Alicia Orlando and Claudio Barneix Alicia and Claudio, a husband and wife dance team from Buenos Aires, started their distinguished career after intensive studies in ballet, contemporary dance, jazz and popular Latin-American dances.  They performed in Argentina with several contemporary dance companies and in theatre and musicals before they turned their creative talents to tango in 1986.    They studied intensively with Carlos Rivarola and then decided to branch out on their own, developing a unique style of tango.  Alicia took charge of the choreography, blending her own sense of aesthetics with a unique interpretation of tango, while Claudio developed the setting of all their shows, ensuring that the lighting and visual effects of their performances reflected their own particular artistry. This combination of skills and creativity led to their rapid success and still works for them today.    Alicia and Claudio can boast of dancing with the most famous of tango orchestras and performers.  As early as 1987, they were soloists in the popular show at the Opera Theatre in Buenos Aires, Los Grandes del Tango with Osvaldo Puglieses’ tango orchestra and Roberto Goyeneche, the Argentine icon of tango singers.  From that time on, they were invited to dance with the most well-known tango orchestras and vocalists in Argentina, including the Osvaldo Requena Trio, the Juan de Dios Filiberto Orchestra, Colortango Orchestra, Sexteto Tango, Camerata Porteña, Miguel de Caro Quartet, the Astor Piazzolla Foundation Quintet, the Raul Garello Sextet, Miguel Cantilo Group, among others.  One of the highlights of their long career was to be the featured dancers with the Tango Orchestra of Buenos Aires (conducted by Maestros Carlos Garcia and Raul Garello) from 1989 through 1994.  Since 1996, they have been the soloists with the Astor Piazzolla Foundation, which produces concerts and shows of the late Maestro’s music throughout the world.   Alicia and Claudio performed for the Pan American Symphony Orchestra in 2008 for the Second Annual DC Tango Festival and drew a standing ovation at the historic Avalon Theatre in Easton, Maryland.

Annatina Luck, dancer Annatina Luck started dancing from a very early age on. Her training includes Ballet, Modern, Jazz and Composition. She received a scholarship to study in New York, and after graduating from the Alvin Ailey School, started to perform, choreograph and teach extensively in the U.S. and abroad. She has taught at Empire Dance from 2003-2005, at the Tango Society of Boston in 2006 and 2007, and conducts regular Musicality Workshops in Manhattan.   Together with Hernan Brizuela, Annatina is the founder and host of two popular weekly Milongas in New York City, "La Milonguita Ideal" and "A media Luz". She performed with cast members of Tango Argentino, with "El Indio" from Argentina, for Academy Award Winning composer Gustavo Santaolalla from Bajofondo Tangoclub, for Bandonen Master Tito Castro and Raul Jaurena, for the Philharmonic Orchestra of Evansville, at important festivals such as the New York Tango Festival, the Boston Tango Festival, and the "Four Tango Seasons" at the Thalia Theatre. She credits the following teachers: Julio Balmaceda & Corina de la Rosa, Mariano "Chicho"  Frumboli, Natacha Poberaj, Claudio Hoffman & Pilar Alvarez.

Carolina Jaurena, dancer Carolina Jaurena (Dancer) Influenced by her parents, Carolina was bound at an early age to follow a desire to perform. Under the guidance of some of the most recognized names in dance she has specialized in Argentine Tango along with her formal training in ballet, Latin Ballroom, Salsa and Flamenco.  Carolina’s credits include Tango & Tango at Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center, Tango Fantastico at the Bellearyre Music Festival, Tangos and Dances of South America at the Purchase Performing Arts Center, and her role as instructor for argentine tango and salsa at the Colorado Dance Festival in Boulder, CO.  She was a featured dancer, singer and actress in the Two River Theatre Company production of Blood Wedding and performed in the Buenos Aires month celebration at the World Financial Center. The height of her professional career is marked by her role as a primary dancer in the feature film Random Hearts directed by Sidney Pollack. Carolina was also invited to be part of the Hispanic Month Celebration at Pfizer central research center and The 10th Annual Orlando International Fringe Festival in Orlando, Florida. She has performed with the Orchestra and Chambers Music Festival at Penn State University, the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Thalia Spanish Theatre. She has performed on broadway at Town Hall’s not Just Jazz series “Tangos for la Milonga” with Romulo Larrea’s Ensemble and traveled to Europe to perform with the Sudwestfalen Philarmonic at the Symphonic Tango night in Hilchenbach-Lutzel, Germany. Other performances include "Tango Summit" with the Pan American Symphony Orchestra, “Dreams” a Tango Extravaganza, and "100 años de tango, de Villoldo a Piazzolla" along with Fabian Peralta in Montevideo's prestigious Solis Theatre.  She has appeared on several Television shows including Fox 5 “Good Day New York” with Penny Crone, "Today in NY" on NBC, and was first prize winner on the popular television program Sábado Gigante on Univision. Most recently, she was invited to teach at Nashville Tango and performed with the Nashville Chamber Orchestra in Tennessee. She was also invited to perform and teach several workshops at “Tango Norte” The Stockholm Tango Festival 2007.

