Thursday, February 23, 2012
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Guest DJ's and Instructors
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Noora-Lisa Aberman and Dima Berk - Instructors
Noora-Lisa Aberman began dancing as a child of five. Starting with intensive ballet training, she later branched out to modern dance, flamenco, and Barata Natyam. Eventually discovering partner dances, she dabbled in samba de gafiera, lambada, salsa, meregene, and finally Argentine Tango. Since discovering tango, it has become her primary dance passion. She began teaching and performing in 2007. Noora loves the subtlety and depth of the dance. She sees the communication and connection achieved between leader and follower as that which make tango unique among dances.
Dima Berk was attracted to Argentine tango music and the unique sensuality of the dance shortly after moving to DC. Between 2001 and 2006, Dima made several journeys to Buenos Aires to study the art of tango with legendary maestros. Dima spend next several years investigating the complexities of the dance with local and guest instructors. Fabian Salas, Chicho Framboli, Javier Rochwarger, and Sharna Fabiano heavily influence his style, which is characterized by fluidity and seamless transitions between traditional and modern tango.
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Sol Alzamora and Leandro Capparelli - Instructors
Sol Alzamora and Leandro Capparelli have been dancing together professionally since 2004. They have performed and toured extensively in world renowned tango shows such as Mora Godoy's "Tanguera" (2004-2010), "Tango Fire" (2005), “Piazzola Tango" (2005), and Royal Caribbean's "Tango Buenos Aires" (2006-2010), as well as creating, writing and choreographing their own production "Tango Journey" which premiered in September 2010 at the National Theater in Buenos Aires. In 2007 they taught a workshop and performed in Genoa, Italy. In addition to performing in stage productions, they have performed at milongas in Buenos Aires, including La Virtua Tango, Italia Unita, Salon Canning, Taconeando and Cambalche.
A native of Buenos Aires, Sol began her training at an early age in ballet, flamenco dance and classical dance. She started tango lessons in 1997 and within two years she was performing at the well-known traditional milongas in Buenos Aires. In 1999 she made her first international tour teaching and performing in Austria and the United States. In 2000 she worked on a TV documentary in Japan. By the time she met Leandro in 2004 she had accumulated an impressive list of credits in tango shows, including "TangoDanza" (2000-2001), "Una Noche de Tango" (2001) by tango company TangoX2, "Tango Emocion" (2002-2004) as well as performing with the Color Tango Orchestra (2003).
Leandro started learning tango and Argentine folklore dance in Buenos Aires at the age of 14 and within a few years he was winning the top prizes in tango dance competitions. In 1999 he started performing in shows and touring in Europe for the Government of Buenos Aires. In 2003 he joined the staff of teachers at the "Mora Godoy Tango Studio" and performed and toured in "Tango Emocion" (2003-2004), "Tango Dreams" (2004), and "Tanguera" (2003-2004).
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Alberto Catala and Belen Montell - Instructors
Alberto Catala started a tango career in tango dancing and instruction 1997 as regular participant in the Buenos Aires milongas and dance halls. After several years of experience, he also became part of Tango Shows such as The Fango Mused and Milonguisimo in 2007. As part of his professional career development, he traveled to Europe to participate in the 2nd. Luxemburg Festival and the International Carnival in Berlin (2004), and Tango Festivals in Los Angeles and New Orleans in 2003.
In 2007, Belen Montell joined Alberto as his partner in exhibitions in Tango Dance Halls and Shows in Buenos Aires. They appeared with Tango Generation directed by Martin Ojeda in shows such as “A Place in Ortuzar” (2008) and “Argentinean Tango” and “Ole” (2009). They participated as instructors and dancers in the 2009 Buenos Aires Tango Festiva. Together, they undertook several international tours to Uruguay (2008) and Indonesia and Malaysia in 2009.
Currently, they work as instructors in Buenos Aires teaching in Salon Canning, Vilas Club, Salon Amarylis, La Milonguita, and Milonga de MisAmores as well as dancers in tango shows.
