SEBASTIAN ARCE & MARIANA MONTES

Sebastian and Mariana are accomplished tango promoters evidenced by their love and commitment to teaching, their popular tango productions, and their magnificent dancing. Sebastian and Mariana consistently attract a broad and enthusiastic audience to any event in which they participate. They are among the most sought after tango instructors in the world, participating in nearly 40 big scale events in Europe, Asia, North America, and Latin America each year. They headline such renown international tango events as Mantova Tango Festival (IT), Amsterdam Tango Festival Tangomagia (NL), Torino Tango Festival (IT), and the International Tango Congress in Argentina (C.I.T.A).

They have produced and co-produced 13 large-scale tango events in France and the USA: Mephisto Tango Summer Festival 2002-2006, Revirado Tango France 2002-2003, C.I.T.P. 2006-2007, Neo Tango Festival USA 2005-2006, Antipanico USA 2005-2006, and concerts with tango orchestras such as Fernandez Fierro, Orquesta Tipica Imperial, Hyperion Ensemble, Bajofondo Tango Club, Gustavo Santaolalla, Tanghetto, and Electrocutango. Sebastian and Mariana are the choreographers of the show 'Piazzolleando' presented in Italy, Belgium, and England. They directed with Chicho Frumboli Exodo Tangueando, and are working on a new show Ensayando featuring five couples and a tango orchestra.

Sebastian and Mariana developed the teaching methodology (T.M.E. = Tango Multiple Styles) based on the harmony between conscious and unconscious body control applied to movement and non-movement. Their approach marks a change in tango dance philosophy that is detached from the singularity of style and in which the ultimate goal is self expression, the research of one’s dance from the needs created by the student's tango path, increased attention to the non-movement, and the introspection and the contemplation of the dance.

MARIANO “CHICHO” FRUMBOLI & JUANA SEPULVEDA

Chicho has played a leading role in the creative evolution of tango in the last ten years. Undoubtedly due to his extensive artistic and musical background Chicho was capable of seeing tango as more than a dance prefixed by strong popular beliefs. Relating to music differently than his predecessors, he created a unique complicity with the music, a relationship that no other dancer before has been able to establish and which has been inspirational for the new generation of tango dancers. Chicho's theatrical background also influenced tango by adding aesthetics and forms never used before in the dance--that went directly against the well known rules of social tango dance in the past--but which today are used among professionals and amateurs all around the world. Chicho's work, his continuous inquiry, research, quest for originality, and full hearted creativity have been one of the biggest gifts that an artist could have given to any art form.

Juana Sepulveda spans the entire range of expression from an innovative subtlety to a stunning manifestation of power in every movement, matched by her musicality, pure elegance and sensuality. Despite her young age Juana forms a delightfully harmonious partnership with Chicho. Juana is an equal partner both in technical merit and performing skills.

RODRIGO “JOE” CORBATA & LUCILA CIONCI

"Joe" and Lucila Cionci create an incredible plasticity and expressiveness in their dance that presents innovative choreographic elements and has led them on an unstoppable trajectory around the world participating in the most important tango festivals. They have showed their original philosophy of teaching with great response from students of all levels in Japan, Italy, France, Switzerland, Portugal, United Arab Emirates, Korea, South Africa, Russia, USA, and Argentina at the International Tango Congress (CITA). Joe and Lucila blend the beauty of movement, harmony and connection to create an exciting and unique dance.

Lucila and Joe founded "Formula Tango" in 2007, the union of years of experience in individual events and festivals. In 2008, Lucila was called by film director Sally Potter to perform "Carmen" at the English National Opera in London. Joe directed his own company "Tango Bizzarro", which toured for four years in Asia, South America and South Africa. They have performed in the shows "Tango Vivo y Nuit Blanche" by the company "Compañía Unión Tanguera", directed by Esteban Moreno and Claudia Codega, "Corazón a Corazón" by the company "Zarasa Tango", directed by Julio Balmaceda and Corina de la Rosa, and "Romance de Tango" by the company "Fast Tango", in co-direction with Stefano Giudice and Marcela Guevara. In October they completed over 60 performances as principle dancers in the famous work "The Ultimate Tango Show" by the company Otango choreographed by Adrian Veredice and Alejandra Hobert. They have been asked to create the script for the show "Four Seasons" for Art-en-Ciel, Lausanne, Suiza, 2011. For three years they have been judges for the International Championship of Argentine Tango organized by the government of the city of Buenos Aires.

Gaston Torelli & Moira Castellano

Moira and Gaston represent a perfect combination and sublime balance between the essence of traditional and modern tango. They teach tango workshops at home and abroad, and tour internationally throughout Europe, Asia and Cánada. This couple merges experience, freshness, dance, and tango. Gaston and Moira direct the company "Tripa, Corazón y Barro" with which they have produced the shows "Dómesticame" and "Manos Vacías!" presenting in Argentina and Europe in 2009.

Moira, with her extensive background in dance, has achieved an amazing mix of dance and traditional tango. Moira lived in Paris from 2000 to 2006 and has been working endlessly since then both as a dancer and a choreographer. She has performed with many companies abroad and toured many countries in Europe. Moira has played a leading role in teaching tango worldwide in the past several years.

Gaston is a dancer with both determination and sensibility who has become to be one of the most well known tango dancers of our time. Gaston's live performance is highly charged with intensity and originality. He has participated in the stage shows "Madero Tango", "Tanguera" and has also performed with the company "No bailares". Torelli was the director of "Tango Brujo", one of the most prestigious studios in Buenos Aires.