Dec 30: Hiro Tanaka and Sabrina Volpi, DJ Tine

Hope you had a nice holiday and are ready to start celebrating the coming new year.


This week join Hiro Tanaka and Sabrina Volpi at the last Lounge of 2011!


They will teach the upper level class. There is also an intermediate class by Jennifer Wesnousky and a drop-in beginners class by Paul Pellicoro, all at 8.30pm and INCLUDED with admission.


Happy New Year everybody!!


more about our stars:



Hiro Tanaka:

Hiro is known for his creative style in the NY tango community. His dance is full of imagination that derives from his constant quest for possibilities in tango, and his passion for the dance is infectious.


Having studied with prominent Argentinean professionals such as Carlos Gavito, Gustavo Naveira &Giselle Anne, Dana Frigoli, Gaston Torelli & Moira Castellano, among others, Hiro has acquired his approach toward the dance. Now he is one of the practitioners of a New Generation Tango "SalonTango Nuevo," which comfortably unifies traditional and Nuevo tango on the floor and has become a new trend in Buenos Aires.


Also, Hiro's strong background in Japan's martial arts (Judo and Karate) has given his tango a special flavor to it, focusing more on the energy flow-- beyond mere step sequences on the floor.


Sabrina Volpi:


Sabrina is a native New Yorker and began dancing at the age of three. Her dance background ranges from Classic Ballet, Tap, Jazz, and Pointe to Hip Hop and competitive Latin dances. She was introduced to Argentine tango in October 2007 at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and has been dancing with Hiro for approximately four years.  

Sabrina has learnt intensively from top Argentinean instructors in Buenos Aires, Gustavo Naveira & Giselle Anne, Ezequiel Farfaro, Mario Consiglieri & Anabella Diaz-Hojman, Adrian Veredice & Alejandra Hobert, and others. Sabrina dances with passion and her dance is dynamic and full of positive energy; you often can catch her smiling and laughing on the dance floor!  When she’s not dancing, she has an appointment in the research sciences, which she also loves.

Dec 23: Eduardo Goytia and Leslie Whitesell. DJ Tine

This week Lounge stars Eduardo Goytia and Leslie Whitesell!


8.30 classes: 
upper level with Eduardo
intermediate with Jennifer Wesnousky
beginners with Paul


Midnight performance


DJ Tine


More about our stars:

Eduardo Goytia is a well-known Tango instructor and performer based in New York City with over 13 years of teaching and performing experience. While he specializes in the Tango Salon style, Eduardo's range of knowledge is broad and he teaches across a wide array of styles including Tango Salon, Tango Nuevo and Tango for stage. He is especially known for his musciality and for understanding how differently Tango Salon, Tango Confiteria, Milonga and Vals should be danced. Eduardo is also recognized for his elegance, long lines (he's 6'1) and for demonstrating a deep connection with his partners.
Eduardo became the 2007 US National Champion in Argentine Tango Salon after which he and his championship partner, Cyrena Drusine, also became the only American couple to ever make it to the finals of the World Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Officially representing the USA in the championships, they were invited to meet with the US Ambassodor to Argentina at the US Embassy and were honored by the Ambassador's presence at the semi-finals, the night Cyrena and Eduardo were announced as finalists.
Eduardo teaches group classes, workshops and privates at the dance studios Dancesport and Triangulo in Manhattan as well as at special events and schools around the city and abroad. Eduardo can be seen dancing regularly at milongas around the city as well as performing with visiting teachers and regular partners on stage, in shows and at special events.
http://tangosalonusa.com/

Leslie Whitesell is the 2010 winner of the United States Dance Championship Pro-Am Open Cabaret Championship, the Pro-Am World Theatrical Championship at the Ohio Star Ball, the Showcase Challenge at the Wisconsin State Dance Championship and the Pro-Am Cabaret Championship at Millennium Dancesport. She began the ballroom competition circuit in 2009 and won 1st Place Solos at  the Nevada Star Ball, Capital Dancesport and NJ State Open Dance Championship.
Leslie began her dance training in 1978 with Grace Clark at the Annapolis Ballet then continued her training at the Baltimore Ballet where she studied with Wendy Robinson, a former dancer of the Royal Ballet in London. Her ballet background also includes training at the Peabody Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, at Goucher College under the mentorship of Violette Verdy, and at the Joffrey Ballet in New York.
Leslie's training in partner dancing includes ballroom and latin dance as well as Argentine Tango, which she studied first in New York and then in Buenos Aires under skillful mentors including Carlos Gavito, Nito & Elba Garcia, Oscar Mandagaran and Guillermina Quiroga.
Leslie is an active performer, combining her ballet background with the versatile styles of Argentine Tango, ballroom, Latin and swing dancing. Her recent performances include a show for the United Nations 2008 and a tour of Dancing With the Stars dinner shows in 2007. In 2001, she was featured with Carlos Gavito in the short film: Una Leccion. She has danced in many events in New York and around the world including Tango y Mas, Avantango, Del Tingo al Tango, shows at the Rainbow Room and at Penn State University.
Leslie's teaching career began in 1997 in New York City where she currently teaches and coaches across her wide spectrum of dance knowledge.

We wish you a very happy holiday season and health, happiness and prosperity in the new year.
Tine and the whole Tango Lounge at DanceSport team (Paul, Lydia, Denise, Nancy, Arturo, Efraim)

Dec 16: Brigitta Winkler & Rebecca Shulman. DJ Tine

This week catch a class with the reigning queen of Aha Moments! Brigitta Winkler (Berlin) will teach and perform with Rebecca Shulman (NYC). Join us!

*** all classes included with admission.
8.30pm upper level class with Brigitta Winkler
8.30pm intermediates with Jennifer
8.30pm beginners with Paul



Midnightish performance!


