Friday, October 1, 2010

Oct 1: Claudio Villagra and Roina Levin


Friends, study with Claudio Villagra and Romina Levin at Lounge tonight,
Upper Level Class
8.30
Included with Admission

Midnight performance by Romina and Claudio!!

DJ Tine

More about our stars...

Claudio Villagra belongs to a new generation of professional dancers in Argentina. He studied dance at the School of Art of the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, with teachers ranging from his grandfather Hector Contrera to Aurelio Juan, J.C.Copes, Virulazo, Antonio Todaro, Pepito Avellaneda, Gloria y Eduardo, Dinzel, and N. Guichanduc. After beginning his career with major tango shows in Buenos Aires, he has appeared on major stages of the world, including Broadway theaters, the Olympia in Paris, Luna Park, Astral and Cervantes in Buenso Aires, and the Auditorio Nacional and the Teatro Bellas Artes in Mexico. He has worked with renowned orchestras like that of Osvaldo Pugliese, Mariano Mores, Sexteto Sur, El Arranque, Sexteto Mayor, and others. His most distinguished partners have been Siliva Toscano, Mora Godoy, Leticia Falliacara, Karina Piazza, Natalia Hills, and Guillermina Quiroga.

Claudio was a member of the National Ballet of Argentina and a representative of diverse dance institutions promoting tango throughout world. He has represented the government of Argentina in diverse events both nationally and internationally. He has been the featured dancer in such shows as Tango Seduccion, and Tanguera and directed and choreographed his own show, Latin Tango. Claudio is currently performing in the show Forever Tango.


Born in Argentina, ROMINA LEVIN has devoted her life to the dance, graduating in ballet and modern dance.She has studied Argentine Tango with Osvaldo Zotto, Lorena Ermocida, Mingo Pugliese and Gachi Fernandez. She formed part of the cast of the important Buenos Aires “Casas de Tango”: La Ventana, Señor Tango, La Esquina Carlos Gardel, El Viejo Almacén and Taconeando.

She was part of the National Folkloric Ballet performing in several Buenos Aires theatres and touring Argentina. She performed in the show “Solo Tango” directed by Dolores de Amo and Juan Fabri in the Buenos Aires Lola Membrives Theatre. In 2003, she joined Tango Por Dos Company, performing in “Tangos Una Leyenda” in Buenos Aires, Barcelona, Verona, Bolonia, Rome, Milan and London.

She has given master classes in the International Festival of Tango in the Buenos San Martín Theatre.

In 2005, she toured Turkey, Israel, Estonia, Poland, France and Holand with the company Tango Seduction. Romina is currently touring with Claudio Villagra in Forever Tango.• She was partnered for more than two years with Miguel Angel Zotto in his Tango Por Dos Company.