January 20: Carlos Paredes and Carolina Jaurena

This Friday join Carlos Paredes and Carolina Jaurena at Tango Lounge.
Carlos and Carolina are performing this season in the upcoming show Tango 5 Senses so you can look forward to an explosive performance at midnight!
They will teach the upper level class at 8.30. Be there to pick up a new move! Ladies, Carolina pays a lot of attention to you so come, you will be glad you did.


Carolina and Carlos's class, as well as Jennifer's intermediate class and Paul's beginners class, are all at 8.30pm and included with admission.

More about our stars

CARLOS PAREDES was born in Cali, Colombia. He began to study Break dance and Salsa since 6 years of age, and years later he began to dance Argentine tango. He studied at the Piazzolla academy with Professor Marta Mejía and at the Deka academy with Ancizar Velazques, aside from studying with great masters in the city of Buenos Aires. Among the last mentioned are well known teachers such as Miguel Angel Zotto and Aurora Lúbiz, also couples such as Luís Grondona and Mirta Sol, Fernando Galera and Vilma Vega, Claudio González and Melina Brufman, Martin Ojeda and Johanna Copesto. Carlos Paredes is known in Colombia for dancing a style called “Canyengue”, a style that goes back to the roots of tango. It is considered very particular and enjoyable. In August of 2006 he participated in the Tango World Championship in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina, obtaining the first position in the Stage Category. During the same year Angelino Garzón, who is currently the vice-president of Colombia of the Valle del Cauca awarded him with the Vallecaucano Merit Medal in the square of the governance.
Carlos is in New York to perform in the show "Tango 5 senses", partnering Carolina Jaurena. As a teacher and performer, Carlos never fails to whip up crowd ambiance and participation thanks to his warm and exuberant personality.


Tango 5 Senses

CAROLINA JAURENA: Influenced by her parents, a Bandoneon Master and her mother a Tango singer, from an early age Carolina pursued a desire to perform. Her training includes ballet, salsa, and flamenco to where she now specializes in Argentine Tango. She has worked with some of the most recognized names in the tango world, Jorge Torres, Fabian Peralta, Cesar Coelho and Hugo Patyn. Having been fortunate enough to work with some of the best, it comes as no surprise that Carolina’s career is filled with a long list of dance credits that includes, Tango & Tango at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, Tango Fantastico at the Bellearyre Music Festival, on Broadway at Town Hall in the show “Tangos for la Milonga” with Romulo Larrea and in 2005 she traveled to Europe to perform with the Sudwestfalen Philarmonic at the Symphonic Tango night in Hilchenbach-Lutzel, Germany.
In addition, she was also a featured dancer, singer and actress in the Two River Theatre Company production of Blood Wedding and performed in the Buenos Aires month celebration at the World Financial Center. She was also invited to perform at The 10th Annual Orlando International Fringe Festival in Florida, "Tango Summit" with the Panamerican Symphony Orchestra, and "100 años de tango, de Villoldo a Piazzolla" at the prestigious Solis Theatre in Montevideo, Uruguay. She performs regularly with Teatro Si in New Jersey and in New York with Leonardo Suarez Paz's "Cuartetango" and Thalia Spanish Theatre in Queens.
Carolina is also a much sought after performer in television and film, having appeared on such shows as Fox 5 “Good Day New York” with Penny Crone, "Today in NY" on NBC. In 2006 she was a first prize winner on the popular program Sábado Gigante on Univision. However, the height of her professional career was marked by her role as a primary dancer in the feature film Random Hearts directed by Sidney Pollack and starring Harrison Ford. Carolina talents are not just limited to teaching, but she is a much respected and sought after instructor as well.
Over the years, she has been invited to perform and teach at several Dance Festivals including; The Colorado Dance Festival, The D.C. Tango Festival, The Boston Tango Festival, and the "Tango Norte” 2007 Stockholm Tango Festival. Most recently, Carolina was invited to teach at Nashville Tango and performed with the Nashville Chamber Orchestra in Tennessee, the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, and performed with “Tango Five” at the Einhalden Festival in Germany. Most recently, Carolina performed with the Westfield Symphony Orchestra, Phoenix Symphony Orchestra, Evolution Tango Show in Dallas, Texas.