May 3: Cyrena Drusine & Alejandro Zacco, DJ Tine

This week Cyrena Drusine and her new partner Alejandro Zacco from BsAs will teach and perform at Tango Lounge.

8.30pm classes included with admission:
Upper level class with Cyrena and Alejandro: Sequences and embellishments for tango salon.
Intermediates with Armando and Nuria.

Performance sometime between 1130 and midnight.

DJ Tine Herreman

More about our stars

Alejandro Zacco & Cyrena Drusine

Alejandro began studying jazz dance and Argentine tango at age 12. He studied tango with some of the most renowned tango teachers such as Miguel Angel Zotto and Pepe Avellaneda. He began dancing  professionally in 1995 and worked for NHK TV as an Argentine Tango coach and regular dancer. He also worked for various TV stations as a choreographer and special guest. 

Cyrena began dancing at age 8 when she entered the School of American Ballet, she studied there until age 18. She also studied jazz, modern, hip-hop, West-African and salsa. Performed with The New York City Ballet and with the Pacific Northwest Ballet. Studied tango with renowned masters such as Rodolfo Dinzel and Francisco Forquera. She began dancing tango professionally in 2006. They toured throughout Argentina and around the world.

Alejandro and Cyrena were dancers and choreographers in NTV Dancing
With The Stars, Tango Pasion, BBC The London Ball, The Buenos Aires Tango Festival, The New York City Tango Festival, MX TV The World Tango Festival in Japan,The Boston Tango Festival, The Company Esquina Carlos Gardel and others. They worked as principal dancers in tango shows in Buenos Aires, such as Tango Porteño, Bocatango, Complejo Tango, Candilejas, Taconenando, El Querandi, Argentinisima 40 años, Bien de Tango, Tango viaje al sentimiento. They also performed in luxury hotels, such as the Four Seasons, Intercontinental, Westin, Hyatt, Sheraton as well as in important theaters, milongas and on TV in Argentina and around the world.

Mar 15: Armando Orzuza & Nuria Martinez, DJ Tine

This week we are pleased to welcome Armando Orzuza and Nuria Martinez at the Tango Lounge! Armando and Nuria have joined the teaching faculty at DanceSport and will be our special guests this week and next; the classes they will teach before the milonga will have a logical progression

Classes at 8.30, included with admission:
Intermediate + Upper Level Class with Armando and Nuria.
topic: Armando Special Part 1 (next week is Part 2)
Beginners in main studio

Armando and Nuria will perform at midnight

DJ Tine

Plus we celebrate our friend Sarah La Rocca's birthday!

More about our stars:

Armando Orzuza was born in "La Boca", a suburb of Buenos Aires, known as the birth place of the Tango. His first professional contact with the Tango was at the age of fourteen as a sound technician for a "tangueria" (Tango dance hall) in Buenos Aires. This enriching experience surrounded him with the foremost dancers, singers and orchestras of the Tango world. Ten years later, he began to study the Tango himself. Armando learned to dance from the original "milongueros" and began his professional career in 1990.
Armando performed in the Broadway show of “Tango Passion” in New York and Miami, as well as in the promotion of the album "Tango" by Julio Iglesias; As dance consultant and choreographer, he worked in Alan Parker’s movie "Evita", and in the 2004 Madonna’s “Re-invention” touring show. He has performed and taught the tango at Tango Festivals, public and private events, cultural organizations, embassies, consulates, schools, universities, and theaters, throughout Europe, Japan, South America and the United States. Armando also appeared as principal dancer in the movie “Assassination Tango” directed by Robert Duvall. He currently teaches and performs with Nuria Martínez internationally.

Nuria Martínez Méndez was born in Spain, and trained in ballet at Madrid’s National School of Ballet and piano. She studied ballet and contemporary dance at London’s Laban Centre and at the Merce Cunningham Studio, NYC. She graduated at Empire State College with a BA in Dance and Education.
In 2005, Nuria Martinez began to study Tango professionally with Armando Orzuza. To the precious and valuable experience of learning, sharing and dancing with Armando, she also brings in to her work the vast previous knowkedge and performing experience, as well as the inspiration gathered from concepts by Graciela Gonzalez and Rodolfo Dinzel.
She currently performs and teaches Tango with Armando Orzuza throughout the US, Europe, and Buenos Aires.

Mar 1, Mariana Parma, Hernan Brizuela, DJ Johnny Tablada

This week, we celebrate our community's talent with NYC favorites Mariana Parma, Hernan Brizuela, and DJ Johnny Tablada.

