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This week Cyrena Drusine and her new partner Alejandro Zacco from BsAs will teach and perform at Tango Lounge.
8.30pm classes included with admission:
Upper level class with Cyrena and Alejandro: Sequences and embellishments for tango salon.
Intermediates with Armando and Nuria.
Performance sometime between 1130 and midnight.
DJ Tine Herreman
More about our stars
Alejandro Zacco & Cyrena Drusine
Alejandro began studying jazz dance and Argentine tango at age 12. He studied tango with some of the most renowned tango teachers such as Miguel Angel Zotto and Pepe Avellaneda. He began dancing professionally in 1995 and worked for NHK TV as an Argentine Tango coach and regular dancer. He also worked for various TV stations as a choreographer and special guest.
Cyrena began dancing at age 8 when she entered the School of American Ballet, she studied there until age 18. She also studied jazz, modern, hip-hop, West-African and salsa. Performed with The New York City Ballet and with the Pacific Northwest Ballet. Studied tango with renowned masters such as Rodolfo Dinzel and Francisco Forquera. She began dancing tango professionally in 2006. They toured throughout Argentina and around the world.
Alejandro and Cyrena were dancers and choreographers in NTV Dancing
With The Stars, Tango Pasion, BBC The London Ball, The Buenos Aires Tango Festival, The New York City Tango Festival, MX TV The World Tango Festival in Japan,The Boston Tango Festival, The Company Esquina Carlos Gardel and others. They worked as principal dancers in tango shows in Buenos Aires, such as Tango Porteño, Bocatango, Complejo Tango, Candilejas, Taconenando, El Querandi, Argentinisima 40 años, Bien de Tango, Tango viaje al sentimiento. They also performed in luxury hotels, such as the Four Seasons, Intercontinental, Westin, Hyatt, Sheraton as well as in important theaters, milongas and on TV in Argentina and around the world.
This week we are pleased to welcome Armando Orzuza and Nuria Martinez at the Tango Lounge! Armando and Nuria have joined the teaching faculty at DanceSport and will be our special guests this week and next; the classes they will teach before the milonga will have a logical progression
Classes at 8.30, included with admission:
Intermediate + Upper Level Class with Armando and Nuria.
topic: Armando Special Part 1 (next week is Part 2)
Beginners in main studio
Armando and Nuria will perform at midnight
DJ Tine
Plus we celebrate our friend Sarah La Rocca's birthday!
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.
This week, we celebrate our community's talent with NYC favorites Mariana Parma, Hernan Brizuela, and DJ Johnny Tablada.
8.30pm classes included with admission:
upper level with Mariana and Hernan
intermediates with Victoria
beginners with Paul
Performance at midnight
Johnny Tablada spins the tunes and will be your host.
Tine is out of town, back next week :)
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, Eduardo Parejas, Carlos Magaleta (acting and theater), Ines Kallab (actuation and theater).
Hernan teaches regularly in NYC and at Dance Union in Boston MA. He is regularly featured at milongas and festivals around the Northeast.
Mariana Parma is an instructor, choreographer and performer and has a B.A. in dance from Rutgers University. She has been featured in motion pictures, national commercials and has worked with Broadway choreographers for musical and film productions. She specializes in Latin dancing: Salsa, Mambo, Tango, and Latin American Folk.
Her achievements have included:
-Principal dancer and supervising choreographer in "Todo Tango" at the Thalia Theatre in Queens, NY, in 2001.
-Produced and performed in the off-Broadway dance show Swango the Fusion
-Worked with Hinton Battle, 3 time Tony Award winner, in the musical workshop, The Bronx Casket Company.
-Featured dancer and co-choreographer of the Tango Show at the Thalia Theatre in Queeens
-Featured dancer in the national tour of SWING the Musical from Dec '05 through Jan '06.
She can be seen around the world performing Salsa and Tango.
In 2009, Mariana and her partner Omar Lagos danced at the World Tango Championships in Buenos Aires (salon style), and made New York look great in the semifinals!
http://www.marianaparma.com
Johnny Tablada makes his Tango Lounge debut this week as DJ, and will be your host in Tine's absence. Bringing with him an unrivaled, innate musicality rivaled only by the old milongueros themselves, Johnny loves to cater to the dancers, paying close attention to their moods. Making use of his vast collection of music, he pulls out the most eloquent sequences to create tandas which make dancers' hearts resonate with joy and enthusiasm. As a dancer, Johnny won the 2010 NYC championships, and has performed with Susana Miller and Monica Paz.
This week prepare to be wowed by the Amazing Hugo Mastrolorenzo (BsAs) & Angeles Chanaha (BsAs/NY)!
8.30pm Classes included with admission:
Upper level with Hugo and Angeles
Intermediates
Beginners with Paul
Mind-boggling performance sometime between 11.30 and midnight
DJ/Host Tine
About our guest artists:
Dancer, teacher and choreographer Hugo Matrolorenzo has taught and performed in the Far East, North America and Europe. In Buenos Aires, Hugo danced in the most prestigious theatrrs and won prizes as dancer and choreography in national competitions. He won 3 American championships and placed in the top five of the world championships in the last two years.
Hugo's solid and versatile training have allowed him to take a creative leadership role, and he has developed a teaching method and a choreographic annotation system based on his research into the history and technique of the dance.
