Julio Balmaceda

He doesn't really need introducing! Since 1996 he has a unique style leading the latest trends in tango and adding to it the traditional elegance of ‘tango salón’. He combines fluency, fineness, energy and dynamism along with unequaled interpretation of the music. As specialist in ‘tango vals’ and ‘tango salón’, he has performed on numerous stages around the world. During 1998, he was part of the successful Broadway production ‘Forever Tango’ whose cast was nominated for the ‘Tony Awards’ as ‘Best Choreography’. In 1999 he was invited to dance in ‘Carnegie Hall’ , New York together with the virtuosos Gary Burton, Pablo Ziegler and Paquito De Rivera in tribute to the great Astor Piazzolla. Since then he was summoned to participate in the most prestigious tango festivals in Europe and the USA .

 

Ruben & Sabrina Veliz

They started dancing as a couple in 1997. From 1998 to 2001, they were dancing as first couple in the “Nueva Compañia Tangueros receiving excellent reviews from the New York Times.Since 2004, they participate in many performances as dancers as well as choroegrapers. Specifically, in 2000 they appear in the performance “Tangos Corazonicos” in Buenos Aires, in 2001 in the show “el Querandi”, in 2002 in the show “Corazon de Tango” under the choreographie of Milena Plebs. As from 2003, they present “Tangos Mitos” while, in the same year, they are invited in “Tango x 2”. In 2004, they staff “Piazzola Tango” and “Tango Emocion”, directed respectively by Milena Plebs  and Mora Godoy.In 2005, they appear during the celebration of the 25th anniversary of Queen Beatrix of Holland reign while, since 2008, they participate in multiple tango festivals in Europe and in USA. In 2008, they are on a tour in China with their show Radio Latina. In the same year, they perform in Japan with the Momoco Aida orchestra and they present “Last Round”, a tribute to Piazzola with the Amsterdam Sinfonetta. In 2011/12, they participate with shows and workshops in the tango festivals of Bucharest, Prague, Mallorca, Amsterdam, Taiwan, Yalta, Fivizzano, Moscow, Istanbul, London, Antalya, Rotterdam, Oster, Wuppertal and Japan with the Tour “Dramatic Tango”.

 

Mariano Otero & Alejandra Heredia

These outstanding dancers characterized for the expressiveness and the spirit of their dance. Their dance is influenced by the techniques of folklore and contemporary dance. They have created an harmonic fusion of these techniques into tango and they are known in Europe and Argentina for being great teachers with a joyful didactics. They have worked together with famous orchestras in Europe as well as with groups of international level dancers such as Claudio González and Melina Brufman, Omar Cáceres and Vidala Barboza. They participated in performances Duas Beiras, Cabaret Tango and Dunas de Baires. Recently, they participated in many international festivals (Festival Internacional de Wuppertal, Festival TangoMatrix, Leipzig, Catania, Oldenburg, Aix en Provence, Monprimblanc, Rovinj, Innsbruck, Vilnius Tango Fiesta). In 2010, they performed with the tango dance theater “La Costura del Corazón” in Cambalache Festival in Buenos Aires. They develop a theatricality which is the trade mark of their choreographies. For 2011/12, they prepare their participation in Tango Granada Festival, Odense and TangoMatrix in Hamburg.

 

Daniel Nacucchio & Cristina Sosa

Daniel  and Cristina dance together since 2007. He conluded his higher studies in piano at the age of 17 and started dancing Tango. When his was 21 and for 8 years he toured Japan with the Orquesta de Tango Astorico . She comes from the Balett and started dancing the Tango when she was 18 , continued her career participating in tango shows in Buenos Aires and the rest of Argentina. Actually they live 7 months in Argentina and the rest of the year they are on tour around the world teaching and dancing. In the year 2008 they won the world championship of Tango de Salon.

 

Gabriel Marino & Elli Karadimou

They have been dancing together for a year. They were finalists in the 2010 World Competition of Tango in Buenos Aires (Campeonato Mundial de Baile Tango) in the «tango salon» category. They choreographed and danced in the musical-theatrical production “MALA JUNTA- El ultimo tango” (Athens, 2010-11, OLVIO theatre).They perform and teach together in Athens and other cities. Gabriel was born in Rosario, Argentina. He studied tango, folklore and ballet in “Ballet municipal de Rosario”. He participated as a dancer in the companies of Inaqui Urlezaga and Maximiliano Guerra and had the honour to dance 4 times at the theatre Colon in Buenos Aires, chosen from a committee of 4 awarded choreographers and the ministery of culture.(CETC). He participated in several shows with dancer and choreographer Julio Zurita and participated in his choreography for the video clip of Bajo Fondo group “Pa Bailar”. He participated in the show “Les nuits de l’enfant Roi” (Versalles, France) of the company “tangokinesis” which was a combination of contemporary dance, folklore and tango (choreographies by  Stekelman). In Buenos Aires he has danced at Café Tortoni, Homero Manzi, Candilejas etc. He first visited Greece while dancing with the company “Tango Malambo” at the “Athinon Arena”. He participated twice in the tangogreece festival as a performer and teacher. He organizes in weekly basis the milonga “El tropezon”Eli has studied theatre and dance in Athens (Drama school of Kostas Kazakos ) and in New York (Skidmore College, SITI theatre company). She studied tango in Buenos Aires with Alejandra Mantinan, Sebastian Achaval & Roxana Suarez, Fransisco Forquera & Carolina Bonnaventura, Fabian Peralta & Virginia Pandolfi, Silvio Lavia, Fernando Gracia, Julio Balmaceda & Corina de la Rosa, Gabriel Angio & Natalia Games, etc. She teaches and performs tango in Athens since 2003. She organizes the milonga “Lo de Elli”. She directed and performed in the dance/theatrical shows “PUERTO TANGO” (2008), TANGOESIA (2010). She made the artistic synthesis and was the producer of “MALA JUNTA - El ultimo tango” (2010-11) (director-script: Esther Andre Gonzalez) where she also performed as an actor-dancer..

Loukas Balokas & Georgia Priskou

We went to our first tango class about 12 years ago. Since then and until today our life is bound to this dance. We have been constantly working with some of the most important tango teachers and staying in Buenos Aires for a long time played a leading role in our dancing culture and evolution. After years of practicing and exploring the fields of improvisation and choreography, we have developed our personal style. The characteristics of our dance are the musicality, speed, alterations in the dynamic of the movement and the intense dramatic elements. We love toying with the classical as well as the modern form, mixing them. Our teaching is based on the understanding of the basic dancing elements, trying to provide our students the necessary tools to create their own dance through an entertaining method. We are considered to be one of the couples mainly responsible for the distribution and establishment of the tango scene around Greece. Georgia is also one of the first Greek tango DJs, still playing music in several Milongas and festivals. For many years we have been teaching in the major Greek cities, still maintaining our regular student basis in our Dance Studio, in Athens (Tangofix). During the last few years we have also been working around Europe, in countries like Italy, France, Turkey and Germany, performing and teaching in workshops and important tango festivals (F.I.T.A., tanGoToistanbul, Athens Tangofestival, Tangocamp, Tangomagia, From Tango To The World, Tangogreece festival, Meditango, and many others).