8.30pm classes included with admission:
upper level with Mariana and Hernan
intermediates with Victoria
beginners with Paul

Performance at midnight

Johnny Tablada spins the tunes and will be your host.

Tine is out of town, back next week :)


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, Eduardo Parejas, Carlos Magaleta (acting and theater), Ines Kallab (actuation and theater).
Hernan teaches regularly in NYC and at Dance Union in Boston MA. He is regularly featured at milongas and festivals around the Northeast.

Mariana Parma is an instructor, choreographer and performer and has a B.A. in dance from Rutgers University. She has been featured in motion pictures, national commercials and has worked with Broadway choreographers for musical and film productions. She specializes in Latin dancing: Salsa, Mambo, Tango, and Latin American Folk.
Her achievements have included:
-Principal dancer and supervising choreographer in "Todo Tango" at the Thalia Theatre in Queens, NY, in 2001.
-Produced and performed in the off-Broadway dance show Swango the Fusion
-Worked with Hinton Battle, 3 time Tony Award winner, in the musical workshop, The Bronx Casket Company.
-Featured dancer and co-choreographer of the Tango Show at the Thalia Theatre in Queeens
-Featured dancer in the national tour of SWING the Musical from Dec '05 through Jan '06.
She can be seen around the world performing Salsa and Tango.
In 2009, Mariana and her partner Omar Lagos danced at the World Tango Championships in Buenos Aires (salon style), and made New York look great in the semifinals!
http://www.marianaparma.com

Johnny Tablada makes his Tango Lounge debut this week as DJ, and will be your host in Tine's absence. Bringing with him an unrivaled, innate musicality rivaled only by the old milongueros themselves, Johnny loves to cater to the dancers, paying close attention to their moods.  Making use of his vast collection of music, he pulls out the most eloquent sequences to create tandas which make dancers' hearts resonate with joy and enthusiasm. As a dancer, Johnny won the 2010 NYC championships, and has performed with Susana Miller and Monica Paz. 

Feb 22: Hugo Mastrolorenzo & Angeles Chanaha. DJ Tine

This week prepare to be wowed by the Amazing Hugo Mastrolorenzo (BsAs) & Angeles Chanaha (BsAs/NY)!

8.30pm Classes included with admission: 
Upper level with Hugo and Angeles
Intermediates 
Beginners with Paul

Mind-boggling performance sometime between 11.30 and midnight

DJ/Host Tine

About our guest artists:


Dancer, teacher and choreographer Hugo Matrolorenzo has taught and performed in the Far East, North America and Europe. In Buenos Aires, Hugo danced in the most prestigious theatrrs and won prizes as dancer and choreography in national competitions. He won 3 American championships and placed in the top five of the world championships in the last two years.
Hugo's solid and versatile training have allowed him to take a creative leadership role, and he has developed a teaching method and a choreographic annotation system based on his research into the history and technique of the dance.
His first book "In Search of the Method that Never Was" (a controversial essay on the contradictions in teaching methods) was hailed by the media as one of the most incisive contributions to the genre. It has been translated in English and Japanese. His second book "Tango Dance, the Origin of the Species" (about the origins of tango) is best described as an "ambitious work of research and reflection which achieves a much more credible genealogy than other authors have done before".
Hugo's choreographies, which combine elements with imagination and a sense of the dramatic, have also captured high praise in the press, which cites him as a choreographer with a deep understanding of the tango, in which the coherence of the fusion is unexpectedly brilliant. 



Angeles Chanaha was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She started dancing at the age of 5 and throughout her career she has studied a variety of dance styles (Argentine Tango, Folklore, Rock’n’Roll, Ballet, Modern).
Growing up in the heart of real Tango world, she has practiced one particular style - Argentine Tango - to it’s perfection. As a result she has performed with two of the most famous Tango dancers in the world: Miguel Angel Zotto - creator of  “Tango X Dos”- and Carlos Gavito -Tony Award Winner from a Broadway hit “Forever Tango”.
Angeles also performed on stage with the renowned singer Julio Iglesias, she has been featured on national TV (channel 11, channel 13), in international films, commercials, and fashion magazines, all related to tango.
From 1998 she was involved in every “Buenos Aires International Tango Festival”, the world’s largest annual event which attracts the best Tango dancers. She has also performed in multiple shows in Latin and South America (including the most prestigious show in Argentina “Senor Tango”) as well as toured around United States. Among other tango orchestras, Angeles has danced for “Los Cosos de al Lao” at the famous “Cafe Tortoni” in the city of Buenos Aires.
In 2003 Angeles created and choreographed the tango show “Tango en los Andes” for “Che Tango Company”, which had a huge success in Mendoza, Argentina.
As a one a kind dancer, Angeles expresses sensuality and elegance, as well as represents woman’s character in Tango.

