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Leandro Palou & Romina Godoy
Leandro Palou
Leandro began dancing at the age of 17, and in his 15 years as a professional dancer he has performed, choreographed and taught in theatres, festivals and Tango congresses in 216 cities and 35 countries around the world. He toured with his own dance company from 1999 to 2002 in the United States with his critically acclaimed show TangoDanza. In 2003 he moved to the UK to establish the first Argentinean led Tango school in London where he continues to teach when he is not touring in Europe.
Romina Godoy
Romina started dancing at the early age of 4, first with gymnastics and then moving to various different disciplines including ballet, jazz, hip-hop and others. She made a successful career as a dancer and choreographer, continuously performing in theatres, national TV and touring South and North America. She choreographed several stage productions for TV, theatres and stadiums. In 2001 she devoted her full time to Argentine Tango, being the lead dancer in four of the most prestigious shows of Buenos Aires.
Leandro and Romina
In 2006 they began their partnership, performing mainly in Europe where they found immediate acceptance by the audiences, building a stronger foundation for their school TangoSoul in central London. They have recently produced and choreographed their new show 'Emociones del Alma'. A world class stage performance with 12 dancers, 6 musicians and 2 singers, with which they will begin touring in 2010.
Website: http://www.tangosoul.co.uk/
Videos on YouTube
Marriott Hotel Commercial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&hl=en-GB&v=o2eM6PplMRc
Performance in London: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkBYt0XoPUU
Romeo & Juliet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&hl=en-GB&v=bET73B1paqE |
Photo by G. Monteleone |
Esteban Moreno & Claudia Codega
Dancers of great scenic presence, renowned masters and choreographers, this couple pays homage to the past while looking towards the future. The have been a reference for new generations of tango dancers and masters for several years. Their actual style, sobriety and elegance, as well as their solid and effective pedagogy, place them among the best.
Claudia Codega and Esteban Moreno meet in the beginnings of 1990. They have studied with the best Maestros and are part of a generation that, along with some “milongueros”, have accompanied the revival of argentine tango in Buenos Aires and all over the world.
Based in France, they create in Lyon the company Unión Tanguera, with which they have created “Efecto Tango” and “Tango Vivo”, results of coproduction work with Maison de la Danse de Lyon and the Biennale de la danse de Lyon.
They work in multiple cities dancing in diverse shows, teaching and participating in the most important festivals in Europe, USA, Canada, Asia, and in the cradle of tango – Buenos Aires.
Website: http://www.estebanyclaudia.com/ |
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Damian Esell & Nancy Louzan
Damian and Nancy form a fascinating tango couple with influences from their diverse artistic experiences: Damian as a professor of drawing and painting and Nancy as an actress for movies and television. They studied with tango masters Mingo and Esther Pugliese, Gabriel and Natalia, Raul Bravo, Graciela Gonzales, Roberto Herrera, Chicho Frúmbolli and Eugenia Parrilla, Gustavo Naveyra and Giselle Anne among others. They also learned jump techniques from Cristine Cortes and Luis Bruni, partner tricks techniques from Ruben and Sabrina Veliz and ballet and stretching from Daniela Russak and Monica Souto. They studied Hatha Yoga with Stella Dettoni.
Together they gave exhibitions in the following dance halls in Buenos Aires: "Club Gricel", "Club Sunderland", "El Pial", "Glorias Argentinas", "Glamour", "Torquatto Tasso", "Viejo Correo", "Porteño y Bailarín", "El Beso", "Dandi", "Savoy", "Palais de Glace", "Salón Canning", "Club Almagro", " La Vikinga", "Confitería Ideal". They participated in the following dance companies: the company of “Tasso Argentino” and the company of "Estilo Tango".
They developed and extended their educational vocation, gaining popularity in the Cultural Centre "La Florcita" during the years ‘97 and ‘98.
Later, they accepted an invitation and realized their first tour to the Old Continent of Europe, and later on to the rest of the world, as tango teachers and dancers.
They have left their footsteps in Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Israel, Austria, Holland, Iceland, Turkey, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, North America, Hungary, France,
New Zealand, Russia, Greece and Belgium, giving seminars and exhibitions at the main milongas and theaters.
In Buenos Aires , after La Florcita, they taught for four years at the Casa del Tango.
Also in Buenos Aires they participated as teachers and dancers at the festival organized by the government in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007, as well as participating in the Congreso Internacional de Tango Argentino (CITA) in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007.
Among other things, they have produced an instructive video in two volumes in 1997 called "Lessons to the rhythm of Tango”.
Damián has participated in a commercial of the Coca Cola Company in Los Angeles, Hollywood, USA in the 1999 dancing tango.
They have been taking part in numerous Festivals and International Congresses of tango around the world.
They were judges at the first World Tango Championship in Buenos Aires in 2004. They were also judges in New Zealand in 2006, selecting the pairs that would represent that country in Buenos Aires in the following year.
Other appearances: " Tango, a history with Jews " of Jose Judkovsky.
They performned in 17 presentations of the book "Three minutes with the reality", written by the German author Wolfram Fleischhawer.
Website: http://www.damianynancy.com/ |
