Find a tango partner near you

Yes, El Compas is free for dancers.

Open the partner search in the app and set the area you want to search around. Then filter by role, level, tango style and height to see dancers close to you who fit what you are looking for.

Yes. Complete your profile and review the app's privacy settings before sharing personal details. See our privacy policy for information about data use and rights.

Pick the event, say which workshops you plan to attend and which role you dance, then post a partner request. Dancers heading to the same festival can answer you directly.

Yes. The search filters include role (leader, follower or double role), level from newcomer to advanced, tango style and height in centimetres. You can also show only the dancers you are already connected with.

The event or school, the city, the dates, the role and level you are looking for, and what you want to do together: a workshop, a practica or a milonga. A specific plan gets more answers than a general message.

No. Changing the area only changes what you see in the search. Your profile keeps your home city, so you can look for dancers in a city you are about to visit without moving house on paper.

Yes. Roles describe how you dance, not who you are. Double role is a role in its own right on El Compas: add it to your profile, or add leader and follower as well, and dancers looking for a partner who switches will find you. Festivals such as Totally in Tango are built around double role dancing.

Yes. Queer tango is a tango style on your profile and in the search filters, next to traditional, salon, milonguero, neo tango, tango escenario, close embrace and open embrace. You can find queer tango dancers in your area, or be found by them. El Compas is for every dancer, whoever you dance with.