Feb 15: Ana Padron and Diego Blanco

This Friday come cheer for the delightful Ana Padron and Diego Blanco (New York/Argentina)!

*** all classes included with admission.
8.30pm intermediates and upper level class with Ana and Diego
8.30pm beginners with Paul

Midnight performance 

DJ Tine

More about our stars:
Ana and Diego's website: Tango4all.com

Award-winning dancers Diego Blanco and Ana Padron are one of the top performing couples in the world today. Their tango is energetic, rhythmical and innovative, and through their fluid moves they fuse tango with the close embrace style of traditional tango.
Tango for All, the dance company they co-founded, was brought to life to bring this electrifying tango to audiences in America and worldwide.
Ana and Diego command a wide range of dance discipline from which they tap inspiration for their movements. In addition to Argentine tango, these include classical ballet, jazz, African, and Jose Limon, Martha Graham and Jennifer Muller techniques.
Diego and Ana perform in tango productions on national and international stages, and teach in and around New York and the country.

Jan 18: Adam Cornett & Jenna Rohrbacher

This week, Lounge welcomes Adam Cornett from Portland and Jenna Rohrbacher from Portland/NY. Adan will teach my favorite vals musicality class, and perform with Jenna around midnight.

Classes at 830 included with admission:
Vals Musicality Upper level with Adam
Intermediate with Jennifer Wesnousky
Beginners with Paul

More about our guest stars:

Adam started dancing tango in 2000 when some college classmates dragged him into a class that “needed more leaders.” Since that moment he was hooked on dance. Adam’s main influence was Alex Krebs who, in 2004, offered him to be his understudy. Taking advantage of this offer Adam studied under Alex directly for a year while assisting in all of Alex’s classes. Adam now teaches in Portland and has focused his dance on musicality, connection, and opening the door for playful opportunities.

To Jenna Rohrbacher, dancing tango is an ongoing search for the complete. Balanced by complexity in movement and purity of sensation, her 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. Jenna has taught and performed for the last three years around the U.S. with several acclaimed dancers, including Alex Krebs, Robin Thomas, and Dominic Bridge, and has also performed in Europe and Buenos Aires. In September 2010, Jenna wrote, produced, and directed Tango Éxtasis! for the Miracle Theater’s La Luna Nueva festival in Portland; the following month, she taught and performed at Portland Tango Fest. Jenna is currently in New York teaching classes with Robin Thomas and private lessons. 

Jan 11: Maxi Gluzman & Vanja; plus TANGO SKIRTS FASHION SHOW.

This week, our guest artists are Maximiliano Gluzman (BsAs) and Vanja Modzelewski (NYC)!

Aga and Batt are bringing you a FASHION SHOW of tango apparel, don't miss it! Beautiful skirts and tops. Come ready to shop

Performance and fashion show between 11.30 and midnight.

8.30pm classes, all included with admission, different levels so you can learn with people of your level:
Upper level with Maxi and Vanja, topic: A Fun Easy Move You Can't Live Without!

Intermediate with Jennifer Wesnousky

Beginners with Paul Pellicoro

DJ Tine

THE GIFT OF DANCE FASHION SHOW

Exquisite tango apparel designed to make you feel exceptional on the dance floor will be presented by 
Amanda Archuleta - Michael Nadtochi, 
Gayle Madeira-Tioma Maloratsky, 
Vanja Modzelewski & Maxi Gluzman, 
Tine Herreman, Aga Mroz & Swagatam Mukhopadhyay 
during a mini Fashion Show at Tango Lounge tonight! 


See the online store here: The Gift of Dance
The skirts and tops will be available to try on and purchase.