Check out Alberto and Belen's Website: www.albertoybelen.com.ar
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Juan Cantone and Sol Orozco - Instructors
Juan's tango dance education started in 1993 under the tutelage of the great masters of Argentine Tango, including Esther and Mingo Pugliese, Gloria and Eduardo, Facundo and Kelly Posadas and Gustavo Naviera. In addition, Juan has received an academic education in dance theatre, ballet and contact improvisation, which makes his dancing fresh and innovative while maintaining the elegance that can only be gained from the tango salon learned from the true milongueros. Juan's background also includes a broad knowledge of pedagogy and didactics obtained through two different careers at the National Conservatory of Music and at the National School of Dance, IUNA, where he is presently working on his degree on choreographic composition and dance theater. By putting together all his knowledge and skills, he has developed a unique pedagogical system to teach tango, which has made him one of the great Tango teachers of today. Juan has performed at prestigious venues, including theaters and auditoriums in Buenos Aires (Teatro Avenida, Teatro Margarita Xirgu, Torcuato Tasso, Radio Nacional, Sunderland Club, Maldita Milonga, Gloras Argentinas, Club El Fulgor, Lola Mora, etc) as well as other provinces of Argentina and abroad ( Basel , Chur, Rome, Torino, Oslo, New York, Washington, Memphis, San Francisco, Ohio, Berlin, Paris, Lisbon, etc.). He has taught courses in renowned tango studios in Buenos Aires (Estudio Moira Godoy, Tango Brujo, The Academy of Tango Milonguero, Centro Cultural "El Esquinazo") as well as prestigious festivals in the northwest of Argentina , Seminario 1 and 2 NOA and in the Portland tango festival 2010, Toronto Tango Festival 2009, The Chur Tango Week 2009 and 2010, etc. He has also been teaching during the last 4 years in many cities in Europe and the US with his partner, Sol Orozco.
Sol started her dance training with classical ballet as a child. Her tango education has been with the great tango masters "Lampazo", Facundo and Kelly Posadas, Mingo and Esther Pugliese, Gustavo Naviera and Giselle Anne, Pablo Villaranza and Dana Frigoli, among others. She has enriched her dancing training in Yoga Ashtanga, Yoga Lyengar, Contact improvisation, Dance Theatre and Music Theory, which together translate into a very sensual, delicate, and musical style. Sol has performed in prestigious Buenos Aires theatres, such as Complejo Teatral " La PLaza ", Torcuato, Radio Nacional, Lola Mora, Sunderland Club, Maldita Milonga, Gloras Argentinas, Club El Fulgor, etc. as well as other provinces of Argentina and abroad (Basel, Chur, Rome, Torino, Oslo, New York, Washington, Memphis, San Francisco, Ohio, Berlin, Paris, Lisbon, etc). From 2000 to 2003 was part of the Project "Tangueros Unidos”, developing a methodology for teaching Tango Dance, she also possess a deep understanding of corporal movement that lets her develop new techniques to train dancers and create new exercises for dancers to practice alone for self-improvement. Sol has coordinated the dance workshops at the XII Panamerican Scout Jamboree and choreographed a performance for this ballet. She has also taught in renowned tango studios in Buenos Aires (Moira Godoy, El Esquinazo, Tango Brujo, The Academy of Tango Milonguero) as well as in many festivals like: Seminario 1 and 2 NOA , the Portland Tango Festival 2010, Toronto Tango Festival 2009 and the Chur Tango Week 2009 and 2010 beside teaching in cities around Europe and the US over the last 4 years with her partner, Juan Cantone.
