Levan Gomelauri is one of the quiet architects of tango in Tbilisi. A dancer, teacher, and TDJ with a composer’s mind and a milonguero’s instincts, he moves through tango the way a musician moves through a score, listening first, then choosing the smallest details that change everything.

His roots are musical. Years at the Tbilisi State Conservatory, and doctoral level work in classical composition, gave him an ear for phrasing, tension, release, and the invisible rhythm that carries a room. That same musical intelligence shows up in his teaching, where connection comes before figures, and where elegance is built from timing, weight, and intention, not decoration.

In 2017 he travelled to Argentina to study tango at the source. Buenos Aires changed the direction of his life. It was there he met Cecilia Acosta, now his wife and teaching partner, and together they began shaping a path that bridges Tbilisi and the wider tango world. Their work has since carried them into performances, seminars, and long form conversations in tango media, telling the story of how a scene grows when people commit to it night after night.

Back home, Levan’s centre of gravity is Tbilisi Tango, the school and community hub he runs with Cecilia Acosta and Beka Gomelauri. Classes, workshops, and a steady social calendar keep the doors open and the floor alive. The same trio also organises the Tbilisi Tango Marathon every January, a yearly gathering where the city fills with embraces, music, and that familiar feeling that the night could go on forever.