DJ Tine


More about our stars


Brigitta Winkler 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 first 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. She 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. For more information about Brigitta, please visit her website



Born in New York City, Rebecca studied classical ballet all her life and Contact Improvisation and yoga since 1993.
Her tango career began in 1991 with Daniel Trenner, with whom she began to perform and to visit Buenos Aires. Her Tango teachers include Mingo and Esther Pugliese, Gustavo Naveira and Olga Besio, Tete and Maria, Juan Bruno, and Antonio Todaro. She has performed with the finest dancers of her generation, and given workshops across the U.S. Students everywhere seek Rebecca's clear instruction on improvisation, technique, adornments, and musicality. For four years Rebecca taught and translated for Stanford University's Tango Week. In 1998 she taught at the Montreal Festival and for several weeks in Istanbul, Turkey. She has produced half a dozen popular instructional videos, available through Bridge to the Tango.
Rebecca is a co-founder and artistic director of TangoMujer, an all-women dance company which performed at Symphony Space and Town Hall in New York, and at the Podewil Theatre in Berlin in 1998. In 1999, TangoMujer received a National Dance Production grant from New England Foundation for the Arts, which sent the company on tour to seven cities in the 2000-2001 season. In 2003 TangoMujer performed at Jacob’s Pillow, Denver Tango Festival, Queens Theater in the Park, and University of Maryland. In May 2005 they took their show to the Tanzhaus in Dusseldorf, and in 2006 they were a part of Leading Ladies of Tango. (visit www.tangomujer.org)
In January 2002, Rebecca cohosted Bridge to the Tango's visit to Havana, Cuba, teaching tango to Cubans as part of a cultural exchange. In March she danced at the grand opening of the spring season of the Autostadt in Wolfsburg, Germany. That summer Rebecca was honored for 11 years of contribution to tango in the U.S. In February 2003 she performed in "Swango: the Fusion" and in "Avantango" at Town Hall. In 2004 she gave workshops in Seattle, Portland, Baltimore and Northampton. In 2006 Jaimes Friedgen and Rebecca started the tango scene in Bombay. 2007 saw her teaching at festivals in Denver, San Francisco, Ann Arbor, and St. Louis.
More than a dozen of New York's current tango teachers are Rebecca's former students. Her dance partners after Daniel have included Omar Vega, Metin Yazir, Constantin Rueger, and Evan Griffiths. Every Monday night she hosts and dj's the largest milonga in New York, Luna, which has been running at Dance Manhattan for over twelve years.

Friday Dec 9: Ana Padron and Diego Blanco

This Friday come cheer for the delightful Ana Padron and Diego Blanco (New York/Argentina)!

*** all classes included with admission.
8.30pm upper level class with Ana and Diego
8.30pm intermediates with Jennifer
8.30pm beginners with Paul

Midnight performance

DJ Tine

More about our stars:
Ana and Diego's website: Tango4all.com

Award-winning dancers Diego Blanco and Ana Padron are one of the top performing couples in the world today. Their tango is energetic, rhythmical and innovative, and through their fluid moves they fuse tango with the close embrace style of traditional tango.
Tnago for All, the dance company they co-founded, was brought to life to bring this electrifying tango to audiences in America and worldwide.
Ana and Diego command a wide range of dance dicipline from which they tap inspiration for theur movemens. In addition to Argentine tango, these include classical ballet, jazz, African, and Jose Limon, Martha Graham and Jennifer Muller techniques.
Diego and Ana perform in tango productions on national and international stages, and teach in and around New York and the country.

Dec 2: Carolina Jaurena & Andres Bravo

This week Lounge features New York's own, the very popular Carolina Jaurena, partnering with Andres Bravo from Colombia. When Carolina and Andres were on the Lounge floor dancing socially a month or two ago, half a dozen people came to ask me: who's that guy, he is awesome! They look great together, I am sure you will agree, so please come cheer for them at Lounge this week.


There is a class for you at 8.30, no matter your level:

8.30pm upper level class with Carolina and Andres
8.30pm intermediates with Jennifer
8.30pm beginners with Paul
*** all classes included with admission.

DJ Tine

CAROLINA JAURENA: Influenced by her parents, a Bandoneon Master and her mother a Tango singer, from an early age Carolina pursued a desire to perform. Her training includes ballet, salsa, and flamenco to where she now specializes in Argentine Tango. She has worked with some of the most recognized names in the tango world, Jorge Torres, Fabian Peralta, Cesar Coelho and Hugo Patyn. Having been fortunate enough to work with some of the best, it comes as no surprise that Carolina’s career is filled with a long list of dance credits that includes, Tango & Tango at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, Tango Fantastico at the Bellearyre Music Festival, on Broadway at Town Hall in the show “Tangos for la Milonga” with Romulo Larrea and in 2005 she traveled to Europe to perform with the Sudwestfalen Philarmonic at the Symphonic Tango night in Hilchenbach-Lutzel, Germany.
In addition, she was also a featured dancer, singer and actress in the Two River Theatre Company production of Blood Wedding and performed in the Buenos Aires month celebration at the World Financial Center. She was also invited to perform at The 10th Annual Orlando International Fringe Festival in Florida, "Tango Summit" with the Panamerican Symphony Orchestra, and "100 años de tango, de Villoldo a Piazzolla" at the prestigious Solis Theatre in Montevideo, Uruguay. She performs regularly with Teatro Si in New Jersey and in New York with Leonardo Suarez Paz's "Cuartetango" and Thalia Spanish Theatre in Queens.
Carolina is also a much sought after performer in television and film, having appeared on such shows as Fox 5 “Good Day New York” with Penny Crone, "Today in NY" on NBC. In 2006 she was a first prize winner on the popular program Sábado Gigante on Univision. However, the height of her professional career was marked by her role as a primary dancer in the feature film Random Hearts directed by Sidney Pollack and starring Harrison Ford. Carolina talents are not just limited to teaching, but she is a much respected and sought after instructor as well.
Over the years, she has been invited to perform and teach at several Dance Festivals including; The Colorado Dance Festival, The D.C. Tango Festival, The Boston Tango Festival, and the "Tango Norte” 2007 Stockholm Tango Festival. Most recently, Carolina was invited to teach at Nashville Tango and performed with the Nashville Chamber Orchestra in Tennessee, the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, and performed with “Tango Five” at the Einhalden Festival in Germany. Most recently, Carolina performed with the Westfield Symphony Orchestra, Phoenix Symphony Orchestra, Evolution Tango Show in Dallas, Texas.

ANDRES BRAVO Andres Bravo represented Colombia at the eighth World Tango Summit held in San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina with the Colombia Tango Company
In 2002 became part of the the cast of recognized Argentine Show, Jumeirath Beach Hotel located in Dubai United Arab Emirates for the period of six months. National Tango Champion 2006.2009.
National runner-up in the stage tango Festival 2007,2010
National champion in stage tango Tango Festival 2008, 2009 He has a great recognition as an instructor and as a tango dancer.

Nov 25: Kasia Czech and Tymoteusz Ley (Poland)

This week Lounge is happy to present Kasia Czech and Tymoteusz Ley from Krakow, Poland! Yes, tango is everywhere!

8.30pm upper level class with Kasia and Tymoteusz
8.30pm intermediates with Jennifer
8.30pm beginners with Paul
!!! all classes included with admission.


Performance at midnight
DJ Tine :)


Hope to see you on the dance floor to dance off the holiday meal!
Happy Thanksgiving to you.