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Manuk Colakyan - DJ
Manuk is an aficionado of Argentine Tango. He dances, collects its music and DJ’s. Manuk’s encounter with Argentine Tango goes back to his childhood years; his interest was rekindled about 12 years ago when he started dancing and collecting the music. With his large collection of recordings, Manuk believes that there is plenty of great music to be offered to the dancers and always tries to play a few of the lesser heard recordings when he DJ’s. Manuk mostly DJ’s in the Mid-Atlantic States, DC area and in his native Istanbul during his visits. During non-tango hours, Manuk works as a Chemical Engineer. He lives in Charleston West Virginia with his family. |
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Sharna Fabiano & Isaac Oboca - Instructors
Sharna began her life as a tanguera 13 years ago in Boston. She has had the extraordinary opportunity to apprentice, assist, and partner many of today's most celebrated tango legends including Pablo Veron, Pablo Pugliese, "Tete" Rusconi, Juan Bruno, Omar Vega, "Chicho" Frumboli, Daniel Trenner, Rebecca Shulman, Luciana Valle, Brigitta Winkler, Javier Rochwarger, and many others. She played a significant role in the development of tango in New England, and since relocating to DC, founded her own professional dance company and the nonprofit organization Tango Mercurio. In 2006, she met Isaac, who had recently begun his own professional teaching career in NYC, Toronto, and Berlin. Together, they toured in Europe in 2007 and 2008, and established the Tuesday night ESL Milonga in DC. Isaac become a photographer in 2009, but we've managed to drag him out of retirement for this special Friday event!
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Aja Fenn - Instructor - DJ
Aja Fenn is originally from the UK, and has been dancing and exploring the art and technique of Argentine Tango for more than a decade. She makes regular trips to Buenos Aires to refine her skills and deepen her understanding of the dance. One visit resulted in a year and a half of consistent study and nightly dancing in the traditional milongas and popular practicas. Her childhood exposure to Russian ballet has contributed to her graceful understated style. Aja's teaching approach has been described as being "full of honest integrity". She believes that dancing tango is about creating a physical manifestation of the music and emphasizes the importance of self-exposure and courage in bringing who we are to our dancing. Her recent teaching focus has been on women's leading and men's following in order to awaken people to a holistic understanding of the dance. Aja's teaching career has taken her to London, throughout the United States and Australia. She compliments her study of tango with ballet and pilates training.
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Pablo Fontana - Instructor - DJ
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Shridhar Hannenhalli - Instructor - DJ
Sridhar has been a tango addict for over 11 years and has been teaching for 7 years. He lives and teaches in DC area. The main inspiration in his tango education are Susana Miller, Carlos Gavito, Brigitta Winkler, Julio Balmaceda and countless partners around the world. Tango remains the master in his instructions and the techniques are improvised to achieve a gentle embrace and stillness in motion where the music can be experienced and expressed with least intrusion to attain a meditative state of mind.
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Dasha Khripkova - DJ
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Yulia Kriskovets - DJ
Yulia has been DJing regularly both in Washington DC and on the national festival circuit since 2004. She carefully crafts her tandas based on the shape and taste of each song to make you dance all night long. She DJed in Washington DC Tangosutra and Tango Marathon Festivals, Boston's Tango de Los Muertos, Portland Tangofests, Ann Arbor Festivals, Tango Joven Festivals in Chicago, Providence festivals, and Austin and Houston Tango Festivals. |
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Katya Merezhinsky - Instructor
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Jaime Montemayor - DJ
A practitioner of judo for two decades, Jaime found the exquisite art and discipline in a parallel universe called tango. Since that first moment some years ago, he has been quietly learning this incredibly personal and emotionally expressive dance. Along the way, he discovered the pleasures of playing music for others. When he is not djing or dancing, he is usually secretly snapping pictures of dancers. |
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Monica Paz - Instructor