More about our guest artists:
Maximiliano Gluzman is a porteño dancer who proudly continues the tradition of his home town's social dance.
He learned his first tangos when he was a child, bought his first tango record when he was fourteen, and began to pursue the dance when he was twenty one.
His tango, one of personal identity, inherits the inventiveness of the Buenos Aires tradition and was acquired through years of working with world known instructors, as well as through researching the social tango of the old masters. His subtle firm lead is the result of both practice and countless nights of dancing in Buenos Aires. And through his unique, flowing musicality he has found an endless vehicle for creativity and expression.
Maxi's professional life in tango is divided into two main areas: researching the dance of the old generation milongueros and teaching. Precisely, his teaching is about sharing the magic of the porteno dance with the rest of the world: its technique, its culture, and its mystery. A magic that, as difficult as it is to conceptualize, he has been able to transmit to his students from many countries.
Vanja Modzelewski is a highly experienced dancer in both - open and in close embrace. Her proficiency in the various styles of tango along with her sophisticated musicality has made her one of the better known female dancers in the US. Vanja's dance style is characterized with fluidity and sensual elegance. She has a profound knowledge of movements and partner connection and is a sought after lead who has been teaching group and private classes in tango with a partner and on her own for over 8 years. Currently Vanja is working together with Alexis Rosen. During the past years, among others, she has taught and performed with Constantin Rueger (Germany), Robin Thomas (NY), Murat Erdemsel (Washington, DC), Ney Melo (San Francisco), Hernan Brizuela (Buenos Aires), Armando Orzuza (Buenos Aires) and Junior Cervila (Buenos Aires).

Jan 4: Damian Lobato (Arg/PA) & Rebecca Shulman (NYC)

This Friday January 4 we welcome Damian Lobato and Rebecca Shulman.

Upper level class at 8.30 with Damian and Rebecca
Intermediates with Jennifer
Beginners with Paul
All classes included with admission!

Performance by Damian and Rebecca sometime between 11.30 and midnight.

DJ Tine

More about our guest artists:


Damian Lobato started dancing in 1991 with renowned milonguero masters, including "El Pibe Palermo", (the former partner of Carmencita Calderon). After 8 years of dancing this style, he started training with Gustavo Naveira and Mariano "Chicho" Frumboli, and began teaching tango in different cities around Argentina until 2002. In 2003, 2004, and 2005 he was invited to tour Central America and Europe.  In 2006, he assisted Fabian Salas in CITA, the annual tango convention in Buenos Aires. Since May 2006, he has been teaching extensively in Europe in such places as Scotland, England, Holland, Italy, Spain and in 20 cities in the USA.
Damian's dance is characterized by a masterful combination of nuevo tango elements with traditional tango aesthetics. Seamless transitions between the various elements and a keen sense of musicality are emphasized in his dance and are applied in his teaching, training, and dancing.
For more information about Damian, please see http://damianlobato.blogspot.com/

Rebecca Shulman

Born in New York City, Rebecca studied classical ballet all her life and Contact Improvisation and yoga since 1993. Her tango career began in 1991 with Daniel Trenner, with whom she began to perform and to visit Buenos Aires. Her Tango teachers include Mingo and Esther Pugliese, Gustavo Naveira and Olga Besio, Tete and Maria, Juan Bruno, and Antonio Todaro. She has performed with the finest dancers of her generation, and given workshops across the U.S. Students everywhere seek Rebecca's clear instruction on improvisation, technique, adornments, and musicality. For four years Rebecca taught and translated for Stanford University's Tango Week. In 1998 she taught at the Montreal Festival and for several weeks in Istanbul, Turkey. She has produced half a dozen popular instructional videos, available through Bridge to the Tango.
More than a dozen of New York's current tango teachers are Rebecca's former students. Her dance partners after Daniel have included Omar Vega, Metin Yazir, Constantin Rueger, and Evan Griffiths. Every Monday night she hosts and dj's NYC's longest-running milonga, Luna Tango Salon and Practica, which was started at Dance Manhattan over 15 years ago.

Dec 28: Adriana Salgado and Orlando Reyes. DJ Tine

This week our special guests are the popular Adriana Salgado and Orlando Reyes!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krh673zL9Jk

Tango Lounge offers 3 lessons at 8.30pm, one for each level, so you can learn at your own level with other people of your level, and the price is right too (it's included free with admission)!
* Upper level with our guest artists of the week; this week Adriana and Orlando
* Intermediate with Jennifer Wesnousky
* Beginners with Paul Pellicoro

Midnight performance with Adriana and Orlando

More about our stars:
Adriana Salgado and Orlando Reyes have been professional dancers and teachers of Argentine Tango for over a decade. With background in classical ballet, they went to study Tango in Buenos Aires under the auspices of such renowned tango masters as Gustavo Naveira, Claudio Gonzales, Melina Brufman and Cristina Cortes, among many others. Other influential coaches have been Guillermina Quiroga and Roberto Reis. Adriana and Orlando have danced in numerous critically acclaimed productions.
Their energetic, precise and passionate dancing, their changing embraces, breathtaking jumps and their wonderful connection makes their performances outstanding. Their enthusiasm and love for Tango is palpable and has won them recognition with awards at home where have been acclaimed as one of the best representative couples of Colombia by "Corporacion Nacional de Danza" and Cultural Industry of Dance "Los Danzantes." They were also semifinalists in the 3rd Tango World Championship in Buenos Aires, 2006 and more recently they came in 3rd place at the "Long Island Dance Championship" held in Long Island and sponsored by the NY Salsa Congress.
Currently they teach, coach and perform in New York City; Adriana is based at Stepping Out and Orlando is at DanceSport.

