Raphael Baron (Montreal)
Raphael's playful aproach to tango emphasizes the subtleties of a deep connection and help dancers discover their musical personas, find their own path to surprising their partners and renewing their dance.
Influnced by his extensive background in martial arts and gymnastics, he naturally grew away from parkour into a more improvised and less dangerous lifestyle choice. While he's based in Montreal, he regularly teaches at various tango festivals in the USA and Canada
from San Francisco to New York.
Inspired, amongst others, by Stéphane Villeneuve, Marika Landry and Tomas Howlin, he's one of the most daring tango teacher in Northern America.
Maude Bouthillette (Montreal)
Maude Bouthillette’s approach to teaching tango focuses on connection, body and space awareness as well as the biomechanics of movement.
Her teaching is deeply influenced by her extensive background teaching and performing in gymnastics and in the theater.
She studied extensively with such modern teachers as Pablo Villaraza and Dana Frigoli, Soledad Larretapia and Ricardo Biggeri but her heart is deeply rooted in traditional tango.
Her goal is to produce dancers who exhibit the elegance, strength and precision of traditional tango and who also move with the fluidity of more modern tango.
DJ Mike McCarrel (Portland OR)
One of Portland's rising Stars Mike started djing in 2007 at the PSU Practica. After spending a year refining his knowledge of the music and a three month stay in Buenos Aires he became one of Portland's most popular dj's regularly playing gigs around town and the greater northwest.
Nationally he has Dj'd in Seattle, Eugene and Houston and will be djing at the Grape Escape Tango Festival in September. He is currently the Dj in residence at Milonga Al Norte in Portland and can be heard every 2nd and 4th Saturdays. milongaalnorte.blogspot.com
