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2010 Teachers and DJs
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BRIGITTA WINKLER
Brigitta lives in New York and Berlin. Trained in ballet and modern dance, she discovered Argentine tango in 1980. Her teachers in Buenos Aires have included Juan Carlos Copes, Antonio Todaro, Pepito, Gustavo Naveira, and Eduardo Arquimbau. She is a founding member of Tango Mujer, and has performed in New York, Berlin Podewil (1998) and Colorado Dance Festival (1999) Tango Marathon in the Theaterhaus Stuttgart (1994), Tango Vision in Berlin and Tango Mundo in Berlin, and at the prestigious Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. She is a frequent guest teacher at Dance Manhattan. Her studio, Tanzart, has been a pillar of the tango community in Berlin since 1987.
www.brigittatango.de
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TOMAS HOWLIN
Tomás was born and raised in Buenos Aires where he studied with some of the most renowned master teachers of all generations, such as Graciela Gonzalez, Gustavo Naveira, Jose Brahemcha, Puppy Castello, Pepe Avellaneda and Vanina Bilous. His learning and teaching experience is complete and exceptional. Each of his movements is deeply inspired by the traditional esthetic that has characterized the style and elegance of this dance for the past sixty years. He is a patient and devoted teacher with a unique method and approach.
Tomás is among the few teachers traveling worldwide who taught regularly in the most well known Academies of Buenos Aires. He worked for the "National University of Buenos Aires", and for the "Secretary of Culture of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires".
During the last years Tomás has been performing and teaching in Canada and in the U.S.A. He was instrumental in the filming of the tango film "Macadam Tango". He was chosen to perform before the heads of state of 34 countries, including President George W. Bush and Dr. Fernando de la Rua, President of Argentina at the "Summit of the Americas" in Quebec City.
www.tomashowlin.com |
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HSUEH-TZE LEE
Known for her musicality and innovative approach, Hsueh-tze teaches Argentine Tango across North America and internationally. A life-long dancer, Hsueh-tze has been one of North America's pioneers in Argentine Tango since 1990. She draws inspiration from her extensive experience dancing with milongueros of Buenos Aires over many extended trips. Her dance blends the richness of tango tradition with exploratory possibilities.
Equally adept in both leading and following with 18 years of experience dancing both roles, Hsueh-tze is sought for her skills and insights. She has taught throughout the US, and also in Singapore, Hong Kong, Canada, Mexico and Buenos Aires. In her classes, Hsueh-tze integrates her knowledge of dance, physiology and biomechanics to focus on movement quality, partner communication, musicality and improvisation. She imparts a dynamic and distinctive perspective to her students. Hsueh-tze hosts and DJs Blue Milonga, the popular second Saturday milonga in Boston.
Hsueh-tze holds a doctorate in physiology from Harvard University, and won a teaching award as a Harvard Teaching Fellow. Formerly a biology professor at Wellesley College, she now teaches tango full-time.
http://www.bluetango.org |
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FELIPE MARTINEZ and ROSA CORISCO
Felipe and Rosa embody a very fluid style of dancing, moving seamlessly through all ranges of the embrace. Their dance is at once dynamic, smooth and extremely musical. As teachers, their dedication, enthusiasm, and sheer knowledge of the dance always come across with great clarity. To watch them and to work them is extremely inspiring and instills a real joy and respect for the dance.
Felipe and Rosa have an extensive background in other forms of movement and have been influenced by the most respected tango masters and dancers. They are prominent tango teachers in the San Francisco/Bay Area and share their passion for tango all over North America and Europe.
http://tangonnection.blogspot.com |
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KOREY IRELAND
Korey Ireland is a professional composer turned tango-addict. He brings a lifetime of musical experience and an unquenchable thirst for tango to his teaching. He developed his dancing on social dance floors of the world's tango capitols and with a great deal of guidance from some spectacular teachers (Winkler, Jeurissen, Valle, Naviera, Krebs.) Originally from Kansas City, Korey has spent the better part of the last six years traveling and teaching tango in England, Holland, Spain, Germany, Russia and Argentina, sharing his passion for tango, music, expression, and connection. In recent years, this mission has grown to include work with aspiring tango musicians at festival throughout North America and Europe to create live music for dancers. Korey has accepted a position to begin teaching this spring at the Conservatory of Music at the University of Missouri in Kansas City; he will teach tango dancing and direct a tango orchestra, while continuing work on a recording a CD of original tango music.
http://www.ko-arts.com/KoreyMila.htm |
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DAN BOCCIA
As a DJ, Dan seeks to gain the confidence of the dancers and eventually become transparent so the dancers can focus deeply on their dancing, knowing that the music is going to be good the whole time. He relys on the chemistry of the moment to guide my selections, often playing song by song as I tune in to the needs of the dancers, keeping a big picture view of the overall energy arc of the event.
Dan DJs weekly in Anchorage, and have DJ'd everything from short practicas to 9-hour all-night milongas at major festivals/congresses and various local milongas in Portland, Denver, Berkeley, Los Angeles, Washington, DC, San Francisco, Eugene, Montreal, New York City, Seattle, Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Minneapolis, Maui, Seoul & Daejeon (Korea).
http://tangotrance.blogspot.com/ |
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SHOREY MYERS
Shorey's first exposure to tango, watching a tall, skinny guy in a beret teach a group of awkward college kids how to walk with grace, immediately captured her imagination and she has hardly looked away since. Coming from a background in martial arts and classical music, she is driven by the desire to make her own movement as clean, fluid and musical as possible. She counts among her strongest influences Jaimes Friedgen, Cecilia González and Alex Krebs.
Shorey is an accomplished teacher whose primary goal is to give her students those tools necessary to make their dancing as enjoyable as possible in the shortest amount of time. As great as her love of the dance is her love of the music, a passion which is evident whenever she steps behind the DJ booth. She DJs all over the country (Portland, New York City, Washington DC, San Francisco, Seattle, Ann Arbor, etc). She loves to keep both very traditional and very alternative crowds dancing all night long. |
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