Julio Balmaceda and Corina de la Rosa
Our special “Guest Instructors”, Julio and Corina, need no introduction. Working together since 1996 they are one of the top teaching and performing couples in tango today. They have created a unique style by combining new tango trends with the style and elegance of the traditional “tango salon”. They have performed throughout the world with many of the famous tango orchestras and shows and receive top billing as “master” teachers at festivals in Europe, Asia, and the US. Currently they teach at their tango school in Buenos Aires, Estudio Zarasa Tango. For TangoMagic, they will be teaching a “seminario intensivo”, similar to the workshops they do in Buenos Aires. The seminar will be for advanced dancers and will have limited enrolment. Please go to the registration page for more details and to sign up. Julio and Corina will also do a special performance at Saturday night’s Grand Ball.
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Oliver Kolker and Silvina Valz
Argentine by birth, Silvina now lives and works out of New York. She has taught and performed throughout the U.S., Europe, Japan and is always a favored performer at the milongas of Buenos Aires. She is one of the rising stars of the younger generation of tango dancers with a unique style that bridges the old and the new in tango. Besides her work in tango, Silvina has worked as a choreographer with the Theatre Antoine Vitoz in Paris. Born in New York, Oliver grew up in Argentina where his love for tango was inspired by his grandmother, a tango singer and dancer. In Buneos Aires he has studied with many of the great maestros of tango and served as the Executive Director of the Mora Gody tango school. He organized the “Tango Emotion” dance company with the Lisandro Adrovers Quintet which toured throughout Europe. More recently, Oliver was a special guest artist at the Lidor Dance Studio in Israel. Oliver and Silvina are now working and teaching in New York and organize tango tours to Buenos Aires. TangoExperience Video
Alex Krebs
One of North America's most gifted teachers and tangueros, Alex has been enchanting dancers throughout North America, Europe and Buenos Aires. He has received rave reviews for his teaching in Germany, Italy, Great Britain, Sweden and across the United States. He is a creative improviser and has performed internationally with some of tango's most talented tangueras, including Florencia Taccetti and Luciana Valle. Alex teaches Argentine tango for the social dance floor, emphasizing the improvisatory side of the dance through a strong communication between the lead and follow and on musicality. Alex tries to give his students the vocabulary necessary so that each person can find their own unique way of dancing -- dancing the tango of their own body. Tangoberretin Video
Ney Melo and Jennifer Bratt
World-renowned dancers and teachers, Ney & Jennifer started teaching together in New York City and continued on to Buenos Aires learning from the old milongueros and dancing every night in the milongas. They went on to teach and guide young dancers in the art of Villa Urquiza style of Tango. In 2007, they relocated to the West Coast and opened their studio "TangoVida San Francisco". After three marvelous years there, they moved to South Beach and opened "TangoVida Miami" in 2010. Ney and Jennifer are dedicated to inspiring students to dance tango with feeling, musicality, cadencia, and connection - the way it is danced in Buenos Aires. The atmosphere in their classes is relaxed, personable and lively, and they place equal emphasis on the lady's role as the man's. Technique and the essence of tango, both fundamental to dancing well, are stressed in whatever step is being shown. In addition to running TangoVida, Ney and Jennifer have been busy touring the world. They regularly teach and perform in Italy, Poland, Singapore, Malaysia, Romania, Slovenia, Australia, and New Zealand as well as extensively all over North America. Tango Vida Miami Video
Marika Landry and Mauro Peralta
After years of traveling and teaching throughout Europe, the US and Canada, Marika and Mauro are now working together and teaching at the Montreal Gotan school of dance. Marika has been dancing for 24 years and for the last 12 has dedicated her work to Argentine tango. She is recognized for her style and her work with women’s technique. Mauro was raised in Argentina and for the last 12 years has committed himself to the study and teaching of tango.He has worked with young children at Tango Sur and served as the academic director of the Piazzolla school. Marika and Mauro help their students develop a strong communication in their dance learning to be comfortable and fluid in the surrounding space. They teach an updated style of classic tango giving their students the elements to achieve their own personal style. Presently they are working as choreographers and dancers with Karima Tango and Ensemble Montreal tango companies. Since March of last year they have been touring together as performers and teachers in Europe, Canada and the US.
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Rodrigo Palacios and Agustina Berenstein
This will be Rodrigo and Agustina’s first trip to the US. They are at the forefront of the new generation of tango dancers in Buenos Aires that is evolving the dance while respecting it’s traditions. Currently in Buenos Aires, they have a regular class at the famous Salon Canning and teach semiars at Julio Balmaceda and Corina de la Rosa’s Studio Zarasa. They were featured maestros at last year’s CITA World Tango Congress. For the past several years, Rodrigo and Agustina have performed and taught in Chile, Brazil, throughout Europe and Japan. They performed in the French documentary “Cite Tango” and both danced and choreographed in the show “La Danza de El Zahir” in Japan. They were a featured couple in Julio Balmaceda and Corina de la Rosa ’s “Corizon a Corizon” and worked as consultants to the cast of the 2007 edition of “Forever Tango”
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Alex Kreb's Tango Sextet
The "Sexteto Tipico Orchestra" will be making their second appearance in Seattle at this year's TangoMagic festival. Under the direction of Alex Krebs, the orchestra plays "A la parilla" - a mixed style that is both danceable and energetic. They will perform at The Grand Ball on Saturday night. Tangoberretin
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