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The Artists
 Gisela Natoli & Gustavo Rosas |
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 Julio Mendez & Lila Roberts |
Cuarteto Rotterdam |
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 Duo Medina & Ray |
Dancers
Gisela Natoli and Gustavo Rosas
Gisela Natoli and Gustavo Rosas are
a famous pairing in the world of professional tango, with a long and distinguished
career behind them. They have danced in companies and toured both Europe
and the USA, and are regularly invited to take part in numerous tango
festivals throughout the world. The duo have extensive experience in a
range of techniques; their dancing combines elements of tango nuevo and
tango argentino and reflects their mastery of both forms.
They are passionate teachers, and have released a DVD in which they reveal the secrets of volcadas and colgadas. Based in Buenos Aires, they teach regularly at the Centro Cultural Borges of the Academia Argentina de Tango.
More information
(link): http://www.gustavoygisela.com.ar/
Videos Oblivion
/ Pugliese
Roberto Reis & Natalia Lavandeira
Roberto and Natalia from Buenos Aires have many years of experience in professional dancing. The beauty of their dancing, which is modern and traditional at the same time, lies in their technique, harmony and elegance. Performing at festivals and shows, and following their vocation as dance teachers, they are passionate in their desire to bring tango to cities around the world and share their experiences with all those who like to call tango their own.
They are teaching in English, Italian and Spanish
Julio Mendez (Organisator Tango FestivAlghero and Pfingsten
Tango Luzern)
& Lila Roberts
Julio
is a highly experienced dancer, organizer and teacher who is well known
and respected in Buenos Aires and many parts of the world.
Back
in 1993 he began by organizing milongas and teaching tango in Buenos Aires.
He was responsible for the creation of La Calesita, Patio de Tango del
Bajo de San Isidro, and Club AGP Olivos. He was part of the new generation
that brought about the renaissance of tango argentino in the 1990s, after
many years of neglect. His lessons, given in the milongas,
proved highly popular. In 1998 he embarked on his first foreign tour,
teaching and giving tango displays in the USA and Canada, and this was
followed in 1999 by his first visit to Europe. In 2002 he relocated to
Switzerland where, together with Anneke Gisi, he set up the El Social
school and milonga in Zurich and Lucerne, as well as opening the El Tambito
Zeughaushof and El Falcone milongas.
Julio has had the honour of dancing with some of the leading lights from the world of tango, including Guillermina Quiroga, Florencia Tachetti, Elina Roldan, Kicca Tommasi and Mari Soler. Nowadays, he and Stefania Scarcia give tango displays and lessons in Switzerland.
He
has released two training videos, which are distributed in the USA.
Lila Roberts
At the age of 4 years Lila Roberts started to take classes in Ballet, at the age of 10 years she got to the school novi Sas Vaganova for classical Ballet. 1990 startet her career in the hungarian national theater in Péche.
They are teaching in English,
German, Italian and Spanish
His current projects include two festivals: Pfingsten Tango Luzern in Switzerland and Tango Festival Alghero in Sardinia, Italy.
Videos
Julio Mendez: Pata
Ancha / Sinfonica
Musicians
Cuarteto
Rotterdam
Cuarteto Rotterdam is tango – full
of passion, virtuosity and power – taking account of more than 100 years
of tango history. Being conscious of this tradition, they perform the
early and more cheerful kind of tango music from the Guardia Vieja era
with such ease that it makes everyone want to dance. In a compact quartet
style they present the Golden Age of tango from the 1940's with the highlights
of the grand orchestras a la Di Sarli, Troilo, D'Arienzo, Pugliese or
Salgán.
The Quartet's classic structure, consisting of bandoneon, violin, piano
and double bass, provides a sound experience ranging between tradition
and modernity. With their experience, creativity and imagination, this
small orchestra conjures up a world of tango for all kinds of emotions.
Cuarteto Rotterdam was founded in 2004 by Michael Dolak and S. Cordula
Welsch, together with Judy Ruks. At that time the three of them were studying
tango at the Rotterdam Academy for World Musik (The Netherlands). The
experienced tango double bass player Tino Scholz has been a member of
the ensemble since summer 2008.
Today, European concert halls and international tango festivals like in
Paris, Torino or Montreux can no longer be imagined without these four
musicians, who have always been able to inspire both concert-goers and
tango dancers.
more informations: http://www.cuarteto-rotterdam.com/
Quinteto Beltango
Quinteto Beltango from Belgrad - Serbia, is the first authentic Tango-Orchestra from the Balkan and one of the best known Tango-Orchestras in Europe. In their repertoire you find the classical Tangos, as well as Piazzolla and TangoNuevo. The Orchestra plays with virtuosity and the concerts become to a unforgetable experience for the dance and for the tangomusic aficionados.
Aleksandar Nikolic / Bandoneon
Ivana Nikolic / Klavier, Gesang
Jovan Bogosavljevic / Violine
Bogdan Pejic / el. Gitarre
Ljubinko Lazic / Kontrabass
www.beltango.com
Duo Medina & Ray
The Duo Medina & Ray are Rodrigo Medina (Guitar) and Alain Ray (Bandoneon). These two excellent musicians became a duo to perform Tango music. There music has some modern influence, complexe arrangements and perfect rhythm. With a long experience of playing tango music they play the beautiful songs with a lot of heart for all Tangueras/os.