Dec 14: Luis Carpi & Iliana Maifeld-Carucci

On Friday Dec 14, come cheer for fresh talent: Luis from NY will perform with Iliana from Bard, sometime between 1130 and midnight. 
This is the first time Luis and Iliana perform together, and at the same time it will be the last one before Luis leaves town for an extended trip. So be there to support them :)


8.30pm classes:
Intermediates with Jennifer
Beginners with Paul

DJ Tine

More about our guest artists:
Iliana Maifeld-Carucci is a dance major at Bard College, where she has been lucky to study in numerous styles of dance, making her very versatile with a great basis of technique and knowledge of the body. Through the Bard Dance Program she studies Ballet, Modern, and Flamenco. Outside of her studies, she intensively studies Argentine Tango. A dancer since she was little, she started Argentine Tango on a whim in 2010 and has been hooked ever since. She hopes to continue with a more in depth exploration of Argentine Tango abroad after she graduates in May 2013.

Since 2009 Luis Carpi has become dedicated to pursuing tango. He discovered tango at The University of North Texas where he learned from the local teachers George and Jairelbhi Furlong. After discovering the power of connection and energy, He devoted all of his time to understand this connection and his connection with himself. He started tango with no background in dancing or athleticism. However, thanks to personal training, diligent tango exercises, and soccer, he has come to perform in Texas and have taught workshops in California. I now live in New York and continue to train when and where he can.
Luis Carpi Luiscarpi1989@gmail.com 201-920-9492

Dec 7: Angeles Chanaha & Michael Nadtochi

Join us in welcoming Angeles and Michael for one of their rare performances!

DJ Tine

8.30pm classes included with admission:

Intermediates with Jennifer

Beginners with Paul

Performance by Angeles and Michael sometime between 1130 and midnight.

More about Angeles and Michael

Passionate and versatile, professional show dancers and visionary choreographers Angeles and Michael are best known for their spectacular and breathtaking performances of the “Argentine Tango” – the authentic form of Tango that developed in Buenos Aires in the late 19th century and transformed into stage art.

Internationally recognized dancers, they regularly appear in music and dance festivals in US and abroad, corporate entertainment events and major concert halls and theatres, in addition to making numerous television, film and TV commercials appearances as principal dancers.

They portray a unique unforgettable style. Sensuality merged with power brings the look of a real show.

Using their creativity and extensive experience gathered through other forms of dance training (Ballet, Modern, Tango, Ballroom, Salsa, Folklore) they expand the boundaries of traditional dance

Angeles Chanaha was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She started dancing at the age of 5 and throughout her career she has studied a variety of dance styles (Argentine Tango, Folklore, Rock’n’Roll, Ballet, Modern).

Growing up in the heart of real Tango world, she has practiced one particular style - Argentine Tango - to it’s perfection. As a result she has performed with two of the most famous Tango dancers in the world: Miguel Angel Zotto - creator of  “Tango X Dos”- and Carlos Gavito -Tony Award Winner from a Broadway hit “Forever Tango”.

Angeles also performed on stage with the renowned singer Julio Iglesias, she has been featured on national TV (channel 11, channel 13), in international films, commercials, and fashion magazines, all related to tango.

From 1998 she was involved in every “Buenos Aires International Tango Festival”, the world’s largest annual event which attracts the best Tango dancers. She has also performed in multiple shows in Latin and South America (including the most prestigious show in Argentina “Senor Tango”) as well as toured around United States. Among other tango orchestras, Angeles has danced for “Los Cosos de al Lao” at the famous “Cafe Tortoni” in the city of Buenos Aires.

In 2003 Angeles created and choreographed the tango show “Tango en los Andes” for “Che Tango Company”, which had a huge success in Mendoza, Argentina.

As a one of a kind dancer, Angeles expresses sensuality and elegance, as well as represents woman’s character in Tango.

Michael Nadtochi started dancing at the age of ten in Moscow, Russia, and ever since dance was the main focus of his life.

