:: Augusto Balizano (Buenos Aires) ::

In the year 1997 he gets his Graphic Designer degree in the University of Buenos Aires. He forms as performer and teacher of tango with Claudia Bozzo. Were also his teachers Claudio González in Tango, Carina Passaglini in work of Partenaire and Soledad Pérez in contemporary Dance.

He integrated the company of theater Caviar under the guidance of Jean Francois Casanovas in the spectacles Viva Caviar and Hot Vudú. He was a codirector along with Pacha Brandolino of the company La Terna, directing his first creation: “Quien es Medea?” work of dancetheater with Tango music.

He belongs to the dance group Propuesta 5 and created the first professional gay Tango couple together with Miguel Moyano. Both followed invitations in Europe (Germany, England and Italy) and he was also invited to the international Queer Tango festivals of Hamburg, Stockholm and Copenague. Along with Elizabeth Guerrero he made tours to Punta del este, Uruguay and it dictates classes of Tango in The School of the Social Dance.

2002 he opened the first Queer Milonga "La Marshall" in Buenos Aires and it is meanwhile an established milonga for gays, lesbian and also straight dancers who love enjoy tango in a fun and liberal way and without limitations of gender, sex and role preference.

2007 he founded together with Mariana Docampo and Roxana Gargano the first international queertango festival in Buenos Aires, which is one of the repected festivals in the cultural life in Buenos Aires and attracts many dancers from all over the world.

www.lamarshall.com.ar

:: Soledad Nani (Buenos Aires) ::

Soledad Nani is a Tango dancer and teacher.  She attended a teacher training college and graduated from the Buenos Aires Centro Educativo del Tango. At the age of 21 she began her tango studies in several cultural centers. From the beginning she studied both dancing roles as leader and follower. Within a short time she began to collaborate in the instruction as an assistant teacher. Among her teachers are Maurice Seifer and Lisandra Ozinio, Monica Perri y Carlos Colacciopo, Rodolfo Dinzel, Olga Besio and Juan Miguel Expósito.

Since 2005, she has devoted her professional life to tango scholarship and instruction. Her perspective of tango is that it is a paired dance with both partners contributing equally to the ensemble. This approach encourages the dancers to produce a balanced and more intense collaboration. 

Starting in 2004 she began teaching group classes in La Boca neighborhood.  For the past four years she has been the teaching associate at the weekly milonga Tango Queer de Buenos Aires.  She has worked since 2008 on community projects organized by the Buenos Aires City Government and by provincial and national agencies: Participating in the initiative “Tango by and for Women” part of the Community Program for Women to deal with gender violence in the neighborhood of La Boca, teaching children and adolescents in La Boca, under the auspices of the project for Social Inclusion “Recreo de las Artes”, sponsored by the Ministry of Culture of Buenos Aires; teaching at diferents cultural institution in the neighborhood , a program of the National Government. 

She has performed and continues to dance in exhibitions at european citys and a variety of milongas in Buenos Aires such as Confiteria Ideal, Tango Queer, La Marshall, and Salon Canning. She has also participated in events sponsored by the Argentine National Congress and at other cultural venues.

:: Cecilia Gonzalez (Buenos Aires) ::

Well respected by the tango community in Buenos Aires, Cecilia is an exceptional dancer who has worked with the most renowned Argentine dancers of her generation since 1995.

She combines strong movements with wise softness getting, without effort, the most powerful synthesis. The technical precision, fluidity of her movements and notable capacity for improvisation characterise her dance.

Cecilia shares her extensive knowledge and passion with her students. She is a very appreciated and requested tango teacher and has been continually invited to give workshops and participate in festivals around the world.

Since its inception in 1999, she has been a member of the teaching faculty of the Argentine International Tango Congress (C.I.T.A) held annually in Buenos Aires.

www.tangomotion.com

:: Giuseppe Lotito (Mailand)::

Giuseppe is a wellknown teacher in Italy based in Milano and teaches since many years all over Italy and had been invited to several international Tangofestivals.

Before Giuseppe discovered Tango Argentino he had been for many years practicing and teaching Martial Arts (Tai Chi +Shaolin Mon).

In 1999 he accidentally discovers the Argentine Tango and falls in love - seeing that in its movements and codes are a lot of similarity with the arts he so far studied. He went to Buenos Aires for a long time and during many trips he studied with Masters like Cecilia Gonzalez, Chicho Frumboli, Gustavo Naveira, Ramiro Gigliotti, Pablo Inza, Sebastian Arce and many others.