MORE ABOUT OUR STARS    Kasia Czech and Tymoteusz Ley 
Their dance is full of passion, emotions, sensuality. They move with a wonderful musicality and fluidity, in unbroken connection. 
    Kasia started her tango experience in Barcelona, where she was taking intensive classes of tango de salon with Argentinean masters Jorge Udrisard and Andrea Ponzetti. Tymoteusz inherited the passion for tango from his parents, also tango teachers. They met at Tango House School in Krakow, where they were taking tango nuevo classes, and soon became teachers. 
    Over the years they studied with Luis Bianchi and Daniela Pucci, Pablo Villarraza and Dana Frigoli, Pablo Inza and Eugenia Parilla, Adrian Veredice and Alejandra Hobert, Jose Halfon and Virginia Cutillo, Ismael Ludman and Maria Mondino, Ozgur Demir and Marina Marques, Mila Vigdorova and Rodrigo Fonti, Esteban and Evelyn Cortez and others. These experiences allowed them to create their own modern, unique vision of tango. 
    Kasia and Tymoteusz are the founders of the “Tango Nuevo School” in Krakow. They teach their students to understand basics of the movements to let them invent more advanced and interesting solutions. They encourage them to look for new possibilities and develop their own style of expressing themselves in the dance. Tymoteusz focuses on expanding creativity of the leader; Kasia works mostly on body awareness in order to improve the following. For both of them it is most important to maintain the connection of the couple and share the emotions of the dance. They teach in Polish, Spanish and English.  
    They taught and performed at many milongas in Europe (Dublin, Barcelona, Warsaw, Krakow, Kiev) as well as at the festivals such as Velvet Tango in Crimea, Puente del Tango in Krakow,, International Warsaw Tango Festival, Tango Impro Festival in Warsaw and Lviv Tango Festival. 
    They also performed on stage with many well-known musicians and orchestras, like German bandoneonist Christian Gerber, Greek singer Jorgos Skolias, Iranian artist Emam, singer Magdalena Lechowska and Aires de Tango Orchestra, Al Tango Orchestra, and many others. Kasia and Tymoteusz took part in the Tango Show at Congress Hall Theatre in Warsaw with sexteto New Tango Bridge with pianist Waldemar Malicki and violin orchestra, as well as in the Project Global Bridge with the precursor of tango nuevo in Poland, Grzegorz Frankowski.
    Kasia and Tymoteusz are popular and active members of Krakow’s tango community. They organize many tango events, milongas and shows.

Nov 19: Santiago Steele & Katherine Gorsuch

This week Lounge features Santiago Steele and Katherine Gorsuch!
8.30pm upper level class with Santiago and Kat
8.30pm intermediates with Jennifer
8.30pm beginners with Paul
>>> all classes included with admission.
Performance at midnight
DJ Tine :)


more about our stars...
Santiago Steele has been dancing Argentine Tango since 1997, and has lived and studied for extensive periods in Buenos Aires, where he trained intensively with some of the world’s leading Tango masters, including Mariano 'Chico' Frumboli, Gustavo Naveira, Pablo Villarrazza, and Dana Frígoli. 
He has been a first-place champion of the California Tango Competition, and as a performer has danced in several Tango shows including renowned choreographer Hector Zaraspe's '¡Tango Tango!' with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, 'Swango,' and 'NY Tango: Piazzolla and Beyond' with the orchestra Avantango. 
In addition to teaching, Santiago hosts workshops and milongas in New York City, including Practilonga-939 & workshop series. 
His personal style combines technique and concepts from both modern and traditional Tango, with an emphasis on connection, natural movement and rhythmic interpretation. 
Santiago is currently available for private lessons evenings and weekends. 

Katherine Gorsuch's hybrid expression of tango is derived from the many dance influences in her life.

Her interest began as a child, exploring various dance forms; ballet, modern dance, and flamenco. At 18, she began dancing tango in New York City. In the last year, she was partnering Robin Thomas, and has also worked with: Adam Hoopengardner, Felipe Martinez, Henry Finkelstein, and Jay Abling.

Katherine has taught at festivals in the US and in Europe and has spent the last few months teaching in Berlin. She is also one of the founding members and organizers of the Hunter College Tango Club, established in 2006. Dancing in Europe, Buenos Aires, and across the United States has contributed to Katherine's inspirational musicality and connection. She brings a youthful energy and sweet madness to the dance floor.

Lounge 11/11/11: Vanja Modzelewski and Alexis Rosen!

This week Lounge is happy to bring you Vanja Modzelewski and Alexis Rosen!
Vanja and Alexis will teach the upper level class at 8.30.
Topic : Something fun.


There is also an intermediate class by Jennifer Wesnousky.
Paul will take care of the beginners.
All 3 classes start at 8.30pm and are included with admission.

Midnight performance!


DJ Tine


More about our artists...
Alexis Rosen has been dancing Tango for nine years, and teaching for the last four. He first gained notice as an original and creative leader of Tango Nuevo. However, in the last couple of years he has focused closely on close embrace as well. Alexis believes that great dance is built on musicality, connection to the partner, and fundamental movement technique. Many of his classes start with a specific sequence of movements, which are then used to explore those three topics in depth.The first teachers to strongly influence Alexis were Robin Thomas and Mario Consiglieri. While he has learned from numerous other teachers in Buenos Aires and the U.S. since then, the biggest influence on his dance comes from the many great followers he has danced with, including his partner Vanja.


Vanja Modzelewski is a highly experienced dancer in both - open and in close embrace. Her proficiency in the various styles of tango along with her sophisticated musicality has made her one of the better known female dancers in the US. Vanja's dance style is characterized with fluidity and sensual elegance. She has a profound knowledge of movements and partner connection and is a sought after lead who has been teaching group and private classes in tango with a partner and on her own for over 8 years. Currently Vanja is working together with Alexis Rosen. During the past years, among others, she has taught and performed with Constantin Rueger (Germany), Robin Thomas (NY), Murat Erdemsel (Washington, DC), Ney Melo (San Francisco), Hernan Brizuela (Buenos Aires), Armando Orzuza (Buenos Aires) and Junior Cervila (Buenos Aires).

Fri Nov 4: Adriana Salgado and Orlando Reyes + Adriana's birthday!

This week Lounge brings you the home team: Adriana Salgado and Orlando Reyes!


Not only that; it is Adriana's birthday TODAY!


