 23 April 2025

Business hours

Monday 8:00 pm – 12:00 am
Tuesday 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Wednesday 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Thursday 6:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Friday –
Saturday –
Sunday 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

Description

Specialties

Argentine Tango Instruction, Choreography and Performance. Founders Brett and Jenny Griswold teach beginning through performance level dance for students of all ages. They also teach Tango and Partner Dance Technique.

History

Established in 2010.

Brett and Jenny Griswold have been dancing Argentine Tango since 2006. Dancing and teaching together since 2007, they taught and performed extensively in the Bay Area and Southern California. They founded SoCal Tango Argentino in 2010 while living in Southern California and changed their name to Paradise Tango when they relocated to Honolulu, HI in summer 2012. As SoCal Tango they taught at several Los Angeles and Orange County dance studios including: Fred Astaire Dance Center, Lineage Performing Arts Center, and Synthesis Dance Studio in Pasadena, and Dancesport CA and San Sara Dance Studio in Orange County. After moving to Honolulu in 2012 they taught through studio spaces and University of Hawaii at Manoa. In summer 2013 they decided to open their own dance studio to provide their students with more classes, more practice times, more private lesson availability and large events. They opened the doors of the new Paradise Tango dance studio in Chinatown in December 2013.

Meet the Business Owner

Jennifer G.

Business Owner

Jennifer was born and raised in New York City starting ballet at 7 yrs old and competitive ballroom dancing in college at 18 years old. Upon graduating college she moved to Santa Cruz, CA to pursue a PhD in Earth Sciences at UC-​Santa Cruz. In 2006 she began taking Argentine Tango lessons in Santa Cruz, and in 2007, she co-​founded Tangroupe, the Argentine Tango Society at UC Santa Cruz with her dance partner, and now co-​owner of Paradise Tango, Brett Griswold. Upon completion of her PhD Jennifer moved south to Los Angeles to begin a job working for NASA and opened SoCal Tango Argentino. In 2010, she and Brett competed at the US Tango Championships earning 2nd place in the Stage Tango Category and competed in Buenos Aires at the World Tango Championships for Stage and Salon Tango. In 2011 Jenny was offered an Asst. Prof. position at UH Manoa in the Meteorology Dept. Now in Hawaii they opened Paradise Tango in Dec 2013 and continue to teach classes at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

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7 reviews of Paradise Tango

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Place rating: 5
Honolulu, HI
Love this studio!
My fiancé and I don’t dance but wanted to learn for our wedding. This is the place to go. Jenny and Brett are so patient and really found ways to help us learn. We never got frustrated or embarrassed and just had fun. We felt so confident. Learning to dance was a great way to spend time together and prepare for our wedding.
Place rating: 5
Honolulu, HI
Brett & Jenny are amazing teachers. They take the time to help everyone out, even beginners like myself. We had a phenomenal time and plan to make it at least once a week. I Highly recommend!
Place rating: 5
Honolulu, HI
Love love loved our night of Tango. We danced for 2 hours straight!
Jenny and Brad are two great instructors. Brad showed us a few moves as a group, for about an hour. His demonstration was easy to follow and to understand. Everybody rotated partners for each new move.
In addition, Jenny and Brad are the couple that famously Tangoed through the 2014 Honolulu Marathon, and won more than one world tango championship! In real life, they are really cool & funny people!
After about an hour of instruction, they put in some sexy Tango music, and everyone practiced their dance moves.
If you like to dance, dress up, have a fun evening, be sure to try out Paradise Tango. It was a fantastic evening with lots of wine, sangria & food. Ladies dressed to impress, and the gentlemen were ready to lead them on the dance floor.
Place rating: 5
Alpine, CA
I haven’t found such a great tango studio since I lived in Buenos Aires! Great atmosphere, helpful instructors and super affordable with so many events.
I have been to other tango classes and studios in Honolulu and haven’t found one to quite compare.
Place rating: 5
Near North Side, Chicago, IL
We had a wonderful experience at this dance studio. The private tango lessons where well worth the money. Jen is an amazing teacher. She is very thoughtful, dedicated, clear, fun and professional. We can’t wait for our next class!
Place rating: 5
Lompoc, CA
Beginners, intermediates, or professional dancers, Paradise Tango has something for all. Brett and Jen do an excellent job of facilitating a relaxed and welcoming environment for beginners to learn the basics and advanced dancers to work on embellishments. Although Argentine tango is typically an «inward emotion» kind of dance, you would not be able to tell as you will see a lot of smiling and laughing at Paradise Tango since they have made it such a fun place to learn.
If you’re still unsure or nervous about trying Argentine tango, Paradise Tango is the perfect place to try it out for the first (or fifty first) time when they take the edge off with their «Wine and Tango» event every third Saturday of the month for only $ 15. That’s 3+ hours of learning, dancing, meeting new people, snacking, and drinking wine all for less than the price of a glass of some of those same wines at any restaurant in town!
They also offer a variety of other classes designed to help one become a better dancer, but helps with overall fitness as well. These include a stretching class and roll-​out class using foam rollers to release tension in the muscles. Having taken the latter class actually helped me recover from a recent marathon going from gimping along back to walking normally over night!
Place rating: 5
Honolulu, HI
Brett and Jenny are simply amazing tango dancers and to watch them is to be inspired. As instructors, they’re personable, thorough and genuinely care that each student is learning and having fun. You can easily tell how much they love dancing and the passion they have for both tango and teaching and how much they want to share that love and passion with others.
Parking is free on Sundays for the lessons and usually easy to find nearby with only a 1 – 2 minute walk at most and that’s super helpful. I find classes exciting, fun and love learning something new each week. The practica (informal social dancing to practice and get better) on Tuesdays for $ 2 is also a great way to meet new people and practice what I learned on the previous Sunday.