Meanwhile Giuseppe is a multi-disciplinist and combines in his dance and teaching his long experiances of matrial arts, Tango Argentino and also contemporay dance. He offers the discipline in various schools in Italy with the aim of educating the soul, mind and body - the most magical of sensory experiences. A method which of course help to improve students abilities of awareness, connection, movements and improvising together.

www.tangodoble.net
www.taitango.com

:: Astrid Weiske (Berlin) ::

For more than 17 years Astrid has been dancing Tango Argentino and is well known and respected in the tango communities worldwide as an excellent leading woman. She has developed strong sensitivity in leading, great creativity in improvising and playful musicality which stand out as key elements in her dance. But Astrid is recognized also for her skills as follower which expand her knowledge of the dance much more.

Since 2005 she has been teaching in Berlin at "PHYNIXtanzt" Studio, traveling as a guestteacher and followed invitations in Germany, UK, Paris and also abroad to San Francisco, New York, Montreal. She received invitations to teach and perform on several Festivals like Queertangofestival Copenhagen, Phantastango Festival (Germany) or Queertango Festival Buenos Aires. 2011 she founded the 1st. intern. Queertangofestival in Berlin with a great success and international reputation.

Her main influence and deep understanding tango in dancing and teaching she got from her constant studies all over the years with renown dancers like: Brigitta Winkler, Gustavo Naveda y Giselle Anne, Cecilia Gonzalez, Chicho Frumboli, Pablo Pugliese y Noel Strazza, Tomas Howlin and others.

Her teaching is based on awareness, analysis of natural movement in combination with her profund knowledge of technique, structure of the dance and awareness of connection in the couple. Creating a constant dialogue between leaders and followers who share the responsibility of listening and reacting to each other, based on a strong connection to the music.

Her exploration of the many techniques of tango, from the very classical to the very experimental, leading and following, including other dance forms like contact improvisation or modern dance makes her believe that there is no "one" Tango. She believes in creative, liberating variety and connection of ideas, movements and technique by repecting the roots of Argentine Tango. She promote that fusion to reduce borders and let find people their own expression in the dance.

www.queertango-berlin.de
www.tango-astrid.de

:: Brigitta Winkler (Berlin/NYC) ::

Brigitta Winkler is an incredibly gifted teacher of Argentine Tango and is a curious woman. She likes tradition and innovation and has been dancing tango for over 25 years. She currently divides her time between New York and Berlin. Her firstt stage appearance was in 1986 in Montreal’s Tangoshow.

She teaches at festivals in the USA, Germany, Italy, and Russia. In 1987 she opened Tanzart in Berlin, which then became Phynixtanzt, her school in Berlin.

Brigitta studied intensively in the early 1980s in Buenos Aires with Eduardo Arquimbau and Antonio Todaro among others. Brigitta studied Authentic Movement and incorporates a four-year program of Body Mind Centering into her approach. She is also the co-founder of the internationally acclaimed, all woman dance company, Tangomujer.

She loves to work with Tomas Howlin, (B.A.). Together they have created a Teacher Training Network for Tango.

www.brigittatango.de

:: Vanja Modzelewski (NYC) ::

Vanja is an internationally recognized teacher who has worked in Europe and the United States, giving lessons in four languages - English, German, Spanish and Bulgarian. She is famous for her analytical teaching style and strong emphasis on technique.

Vanja has been dancing since she was 9 years old, starting with folk dances and competition ballroom and latin. In 2000 she discovered and immersed herself in Argentine tango. Within a year, she was also taking classes as a leader. With her extensive dance background, natural talent, and quickly developed skill, she started teaching in 2002.

Over the years, Vanja has continued to hone her skills in the various tango styles - salon, stage, milonguero and nuevo - because she sees the beauty in each of them and believes that each style may suit different dancers.

As a dancer and performer, Vanja is known for her sensual elegance, exquisite musicality, amazing embrace, creativity and playfulness, which have made her a sought after performance partner for many visiting teachers with various dancing styles.

