Friday April 30: Eric and Rebecca! DJ Tine

Eric and Rebecca are back by popular demand at Lounge on Friday!

They are great teachers, don't miss their class.

Upper Level Class at 8.30: topic: Snazzy Move!

The class is included with admission.

There is simultaneously a beginners class and a pre-intermediate class taught by DanceSport faculty.

Eric and Rebecca will perform around midnight

DJ Tine

More about our stars:

Within weeks of his first tango class, Eric Lindgren moved to Buenos Aires and studied tango intensively for a year; he returns regularly to take advantage of the high level of dance and exceptional instruction available in the city. Eric spent the winter of 07-08 teaching at Dance Manhattan and at Providence Tango, and the summer in Toronto. In September 2008 Eric moved to Portland, OR where he enjoys that community’s strong focus on close embrace and emotional expression. Eric has had many influences, including Daniel Trenner, Claudia Bozzo, Carlos Lobos, Rebecca Shulman, Adriana Dure, and Pablo Rodriguez.

Rebecca Rorick Smith has been dancing all over the Northwest since 1999. She has offered tango classes through Southern Oregon University and Linfield college and helped facilitate the not-for-profit Tango Center in Eugene for many years. She has worked with the University of Oregon, Yale, and University of Michigan. In 2008 she taught in Mumbai, Bangalore, and New Delhi. Her teaching has taken her throughout the United States, England, and Canada. Rebecca has been fortunate to work with many great dancers and spend ample time in Argentina resulting in a comprehension of the dance widely respected by her peers.

April 23: Chacarera by Sara & Ivan, DJ Lung-Kuei, Tine's birthday, special guest Valeria & Daniel

Join Lung-Kuei, Sara & Ivan, Valeria & Daniel and Tine on Friday at Tango Lounge:

Chacarera class with Ivan Terrazas and Sara Grdan at 8.30. Included with admission!

No more excuse for sitting and watching, or for guys to end up in the girl line and vice versa, unless you end up there on purpose. Come ready to twirl and stamp with determination and purpose.

Lung-Kuei will DJ!

Sara and Ivan will perform!

Special guest performance by Valeria Carmel (France/US) and Daniel Rodriguez (BsAs)

plus...

Friday is Tine's birthday, and she invites you to celebrate with her at the Lounge!!

More about our stars:

Ivan Terrazas and Sara Grdan are among the most recognized of young couples on the East Coast, both socially and as teachers and performers. Ivan is originally from Mendoza, Argentina, and began training in tango and folkloric dances at age 12. Sara is from Croatia and has studied folkloric dances, ballet and modern dance before taking up Argentine Tango. Together, Ivan and Sara have performed at major festivals, shows on the national stage, and on television. As teachers, they are known for their focus on flawless technique and precision, and they have a loyal following among serious tango students.

Special guests: Valeria Carmel and Daniel Rodriguez

Valeria Carmel & Daniel Rodriguez form an elegant and refreshing tango duo. Their rich dance backgrounds allow them to be versatile performers and well rounded teachers, carefully balancing classical tango with other dance influences so as to preserve the essence of tango. They have been performing and teaching together in Buenos Aires, throughout Europe, and are currently on their first US tour together.

DJ Lung-Kuei Lin

Lung-Kuei started studying tango in 2005 and began deejaying in 2007. Gradually he built a solid reputation as a deejay and now he’s invited to spin tunes at the most popular and best milongas and practicas in New York and festivals around the country. His choices are not strange: he just plays one good song after another, placed in sequence with sensitivity.

April 16: Javier Antar & Kara Wenham, DJ Yulia Kriskovets

This Friday, the excitement is on at the Tango Lounge!

with the fabulous Javier and Kara from BsAs, and one of my favorite DJs: Yulia Kriskovets from DC

Javier and Kara will teach the upper level class at 8.30pm

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The class is included with admission!

More about our stars:

JAVIER ANTAR & KARA WENHAM (Buenos Aires)

Javier Antar is a top-level dancer and instructor from Buenos Aires, having toured the world since 2000. His message and philosophy: conquer your own style. His musicality, grace and elegance make Javier a riveting dancer to watch, his technical knowledge makes his dance fluid and precise.

Javier is known for his generosity as a teacher. While his group lessons require focus and work, he also gives students an important degree of freedom so that students can use what they have learned and add their own new material. Based in Buenos Aires, it is easy to find Javier performing and teaching at local milongas or practicas, when he is not touring. These days it's not unusual to find international and well-respected tango instructors taking group or private lessons with him in Canada, Europe or in Argentina.

Kara has been dancing tango since 2000 and has lived in Buenos Aires since 2001. With a background in theater and dance in Chicago, she toured professionally as a tango dancer for six years with Matias Facio, participating in international festivals in Argentina, Europe and Asia.

As a dancer, Kara moves with great presence and vitality. Hers is a subtle and communicative dance that is inspired and guided by the music, as well as the nuances of the embrace. She aims to achieve a personal tango aesthetic that clearly reflects and transmits her inner sensibility. When she is not touring abroad, she often teaches and performs in different venues around

Javier and Kara on youtube

DJ YULIA KRISKOVETS (Washington DC)

Yulia is a popular DJ on the national festival circuit. Her playlists offer a mixture of Old Guard and Golden Age tango. Yulia is a regular DJ at weekly DC venues. She DJed in Washington DC Tangosutra and Tango Marathon Festivals, Ann Arbor Festivals, Tango Joven Festivals in Chicago, Providence festivals and the Tango at Sea Cruise.

