Nick Thompson is an Argentine Tango dancer who was born and raised in Washington DC. Nick has been dancing Argentine Tango since the beginning of 2009 when he was attending college in Portland, Oregon as an Art major. During that first year, Nick was exposed to, the tango club at his university, the local practicas and milongas, as well as his first festival. Nick was so inspired, the next year he did a summer abroad in Argentina to get the chance to study with local teacher there. After finishing university, he went on to become a teacher abroad in Xi’an, China, where he taught English, Art, and eventually Argentine tango in classrooms. The next year he started teaching in the local coffee shops and soon built the first tango community in Xi’an, China. Nick finally returned to the US in 2016 and has been dancing, teaching, organizing, and hosting milongas in the DMV ever since.

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