About us
BIO
OUR TEACHER TEAM FOR THE 2024 SEASON
OUR TEACHER TEAM FOR THE 2024 SEASON
DANA ZAMPIERI - INTERNATIONAL GUEST TEACHER OF THE SEASON
Professional dancer, teacher and juror.
University degree in educational pedagogy.
Winner of the "Cordobés Tango Championship" (Argentina) 2012 and 2015.
Two-time champion of the "City Championship" (Buenos Aires, Argentina) 2016.
Third place in the "World Championship" (Argentina) 2016.
Second place "World Championship" (Argentina) 2018.
Champion with the public vote in the "2022 World Championship"
Member of the jury in various championships, South Korea, Russia, Italy.
Member of the official jury team of the "FIDS" Italy.
Reference teachers: Mario Morales, Silvina Vals, Pancho Martínez Pey, Ernesto Balmaceda and Stella Báez. Vanina Vilous, Ignacio Verchausky.
LUCILA PREGO - INTERNATIONAL GUEST TEACHER OF THE SEASON
• Finalist in the Tango World Championship of Buenos Aires 2021. (Stage Tango Category)
• First Place in Milonga Category in the Metropolitan Tango Championship of Italy 2022. (Prato)
• Second Place in Milongueros Category; Third place in Vals Category and Milonga Category in the Metropolitan Tango Championship of Italy 2022. (Milano)
• Tango dancer from different shows in Buenos Aires.
About us - a tango story
NOELIA BARSI - INTERNATIONAL GUEST TEACHER OF THE SEASON
Noelia Barsi, dancer and teacher of Argentine tango
Being just a child, she began to dance and feel the tango over 30 years ago. She runs big stages as a dancer and teacher in various theaters and in the most distinguished festivals in Argentina and the rest of the world.
She is known for her outstanding style, subtle and delicate, which definitely makes this unique dancer an icon of femininity.
She is a woman who has managed to develop a pedagogy that dazzles, clear and precise in its explanations.
She also was the Director of Tango Salon department in Arcetango academia in Moscow city during 2016.
During several years and now to date, she is part of the judges of Tango Mundial in Buenos Aires as well as in rest of Argentina and in others cities around the world.
Currently she lives in BA, teaching and performing.
Noelia Barsi, dancer and teacher of Argentine tango
Being just a child, she began to dance and feel the tango over 30 years ago. She runs big stages as a dancer and teacher in various theaters and in the most distinguished festivals in Argentina and the rest of the world.
She is known for her outstanding style, subtle and delicate, which definitely makes this unique dancer an icon of femininity.
She is a woman who has managed to develop a pedagogy that dazzles, clear and precise in its explanations.
She also was the Director of Tango Salon department in Arcetango academia in Moscow city during 2016.
During several years and now to date, she is part of the judges of Tango Mundial in Buenos Aires as well as in rest of Argentina and in others cities around the world.
Currently she lives in BA, teaching and performing.
ELODIE LABONNE is the founder of the Gothenburg-based tango school "Connect With Joy". Certified Gyrokinesis and Pilates trainer, she brings comfort and freedom to your dance floor. On the social dance floor and in the practice room, she dances and explores both roles, leader and follower, which gives her a 360° perspective on the dance. With a heart full of passion for people, and a contagious smile, she cares about pedagogy and technique as much as the social experience in her classes and events.
Besides her work in Gothenburg, Elodie has been substituting at M2 Tango studio in Copenhagen, guest teaching in Stockholm, and to various festivals, in Turkey, Denmark, and Finland.
Besides her work in Gothenburg, Elodie has been substituting at M2 Tango studio in Copenhagen, guest teaching in Stockholm, and to various festivals, in Turkey, Denmark, and Finland.
JULIAN CASTRO, founder and director of El Encuentro Tango, was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and has studied and devoted to tango since his teenage years. He has nearly two decades of experience and has worked and performed in Argentina, Italy, Germany, UK, Mexico among other places. His tango is a combination of elegant tango coupled with modern and solid technique.
He has studied and developed with world famous dancers and tango legends like Ruben and Sabrina Veliz, Maximiliano Cristiani and Karina Colmeiro (tango salon world champion 2013), Gabriel Missé, Guille Barrionuevo and Mariela Sametband, Noelia Barsi, Javier Rodriguez, Sebastian Jimenez (world champion 2010), among others. As a young athlete, he has won two silver medals and two bronzes at the Italian Taekwondo championships in 2006.
Recently, his work with the argentinian art has been portrayed by the newspaper Sydöstran and by the popular tv show Landet Runt