Fri April 9: Lucas Di Giorgio (BsAs) and Melanie Klaric (Chicago)

On Friday April 9, Lounge is delighted to introduce Lucas Di Giorgio (BA) and Melanie Klaric (Chicago).

First time in New York! The next day Lucas and Melanie are teaching and performing at the Yale Tango Fest in New Haven.

Lucas and Melanie will teach the upper level class at 8.30 (included with admission).

DJ Ilene Marder! She will play great music for you.

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Lucas Di Giorgio & Melanie Klaric

Lucas Di Giorgio was born in Buenos Aires, June 27th, 1981. He has been dancing Tango for more than 10 years. His main teachers were Ernesto Carmona and Norma Tomassi, Pablo Di Giorgio and Susana Cannataro, Marcelo Varela and Analia Vega. Lucas also studied with teachers and dancers such as Julio Balmaceda and Corina de la Rosa, Chicho Frumboli, Dina Martinez, and Cristina Cortes. In 2004 he joined the Ballet Escuela de Tango Argentino and recieved recognition of milongueros teachers such as Carlos Gavito, Pupy Castello, Chino Perico, Gerardo Portalea, Carlos Perez. Lucas also studied music with the bandoneonista of the orquestra El Arranque, Ramiro Boero.

Melanie began dancing Argentine Tango in 2003, but her passion for Tango began as a child, having heard the music all her life. Since she started dancing, she has dedicated herself to taking classes and traveling. She has been to festivals all over the states, Europe, and of course Argentina. Melanie lived in Argentina, studying intensively with her favorite teachers. She has been teaching and performing, and loves to share her many years worth of learning and dedication with others, to spread this awesome thing called TANGO. She is an enthusiastic teacher, and loves Tango, its music, and all the history and culture it represents. Melanie's affection, passion, and respect for Tango are clearly illustrated in her teaching style.

In addition to being the founder and director of Woodstock Tango, Ilene has established a reputation as a popular, traditional Tango DJ, who DJ's regularly at milongas in NYC and at festivals (recently Boston & Chicago). She is one of the very few non-Argentines to DJ in Buenos Aires at Salon Canning (three times) and the only one to have DJ’d Porteño y Bailerin. She is a "traditional" DJ, using cortinas, tandas and the most beautiful classic tango ever recorded. (She is also adept at offering some lovely danceable surprises from the modern and alternative tango worlds...). She conducts MEET THE MUSIC sessions to better acquaint dancers with the key orquesta's of the Golden Age, and is available to DJ private parties and events, and more....

Fri April 2: Armando Orzuza & Nuria Martinez

This week we are honored to welcome Armando and Nuria at the Tango Lounge!

They will teach the Upper Level Class at 8.30pm (Included with admission) and perform at midnight.

DJ Tine

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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.

Fri Mar 26: Ney & Jennifer, DJ Jake Spatz

This Friday at Tango Lounge, we line up the stars for you!

830 upper level class by Ney and Jennifer

included with admission

midnight performance

DJ Jake from DC

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Ney Melo and Jennifer Bratt (Miami)

Ney Melo and Jennifer Bratt dance an elegant style of social salon tango. Their dance is defined by a smooth and graceful walk, a powerful sense of musicality, classic steps entwined with intricate embellishments, and an intimate embrace. Their passion and respect for tango, its culture, and its music is clearly evidenced in their dance, as well as in their teaching.

In their classes together, Ney and Jennifer are dedicated to inspiring students to dance tango with feeling, musicality, cadencia, and connection - the way it is danced in Buenos Aires. The atmosphere in their classes is relaxed, personable and lively. They employ vivid images to illustrate technique and the essence of tango (both fundamental to dancing well) in whatever step is being shown.

Ney and Jennifer have recently taught and performed in Italy, Poland, Singapore, Malaysia, Romania and Australia, as well as extensively all over North America.

Jake Spatz (Washington, DC)

Jake Spatz has been teaching Argentine tango since 2005 and DJing since 2006. He has brought his enthusiasm for the dance, music, and culture of the tango to cities up and down the East Coast, including most recently he played to great acclaim at Tango de los Muertos. In his hometown Washington, DC, Jake hosts Milonga Local, and DJs every 2nd Saturday at Milonga Porteña at Chevy Chase Ballroom.

March 19: Juano and Sol (BsAs), DJ Vijay

This week we are excited to welcome Juano and Sol from Buenos Aires!

DJ Vijay from San Francisco

8.30pm upper level class with Juano and Sol

included with admission.

There are simultaneous classes for beginners and pre-intermediate level taught by DanceSport. Also included.

More about our stars:

Juan Cantone and Maria Soledad (Sol) Orozco, established Argentine tango dancers and teachers, have a broad background in music, ballet and modern dance, as well as in teaching. They both love coaching, and have dedicated themselves to find the best methods to convey to their students what they have learned from many of the great masters of Tango. As a result, they are considered some of the best young tango dancers presently teaching and dancing in Argentina, Europe, and Japan. For more information on Juan & Sol please visit their website www.tangokultura.com.ar.

Vijay

Vijay Namasivayam was one of the key instructors and DJs in the Ann Arbor tango community. He is currently based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He teaches the traditional Milonguero style of dancing that employs subtle body movements to generate complex choreography in a compact space. His classes have a strong emphasis on Connection, Musicality and Navigation that help students to quickly grasp the fundamentals of social dancing. His dancing style has been influenced by many teachers including Robin Thomas, Christopher & Caroline, Alex Krebs, Jaimes Friedgen in the US and by Susana Miller, Cacho Dante, Ana Maria Shapira and Javier Rodriguez in BsAs. As a DJ, he has been a part of several festivals in the US including the Portland and Denver tango festivals.