Anton Gazenbeek, dancer Anton Gazenbeek  is a highly talented, young tango dancer, choreographer, teacher, investigator, and historian. At 13 he discovered the tango in Holland and since then the music, dance and history of tango have become his passion. Antón has studied both social and stage tango with the best master teachers in Argentina and is an extremely versatile dancer and specializes in the style of Maestro Antonio Todaro. The most influential teachers in his dance have been Maestro Raúl Bravo, Carlos Copello, Guillermina Quiroga and Nito García, among others.  In 2002 he moved to Argentina to study at close range the roots of tango culture. Big stars such as Guillermina Quiroga, Alicia Monti, Susana Rojo, and Carina Losano chose Antón as their partner for tours, shows, special exhibitions and teaching. In Buenos Aires, Antón has performed in the shows of Club del Vino (with Horacio Salgan, Ubaldo de Lio), Chiquilín Tango, Milonguísimo, Por Siempre Tango (TV progam with Silvio Soldan) and Esquina Tango (with Roberto Pansera & Alberto Podesta). He also has performed at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Lincoln Center in NYC, and the tango festivals of New York and the World Tango Festival in Buenos Aires for 2005 and 2006 and has appeared dancing tango on television programs broadcast all over Latin and North America on channels such as ABC, The Travel Channel and has filmed tango commercials for The Tourist Channel which are currently being aired worldwide. He has also appeared on Canal 26 Argentina, NHK Japanese TV, South African TV as well as Univision and Telemundo Mexican TV.  As a tango professor, he has given tango classes in the Escuela Argentina de Tango, Unitango Academy, Tango Brujo and Club Sin Rumbo, as well as in all the major cities of the United Status, Japan, Korea, and China. Together with Guillermina Quiroga, he gave seminars and classes in Harvard University in Boston. All Antón’s teaching is based on his historic research. He is one of the very few tango teachers in the world with the ability to explain and demonstrate the authentic origin of each style he teaches.

Orlando Reyes, dancer Orlando Reyes Orlando Reyes has been a professional dancer and instructor of Argentine tango for over a decade.  He first seriously studied classical ballet but became so interested in dancing tango that he traveled to Buenos Aires to study under such masters Gustavo Naveira, Claudio Gonzales, Melina Bruffman, among others. He has danced tango throughout the world --- in the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Aruba, and Argentina.  Recently, in his native Colombia, he received a very prestigious national award by the Ministry of Culture recognizing his talent in dance.  He has performed throughout the US, most recently in New Hampshire, Boston, Portland, Maine, and New York City, where he participated in the NY Tango Festival, the production "Tango Intimo" directed by Valeria Solomonoff,  and both "Tango Connection" and "Tango Noir" directed by Mariela Franganillo. He is a frequent dancer at the various milongas throughout the city and currently teaches and coaches at Dancesport Studio in Manhattan. the renowned Club del Vino (with Horacio Salgan, Ubaldo de Lio), Chiquilín Tango, Milonguísimo, Por Siempre Tango (TV program with Silvio Soldan) and Esquina Tango (with Roberto Pansera andAlberto Podesta). In the United States, he performed in tango shows at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Lincoln Center in New York, and tango festivals in New York.  In 2005 and 2006, he participated in the World Tango Festival in Buenos Aires and has appeared on television programs on ABC and the Travel Channel.  Anton is an accomplished tango teacher, having taught dance in the Escuela Argentina de Tango in Buenos Aires and in the U.S., including at Harvard University, Japan, Korea, and China.  Anton bases his tango dance instruction on the historic research he has done over the years, and incorporates historical explanations into his demonstrations of various tango dance styles.