Tango Lounge offers 3 lessons at 8.30pm, one for each level, so you can learn at your own level with other people of your level, and the price is right too (it's included free with admission)!
* Upper level with our guest artists of the week; this week Adriana and Orlando
* Intermediate with Jennifer Wesnousky
* Beginners with Paul Pellicoro

Midnight performance with Adriana and Orlando



More about our stars:
Adriana Salgado and Orlando Reyes have been professional dancers and teachers of Argentine Tango for over a decade. With background in classical ballet, they went to study Tango in Buenos Aires under the auspices of such renowned tango masters as Gustavo Naveira, Claudio Gonzales, Melina Brufman and Cristina Cortes, among many others. Other influential coaches have been Guillermina Quiroga and Roberto Reis. Adriana and Orlando have danced in numerous critically acclaimed productions.
Their energetic, precise and passionate dancing, their changing embraces, breathtaking jumps and their wonderful connection makes their performances outstanding. Their enthusiasm and love for Tango is palpable and has won them recognition with awards at home where have been acclaimed as one of the best representative couples of Colombia by "Corporacion Nacional de Danza" and Cultural Industry of Dance "Los Danzantes." They were also semifinalists in the 3rd Tango World Championship in Buenos Aires, 2006 and more recently they came in 3rd place at the "Long Island Dance Championship" held in Long Island and sponsored by the NY Salsa Congress.
Currently they teach, coach and perform for DanceSport studio in New York City.

Oct 28: Oscar Casas & Ana Miguel!

This week at Lounge:


(1) Class 8.30pm and midnight performance with Oscar Casas and Ana Miguel, renowned milonguero masters from Buenos Aires!

(2) HALLOWEEN SPECIAL: wear a scary or funny or smart or interesting Halloween-themed accessory (or even full costume); Lounge will be treating the best Halloween looks with a glass of red wine (or a soda). For example: jack-o-lantern jewellery, halloween necktie, outrageous tights, interesting hat etc. You get the picture!


Tango Lounge offers 3 lessons at 8.30pm, one for each level, so you can learn at your own level with other people of your level, and the price is right too (it's included free with admission)!
* Upper level with our guest artists of the week
* Intermediate with Jennifer Wesnousky
* Beginners with Paul Pellicoro

DJ Tine

More about our stars:


Oscar was born in Parque Patricios (a well-known tango barrio in Buenos Aires). His parents were avid tango dancers, and, in the 1950's and '60's, they organized three different milongas per week, which regularly drew in 400-500 dancers. Oscar was very much influenced by his father, both by osmosis and discussion. He absorbed the code (codigo) of the milongueros, and when he eventually decided to take up the dance seriously, he already had a background and base that was the envy of many. 
Oscar has a distinct style both in his dance and his teaching. He is very milonguero, and is many respected by the old guard in the milongas of BA. He is also extremely popular with his students, who are impressed by his teaching style. He teaches with energy and humor, emphasizing concepts, specializing in improvisation always interpreting the music and respecting the character of the different orchestras. He is especially interested in the dynamics and cadencia of the dance. Everything he teaches is applicable to crowded milongas.
Oscar's unique approach to teaching and his charismatic personality have impressed and delighted his students everywhere. He puts his heart and soul into his classes, and his students respond in kind. 

Ana Miguel started her Argentine Tango training in the dance school of Moron Jose Neglia.  She started teaching with the famous Argentine tango instructor and performer, Pocho Pizarro. From 2005 to 2008, Ana Miguel performed in the show “Bacanazo” which was held in the Empire Theatre and the Roman Theatre in BA and she also performed as part of the show at Esquina Carlos Cardel from 2006 to 2010 in BA.  Moreover, Ana Miguel has taught tango at various tango festivals and was also a tango teacher at ACETA (Academia de Estilos de Tango Argentino – Academy of Argentine Tango Styles) from 2006 to 2010.


To view some videos of Oscar Casas' and Ana Miguel's  exhibitions and classes at http://www.youtube.com/user/twototango2

Oct 21: Helen la Vikinga, Leonardo Sardella & Walter Perez

Join Helen la Vikinga and Leonardo Sardella this week at Lounge for an interesting and entertaining lesson! 8.30pm in studio B.
Topic: TBA. Upper Level

SPECIAL THIS WEEK: 2-for-1 admission before 9.45! Bring a friend for free or share the savings!


Tango Lounge offers 3 lessons at 8.30pm, one for each level, so you can learn at your own level with other people of your level, and the price is right too (it's included free with admission)!
* Upper level with our guest artists of the week
* Intermediate with Jennifer Wesnousky
* Beginners with Paul Pellicoro

Midnight performance with Helen, Leo and Walter.

DJ Tine

More about our stars:

Helen La Vikinga is originally from Iceland but has been living abroad for 20 years: about 15 years in Sweden, 1 year in Chile, and now Argentina since 2005. Helen loves the Argentine Tango! Not only the dance, but the music, the poetry, the teaching, the exhibitions.... She has taught tango, milonga and chacarera since 2000 with dancers such as German Gentile, Victor Hugo Diaz, Miguel Romero, Omar Vega and many others. Helen teaches and performs at festivals and events all over the world, including New York City, Chicago, Hamburg, Copenhagen, and Buenos Aires. Her work has also branched into an audio visual projects, poetry, musicals and a television production. Helen organizes milongas that feature live music and dance performances, and trips for tango lovers to Argentina. She has also created a line of elegant dance shoes called "La Vikinga Shoes and Sneakers."

Leonardo Sardella from Buenos Aires has trained in various dance styles, including jazz, ballet, Argentine Folklore traditional dance, Latin and Arabic Dances, and Argentine Tango. He has trained at various schools such as the University of Tango, the Argentine School of Tango and DNI Tango, where his master teachers included: Javier Rodriguez, Carlos Copello, Jorge Firpo, Maria y Carlos Rivarola, Cristina Cortes, Nicolas Cobos-Paola Jean Jean, Dana Frigoli-Pablo Villarraza, Mora Godoy, Junior Cervila, Fabian Peralta, Sabrina y Ruben Veliz, Juan Balois Pardo, Miguel Angel Coria.
He has performed in many dance productions as a principal dancer or guest artist, has taught tango master classes at the renowned schools Argentinean Academies Escuela Argentina de Tango and Escuela Nacional de Arte Leopoldo Marechal, and is an acclaimed singer-songwriter. Leonardo is currently a choreographer and featured dancer in "Cacho Castagna."

Walter Perez began dancing Tango in his hometown, Buenos Aires, 1993.  What began as a kind of therapy soon became a seductive way of life.  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 Rodolfo Dinzel.  He also trained in salsa casino, merengue, cumbia and bachata with caribean teachers. He started salsa break on 2, in Argentina in 1998 with  Jimmy Anton.
Integrating dance techniques used in Ballet, Jazz, Modern Dance, and Acting, a unique fusion of style and skill has blossomed. Walter has performed with several dance companies, arts centers, and theaters.  He has additionally participated in several Television variety shows and special events.  Walter’s credits include working as the choreographer and choreographer’s assistant for several companies and shows. In 2000,he moved to NY to continue his training and dedicated full time as a professional dancer. A year later, he started to learn West Coast Swing, participating in several venues around USA, taking workshops with the best teachers like: Mary Ann Munez, Robert Royston and Mario Robau.
He was featured as principal in a national commercial for Coldwell Banker.
His latest accomplishment is as a featured dancer in the Romartis Production of “ Tango first century” directed by Romulo Larrea ; touring around Quebec , Canada; different theatres in California and ending in NYC at the Town Hall theatre on June 5, 2009.  

