Tango has arrived in Renton, with a new dance class series being taught downtown by two world class dancers.

The first week of instructors K’ai and Grant Fu’s Tango 42 dance class, they had a full house. The couple started teaching Argentine Tango last week at the Frank R. Vaise VFW Post, in downtown Renton.

Originally from Hawaii, the pair moved to Seattle in January. They have their own video production company in addition to their dance lessons. The couple met in 1999 at an Argentine Tango workshop in Hawaii.

There are many forms of Tango, but the Fus teach more of a social Tango for bar room dancing, K’ai said.

“It’s a different kind of creativity,” she said. “It’s more about the improvisation, being in the moment with the partner, leading and following…”

Social Tango is not really about trying to have a certain look and strike a certain pose, she said. Her husband, Grant, likes the global accessibility of the dance.

“You can go anywhere in the world or dance with anybody that doesn’t even share the same language,” he said.

Because the mechanics aren’t set in stone, the lead and follow dancers just have to know their parts to connect, he said.

The two instructors get interest from people who are in their 40s or older and those in their 20s and 30s without kids. Since Tango dancing happens at night, couples tend not to have kids or really good babysitter options, K’ai said.

First-timers might have a difficult time with finding the beat, as there are no drums to set the rhythm. However, new Tango dancers can get by through feeling the music until they understand it, K’ai said.

So how does Argentine Tango make one feel?

“It is the most focused thing that I do, and yet is the most relaxing,” K’ai said. “It feels like moving meditation.”

For her, dancing, in general, is kind of like breathing, K’ai said. She’s participated in one form of dance or another since she was 13 years old.

Although this form of Tango is largely improvisational, there are still rules and etiquette to the dance the instructors said. People tend to like the playful steps that involve the dance partners intertwining their legs in a “hook.”

Shoes that fit securely on your feet, with a smooth sole, are suggested for Tango, said K’ai.

Both instructors boast there are a lot of places for students to take their Tango skills in Seattle and aboard.

“I tell my people, they can learn locally and dance globally,” said K’ai.

Current classes at the downtown Renton VFW are limited. First timers are encouraged to sign up of the October dance series. For more information, visit www.Tango42.net.