Homer Ladas (born 1969) is a contemporary US argentine tango dancer and teacher.

Homer Ladas is a personality of tango and nuevo in the US. He began dancing tango in 1997 and has taught tango since 1999. His dance style has been influenced by, among others, Gustavo Naveira. Since 2001 he has been dancing with his wife Cristina Ladas (br. January 4, 1973); they were married in 2002. Her tango teachers have included Graciela Gonzalez, Luciana Valle, Guillermina Quiroga. She has danced tango since 1998. Homer and Christina provide a series of original tango instructional videos on YouTube taken at the end of their classesE.g. Tango Lesson: Elegant Step-Over Colgada from Close to Open. occasionally accompanied with written notes. In 2012 during the New Earth festival in Prague, Homer played his first bandoneon solo and Christina performed aerial silk.

See also Figures of Argentine tango

References

Further reading Shapiro, S. (2004, Sep 13). A crew to tango; the sultry argentine dance draws a crowd to a weekend marathon where the moves are being adapted to new music.: [FINAL edition]. The Sun Retrieved from A little tango jam session with Homer Ladas in Edinburgh 2010 Funky space to learn, tango the night away

External links Videoblog - video class summaries Blog - class notes