Jenny Frances & Ricardo Oria
www.rumbosdetango.com
Dancing and teaching together since 2002.They have been invited to give workshops all over the UK as well as in Ireland, France, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Spain, and Buenos Aires-Argentina.
Jenny and Ricardo have a strong foundation of study for their dance, from which they build creatively, moved and inspired by the music and the subtle yet powerful conversation within the embrace. They use their extensive teaching experience to offer the best they can to their students, understanding the responsibility of teaching tango dance and approaching it with joy.
Jenny and Ricardo emphasise the importance in learning tango of gaining a sense of your partner, a sense of yourself and a sense of the music. Not only teaching ‘what’, but also ‘how’ and prioritising steps that are useful in social dancing.
Gisela Navoni Gisela was born in Rosario, Argentina. Here she did her training in various dance techniques, and in Tango.
She has been working as a Tango dancer in Barcelona, Spain, since 1998. In this city she develops her work as a teacher and as an organizer of various activities related to tango.
Outside of Spain Gisela has taught in Tango events in England, (Tango Mango, Tango Tribe, Tango Tangk; and workshops in Oxford, Penzance, Manchester, Hereford and Totnes,), in Norway (Winter Tango), in United States (Stone Soup Tango Festival; San Francisco Tango Exchange), in Italy (InterTango-Nápoles) and in Argentina (ImproTango-Rosario).
Her work with tango as an improvisatory dance is enriched by knowledge from other movement disciplines, and by sharing methods, observations and insights with other teachers.
The technical work is based on the possibility of awakening the body and developing body consciousness in order to broaden our perception of ourselves, and perception of our relationship with the other person and with the surroundings (the group, the space, the music).
TangoNeta! has been an open invitation since 2004, to both dancers and musicians, an opportunity to explore, in an experiential and reflexive way, the journey which Tango offers.
www.tangoneta.com
In Barcelona she is part of the organization of La Ravalera since December/07. Actually she is giving her regular workshops in that place.
Leroy Tango Cat
  Dancers have enjoyed the privilege of working with Leroy as Oxford’s permanent teacher for the last six years. Trained in contemporary ballet, jazz and African dance, he is also a skilled choreographer and DJ.
The Leroy Tango Cat style is smooth, elastic, sexy, soulful and passionate with the elegance of a panther.
He dances and teaches tango, milonga and waltz, in salon and milonguero style, rhythmically, melodically and in close and open embrace.
To watch Leroy dance tango is truly inspirational. He learns from teaching and his greatest pleasure is to see students improve.
Leroy brings the professional dancer’s perspective to tango in Oxford. He attaches great importance to understanding technique, musicality, the embrace and to creating a positive social atmosphere. He has knowledge of the technique and skills of the leader and follower.
Playing bass and percussion has helped him understand tango music and his lessons on musicality are unique and great fun.
Leroy has studied tango with and been inspired by:-
Alison Vale
Miguel Gonzales
Gustavo Naveira and Giselle Anne
Leandro and Andrea
Junior Soares
Hector Falcon
Kely and Facundo
Jill Barret
Carlos Gavito.
Leroy says:
“Everyone can dance tango. Tango fits everyone.”
Come and join him at his classes or at a social event.
Isolde Kanikani
I started dancing Argentine Tango when I was 16 in the UK, but soon started to travel in Europe for more learning from many different teachers. I travel to Buenos Aires each year taking time to update and learn more of this Beautiful dance from Argentina. I have trained in other dance styles, movement forms which have enrichened my ability to teach tango with more in depth knowledge of what it is to move rather than copy a step. I have been Teaching since 2003. A Couple of years later setting up scenes and supporting others that were forming. Within the teaching I am developing teaching technique and strategies to For the last years I have been travelling non stop teaching workshops and classes in events and tango scenes across the UK and abroad. Outside of the Uk I have taught in the Netherlands, Spain, Norway, Germany, Portugal, France, Buenos Aires (with a resident teacher), New Zealand, Australia, and USA.
Along side the teaching I DJ for various events, choreograph and create collaborative performance with various artists of different media, organise workshops and events, and perform tango and fusions to a wide range of audiences. Also regularly take classes in other movements forms that fuel my understanding of the body and constantly improving my own ability to teach and Dance.
