Dec 23: Eduardo Goytia and Leslie Whitesell. DJ Tine

This week Lounge stars Eduardo Goytia and Leslie Whitesell!


8.30 classes: 
upper level with Eduardo
intermediate with Jennifer Wesnousky
beginners with Paul


Midnight performance


DJ Tine


More about our stars:

Eduardo Goytia is a well-known Tango instructor and performer based in New York City with over 13 years of teaching and performing experience. While he specializes in the Tango Salon style, Eduardo's range of knowledge is broad and he teaches across a wide array of styles including Tango Salon, Tango Nuevo and Tango for stage. He is especially known for his musciality and for understanding how differently Tango Salon, Tango Confiteria, Milonga and Vals should be danced. Eduardo is also recognized for his elegance, long lines (he's 6'1) and for demonstrating a deep connection with his partners.
Eduardo became the 2007 US National Champion in Argentine Tango Salon after which he and his championship partner, Cyrena Drusine, also became the only American couple to ever make it to the finals of the World Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Officially representing the USA in the championships, they were invited to meet with the US Ambassodor to Argentina at the US Embassy and were honored by the Ambassador's presence at the semi-finals, the night Cyrena and Eduardo were announced as finalists.
Eduardo teaches group classes, workshops and privates at the dance studios Dancesport and Triangulo in Manhattan as well as at special events and schools around the city and abroad. Eduardo can be seen dancing regularly at milongas around the city as well as performing with visiting teachers and regular partners on stage, in shows and at special events.
http://tangosalonusa.com/

Leslie Whitesell is the 2010 winner of the United States Dance Championship Pro-Am Open Cabaret Championship, the Pro-Am World Theatrical Championship at the Ohio Star Ball, the Showcase Challenge at the Wisconsin State Dance Championship and the Pro-Am Cabaret Championship at Millennium Dancesport. She began the ballroom competition circuit in 2009 and won 1st Place Solos at  the Nevada Star Ball, Capital Dancesport and NJ State Open Dance Championship.
Leslie began her dance training in 1978 with Grace Clark at the Annapolis Ballet then continued her training at the Baltimore Ballet where she studied with Wendy Robinson, a former dancer of the Royal Ballet in London. Her ballet background also includes training at the Peabody Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, at Goucher College under the mentorship of Violette Verdy, and at the Joffrey Ballet in New York.
Leslie's training in partner dancing includes ballroom and latin dance as well as Argentine Tango, which she studied first in New York and then in Buenos Aires under skillful mentors including Carlos Gavito, Nito & Elba Garcia, Oscar Mandagaran and Guillermina Quiroga.
Leslie is an active performer, combining her ballet background with the versatile styles of Argentine Tango, ballroom, Latin and swing dancing. Her recent performances include a show for the United Nations 2008 and a tour of Dancing With the Stars dinner shows in 2007. In 2001, she was featured with Carlos Gavito in the short film: Una Leccion. She has danced in many events in New York and around the world including Tango y Mas, Avantango, Del Tingo al Tango, shows at the Rainbow Room and at Penn State University.
Leslie's teaching career began in 1997 in New York City where she currently teaches and coaches across her wide spectrum of dance knowledge.

We wish you a very happy holiday season and health, happiness and prosperity in the new year.
Tine and the whole Tango Lounge at DanceSport team (Paul, Lydia, Denise, Nancy, Arturo, Efraim)