This week join Dominic and Jenna for the most beautiful and sensitive performance you have seen in a long time!Special guests Travis Widrick and Tali Wagner from Buffalo will perform as well.
Upper level class 8.30pm (included with admission)
by Dominic and Jenna
Simultaneous classes for beginners and pre-intermediate dancers taught by DanceSport staff (also included).
Performance by Dominic and Jenna, and Travis and Tali at midnight.
DJ Tine
Drink specials, famous empanadas and real food.
More about our artists:
Dominic Bridge & Jenna Rohrbacher (Portland, OR)
To Jenna Rohrbacher, dancing tango is an ongoing search for the complete. Balanced by complexity in movement and purity of sensation, her strong, 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.
In the last three years, Jenna has taught and performed around the U.S. with Joe Leonardo, Alex Krebs, Felipe Martinez, and Dominic Bridge. In the summer of 2008, Jenna taught at the Tango Mango Festival in Devonshire, England with Portland's own Rebecca Smith. In February 2009, she performed with Alex Krebs at the Maui TangoFest, and in the summer of 2009, she performed with Dominic Bridge at Chicago Tango Week as well as in Florence, Italy.
In four years Dominic Bridge became one of the top young tango professionals in the world. In this time, he has performed up and down the west and east coasts, Chicago Tango Week ’09, Italy, and Buenos Aires, as well as in his hometown of Portland, Oregon. Dominic has spent the last year building a tango school and teaching full time in Florence, Italy. When his weekends were free, he took trips around Europe, spending a significant amount of time in Paris, Rennes, Berlin, Bäsel, Siracusa, and Catania. Dominic views tango in the same way he views any language: there are clear structure, grammar, and rules, all of which can be broken when understood. He knows these things form a foundation necessary in communicating in one’s own way. His effectiveness as a teacher grows from his deep understanding of movement and his ability to clearly communicate.
Travis Widrick and Tali Wagner
Travis Widrick first discovered tango in 2004, studying in Geneva NY with Joaquin Canay. What started as something reluctant quickly developed into a lifetime passion. After moving to Buffalo, NY Travis began to teach the small struggling community out of necessity and now is at the forefront of its growth. Travis is passionate about the culture and music of Argentine Tango with his reputation as a Tango DJ starting to make waves in the tango community.
Tali Wagner happened upon Travis' class in 2007. Instantly addicted and eager to learn she rapidly advanced, assisting and then teaching alongside Travis. Tali is fascinated by the body in motion and studies disciplines such as yoga, ballet, and other social dances. Tali has a strong desire for the growth of the tango community and the preservation of tradition. She shares with an excitement and passion about Tango and community that is infectious and inspiring.
Travis and Tali dance traditional style Argentine tango, with emphasis on connection and musicality. They strive to convey not only the movements of the dance but the FEELINGS and SOUL of Tango. Major influences on their dancing have been Bryant and Faye Lopez, Oliver Kokler and Silvina Vals, Geraldine Rojas, Julio Balmeceda and Corina DeLa Rosa.
