Teachers
Celia Blanco
Celia Blanco is an important person in tango world and the only woman from tango scene of Buenos Aires who runs its own dance salon. Her choreographic show performances regularly attract big media interest and numerous spectators. Last December she was chosen to be the “tango woman 2008”. It is always a pleasure to attend classes of this charming lady, lots of dancers have already benefited from her large dance experience and intelligible methods. You will learn an elegant and vigorous style in her classes.
Lucia Mazer & Gonzalo Orihuela
Lucia Mazer, the former dancing partner of Chicho Frumboli, has changed the role of the woman in the tango dance and belongs to the most important characters in the tango scene. She masters all facets of dancing expression and stands out be her musicality. Gonzalo is a performer, a choreographer and director. Together they quickly evolved into an innovative dancing couple that is asked for by the tango scenes all over the world. Their way of dancing is original, organic and creative. Their pedagogic methodology is of high level. In their workshops they attach importance to technique, communication and dynamics.
Solange Chapperon & Rodrigo Fonti
Solange and Rodrigo are a reference for the new generation of dancers and teachers of tango. They combine the traditional tango with the fantasy of the tango Nuevo, developing their own style: the Tango Salón Moderno. With their numerous projects on stage, tango shows and theater productions they achieved great recognition in the international tango scene, enthusing the public again and again. Their teaching focuses on the connection as a couple, on dancing as a form of communication and social experience. With their soberness and elegance, and their solid and effective way of teaching they are among the best.
Veronica Palacios & Omar Quiroga
Veronica and Omar fell under the spell of tango 13 years ago and have been part of the milonga ever since. They performed in numerous tango shows and have danced in all the most prestigious dancefloors in Argentina and worldwide. They have been teaching and performing at festivals in Russia; Latvia; Spain; Germany; Italy; Brasil; Venezuela; France; Uruguay; China and Lebanon. Recently they played the starring roles in the film TANGUERO, an italo-argentine production opening this coming April in Italy. Their unique style combines the salon heritage with a modern touch of tango fantasia, where graceful elegance and sensuality are serving a respectful interpretation of the individual fashions which differentiate tango orchestras. When teaching, they aim to convey the importance of communication within the couple, where the essential is not visual, but an intimate sensation inherited from the old milongueros. Veronica and Omar will show you how to achieve a perfect complicity between the dancing partners, allowing the follower to express his feelings in pair with the leader. But they will also show you how to have fun respecting the distinctive style of each different orchestra.