Michael LavocahMichael Lavocah is a dancer, teacher, and international tango DJ, known as a researcher and collector of tango music and the proprietor of the tango music resource and shop milonga.co.uk. He is also an instructor of Tai Chi and a craniosacral therapist. Michael began dancing tango in 1994 and began teaching after returning from his third trip to Buenos Aires in 1997. His classes emphasise body awareness and movement, informed by over 20 years experience of bodywork, and musicality. On learning to dance he says: "Dancing is a natural activity, and our birth-right."
What is tango? Tango is a man and a woman in search of one another, of a way to be together. He likes to lead; she likes to be led. Disagreements may arise later, or they may not. What is important in that moment is to maintain a positive and productive dialogue, fifty - fifty.
The music arouses and torments. The dance is the coupling of two people defenceless against the world, and powerless to change things. This is the best definition of tango as a dance, I think.
- Juan Carlos Copes
I started Tango when I was an undergraduate student in Taiwan. In the first three years I danced almost 4 times a week regularly. I also founded a tango society in National Taiwan University, where I participated in several shows and did some choreography. Although I guided juniors in the society, it was not until Dec 2006 in Aberystwyth that I officially started my Tango teaching. Annually I go to tango festivals to gain knowledge on masters’ understanding of Tango and try different ways of dancing. I would portrait myself more ‘milonguero’ style than ‘Nuevo’, though I am highly interested in the latter.
To me, the most important thing of Tango is its music. If you don’t like Tango music then don’t do tango. Similarly it is pointless to have perfect technique without the capability to dance to the music. However the acquaintance of tango music takes time and the ability to interpret music could hardly be taught. The techniques are nevertheless the focal points in my class. Instead of doing sequences I always concentrate on very basic things to work on. I believe that no techniques are difficult, if they are appropriate for the students and are correctly delivered.
My favourite male dancers include Julio Balmaceda, Mariano 'Chicho' Frumboli, Ezequiel Farfaro, Diego 'Pajaro' Rimer.
Isabel`s profile:
I started tango since I met Felix in 2007. My tango sense is pretty much inspired by Felix at the very beginning. As for tango, one of the beautiful things I find is its music. The essence of tango to me is the connection with music, your partner, and your soul. As a woman, tango to me is not about the steps or the appearance shown to others, but the attitude of attention and the connection to the one you dance with.
As for the teaching, I put more weigh on the basics, like walking, pivot and ochos, which are the foundation for many other ‘flashy’ movements. Also, helping students dancing with partners is also another focus of my teaching.
Corina de la Rosa, Geraldine Rojas, Juana Sepulveda, and Gabriela Amalfitani are my favourite female tango dancers.
Ricardo & Su Ricardo Peixoto If Ricardo received a penny every time he thinks about tango he would be extremely rich. Unfortunately, things don't work out that way. He came across tango a few years ago whilst suffering from his birthday hangover and got hooked on it ever since. Ricardo's connection with music started quite early. He started his schooling at Calouste Gulbenkian Conservatory of Music in Portugal, where he learnt the core of music as well as learning to play various instruments. He was also a guitarrist/vocalist in a not-so-famous indie band. Ricardo learnt the core of tango in Edinburgh with Jenny Frances and Ricardo Oria, and with JessieandMonica Tamariz, along with influences from Juan Capriotti and Graciana Romeo, who are based in Lisbon, Portugal. Kennedy Ricardo's tango is a blend of different styles, reflecting the multitude of influences he has had fromhisheroes. Though, he is committed to develop his own style rather than adapt that of his heroes. Openand close embraces, traditional and neo tango are words that make no sense to him. Tango is theonlyword he knows. The embrace, the tool to dance. The energy, the source of the dance. The balance, theequilibrium. tango Ricardo was also involved in the creation of the much talked about La Otra Milonga in Edinburgh, oneofthe grooviest milongas on this side of the planet. Together with Su, Ricardo created TANGO WARWICK as a response to the lack of Argentine Tango in the South West of the Midlands. Since then, theyhaveorganised regular classes, practicas and milongas, and not forgetting Warwickshire's very own tango festival, Tango Spa, which became an instant success! Ricardo is also a tango DJ with an eclectic approach. He has DJed at a variety of milongas in Scotland, England and Portugal. He is available to DJ at your milonga. When not thinking about tango Ricardo is a postgraduate medical student. Su Park Su's journey with Tango Argentino began during the Freshers Week at Edinburgh University, when she was captured by the magical performance by her teachers-to-be, Jenny Frances and Ricardo Oria. Previous to this encounter, her passion was in music and had been an avid classical pianist for 13 years and an innocent choir girl whilst at secondary school. But when tango took Su by storm, her commitment and singing all flew out of the window to piano
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