Oct 14: Homer & Cristina Ladas

Finally in NYC! Homer & Cristina Ladas (San Francisco) will teach and perform!



8.30pm classes included with admission:

• upper level with guest teachers Homer & Cristina
• intermediate with Jennifer Wesnousky
• beginners with Paul Pellicoro

Performance about midnight


DJ Tine


More about Homer and Cristina Ladas
Homer and Cristina started their tango obsession long before they met each other.   Each with over 11 years of experience emphasizing a fusion of social tango ideologies...   As teachers they are committed to creating a positive class environment where small epiphanies can & do occur in their students. 
Homer & Cristina prefer to not use the term 'nuevo' in their approach to tango or in their class titles.   Instead, they like to dance & teach a variety of connected, musical, dynamic, interesting, creative, liberating, etc, ideas/technique/movement.   They both work towards the fusion of all tango concepts via the 'one tango' philosophy in an attempt to reduce barriers that may inhibit themselves or other folks from really finding their own dance... 
It has been said, on more than one occasion, that few dancing couples improvise with such skill, personality, and fluidity of movement.   Married since May 2002 they continue to explore deeper facets of their relationship to each other and to tango.


The incomparable Homer and Cristina will teach weekend workshops, and perform at Nocturne (Sat 15th) and Tango Lounge (Fri 14th).


Weekend Workshops Theme: 
"The Body-Spiral and Body-Axis with Homer & Cristina"
workshop locations: Ripley Grier on 8th Av (Sat 520 8th Av; Sunday 939 8th Av)


SAT 2.30pm: The Overturned Gancho/Sacada Experience Made Easy (Intermediate "Foundation" Class)
SAT 4.30pm: The Overturned Gancho/Sacada Odyssey (Advanced "Exploration" Class)
SUN 2.30pm: Building One Social Dance Step-Over Colgada (Intermediate "Foundation" Class)
SUN 4.30pm: Exploring Stylistic and Functional Use of Colgadas (Advanced "Exploration" Class)


Online pre-registration: www.newyorktangoclub.com/register.html


STUDENT DISCOUNT: 25% OFF at the door, or if prepaying for 3 workshops, choose a 4th workshop free.


Please RSVP even if you plan to pay at the door, using the same registration form; this is especially important if you sign up without a partner, because we will do our best to gender balance the workshops.

Oct 7: free wine early + Cesar Velasquez & Jenny Nolan

SPECIAL PROMO Oct 7: Free glass of wine (or beer or soda) with admission BEFORE 10.30!


Tonight, a special class and performance by Cesar Velasquez and Jenny Nolan from Argentina/UK!

8.30pm classes included with admission:
upper level with guest teachers Cesar and Jenny
intermediate with Jennifer Wesnousky
beginners with Paul Pellicoro


midnight performance Jenny and Cesar


DJ Tine


more about our stars:


Cesar Velasquez started  learning tango in 1992 and he  has been teaching  tango for 12 years. He has been teaching and performing tango with his partner Carolina Gonzalez around  the UK for  the last  ten years and they are regularly invited to teach and perform in Grece, Germany, UK, Switzerland, Holand, USA, France, Kenya and Sudan. They  have organised and directed  London International Tango Festivals  Tango Extravaganza UK  since 2007 and Tango Apasionado 2010. Additionally, Cesar has worked extensively as a dancer and choreographer in acclaied theater productions in the UK and Latin Aerica, as well as for the BBC. Some of Cesar's teachers in Argentina  include Tango stars as Gustavo Naveira, Roberto Herrera, Raul Bravo and Mingo Pugliese, Natalia & Gabriel Angio, amongst  others. 


Jenny Nolan (Sayer) has been dancing since she was 4 years old. In 2004 she swapped her pointe shoes for tango shoes and began her tango journey. She has made frequent trips to Buenos Aires to train with Chicho and Juana, Sebastian Arce, Gustavo Naveira and Eugenia Parilla.
She has given regular workshops and performances across the UK, Europe and Buenos Aires including performances with Tanghetto and The Tiger Lillies. In 2005, she received her masters, with honors, from the Performance Studies program at CSSD in London.
Jenny then received funding from Chisenhale Dance Space to create a piece that fused tango with performance art. She performed this work across the UK, as well as in Montenegro and Belgrade.In 2008 she choreographed and performed a Tango for the BBC which advertised the Film 4 Argentinean Film festival.

Sept 30: Astrid Weiske (Berlin) & Vanja Modzelewski (NYC)

This Friday Sept 30 at Lounge, we have as our special guests Astrid Weiske from Berlin and Vanja Modzelewski from New York.

Our 3 classes are class included with admission!

8.30pm Upper level.class by Astrid and Vanja
8.30pm Beginners with Paul Pellicoro
8.30pm Intermediate with Jennifer Wesnousky


Midnight performance by Astrid and Vanja


DJ Tine


more about our stars:
For more than 16 years Astrid Weiske 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. Astrid extended her dancing also to the follower role 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.
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 or Tomas Howlin.
Her teaching is based on awareness, analysis of natural movement in combination with her 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 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.
With her special love to the music she developed her passion for DJing. Most inspired by traditional music and the golden age orchestras she also plays alternative music or Tango Nuevo, depends to the milonga and the mood of the crowd on the floor. She dj's on different milongas in Berlin, New York, Montreal, Madrid and was invited in the past to serveral festivals like Neotangofestival Düsseldorf or Phantastango in Phännerhall.


Vanja Modzelewski is a highly experienced dancer in both - open and in close embrace. Her proficiency in the various styles of tango along with her sophisticated musicality has made her one of the better known female dancers in the US. Vanja's dance style is characterized with fluidity and sensual elegance. She has a profound knowledge of movements and partner connection and is a sought after lead who has been teaching group and private classes in tango with a partner and on her own for over 8 years. Currently Vanja is working together with Alexis Rosen. During the past years, among others, she has taught and performed with Constantin Rueger (Germany), Robin Thomas (NY), Murat Erdemsel (Washington, DC), Ney Melo (San Francisco), Hernan Brizuela (Buenos Aires), Armando Orzuza (Buenos Aires) and Junior Cervila (Buenos Aires).

Fri Sept 23: Daniela Pucci and Luis Bianchi

Join your friends at Tango Lounge this Friday to enjoy great music and a fabulous performance and class by
Daniela Pucci and Luis Bianchi
www.luisbianchi.com

8.30pm class by Daniela and Luis, upper level
class included with admission.