Monica Paz was born and raised in Buenos Aires. Tango has been her full time profession for the past 15 years. She is deeply committed to the tango milonguero style, the “real” milonguero style with chest-to-chest connection. This is the style she dances at the Milongas Porteñas (in Buenos Aires) each week with the best milongueros. She feels lucky to have had this experience especially with Gavito and Tete. However, there are many more well known tango dancers she partners with in Buenos Aires, including Chiche Ruberto and Nestor La Vitola, among others. Below is the link to her channel on YouTube, where you can see her dancing with them. www.youtube.com/user/monicapaz2x4 Monica has developed a highly efficient style of teaching and can work as both leader and follower. She has the ability to communicate to both the male and female roles in social Tango dancing. In 2008 and 2009 she brought her teaching style and passion for the tango milonguero style to the United States and Europe, offering classes and workshops, and a number of tango performances, primarily on the East Coast of the U.S., Belgium and the Netherlands. In June of 2010 she started holding PractiMilonguero. an unprecedented event where one can learn and practice the codes of the traditional milongas in Buenos Aires. In addition, every other week Monica interviews a special guest at PractiMilonguero. Click here to see these interviews. http://www.youtube.com/user/PractiMilongueros Checkout Monica's Website: www.tangopormilongueros.com
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Ramu Pyreddy - Instructor - DJ
Ramu Pyreddy is the founder of the Michigan Argentine Tango Club at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor - a community well known for its excellent social dancing skills. He is one of the most knowledgeable and sought after tango DJ's in North America and is a featured DJ at most tango festivals in the US. He teaches tango for the social dance floor with an emphasis on musicality and connection. His teaching and dancing are characterized by a keen musical interpretation, an infectious enthusiasm and a deep love of the music and the dance that is fanatic |
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Jake Spatz - Instructor - DJ
Jake Spatz has been resident teacher at the popular Eastern Market milonga since 2006, and in 2010 began teaching for the University of Maryland tango club. He has been invited to teach in New York, Philadelphia, Atlanta, and Charlottesville, and as a DJ he has also played in Boston, Asheville, Providence, and Buenos Aires. His career on stage has included two television commercials, the lead role in a full-length tango play, and performances at Disney World, ArtScape, and the Kennedy Center. Jake's versatility within the world of salon tango has enabled him to partner Argentine dancers of different styles, including Cecilia Gonzalez, Monica Paz, and Mariana Galassi.
In addition to teaching, Jake translates tango lyrics and restores vintage recordings. He edited the book In Strangers' Arms by Beatriz Dujovne (McFarland, 2011), the first text in English to receive the endorsement of the National Academy of Tango in Buenos Aires.
Jake teaches every Thursday at Eastern Market (7pm Basics, 8pm Intermediate), and is available for private lessons at his home in Arlington. For more information, contact him at spatz@tangoDC.com or visit his website www.TangoDC.com.
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Jake is drawn to the improvisational aspect of tango. Known for his traditional style, elegance, and clear lead, he applies the work ethic and teaching ability he developed as a National Champion collegiate tennis player and coach. Over the course of four trips to Buenos Aires, he has spent over a year studying tango intensively with the maestros.
Danarae started building the foundation of her dance at age 5 in her grandmother’s studio. She later performed and taught ballet, Jazz, contact improv, and ballroom for 20 years. After finding tango, she moved to Buenos Aires for intensive tango training with the maestros and has never looked back. She now dedicates her dance and teaching soley to Argentine Tango.
With over 30 years of combined dance experience, Jake and Danarae focus solely on teaching Argentine Tango in the spirit of Buenos Aires, focusing on technique, connection, elegance, and the culture of milongas. They believe the essence of tango is the dynamic between two people and that students learn best when they are able to get the perspective of two teachers who can simultaneously focus on the dynamic between lead and follow.
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Tom White - DJ
Tom began DJing at the Colvin Run Dance Hall in 2007. Drawing from an extensive collection of golden age and contemporary tango music, his goal is to play tandas that keep you on the dance floor the entire evening. Although some of the older golden age music is considered by some as classics, he avoids playing stodgy rhythmic music. “I like to select tandas with interesting instrumentation and phrasing to challenge the musicality of the dancers,” says Tom. “I’m especially fond of vals music and consider the vals tandas to be the highlight of each milonga.” With a background in engineering, he pays particular attention to the quality and fidelity of the music he plays. Tom is a member of the Colvin Run Citizens Association (CRCA) Board of Directors. He and his wife, Susan, first came to Colvin Run in 2006 in search of a venue to dance social ballroom. They quickly realized that this charming dance hall was a perfect venue for the local tango community. They are responsible for hosting the tango events at Colvin Run. All proceeds from these dances go to the operation and maintenance of the dance hall.
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