Wednesday, June 15, 2011

June 17: Helen La Vikinga & Leonardo Sardella


Join Helen la Vikinga and Leonardo Sardella this week at Lounge for an interesting and entertaining lesson! 8.30pm in studio B.
Topic: Giros, ochos and sacadas in close embrace. Upper Level

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 or Victoria

Midnight performance with Helen and Leo.

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."