Results of the UK Tango Championship 2019
CONTINUE READINGIntroducing our judges and teachers: Aldana Silveyra & Diego Ortega
Natives of Buenos Aires, Aldana and Diego are internationally renowned performers, choreographers, and teachers. They are passionate and energetic, with a unique elegance, and create an intriguing and attractive atmosphere.
CONTINUE READINGIntroducing our judges and teachers: Christian Marquez & Virginia Gomez
Christian and Virginia are a couple united by their passion for tango. They stand out for their strength, maturity, and distinct style of tango. Their partnership began in 1996. They started training with renowned maestros and gained their first professional experience in 1997. Since then they have participated in many major national and international shows such as “Los tangos de la Cábala,” “Piazzolla Tango, “Copes Tango Copes,” and “O’Tango.” In 2002 they started touring Europe …
CONTINUE READINGIntroducing our judges and teachers: Miguel Angel Zotto and Daiana Guspero!
Miguel Angel Zotto was born 1958 in Buenos Aires and he grew up listening tango with his grandfather and his father (actor and dancer ). He’s been dancing tango from over 40 years and he is recognized as a real true icon among tangueros. Nowadays he’s the major Argentinian tango representative in the world. He learned Tango from the major tango masters (Rodolfo Dinzel, Antonio Todaro – for Zotto his style is the real tango – …
CONTINUE READINGIntroducing our coaches: Stefania Colina & Juan Martin Carrara
Stefania Colina started her career as a ballet and contemporary dancer in the “Orlama” School at the age of 4. She graduated at 17, after 13 years of intense training, and became a teacher of the school. During that time she had the opportunity to experience many dance styles that were taught as a complement to ballet and that is how she met with tango and Juan Martin. Juan Martín Carrara started dancing when he …
CONTINUE READINGHighlights of Day 3 – the grand finale!
This was it. The last day of the competition and the festival – and it was a grand one! The finals of the competition to crown the UK Stage and Pista Tango Champions finally arrived and all the competitors gave their very best in front of the scrutinizing gaze of the 6 judges: Josefina Bermudez and Fabian Peralta; Noelia Hurtado and Carlos Espinoza; Cecilia Berra and Horacio Godoy. Let’s not delay a moment longer! Here …
CONTINUE READINGHighlights of Day 2 – UK Tango Festival and Championship
This was the day of the Tango Championship Semi-Finals and the Paddington after party – the Championship and Festival are in full swing with tango lovers from all over the world. And here are the results of the Championship: GOING THROUGH TO THE PISTA FINAL 26 Andrea Serban Rumania Endre Szeghalmi – Rumania 7 Lorena de Miranda Serra & Jory Raimo – The Netherlands 25 Benahmed Leslie & Thomas Barbier – Fance 15 Celia Rodriguez …
CONTINUE READINGHighlights of Day 1 – UK tango festival and championship
And finally it was the opening night of the much-awaited UK Tango Festival and Championship 2018! This year promised to be even better than before, with a new location and many more hours of dancing. And it delivered! The grand Porchester Hall in Bayswater has the perfect space and floor for the most demanding dancers. And it was full – people from all over Europe, locals and some from across the ocean too. The championship …
CONTINUE READINGAndrea Dedó DJ
Andrea Dedó DJ has an intense background as musician, dancer and tango teacher along with continuous studies, thanks to which he is always able to interpret to the best the dance-floor. “You are Energy for the milonga!” is one of the best congratulations Andrea received after a milonga set. He likes to think the DJ rules to be giving always new energy to the dancers, trying to propose every time the right tanda at the …
CONTINUE READINGHoracio “El Pebete” Godoy
Horacio “El Pebete” Godoy is a renowned and established Tango dancer, teacher, producer, choreographer and Tango DJ. He started his Tango career in 1991 and worked in the most prestigious tango clubs of Buenos Aires. He is also known as the founder and director of one of the largest and most famous tango venues today in Argentina, “La Viruta”. He has been part of many famous tango companies, such as Forever Tango, Tango Argentino, Tanguera …
CONTINUE READINGAlexandra Kotelnitskaya
Alexandra Kotelnitskaya is a tango DJ, or as she likes to describe herself a DJ Tangess, from Ukraine. Alexandra has an extensive experience and knowledge of music. Since 2007, her DJ experience has expanded from Kiev Ukraine and she has been performing in a large number of tango festivals, marathons and encuentros in Europe and around the world. Alexandra is also one of the organisers of the Tango Remolino in Ukraine, one of the most …
CONTINUE READINGMarcelo Rojas
Marcelo Rojas is a famous must-see DJ in the tango scene, one of the most renowned in Buenos Aires as well as at international level. He is currently the musical adviser for the Buenos Aires city government, programmer at the official Buenos Aires tango radio station “La 2×4”, DJ at the Confitería Ideal, organiser and DJ at the Milonga Tango Ideal. In 2009, Marcelo won the Martín Fierro prize for best music programme, “La noche …
CONTINUE READINGNew amazing venue for UK Tango and Championship 2018
New amazing venue for UK Tango Festival and Championship 2018
CONTINUE READINGFree tango bliss!! “Tango on the Road” at Borough Market
Free tango bliss!! That’s exactly what it was. “Tango on the Road” featured another blissful evening of free tango classes, performances and social dances, in a perfectly central location – Borough market. The “Tango on the Road” events at Borough market have been running since 2014 and every year more teachers and students take part. This year six couples of teachers/performers were involved and they all gave a spectacular taste of what tango can be like. Every …
CONTINUE READINGTango at the V & A
Who would think that Raphael (the Italian painter of the Renaissance) would go together with tango (the Argentinian music and social dance)? Well, they did. And splendidly well too. At the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, where tango dancing took place in the splendid Raphael room – surrounded by paintings and beautiful works of art. Late Friday at the V&A with tango in the Raphael room was a really special event. Elizabeth Knock and …
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