His first book "In Search of the Method that Never Was" (a controversial essay on the contradictions in teaching methods) was hailed by the media as one of the most incisive contributions to the genre. It has been translated in English and Japanese. His second book "Tango Dance, the Origin of the Species" (about the origins of tango) is best described as an "ambitious work of research and reflection which achieves a much more credible genealogy than other authors have done before".
Hugo's choreographies, which combine elements with imagination and a sense of the dramatic, have also captured high praise in the press, which cites him as a choreographer with a deep understanding of the tango, in which the coherence of the fusion is unexpectedly brilliant.
Angeles Chanaha was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She started dancing at the age of 5 and throughout her career she has studied a variety of dance styles (Argentine Tango, Folklore, Rock’n’Roll, Ballet, Modern).
Growing up in the heart of real Tango world, she has practiced one particular style - Argentine Tango - to it’s perfection. As a result she has performed with two of the most famous Tango dancers in the world: Miguel Angel Zotto - creator of “Tango X Dos”- and Carlos Gavito -Tony Award Winner from a Broadway hit “Forever Tango”.
Angeles also performed on stage with the renowned singer Julio Iglesias, she has been featured on national TV (channel 11, channel 13), in international films, commercials, and fashion magazines, all related to tango.
From 1998 she was involved in every “Buenos Aires International Tango Festival”, the world’s largest annual event which attracts the best Tango dancers. She has also performed in multiple shows in Latin and South America (including the most prestigious show in Argentina “Senor Tango”) as well as toured around United States. Among other tango orchestras, Angeles has danced for “Los Cosos de al Lao” at the famous “Cafe Tortoni” in the city of Buenos Aires.
In 2003 Angeles created and choreographed the tango show “Tango en los Andes” for “Che Tango Company”, which had a huge success in Mendoza, Argentina.
As a one a kind dancer, Angeles expresses sensuality and elegance, as well as represents woman’s character in Tango.
This Friday come cheer for the delightful Ana Padron and Diego Blanco (New York/Argentina)!
*** all classes included with admission.
8.30pm intermediates and upper level class with Ana and Diego
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.
Tango 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 discipline from which they tap inspiration for their movements. 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.
This week, Lounge welcomes Adam Cornett from Portland and Jenna Rohrbacher from Portland/NY. Adan will teach my favorite vals musicality class, and perform with Jenna around midnight.
Classes at 830 included with admission:
Vals Musicality Upper level with Adam
Intermediate with Jennifer Wesnousky
Beginners with Paul
More about our guest stars:
Adam started dancing tango in 2000 when some college classmates dragged him into a class that “needed more leaders.” Since that moment he was hooked on dance. Adam’s main influence was Alex Krebs who, in 2004, offered him to be his understudy. Taking advantage of this offer Adam studied under Alex directly for a year while assisting in all of Alex’s classes. Adam now teaches in Portland and has focused his dance on musicality, connection, and opening the door for playful opportunities.
To Jenna Rohrbacher, dancing tango is an ongoing search for the complete. Balanced by complexity in movement and purity of sensation, her elegant dance embodies the traditional roles of Argentine tango and beyond. In teaching, Jenna encourages students to discover their individual connections to the music as well as focus on laying a foundation of solid technique upon which they can build their dance. Jenna has taught and performed for the last three years around the U.S. with several acclaimed dancers, including Alex Krebs, Robin Thomas, and Dominic Bridge, and has also performed in Europe and Buenos Aires. In September 2010, Jenna wrote, produced, and directed Tango Éxtasis! for the Miracle Theater’s La Luna Nueva festival in Portland; the following month, she taught and performed at Portland Tango Fest. Jenna is currently in New York teaching classes with Robin Thomas and private lessons.
This week, our guest artists are Maximiliano Gluzman (BsAs) and Vanja Modzelewski (NYC)!
Aga and Batt are bringing you a FASHION SHOW of tango apparel, don't miss it! Beautiful skirts and tops. Come ready to shop
Performance and fashion show between 11.30 and midnight.
8.30pm classes, all included with admission, different levels so you can learn with people of your level:
Upper level with Maxi and Vanja, topic: A Fun Easy Move You Can't Live Without!
Intermediate with Jennifer Wesnousky
Beginners with Paul Pellicoro
DJ Tine
THE GIFT OF DANCE FASHION SHOW
Exquisite tango apparel designed to make you feel exceptional on the dance floor will be presented by
Amanda Archuleta - Michael Nadtochi,
Gayle Madeira-Tioma Maloratsky,
Vanja Modzelewski & Maxi Gluzman,
Tine Herreman, Aga Mroz & Swagatam Mukhopadhyay
during a mini Fashion Show at Tango Lounge tonight!
See the online store here: The Gift of Dance
The skirts and tops will be available to try on and purchase.
More about our guest artists:
Maximiliano Gluzman is a porteño dancer who proudly continues the tradition of his home town's social dance.
He learned his first tangos when he was a child, bought his first tango record when he was fourteen, and began to pursue the dance when he was twenty one.
His tango, one of personal identity, inherits the inventiveness of the Buenos Aires tradition and was acquired through years of working with world known instructors, as well as through researching the social tango of the old masters. His subtle firm lead is the result of both practice and countless nights of dancing in Buenos Aires. And through his unique, flowing musicality he has found an endless vehicle for creativity and expression.
Maxi's professional life in tango is divided into two main areas: researching the dance of the old generation milongueros and teaching. Precisely, his teaching is about sharing the magic of the porteno dance with the rest of the world: its technique, its culture, and its mystery. A magic that, as difficult as it is to conceptualize, he has been able to transmit to his students from many countries.
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).
