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TANGO
Tango Porteño
South Street Seaport, Pier 16, John St at South St (newyorktango.com)

THE CROWD
Mixed and large. Nearly 40 people joined the outdoor lesson (Sundays at 8:30pm), and half were attractive young women. The men: handsome guys in their twenties and thirties to the slightly creepy elderly.

HOW AVAILABLE
Event organizers claim that it’s 80 percent single, and Alex Koo, 28, and his GF were testing the event for their solo friends. One veteran dancer joked, “Tango is intimacy for three minutes without commitment.”

HOW HANDSY
Very. That head-to-head, chest-to-chest posture you see in the movies is part of the real thing. So if your partner is willing, you can get nice and close.

HOOK-UP POTENTIAL
Good, but only for beginners. We’re told tango fans get very serious very fast—about dancing. And they judge mates by their ability on the floor. So if your honey is hooked on tango, you’ve got competition.

SINGLES VERDICT
4 out of 6

WHERE TO DO IT
Argentine expats and tango fanatics mingle at La Nacional (NYC’s self-proclaimed oldest Spanish eatery). Beer and wine are served at the bar, opposite a medium-size dance floor with no room for wallflowers. 239 W 14th St between Seventh and Eighth Aves (212-243-9308). Thu 7:30pm–2am, $15 .

La Boca at Iguana’s milonga offers lessons and a show. The AARP set rules the early hours, but dedicated steppers stay late and the kitchen’s open till midnight. 240 W 54th St between Broadway and Eighth Ave (212-725-1078, celebratetango.com). Tue 7pm–12:30am, $15.

For more, including free Tuesday tango at Chelsea Market, go to newyorktango.com.