Maestros of Ljubljana Tango festival 2010
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Sebastian Arce & Mariana Montes

Sebastian Arce and Mariana Montes are outstanding teachers of the very highest level: clear, concise, humorous and always to the point, coupled with a thorough understanding of the students' needs. Their style of dancing as well as their teaching methodology encompasses all styles, being rooted in a solid classical technique but taking in all new techniques and approaches to teaching. Considered today as the main icons for the young generation of tango dancers, they both gather an extensive career in Tango: Sebastian came to tango at the tender age of 8 and as a teenager already had performed in practically all theater in Buenos Aires. Mariana began her career as a folklore dancer and was part of the Salta Ballet. Separetly they took also part in the films Evita (starring Madonna), in Carlos Saura's Tango, 3 Wives, and in Happy Together. As a dance couple they've participated as headline couple on all the biggest Festivals in Europe. As tango producers Sebastian and Mariana have organized with their international organization TANGO RENAISSANCE several different events in Argentina, Europe and USA. Choreographers of the show Piazzolleando, presented in Belgium, Italy, France, Neatherlands, England, and Germany. Their projects today include a set-up of a new show "Exodo Tangueado" with the co-direction of Mariano Chicho Frumboli and original music, the first Electronic-Tango Festival in Buenos Aires, and a series of tango clips for Argentine and French TV. Sebastian and Mariana are in high demand worldwide: they are simply among the very best, on stage, as tango promoters, producers and teachers. Web page:
www.tango-renaissance.comCool
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Luna (Mercedes Sosa),
Dime mi Amor (Juan D'Arienzo with Hector Maure),
Hoy (Bajofondo Tango Club), Enjoy the silence -
Depeche mode (Tanghetto vs Depeche Mode),
Paris, Texas (Gotan project, Lunatico).
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Pablo Inza& Eugenia Parrilla
Pablo Inza is an outstanding dancer and one of the present contemporary tango references. He developed a solid and creative dance in a permanent search to extend the limits of the tango. The thematical variety, with which he constructs the movement in relations to the music, draws the attention. Excellent teacher, with great capacity for analysis, he travels the world from 1992 teaching the concepts of his dance. He is regularly invited to international tango festivals.
Pablo Inza is a dancer with a dense and fluid style. His outstanding pedagogic methods give him the ability to express the most complex details of his dancing and have placed him among the dancers who are most actively participating in the renaissance of Argentine tango. Pablo has an extensive background in contemporary dance and has studied and danced at the Teatro General San Martin, one of the most important theaters and centers of contemporary art in Buenos Aires and all of Argentina. He also has a broad knowledgeof the performing arts having studied in great depth: art, theatre, and drama in the Escuela Nacional de Arte Dramatico. Pablo's romance with tango began in 1991 and since then, he has received acclaim throughout various communities worldwide, forming part of the most popular casts of tango festivals in the world. He has directed and choreographed various tango shows including, 'Radio Cabulero' (2002) in Bergen, Norway, 'El Arte de Amar' (2003) in Amsterdam, Netherland, “Metronomo” (2004) and “Living” (2008). Since 2001 he directs dance theater, from 2004 he produces in Buenos Aires 'Festival Cambalache' (tango-dance-theatre) and the well known Practica X.
Eugenia Parrilla is a very talented dancer, for years Chicho Frumboli's dance partner, sensual and precise, with time she matured a particular and innovative technique of movement, which is the base of contemporany tango, and which makes her a special interpret of today's tango. Behind her, she has extensive studies of dance and movement. Eugenia Parrilla works with a language that unites tango and modern dance. She was even part of Mauricio Castro's studygroup, Tango Discovery. Eugenia: natural and with a clear knowledge of body movement, is one of the most enthusiastic young dancers of the moment. Studying, use of dynamics and energy are an important part of her teaching method. Through her teaching andher dancing art, she generously offers in a unique and irreplaceable way her tango to the whole world. At now, she dance with Pablo Inza and together travel around the world to teach and perform tango.
Federico Naveira & Ines Muzzopappa
Federico Naveira started dancing at the tender age of four, and studied many different artstic disciplines as ballet, modern dance, theatre, music etc., which gave him great knowledge and understanding of the dance. When he hasten he started to "work" as assistant next to his sister Ariadna at the "Tango con ninos" classes taught by his mother and teacher herself, Olga Besio, obtaining therefore a very enriching experience as teacher.
At the age of 13 he became part of a group of teachers who taught all kinds of students, and since then he hasn't stopped working as a professional dancer and teache rof Tango Argentino. Between the enormous amount of works made with their sister we can find the Tangomagia festival in Amsterdam, the Congreso Internacional de Tango Argentino (CITA), the Pulpo's Tango Week, the Festival Internacional de Tango Ciudad de La Plata, and festivals organized by the Government of the City of Buenos Aires, in addition to an outstanding work in the school Tango Brujo as teachers and as assistants to their mother's classes, added to a great amoun tof exhibitions in almost all milongas and several theaters of Buenos Aires.
From the year 2007 Federico began to work with different companions, like Carolina Del Rivero, Mariela Sametband and Milena Plebs.
In 2008, he was part of a group of young dancers with whom founded, directed and organized the Estudio Postango, where he stood out again like professorand dancer, generating in addition an important experience from a new point of view for his career.
Ines Muzzopappa began her learning in tango of natural and spontaneous way at teh age of 14 in the mythical Sunderland Club de Villa Urquiza. Among otherthings, Ines studied classic dance, song and music; elements that gave to a very good artistic formation and a deep development in the understanding of the dance.
In 2007 obtained the 1° spot next to Dante Sanchez at the V World-wide Championship of Argentine Tango in the category Tango Salon made in Buenos Aires, which allowed her to evolve like educator by starting to work as teaacher in different national and international festivals and in the most recognized Tango schools in Argentina.
From her beginnings she has danced all over the Buenos Aires milongas, making presentations in almost all of them with different companions.
In 2008 she was member of the group of young tangueros who founded, directed organized the Estudio Postango, and where also stood out like professor of this dance, generating and living a very important labor experience for her artistic and professional growth.