Midnight performance by Daniela and Luis


DJ Tine


There are simultaneous classes for total beginners and intermediate taught by DanceSport Faculty.
8.30 Beginners with Paul Pellicoro
and Intermediate with Jennifer Wesnousky


More about our stars...


Daniela Pucci and Luis Bianchi's tango is best described as joyous and heartfelt. Dancing together since 2006, they have rapidly become known for their musicality, connection and infectious energy. As performers, they are engaging, vibrant, and emotional. As instructors, their ultimate goal is to help students move better, achieve deeper connection, and find their own voice in the dance. Students in their classes can expect thorough instruction on tango technique, encouragement to increase their body awareness, lots of personalized feedback, and a healthy dose of humor to complement the mix.

Sept 16: Tamara Bisceglia and Federico Paleo. DJ Tine

This week join us at Tango Lounge on Friday for a class and jaw-dropping performance by Tamara and Federico from Forever Tango, Tango X 2, Tango Argentino, etc.

8.30pm classes, included with admission:

Upper level class with Tamara Bisceglia and Federico Paleo

Intermediate class with Jennifer Wesnousky

Beginners with Paul Pellicoro

midnight performance by Tamara Bisceglia and Federico Paleo

DJ Tine

more about our stars...

Tamara Bisceglia was born in Buenos Aires. She has toured world-wide teaching and dancing in the most important world tango festival (Portugal, Italy, France, Poland, Germany, Greece, Korea, China, Singapore, Bali, Manila, Brunei, Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong, Austria, Brasil, Colombia, etc). She also participated in the legendary show TANGO ARGENTINO with Roberto Herrera and has participated as a judge in many different tournaments as well. She created and Co-Directer with Laura Roatta ¨Inspiration Tango" company. Now she participates in the famous show FOREVER TANGO, and continue touring around the world.

Federico Paleo is a tango dancer/teacher from Buenos Aires. He is the director of a well-known tango school in Buenos Aires. He has been traveling with Miguel Angel Zotto's "Tango x 2" all over Europe in 2008 and 2009. He has also taken part in many festivals in Italy, Spain and Japan. When he is in Buenos Aires, he performs in different milongas and in the most important tango shows: Rojo Tango Hotel Faena, Esquina Carlos Gardel. Teaching he is very clear and generous giving information.

Sept 9: Yamila Viana and Hernan Brizuela

This week Tango Lounge features Yamila Viana and Hernan Brizuela!

830pm classes are included with admission

• Upper level with Yamila
• Intermediate with Jennifer Wesnousky
• Beginners with Paul Pellicoro

midnight perfomrance with Yamlia and Hernan

DJ Tine

more about our artists:

Yamila Viana is a versatile and innovative dancer focusing on the quality of movement derived from various dance disciplines. She has a deep understanding of rhythmic dances such as jazz, flamenco, Latin, Capoeira, Argentine and Latin folk dances. Her curiosity to gain ore knowledge in dance led her to aerial dance and tango. With a strong background in classical and contemporary dance, Yamila joined the National Ballet Company in Buenos Aires in 1998. She performed and toured with the company throughout Latin America and Europe.

For 14 years tango has formed an integral part of Yamila's dance world. Her skills as a professional performer are Incorporated into her teaching method. Her teaching style is suitable for dancers of all ages and skill levels, from social to professional. Yamila shares with her students her experience in rhythm, musicality, interpretation, improvisation, creativity and emotion in the dance.

In 2007, Yamila moved to Italy and began teaching in Venice and Rome in addition to participating in numerous tango festivals.

For the next few years, Yamila will share her teaching experience between New York and Buenos Aires.

Hernan Brizuela, born in Mendoza, Argentina and now based in New York, was drawn to tango from his early years. The musical form and lyrics, the nostalgic aspect, the dance. His teachers were Luis Canan, Cesar Cohello, Rodolfo Dinsel, Carlos Peres, Francisco Forquera, Jorge Torres, Eduado Parejas, Carlos Magaleta (acting and theater), Ines Kallab (actuation and theater).

Hernan teaches regularly at Champion Studio in NYC and at Dance Union in Boston MA. He is regularly featured at milongas and festivals around the Northeast.

Aug 26: Jenny Frances & Ricardo Oria (Edinburgh/BsAs)

This week Lounge stars Jenny Frances & Ricardo Oria from Edinburgh/Buenos Aires!

830pm classes are included with admission

Upper level with Jenny & Ricardo
Intermediate with Jennifer Wesnousky
Beginners with Paul Pellicoro

DJ Tine

more about our stars Jenny Frances & Ricardo Oria
www.rumbosdetango.com
In classes ...
Their 9 years of teaching together gives them a connection and fluidity in presentation and explanation, which makes the experience for the student fun and informative. Two complementary yet different personalities, they emphasize the dynamic roles of both partners in tango. Their relaxed yet precise teaching style has allowed many tango dancers to find comfort and confidence in their embrace and their movements.
In performance ...
Real tango - embraced, musical, intimate and elegant. They dance with an immediacy, that allows them to express both the serious and playful aspects of the dance. Each tango danced is unique, and anything could happen. Their style of dancing is firmly based in traditional Buenos Aires tango, where subtlety in interpretation and connection come first, and improvisation is everything.
What have they been up to?
Jenny and Ricardo have performed and taught all over the UK, in Europe and in Argentina. Since beginning to work together in 2002, they have developed a reputation as one of the leading tango couples in the UK, where they are known for their expressive and spontaneous performance and their detailed and engaged teaching. In 2003 and 2004 they danced in the sell-out show, 'The Tango Spell' with Pasodos Dance Company in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and in Theatres in Dublin, Palma de Mallorca and Lisburn, N. Ireland, where their dance was described as ‘stunning work of elegant movement and feeling’ (Fringe Report).
From 2003 until 2006, Ricardo appeared regularly on British TV in the BBC1 tango ident. Jenny & Ricardo have performed in some of the most prestigious milongas in Buenos Aires, such as Salon Canning, Milonga10, Porteño y Bailarín and La Milonguita, and they have also danced with Raul Garello’s Orquesta de Tango de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires in the Teatro de la Rivera. They have performed for 20,000 people at the BBC Proms in the Park event in Glasgow, with the Scottish Symphony Orchestra, which was also broadcast live throughout the UK. In 2011, Jenny and Ricardo are teaching and performing in North America for the first time.
Jenny and Ricardo are in demand for workshops and performances and spend a lot of weekends travelling. They are based in Edinburgh, Scotland where they have their tango school and run their Rumbos de Tango Studio night, which will be celebrating it’s 10th anniversary in 2012. In 2003, Jenny & Ricardo organized the first annual Bailongo! tango festival in Edinburgh, to celebrate the flourishing of Argentine tango in the UK. They spend time in Buenos Aires each year continuing their studies, practicing and developing ideas.