In her teaching Vanja concentrates on the technique necessary for making tango steps  easy to execute and pleasant to the partner. She pays special attention to three key areas: precision of movement, creating a comfortable embrace for leads and followers, and musicality. She shows how body mechanics and geometry are the basis for a great connection. Vanja's students value her keen eye, detailed and clear instruction, as well as her patience and kindness.

www.vanjatango.com

:: Walter Perez (BsAs/NYC) ::

Walter began dancing Tango in his hometown of Buenos Aires in 1993. Since then, he has dedicated his career to studying Argentine Tango and the broad spectrum of Latin dances. Walter has trained in various styles and techniques with renowned Tango instructors such as: Juan Carlos Copes, Graciela Gonzalez and Pupy Castello,Pepito Avellaneda,Efrain Ordonez,Jose Garofalo, Rodolfo Dinzel, Osvaldo Sotto and Lorena Hermosida, Jorge Torres.
He has performed in Argentina with several dance companies ( Neotango,Los Tangueros,De rifilon), participated on Television variety shows (Susana Gimenez,Video Match,Las tres Marias). During 1999 and 2000 he was touring in Argentina and Uruguay with the show Tangou (artistic director:Anibal Pachano)
In 2000,he moved to NY ,where he teaches and performs Credits: All that Tango, Red, Tango and Flamenco Fusion, The Trip,Let’s Speak Tango.“ Tango first century” 2009 , “Spotlight on Tango” just to name a few from many more.
He was the founder and Artistc director of “manoAmano” tango dance company presentations: 2010:Roseland Ballroom, Lafayette Grill ,Cielo ( Cipriani Wall street),Fundraiser 20th gala for Latin Commission on Aids ,6 th Anniversary Cinemarosa, Queens Museum, Museo del Barrio.

Presently he is the director and choreographer with Leonardo Sardella of “Malevaje”
Malevaje have been teaching and performing since 2011: La Marshall,BA; QTF San Francisco; QTF Mexico; QT Boston; Dallas; Malmo; Copenhagen; Iceland.
We are base in NYC where we run our Malevaje NYC Queer Milonga and Tango Bro,Brooklyn.

www.malevajeargentino.com.ar/

:: Leonardo Sardella ::

Leonardo started dancing professional Tango in his hometown of Buenos Aires in 2000. He has trained with renowned Tango instructors such as Juan Carlos Copes, Rodolfo Dinzel, Osvaldo Sotto and Lorena Hermosida, Javier Rodriguez, Angel Coria, Jorge Firpo and Aurora Lubiz, Maria and Carlos Rivarola, Cristina Cortez
He has performed in Argentina with several dance companies such as: Tango Desire, EV Tango, Bien De Tango, Raza Tango, Tango del Vicentenario, Open Tango.
Participated in tango shows for : Boca Tango, Sabor a Tango, La Ventana, Bar Sur, Madero Tango among others.
He was assistant choreographer in the Malena Eternamente Tango musical and choreographer and principal dancer of the show Cacho Castagna, and he danced in major theaters as the Nacional Cervantes, Nacional de la Plata, Teatro Colon and Nacional San Martin.
Presently he is the director and choreographer with Walter Perez of “Malevaje”.
In 2011,he moved to NY, where he teaches and performs at Milongas: La Nacional, Session 73 and, Dancesport with Helen “La Vikinga”.
He also participed with Malevaje at: La Marshall, BA; Queer Tango Festival San Francisco; Queer Tango Festival Mexico; Boston Queer Community, Arthur Murray studios in Handem and for Hispanic Federation, (Get Up, Get Moving); Dallas; Malmo; Copenhagen and Iceland.
We are base in NYC where we run our Malevaje NYC Queer Milonga and Tango Bro, Brooklyn.

www.malevajeargentino.com.ar

:: Lucas de Buenos Aires (Boston/Buenos Aires) ::

Lucas DeBuenosAires was taught first by family in Buenos Aires, and then in its milongas. A decade later, the knowledge continues to be passed around, explored, and shared.

Since beginning to teach in San Telmo five years ago, Lucas has brought tango to the people of Berlin, Boston, Buenos Aires, Gothenburg, New York, Paris, San Francisco, Seattle and Stockholm. This versatile dancer has been a guest artist, instructor, and/or performer at the International Queer Tango Festivals of Stockholm, New York, San Francisco and Buenos Aires (both of them). Entranced by the richness of Argentine tango, Lucas continues to explore both in Buenos Aires and through frequent travel, seeking exposure to everything from canyengue to intercambio/fusion.