By the age of eighteen as a successful performer/competitor in a global ballroom dance scene, he had won the title of Russian Youth Champion in 1994 and represented his country in a World Championship held in Slovenia.Throughout his career Michael received one-on-one coaching with European and World Champions Allan Tornsberg and Vibeke Toft to ensure the best possible training. Secrets of champions produced strong foundation for teaching students and dramatic competitive results.

Traveling all over Europe (France, Germany, England, Denmark, Norway and other countries) Michael earned international recognition and with his moving to U.S. in 1998 achieved even more success (awarded “Top U.S. National Dance Couple of the Year” in 2000).

Focusing on authentic Latin and South American rhythms, Michael studied Salsa with legendary Eddie Torres and Argentine Tango with the star of “Forever Tango” Broadway Show and Tony Award Winner Carlos Gavito, and at the same time he appeared in stage performances and National TV shows and commercials (Verizon TV commercial, American Express industrial film, “The Guiding Light” TV series, “Latin Fusion” off-Broadway show, “Fania All Stars” concert).

Nov 30: Carolina Jaurena and Andres Bravo! DJ Tine

This week at Lounge, the elegant Carolina Jaurena and Andres Bravo! 


All classes included free with admission
8.30 - 9.30
Upper level class with Carolina Jaurena and Andres Bravo
Intermediate class with Jennifer Wesnousky
Beginners with Paul Pellicoro

Midnight performance with Andres Bravo and Carolina Jaurena
DJ Tine

More about our artists

ANDRES BRAVO Andres Bravo represented Colombia at the eighth World Tango Summit held in San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina with the Colombia Tango Company
In 2002 he became part of the the cast of renowned Argentine Show, Jumeirath Beach Hotel located in Dubai United Arab Emirates for the period of six months. National Tango Champion 2006.2009
National runner-up in the stage tango Festival 2007,2010
National champion in stage tango Tango Festival 2008, 2009 He has a great recognition as an instructor and as a tango dancer.

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.

Nov 16: Avik Basu (Ann Arbor) & Maria Elena Ybarra

This week at Tango Lounge, catch a milonga class with two awesome teachers: Avik Basu from Ann Arbor, and Maria Elena Ybarra from Arg/NY.

8.30pm class included with admission:
- MILONGA: FAST AND FLOW intermediate and up, with Avik and Maria Elena
- intermediate with Jennifer
- beginners with Paul

Performance with Avik and sometime between 11.30 and midnight

DJ Tine

NYC TANGUEROS SANDY RELIEF this week:
Lounge participates with a $3 suggested donation which will go straight into the Sandy kitty at the door and from there to help local communities struggling in the hurricane's aftermath; if you can spare more, that would be marvelous. 
For each $3 increment you are able to donate at Lounge, you will get a raffle ticket. Prizes are being donated and will include classes, books on tango, other goodies. 
Most NY milongas participate: please do what you can. Thank you!

More about our guest artists

AVIK BASU
Avik began his tango journey in 2002 and since then has danced, DJ'd, and performed all over North America. He sees tango not only as an accessible art form but also as a way to discover and improve upon oneself. He is devoted to sharing it and his instruction over the better part of the last decade has been instrumental in developing the Ann Arbor tango community.

Avik specializes in teaching social tango emphasizing connection, musicality, and improvisation. He has come to be known for his clear explanations which expose the core of any tango idea whether it be about movement or musicality. In addition to his regular classes in Ann Arbor, he has taught all over North America and beyond. Some of the more interesting tango adventures he's been on include two month-long immersions in Buenos Aires, DJing Monday night at Salon Canning, teaching tango to a Bollywood actress in Mumbai, India, and touring the U.S. with tango band Trio Folias. Through it all, he continues to have a vivid memory of what it was like to start learning this challenging dance and this aids his teaching in a profound way.
An eternal tango student, Avik has taken classes from dancers in many tango traditions. The teachers who have left their mark most clearly are Gustavo Naveira, Susana Miller, Alex Krebs, and Robin Thomas. And in great measure, he has been guided by his experiences with his many talented students.
To hear some of Avik's thoughts about tango, listen to his radio interview on WCBN-FM Ann Arbor.


MARIA ELENA YBARRA
Maria was born in the province of Chaco, Argentina. With more than a decade of experience dancing and teaching tango, she has become recognized as one of the top female tango dancers in the NYC area, and has taught locally, as well as in Buenos Aires. She is noted for her attention to detail and her exquisite technique.

Nov 9: Daniel Raphael & Jennifer Wesnousky

Join Daniel Raphael and Jennifer Wesnousky for their class and performance at Tango Lounge this Friday. Daniel has one foot on the plane back to Rio, so catch him this weekend before it's too late!

