Your questions about El Compas

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.

Choose your event, explain the classes or workshops you want to attend, and describe the role you need. Use a partner request to start a conversation with dancers.

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.

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.

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.

Include the event or school, city, dates, role and level you are looking for, and a short description. Be clear about whether the plan is for a class, practica or milonga.

Post an accommodation request on El Compas with the event, dates and room preferences. Explain whether you already have a booking with a spare bed or want to find someone to arrange accommodation together.

Yes. Describe the place you can offer, the dates available and any costs or house rules. Discuss the stay with interested dancers before making an agreement.

Yes. You can look for or offer a stay when visiting a city, whether or not your trip is linked to a tango event.

Confirm whether you’ll have separate beds, the room and bathroom arrangements, the total cost and booking responsibility. Discuss arrival times, late nights, sleep preferences and cancellation conditions too.

Accommodation is arranged directly between dancers. El Compas helps you connect; it does not make the reservation or confirm a room for you. Check the accommodation provider’s conditions before booking.

Requests are available inside the app. If you don’t find a suitable stay or roommate, post your own request so other dancers can discover your plans.

El Compas gives your event a dedicated community where dancers can connect before, during and after the event.

Attendees can discover who else is coming, make plans, find people to share accommodation or rides with, look for dance partners and stay connected afterwards. Organizers can share their program and real-time updates, while attendees have a space to interact and help each other.

You can do it yourself, and it is free. In the app, open Events, click Create and send your request to become an organizer. We approve it, and then you can add your event information and program and invite dancers to join your community.

If you want to experience El Compas first, you can also explore a test event from a dancer's perspective.

Everyone. Any dancer, milonga host, school or festival team can become an organizer. Send your organizer request when you create your event and we approve it.

Yes. Creating and organizing an event on El Compas is free.

Dancers can share accommodation and rides and split the costs, which helps more people come. You can also see how many dancers are looking for a partner, for example followers waiting for a match, and help match them with other dancers.

Once dancers register for your event, you can invite them to your El Compas community using a direct link or QR code.

Once inside, they can complete their tango profile, see who else is attending and start connecting.

Ideally, as soon as they register. Add your El Compas link or QR code to the registration confirmation email so dancers can start connecting early.

You can keep the link at the bottom of subsequent attendee emails as a reminder. During the event, display the QR code at strategic places around the venue so dancers can easily join on the spot.

Connecting attendees beforehand can reduce both the financial and social barriers to attending an event.

Dancers can find people to share accommodation or transportation with, potentially reducing the cost of travelling. Those coming alone can also meet other attendees beforehand and make plans for dinner, sightseeing or exploring the destination together.

The experience starts before the first tanda. Dancers can meet people before they arrive, organize accommodation or rides, make plans and recognize familiar faces when they reach the venue.

This can be particularly valuable for dancers travelling alone or internationally and helps turn the event into a broader social experience.

Yes. Dancers can create a detailed partner request within the event community and discover other attendees looking for a partner.

Tango profiles provide useful information such as dance role, level, experience, height and tango styles. For festivals offering classes or workshops, this can help dancers who want to participate but don't already have a partner.

El Compas profiles are built specifically for tango. Dancers can share their profile picture, dance role, level, height, years of experience, tango styles, languages, what they're looking for and tango connections in common.

They may discover that friends are attending, recognize someone from another event or realize that they already have tango contacts in common.

Yes. Attendees can use the community to find people interested in sharing accommodation or rides, having dinner, sightseeing or doing other activities together.

For international events, this is particularly useful for dancers who extend their stay to explore the destination.

El Compas keeps the event and its community in one place. Dancers can check the program and organizer updates, connect with attendees, ask questions, organize activities, find rides, share an airport taxi, share pictures or ask about lost items.

For festivals offering classes, they can also look for dance partners.

Yes. Dancers can ask questions, reply to each other and share useful information with the community.

They can coordinate rides, activities and practical arrangements themselves, while organizers use the community for official information and important updates.

Yes. You can publish real-time announcements and updates directly in your event community, giving dancers an easy place to find the latest information throughout the event.

Yes. You can add your program directly to El Compas so dancers can access it from the event community.

If you already maintain your program on your website, you can also link directly to it from El Compas.

Yes. Connections made on El Compas continue after the event.

Dancers can stay connected with people they met and recognize or reconnect with them at future tango events, gradually building their tango network across events and communities.

Yes. We work with selected events as El Compas partners. Partner events can be featured on the El Compas website and social media, helping more dancers discover the event and its community.

For some partner events, we can provide additional creative support — from developing or refining your visual identity and logo to creating Instagram posts and promotional visuals.

For a closer collaboration, get in touch with us to discuss how we could work together.

Contact us and tell us about your event. We'll discuss what you're looking for, how El Compas could support your event and community, and what kind of collaboration could make sense for both sides.

Yes. Create your milonga as an event, invite dancers with a direct link or QR code, and they join with their tango profile.

Members who joined the event can see its attendee list with tango profiles, including home city, role, level and languages. This helps them put names to familiar faces and recognise people next time.

Yes. El Compas adds a community space around your event. Your website, ticketing and registration process stay exactly as they are.

No. Dancers can find partners, rides and roommates themselves in the app. You can still see who is looking for a partner and help make introductions.

Use El Compas for your event community, program and coordination. Joining the event space does not replace your ticket purchase or registration process.