"A consummate club kid since 13, many dance styles raging from Butoh to Flamenco have fascinated me, but none have shaken me to the core as Tango has. Talk to me through ilovetango.com." - Lucas

www.ilovetango.com

:: Adriana Pegorer (London) ::

Adriana is an independent dance artist interested in the interweaving of forms.
Born in Italy, where she competed as an athlete, she moved to the UK in 1995 and graduated in Dance & Related Arts at Chichester University in 2001.
Intensively trained with Thomas Kampe (Contact Improvisation), Masaki Iwana (butoh), Carlos Gavito (tango) she also took various workshops with Rick Nodine, K.J. Holmes, Deborah Hay, Pablo Veron and Katsura Kan amongst many others and in recent years trained mainly at Independent Dance (London).
Winner of the Lea Anderson Choreographic Award for her tango dancefilm 'Double One' (2001) she was also the recipient of ACE awards and presented internationally several experimental works mixing choreography with improvisation, video, new technology and installation.
She performed in Marta E. Savigliano's 'Wallflowers and Femme Fatales' at Harvard University in 2007 (USA) and presented her own research at various conferences, most recently at ‘Touching and to be touched – Kinaesthesia and empathy in dancing’ (Berlin) and at the Colloque International 'Tango: Creation, Identification, Circulation' (Paris).
Recent performances include ’Dialogue’ with Otros Aires (Chichester Theatre), ‘Solo por un tal Gavito’ (Phantastango Festival), ‘Tango with a Difference’ (Wotever Club).

In 2008 Adriana started to offer weekly movement education opportunities to people with visual impairment, starting with tango and now including movement techniques that foreground kinaesthetic awareness over visual mimesis. www.movingperceptions.blogspot.com

Adriana started to learn both Tango and Contact Improvisation in 1996 and taught her first workshop in the fusion of tango with Contact Improvisation in 1999 at the Islington Arts Centre (London). She gave TangoContact demos with Robert Anderson in 2003 in London (Dome, Creative Swing, Welsh Centre) and with Edwin Adkins in 2005 in New York. Two shows followed with Dylan Elmore and Winifred Burnet Smith (2006-2008). Tango Release was formed in 2009 with the aim to include also release based techniques principles.

www.adagioconbrio.co.uk
tangorelease.blogspot.com

:: Blas Rivera (Arg) ::

Blas Rivera was considered the revelation of the Montreaux Jazz Festival, 1999 edition. His work, of singular inspiration, is heiress of the production of great musicians of different genres as Astor Piazzolla, Gato Barbieri and George Gershwin, between others. Composer and saxophonist, Blas is one of these rare artists that life and music form a coherent and indivisible work. With an extensive and solid music formation, Rivera produce a musical expression that is contemporary in pure state. Music of our time, global, local and nomade, as your own life. The 6 CD's recorded, with notable thematic diversity and polychromy of arrangements give testimony of him. Rivera was born in Cordoba, Argentina, where he studied music in the Conservatory of the city and was graduated in Composition in the Cordoba´s University. Ready, Blas felt that his necessity of more informations was suggesting to leave your country. Blas travel and decide live in United States. There, he studied film scoring in Berklee College of Music (Boston), and completed  his music formation in New England Conservatory, where studies jazz, ethnic and contemporary music. Blas realized many tours and concerts in Brazil, Mexico and lot of countries of the American continent. In the last years he has begun to show his work in the European continent, with performances in France, Spain, Germany, Norway, Iceland,  Switzerland and others.

www.blasrivera.com

:: Cantango Berlin ::

Cantango Berlin takes the listener on a universal journey through the history of the Argentine Tango.The ensemble rallied up from the instruments bandoneon, violin, guitar, piano and doublebass.The grasping performance paired with virtuoso solos, electrify the listener and whisk into the world of Tangos.The incomparable sound is created by sophisticated arrangements and compositions of Argentine Maestros:
Enrique Postma,Nicolás Ledesma,José Hernán Cibils,José Vítores,Javier Tucat M.and others.So Cantango Berlin captured spectacular Tango halls in many European cities as well as in México and Taiwan.

Soon the ensemble blew up the conventional framework of the regular Tango scene including with productions for the Mexican Television Canal 22,with own Concert-Tango-Festivals in the prestigious “Galerie Mutter Fourage” in Berlin, as well as an annual series of four own concerts at the Philharmonie Berlin.

www.cantango-berlin.de