Aug 19: Jennifer Wesnousky & Eduardo Goytia

This week Lounge stars Jennifer Wesnousky & Eduardo Goytia!

8.30 classes:

upper level with Jennifer and Eduardo

beginners with Paul

Midnight performance

DJ Tine

More about our stars:

Jennifer Wesnousky

Born and raised in California, Jennifer Wesnousky trained in gymnastics, ballet and jazz throughout her childhood, performing as a member of both the San Luis Jazz dancers and the Civic Ballet of San Luis Obispo. After working and studying in Los Angeles, Spain and Argentina, her pursuit of careers in Latin music and Spanish translation brought her to New York, where, she chanced upon Argentine tango. Enamored, she studied extensively with top tango masters at home and in Buenos Aires, where she traveled annually. Her most influential instructors have included Diego Di Falco, Pablo Pugliese and Mariela Franganillo, with whom she choreographed a children’s tango project for the New York City Center. As a performer, Jennifer has danced at locations and events as diverse as Lincoln Center’s Midsummer Night Swing, Joan Lunden’s Camp Reveille, the New York Tango Festival, Latina Magazine’s Poet’s Den and in the independent film, “ParAmor.” She also appeared with the all-female tango ensemble, “Tango por Ellas,” at the World Financial Center’s Winter Garden and in numerous stage productions such as the renowned Turkish musical, “Hisseli Harikalar Kumpanyasi,” at the Beacon Theatre, Valeria Solomonoff’s “Tango por Ellos,” which won the Latin ACE Award 2010 for Best Choreography, and “Borges and Piazzolla Tango” at the Thalia Spanish Theater. As a teacher at Paul Pellicoro’s Dancesport, Jennifer is passionate about taking her students to the next level. She has also been a guest instructor and performer in several of the United States and in Israel. Most recently, Jennifer co-produced, directed and performed in the original show, “Mientras TANGO,” which played to a packed house at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center in Jamaica, Queens.

Eduardo Goytia is a well-known Tango instructor and performer based in New York City with over 13 years of teaching and performing experience. While he specializes in the Tango Salon style, Eduardo's range of knowledge is broad and he teaches across a wide array of styles including Tango Salon, Tango Nuevo and Tango for stage. He is especially known for his musciality and for understanding how differently Tango Salon, Tango Confiteria, Milonga and Vals should be danced. Eduardo is also recognized for his elegance, long lines (he's 6'1) and for demonstrating a deep connection with his partners.

Eduardo became the 2007 US National Champion in Argentine Tango Salon after which he and his championship partner, Cyrena Drusine, also became the only American couple to ever make it to the finals of the World Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Officially representing the USA in the championships, they were invited to meet with the US Ambassodor to Argentina at the US Embassy and were honored by the Ambassador's presence at the semi-finals, the night Cyrena and Eduardo were announced as finalists.

Eduardo teaches group classes, workshops and privates at the dance studios Dancesport and Triangulo in Manhattan as well as at special events and schools around the city and abroad. Eduardo can be seen dancing regularly at milongas around the city as well as performing with visiting teachers and regular partners on stage, in shows and at special events.

http://tangosalonusa.com/

Aug 12: Eli Leserowitz and Amy Anderson. DJ Ilene

This week we feature Eli Leserowitz and Amy Anderson!

DJ Ilene Marder

8.30 classes:

Upper level with Eli and Amy

Intermediate with Jennifer Wesnousky

Beginners with Paul Pellicoro

More about our stars:

Eli Leserowitz began to dance Argentine Tango in New York City, launching him to what would become his life's passion. From the day he started dancing, he has not stopped for an instant. Eli is an exceptionally creative and sensitive dancer who is in a constant state of fascination with the structure of tango moves and music. Eli's

unmistakable presence and unique style of dance made him one of the most recognizable figures in the milongas of New York.

After dancing for some time in New York, Eli began searching for new tango experiences. He began touring the United States taking classes with the best local teachers and Argentine masters who were visiting the US, and in 2008 Eli made his initial journey to Argentina, where he deepened his understanding of the tango in the milongas of Buenos

Aires. Eli's particular style of dance was borne out of these experiences combined with his extraordinary autodidactic ability.

Eli is a thorough teacher, going to great lengths to convey the fundamental techniques and musicality of a movement to his students. He has an uncanny ability to incorporate the newest moves into traditional dancing. Eli's attitude of being a constant learner makes him an approachable and a widely popular teacher. His enthusiasm for tango is contagious. He has taught in cities across the US including New York, Los Angelis, Seattle, Chicago, Minneapolis, Saint Louis, Kansas City and at Universities such as Princeton University (NJ), Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Hunter College (NY), and the University of Minnesota.

Amy Anderson has been a professional dancer in Denver, Colorado for most of her career. She did her early training and performing with Colorado Ballet and danced with the company for 5 years. She continued dancing as a professional ballet dancer with Pacific Northwest Ballet and David Taylor Dance Theatre but began to branch out into contemprorary ballet and modern dance as well.dancing in such companies as Colorado Repertory Dance and Jan Justis Dance Company. She worked with many choreographers including Milton Meyers, John Mead, Kim Robards, Hannah Kahn, and Jim Clouser to name a few. During this time Amy developed an interest in choreography and began choroegraphing many pieces that were of a humorous intent. Many of them have been performed for years by DTDT but she has also choreographed for Colorado Ballet and Ballet Nouveau.

Amy continues to choreograph, dance Argentine Tango, and has her own Pilates practice at A Living Ats Centre. She has been teaching Pilates for 20 years and specializes in injury rehabilitation and Dance Medicine. She has been dancing Argentine tango for 8 years and has performed in tango festivals in Portland Oregon and Montreal Canada

with Nick Jones as well as dancing her own choreography in The Tango Zone in NYC in August 2011.

In addition to being the founder and director of Woodstock Tango, Ilene has established a reputation as a popular, traditional Tango DJ, who DJ's regularly at milongas in NYC and at festivals (recently Boston & Chicago). She is one of the very few non-Argentines to DJ in Buenos Aires at Salon Canning (three times) and the only one to have DJ’d Porteño y Bailerin. She is a "traditional" DJ, using cortinas, tandas and the most beautiful classic tango ever recorded. (She is also adept at offering some lovely danceable surprises from the modern and alternative tango worlds...). She conducts MEET THE MUSIC sessions to better acquaint dancers with the key orquesta's of the Golden Age, and is available to DJ private parties and events, and more....

August 5: Vanja Modzelewski & Alexis Rosen. DJ Tine

This week Lounge welcomes Vanja Modzelewski and Alexis Rosen!

