Fri June 1: Moira Sauane & Javier Garcia, DJ Tine

This week at Lounge, catch a class on Fun Easy Ganchos with Moira and Javier, and a performance that will have you speechless :)
Tine spins the tunes.
Classes at 8.30pm are included with admission:

• Upper level: Fun Easy Ganchos with Moira and Javier
• Intermediate with Jennifer
• Beginners with Paul

Javier and Moira are two of the most creative and enthusiastic dancers in NY. They are known for their mesmerizing connection and their dynamic style of dancing. They believe that tango is fundamentally about the ability for two people to both communicate with each other and express themselves through dance. Their own unique, innovative style of tango is based on a mutual interchange of ideas, constant improvisation and exploration of the limits of tango. As teacher’s they are known for their knowledge of the structure and fundamentals of tango and their clarity of explanation. Moira Sauane was born in Argentina and has a background in classic and modern dance. She has partnered Gustavo Naveira. Javier Garcia was born in New York and has learned tango with Rodolfo Dinzel. He also counts Gustavo Naveira, Chicho Frumboli and Fabian Salas as major influences.

May 25: Maria Olivera & Gustavo Benzecry Saba, DJ Tine

Friends, join Maria and Gustavo this Friday at the Tango Lounge!
You will love their upper level class at 8.30 (included with admission) and
midnight performance!
DJ Tine
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Our guest stars' free class offered every week at 8.30 before the milonga, is an excellent opportunity to learn some fresh material and to be exposed to new teachers, ideas and styles; you may even find among our excellent guest stars a teacher who you really want to study more with, and who will make a real difference to you as a dancer.


Tango Lounge usually has 3 simultaneous pre-milonga classes (beginners, intermediate, upper level), therefore the class participants tend to be of the appropriate skill level, and each class is smaller with more individual attention.
The upper level class with the guest teachers aims to foster creativity, improvisation, quality of movement and musicality by exploring new dimensions of known techniques that are of interest to both leaders and followers. The class topics are carefully selected to be of immediate practical use on the social dance floor.


So join us in the class!
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More about our stars Maria and Gustavo:

Gustavo and Maria met in 2003 when Gustavo was teaching a class at a small dance Studio in Palermo. Shortly after Maria became his assistant teacher at Salón Canning, where they started enjoying the pleasure of dancing together and sharing experiences they would never forget.
They got to know each other as dancers, teachers and individuals. Little by little, they discovered love.
Today, Gustavo and Maria dance together on the dance floor as in life, and they travel, teach and perform at Festivals and international tango events.
In their classes, good spirit, kindness and warmth are the highlights. This way, they lead their students throughout a pleasant learning process. Gustavo brings wisdom and thoughtfulness as he projects serenity and patience. María injects energy, liveliness, passion and dynamism. This way, they are the Yin and the Yang of an active and enjoyable teaching method.
When they dance, they show their love for each other, the happiness of sharing the warmth of a cozy embrace and the fantasy of a movie where the audience is always an active participant in the story.

May 11: Armando Orzuza & Nuria Martinez

This week we are pleased to welcome Armando Orzuza and Nuria Martinez 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.

May 4: Oscar Casas & Ana Miguel

This week at Lounge, join us for more Oscar Casas and Ana Miguel! 
Oscar and Ana were part of the NYC Milonguero Weekend and I am happy they are staying on another week.

Oscar and Anna upper level class 8.30pm and midnight performance



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