8.30pm classes included with milonga admission:
Upper level with Yaisuri and Daniel
Intermediates with Jennifer W
Beginners with Paul
DJ Tine
Performance about midnight with Daniel and Yaisuri
More about our stars:
Yaisuri Salamanca is a dancer whose technique captures two dances that characterize Latin music: tango and salsa. She went from world champion in salsa at 2004 to third place in the Argentinian tango world championship at Buenos Aires in 2008. Yaisuri trained in Argentine rhythms at Buenos Aires under masters like Aurora Lubiz, Olga Besio, Guillermina Quiroga, among others. Furthermore, she has training in classical ballet, salsa and traditional folk dances of Colombia. Those styles enrich her tango training, and performing repertory.
Yaisuri, a Colombian dancer, has been a Principal Dancer for the Tango Vivo and Sonde Luz dance companies. She performed in the Argentina Tango championships in both 2007 and 2008, reaching the five top places in both occasions. She also performed in Chicago for the Salsa Festival in 2002 and in Zürich and Puerto Rico for World Salsa Congress 2004. Among her other accomplishments, she was awarded with the first place at the Official National World Tango Championships in Colombia in 2007, and an official distinction for National and International Achievements by the Medellin City Council in Columbia in 2009.
Yaisuri is passionate about teaching, and was until she moved to NYC a staff dancer for Argentine Tango at the Midnight Tango Company in England. She has also been an instructor in Argentine Tango, Salsa and Latin rhythms at Tango Vivo Dance School in Colombia, as well as being a dance workshop instructor all over the world including Rio de Janeiro (2011), Miami (2011), Harvard University (2010) Tango Society of Boston (2010), New York (2009) and in Argentina (2008).
Yaisuri is also currently studying for a Bachelor of Science in Communication Technology in New York, where she also has her own line of Tango Shoes.
Daniel Raphael has been working as a professional dancer and instructor for more than 12 years, training individuals, teaching groups, and conducting workshops in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and in New York City at DanceSport. He has performed many different dance styles for television and stage that include Ballet, Jazz, Contemporary Dance, Flamenco, Latin rhythms, Brazilian dances and Tango, his specialty.
He has spent the last few years meticulously researching a process regarding the teaching of Tango and the preparation of new dance professionals, developing a personal teaching method based on strong body awareness and concepts and techniques from the fields of psychology and holistic therapies.
His teaching method is committed to the development of self-confidence and focuses on integral health regardless of age. This commitment is based on his own successful training in Ballet (Classic, Modern and Contemporary), Alexander Technique, Yoga, Bioenergetics Therapy, and Ayurvedic Massage.
Daniel’s vast experience allows him to embrace Tango's many aspects, from the old Canyengue style to the contemporary Tango Nuevo.
When Daniel is not travelling, he lives in Rio de Janeiro.