Vanja and Alexis will teach the upper level class at 8.30.

Topic : Something cool.

There is also an intermediate class by Jennifer Wesnousky.

Paul will take care of the beginners.

All 3 classes start at 8.30pm and are included with admission.

Midnight performance!

DJ Tine

More about our artists...

Alexis Rosen has been dancing Tango for nine years, and teaching for the last four. He first gained notice as an original and creative leader of Tango Nuevo. However, in the last couple of years he has focused closely on close embrace as well. Alexis believes that great dance is built on musicality, connection to the partner, and fundamental movement technique. Many of his classes start with a specific sequence of movements, which are then used to explore those three topics in depth.The first teachers to strongly influence Alexis were Robin Thomas and Mario Consiglieri. While he has learned from numerous other teachers in Buenos Aires and the U.S. since then, the biggest influence on his dance comes from the many great followers he has danced with, including his partner Vanja.

Vanja Modzelewski is a highly experienced dancer in both - open and in close embrace. Her proficiency in the various styles of tango along with her sophisticated musicality has made her one of the better known female dancers in the US. Vanja's dance style is characterized with fluidity and sensual elegance. She has a profound knowledge of movements and partner connection and is a sought after lead who has been teaching group and private classes in tango with a partner and on her own for over 8 years. Currently Vanja is working together with Alexis Rosen. During the past years, among others, she has taught and performed with Constantin Rueger (Germany), Robin Thomas (NY), Murat Erdemsel (Washington, DC), Ney Melo (San Francisco), Hernan Brizuela (Buenos Aires), Armando Orzuza (Buenos Aires) and Junior Cervila (Buenos Aires).

July 29: Armando Orzuza & Nuria Martinez

This week we are pleased to welcome Armando and Nuria at the Tango Lounge!

Classes at 8.30, included with admission:

Upper Level Class with Armando and Nuria.

Intermediates with Jennifer Wesnousky

Beginners with Paul Pellicoro

Armando and Nuria will perform at midnight

DJ Tine

More about our stars:

Armando Orzuza was born in "La Boca", a suburb of Buenos Aires, known as the birth place of the Tango. His first professional contact with the Tango was at the age of fourteen as a sound technician for a "tangueria" (Tango dance hall) in Buenos Aires. This enriching experience surrounded him with the foremost dancers, singers and orchestras of the Tango world. Ten years later, he began to study the Tango himself. Armando learned to dance from the original "milongueros" and began his professional career in 1990.

Armando performed in the Broadway show of “Tango Passion” in New York and Miami, as well as in the promotion of the album "Tango" by Julio Iglesias; As dance consultant and choreographer, he worked in Alan Parker’s movie "Evita", and in the 2004 Madonna’s “Re-invention” touring show. He has performed and taught the tango at Tango Festivals, public and private events, cultural organizations, embassies, consulates, schools, universities, and theaters, throughout Europe, Japan, South America and the United States. Armando also appeared as principal dancer in the movie “Assassination Tango” directed by Robert Duvall. He currently teaches and performs with Nuria Martínez internationally.

Nuria Martínez Méndez was born in Spain, and trained in ballet at Madrid’s National School of Ballet and piano. She studied ballet and contemporary dance at London’s Laban Centre and at the Merce Cunningham Studio, NYC. She graduated at Empire State College with a BA in Dance and Education.

In 2005, Nuria Martinez began to study Tango professionally with Armando Orzuza. To the precious and valuable experience of learning, sharing and dancing with Armando, she also brings in to her work the vast previous knowkedge and performing experience, as well as the inspiration gathered from concepts by Graciela Gonzalez and Rodolfo Dinzel.

She currently performs and teaches Tango with Armando Orzuza throughout the US, Europe, and Buenos Aires.

Armando and Nuria are presently based in Boston.

July 22: Cyrena Drusine and Ivan Inofre

This week Lounge welcomes Cyrena Drusine and Ivan Inofre!

As every week, there is a class for each level. Because the classes take place at the same time, you can expect to learn and practice with people of your own level.

The classes are included with admission.

8.30pm upper level class with Cyrena and Ivan (included with admission)

Intermediate class with Jennifer Wesnousky

Total beginners with Paul Pellicoro

Midnightish performance with Cyrena and Ivan!

Tine will DJ.

More about our stars:

Ivan and Cyrena are Argentine Tango dancers and instructors. They both come from strong dance backgrounds; Ivan as an Argentine Folkloric dancer and Cyrena as a classical ballet dancer. Ivan and Cyrena have performed in various tango shows in Buenos Aires, such as Sabor a Tango, Tango Porteño and La Esquina de Carlos Gardel. Cyrena toured with Tango Pasion in 2008-2009. They have been dancing together for the past nine months during which they went to Paris with Walter Rios' orchestra and performed in L'Estade de France. They also performed throughout Paris in various milongas. They have given exhibitions in some of the most famous milongas in Buenos Aires such as Salon Canning y Porteño y Bailarin. In December 2010 they performed with the company Tango Desire. They are currently teaching at Mansion Dandi and the Carlos Copello school in Buenos Aires.

July 15: Ellinor Westrup & Ney Melo

This week come support the graceful Ellinor Westrup from Sweden/Buenos Aires teaching and performing with our own popular Ney Melo!

8.30pm classes, all included with admission, different levels so you can learn with people of your level:

Upper level with Ellinor and Ney

Intermediate with Jennifer Wesnousky

Beginners with Paul Pellicoro

Midnight performance by Ellinor and Ney

DJ Tine

More about our stars:

For Ellinor Westrup, tango is to improvise in a wordless communication. She took her first tango steps in 2002 and was deeply fascinated by the dance from her very first lesson. Year 2005 and 2006 she went to Buenos Aires to train her tango for six months and to where she returned during spring 2010 for more training and giving performances at Practica 8 and El Gardel del Medellín.

Ellinor has become a familiar face at many festivals and is an active teacher of tango throughout Europe. She has been an integral part of Tangokompaniet based in Malmö, Sweden since 2007. With elegance and a dynamic expression in the tango she wants to inspire others to dance with feelings. As a teacher she uses good pedagogic skills to give her students awareness of their bodies to better understand the technique, which will help them to find a nice flow of movements and the joy in tango.

Ney Melo is one of today's most talented young Argentine Tango dancers and teachers, currently touring the world. He is known for his innovative teaching methods and passion for teaching. His tango instruction is sought out by beginning

and advanced dancers, as well as other teachers and choreographers from all over the world.

Ney has studied tango with masters of the Villa Urquiza and modern salon styles of tango. Ney is the creator of Tango Television on youtube which showcases the best tango dancers currently on the scene as well as rare footage of milongueros who shaped the dance.