This week Tango Lounge features Yamila Viana and Hernan Brizuela!
830pm classes are included with admission
- Upper level with Yamila
- Intermediate with Jennifer Wesnousky
- Beginners with Paul Pellicoro
midnight perfomrance with Yamlia and Hernan
DJ Tine
more about our artists:
Yamila Viana is a versatile and innovative dancer focusing on the quality of movement derived from various dance disciplines. She has a deep understanding of rhythmic dances such as jazz, flamenco, Latin, Capoeira, Argentine and Latin folk dances. Her curiosity to gain ore knowledge in dance led her to aerial dance and tango. With a strong background in classical and contemporary dance, Yamila joined the National Ballet Company in Buenos Aires in 1998. She performed and toured with the company throughout Latin America and Europe.
For 14 years tango has formed an integral part of Yamila's dance world. Her skills as a professional performer are Incorporated into her teaching method. Her teaching style is suitable for dancers of all ages and skill levels, from social to professional. Yamila shares with her students her experience in rhythm, musicality, interpretation, improvisation, creativity and emotion in the dance.
In 2007, Yamila moved to Italy and began teaching in Venice and Rome in addition to participating in numerous tango festivals.
For the next few years, Yamila will share her teaching experience between New York and Buenos Aires.
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, Eduado Parejas, Carlos Magaleta (acting and theater), Ines Kallab (actuation and theater).
Hernan teaches regularly at Champion Studio in NYC and at Dance Union in Boston MA. He is regularly featured at milongas and festivals around the Northeast.
