Matthew Joseph Seneca discovered tango 17 years ago and has never looked back. He has learned from many instructors and attended festivals and workshops locally and internationally. He began his tango journey here in Charlotte with Daniel Arredondo. In Buenos Aires he trains with Patricie Porakova, Javier Antar, and Nadia Johnson at La Maleva. In North Carolina, he continues to study with Karen Jaffe in Asheville. He also trains remotely with Liz & Yannick Vanhove in France.

A Magna Cum Laude graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Matthew is a classically trained actor and singer, a self-taught guitarist and songwriter, and a former certified teacher of the Alexander Technique. For 14 years, he was a high school teacher, during which time he taught everything from English to theater arts to dance. This diverse background in the performing arts informs his approach to tango.

Sarah Hayes Harkins is a ballet dancer with Charlotte Ballet and has danced professionally since 2008. Her career has led her to work with choreographers of many styles and genres of dance, and she has been blessed to receive many lead roles over the years. Some of her favorite roles include Choleric in Balanchine’s Four Temperaments, Grand Pas Classique, Cinderella, Tinker Bell and the Grey Girl in Jiří Kylián’s Forgotten Land. Sarah has also choreographed many works for Charlotte Ballet and Charlotte Ballet II.

Sarah also owns a small business called EveryBODIESballet, a platform for ballet instruction that focuses on supplemental technique for anyone and everyone and has the goal to prove that ballet can be useful in so many walks of life.

Sarah began training in Argentine tango in 2021 and is very motivated to learn more and bring her knowledge of ballet to the dance.