Pablo and Flavia Fontana

Pablo & Flavia Fontana A native of Buenos Aires, Pablo studied with some of the best known masters of tango, such as Juan Carlos Copes, Eduardo Arquimbau, Pepito Avellaneda and Gustavo Naveira and by age 15, he was teaching tango at the famed Confiteria Ideal in Buenos Aires. He has made appearances in a variety of films, namely A Tango Lesson, Muchas Gracias Maestro, and a German documentary about Eduardo Arola’s life. Mr. Fontana performed on the popular Spanish-language talk show, Cristina.  He has choreographed films and videos, including El Tango Es El Tango, Derecho Viejo, La Interrupcion and Vuelvo a Casa Mama. In Argentina, he won the 1997 "Hugo del Carril" Championship and the "Golden Obelisk” Award presented by Carlos Mattera Productions, among other awards from the Secretary of Culture and the Academy of Tango. Pablo contributes much of his skill in dancing tango to many years of training in martial arts and boxing. In the U.S., he received the Francis Savage award for Body, Mind and Centering. since 1998. Flavia, a native of Buenos Aires, studied music from age 5, specifically voice and piano.  She later studied guitar and by the time she was in kindergarten, she was singing and dancing tango. She has appeared on television, in documentaries, and with many tango ensembles throughout the U.S.  In 2004, she began dancing with her husband, Pablo, and together they developed a teaching method to short-cut the time needed to learn tango dance. Their particular dance style is based on improvisation, emphasizing sensuality and elegance and they have received acclaim for their musicality.

Carina Losano, dancer Carina Losano is a native of Buenos Aires and has studied many forms of dance, including ballet, contemporary, modern-jazz, flamenco, and salsa, but she is internationally recognized for her mastery of tango.  Carina trained with many of the great Argentine tango masters—such as Juan Carlos Copes, Eduardo Arquimbau, Pepito Avellaneda, Gloria and Rodolfo Dinzels, Carlos Rivarola, Gustavo Naveria, Fabian Salas, and Graciela Gonzales—and taught students from all over the world at the revered Confiteria Ideal in Buenos Aires before moving to the US.  Carina’s skill as a dancer and teacher has been acknowledged with numerous awards and accolades, including the “Golden Obelisk,” “Teacher of Milongueros,” “Young Generation of Milongueros,” and “Dedication to Tango,” which was awarded by Juan Carlos Copes.  She also was awarded First Prize in the “Championship Hugo del Carril” in 1997 and for three consecutive years represented “Solo Tango TV” in the International Exposition of the Cable Industry. Carina performs regularly in the US at locations such as the Argentine Embassy, the Organization of American States, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and she was one of the featured performers at the Hispanic Inaugural Gala for President George W. Bush in 2001. Her unique combination of technical skills as a dancer and interpersonal skills as an instructor have led international cruise lines—such as Radisson Seven Seas Cruises and MSC Cruises—to engage Carina as a guest instructor on cruises to several continents and numerous countries, including Argentina, Brazil, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Turkey, UK and Uruguay. Carina is an accomplished choreographer as well as performer and instructor, and her credits include teaching Madonna tango technique for her role in Evita, and co-choreographing the PEPSI commercial starring Shakira that was aired nationally throughout the U.S during the 2003 Academy Awards.  She also co-choreographed a commercial for HSBC Bank to launch a new marketing campaign in 2005 and the National Geographic Special on the Human Body and Reproduction in 2007. As an instructor, Carina teaches a style of tango, which is elegant and dynamic, while at the same time relaxed, comfortable, enjoyable, and accessible to everyone.  Her natural ability and her training with some of the greatest masters from Argentina give her a unique capacity to instill her students with a deep feeling for the subtle nuances of tango.  She emphasizes contact and communication between dancers so that they move together in rhythm and harmony.  Under her guidance, students realize a new feeling for music and movement, and they come to enjoy the sensations, which have made tango a seductive art for generations.   Carina Rosario Losano is the Official Tango Instructor at the Embassy of Argentina  and the  Official Representative of the National Academy of Tango from Argentina in Washington DC