8.30pm Classes included with admission:
Intermediate and up with Daniel and Jennifer
Beginners with Paul 

Performance around midnight

DJ/host Tine

DANIEL RAPHAEL
Daniel has been working as a professional dancer and instructor for more than fourteen years, training both individuals and groups and conducting workshops in Brazil, Europe and the United States. He has performed many different dance styles for television and stage including Ballet, Jazz, Contemporary Dance, Flamenco, Latin rhythms, Brazilian dances and Tango, his specialty. He has spent the last few years meticulously researching the process of teaching Tango and the training of new dance professionals. He has developed 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. At the end of 2009, Daniel began incorporating modern techniques from the field of Somatic movement such as Feldenkrais and Topf Technique to continue his search for the most pleasant and healthy way of dancing. Daniel’s vast experience allows him to embrace Tango’s many aspects, from the old Canyengue style to the contemporary Tango Nuevo. After living in NY for three years, where he made a considerable impact with his expertise and progressive technique, Daniel joined the Midnight Tango show in the West End, London, which came to be one of the most successful musicals in the UK in 2012.

JENNIFER WESNOUSKY
Born and raised in California, Jennifer Wesnousky trained in gymnastics, ballet and jazz throughout her childhood, performing as a member of both the San Luis Jazz dancers and the Civic Ballet of San Luis Obispo. After graduating from U.C.L.A. and working and studying in Los Angeles, Spain and Argentina, her pursuit of careers in the international music industry/live entertainment promotions and Spanish translation brought her to New York, where, she chanced upon Argentine tango after a ten-year dance hiatus. Enamored, she studied extensively with top tango masters at home and in Buenos Aires, where she traveled annually. Her most influential instructors have included Diego Di Falco, Pablo Pugliese and Mariela Franganillo, with whom she choreographed a children’s tango project for the New York City Center. As a performer, Jennifer has danced at locations and events as diverse as Lincoln Center’s Midsummer Night Swing, Joan Lunden’s Camp Reveille, the New York Tango Festival, Latina Magazine’s Poet’s Den and in the independent film, “ParAmor.” She also appeared with the all-female tango ensemble,“Tango por Ellas,” at the World Financial Center’s Winter Garden and in numerous stage productions such as the renowned Turkish musical, “Hisseli Harikalar Kumpanyasi,” at the Beacon Theatre, Valeria Solomonoff’s “Tango por Ellos,” which won the Latin ACE Award 2010 for Best Choreography, and “Borges and Piazzolla Tango” at the Thalia Spanish Theater. Jennifer was also chosen by Madonna’s choreographer to perform at the Smirnoff Nightlife Exchange Project which Madonna hosted at the Roseland Ballroom. As a teacher at Paul Pellicoro’s Dancesport, Jennifer is passionate about taking her students to the next level. She has also been a guest instructor and performer in several of the United States and in Israel. Most recently, Jennifer was able to combine her live entertainment industry and performance backgrounds to co-produce, direct, co-choreograph and perform in the original productions, “Mientras TANGO” and “MIENTRAS TANGO 2012” which, along with the renowned Octavio Brunetti Tango Quintet,” played to packed houses at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center.

Nov 2: Post Hurricane Edition Lounge

The hurricane cleaned out all our ghoulish decorations; no more Darkness, indeed we have Light, Music, Food, Drinks, everything!
Hope you will join us for some great dancing after being cooped up all week. 
DJ Tine Herreman
Complementary classes 8.30pm
intermediate with Jennifer
beginners with Paul

Oct 26: London Hong & Kat Gorsuch

This week come cheer for London's first performance in NYC! London will be dancing with the elegant Katherine Gorsuch.

8.30pm classes included with admission:
Upper level with Katherine
Intermediates with Jennifer
Beginners with Paul

Midnight performance with London and Katherine

DJ Tine

About our guest artists...

London Hong is surely one of New York's most avid social dancers. He has studied with Orlando Reyes, Maria Elena Ybarra, Robin Thomas, Oliver Kolker and Thomas Howlin. With a little help from his training in martial arts, London aims for elegance and precision in his dance, and looks for the intersection between musicality and connection with his partner. London performed recently with the Dodo Orchestra, and with Katherine Gorsuch at the Yale Tango Club milonga. Look out for this young talent coming to a milonga near you!

