The Long Room is the result of a two-year-long artistic collaboration between Matthew Seneca, a tango dancer and former actor & high school English teacher, and Sarah Hayes Harkins, a former principal dancer with Charlotte Ballet. Their paths first crossed during the pandemic when Charlotte Ballet’s season was canceled, as were all tango events in Charlotte and across the country. Both Matt and Sarah were looking for a way to keep dancing and sustain their creative lives, and they decided to exchange lessons - ballet for tango! This exchange proved to be more fruitful than either of them ever expected. Two years later, they joined forces to run Tango CLT, an active tango school, and launched The Long Room, a premier event venue.