Katherine Gorsuch's hybrid expression of movement is derived from the many dance influences in her life. She received her formal dance training at Ballet Hispanico, where she was a member of the Jr. Ensemble. At 18, she began dancing tango in New York City. She initially partnered with Robin Thomas and has most recently worked and performed with Felipe Martinez, Adam Hoopengardner, and Oliver Kolker. Katherine has taught across the US, and in Europe. Dancing in Europe, Buenos Aires, and across the United States has contributed to Katherine's inspirational musicality and connection. She brings a youthful energy and sweet madness to the dance floor. 

Oct 19: Momo Smitt: musicality class + perf with Tine Herreman

This week Lounge welcomes MOMO SMITT from Portland OR. Momo will teach the upper level class on Musicality and perform around midnight with Tine. Seriously.

Midnightish performance by Momo and Tine

DJ Tine

Classes 8.30pm included with admission: 
Upper level with Momo Smitt on Musicality
Intermediate with Jennifer
Beginners with Paul

More about Momo....
Momo Smitt started teaching argentine tango through the tango club at Southern Oregon University in January of 2010 - since then he has traveled to over 40 festivals studying, teaching, DJing and rapping about tango. In February of 2011, he released his first concept album (and 9th overall) titled "Tango World" a 17 track tribute to his love for the dance. As a teacher and social dancer, he focuses on connection and musicality. His newest project is co-organizing "Connect 2012" a tango festival where every workshop is focused on connection or musicality. The fest falls on thanksgiving weekend where Momo will be teaching along with Felipe Martinez and Jenna Rohrbacher. For more information visit www.ashlandtangofestival.com

Oct 12: Mong Lan & Stefan El Polaco, Guest DJ Ramu Pyreddy

This week at Tango Lounge, join Mong-Lan from Buenos Aires (performing with Stefan from NY) and guest DJ Ramu Pyreddy from DC.

8.30pm classes included with admission:
Beginners with Paul
Intermediate with Jennifer
Upper level with Mong-Lan: "The Secrets of the Tango: Revealed": In my class,we will be working fundamentals such as the tango walk, the ocho, the giro, the voleo; then build up with more complex steps and patterns, in the process, giving you an intelligent way of dancing, understanding and being creative with the tango. Furthermore, we will work on musicality, understanding tango music. The tango above all is a surrender, to the music, to your partner. How do we surrender ourselves, offer ourselves to our partners, surrender ourselves to the music? At the end of the class, you will understand more of the secrets of the tango.

More about our guest artists:


MONG-LAN dances and sings the tango, and puts her heart in each line. Dynamic tango dancer, singer, poet and visual artist visiting from Buenos Aires, Mong-Lan brings 17 years of tango experience, having performed and taught in Argentina, Italy, Thailand, Japan and the U.S. She holds an MFA from the U of Arizona, a Fulbright Fellowship, a Stegner Fellowship from Stanford Univ. Visit: www.monglan.com/tango
Check out her new tango video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aeuPnpzmuU

STEFAN has been dancing tango since 1997, and has performed on many stages, to include with the Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, the Bajofondo Tango band, & at Festivals sponsored by the Argentine Embassy & the United Nations. Website: www.mundi.com/tango 

Ramu Pyreddy is one of the most knowledgeable and sought after tango DJ's in North America and is a featured DJ at most tango festivals in the US. His teaching and dancing are characterized by keen musical interpretation, infectious enthusiasm and a deep love of the music and the dance that is fanatic. Ramu Pyreddy was the founder of the Argentine Tango Club at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor - a community well known for excellent social dancing skills, and exciting festivals and events.

Oct 5: Yaisuri Salamanca & Daniel Raphael! DJ Tine

This week Lounge welcomes new NYC arrival Yaisuri Salamanca and our favorite Brazilian Daniel Raphael!

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.

Sept 28: Edwin Cardenas & Tanya Gutierrez. DJ Tine

This week, fireworks from Colombia! Edwin Cardenas and Tanya Gutierrez

Get a taste on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgKh5fgE_Ik

8.30pm classes included with admission:

Upper level with Tanya and Edwin
Intermediate with Jennifer
Beginners with Paul

More about our stars:

Edwin and Tanya from Medellin, Colombia, have been professional dancers of salon and show tango since 2007. They are part of the most renowned Colombian tango dance ensemble "A Puro Tango". They have been finalists in several tango competitions in Colombia, Spain and Argentina. They trained with world class maestros including Roberto Herrera, Ernesto Balmaceda & Estela Baez, Martin Ojeda & Eliana Sanchez, Alejandra Mantinian, Aoniken Quiroga, Daniel Nacucchio, Sebastian Achaval, Diego Benavidez y Nachata Agudelo.