Pictures From Previous Festivals
1999 - 2011
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6th Tango Festival November 2011
6th London International Tango Festival was held on the 18, 19, and 20th of November 2011, and showcased some of the world's top Tango perfomers: Carlos & Maria Rivarola, Gabriel Angio & Natalia Games, Junior Cervila & Natalia Royo, Gustavo Rosas & Gisela Natoli, Fernando Jorge & Alexandra Baldaque, Diego Converti & Graciela Gamba along with Takis Kalogroulis & Amalia Gatos and introducing Mert Moran & Beliz Zorlu.
Junior Cervila & Natalia Royo -
5th Festival, 13th - 15th November 2009
One of our biggest festivals yet with exciting dancers from Argentina and Europe lighting up a damp cold November weekend. We had four performances and 56 master classes, so there was loads to see and do.
All the Maestros have their own panels below.
Grand Finale
Photo by Andreas Schroeder -
Osvaldo Zotto 1963 - 2010
Osvaldo started dancing Tango in 1989, and was one of the most prestigious Tango dancers in the world. He was renowned for his precision, elegance and emotion, and widely recognised for his generosity as a teacher.
He worked extensively all over the world, both at all the major Tango Festivals and at famous venues giving spectacular performances at the Hollywood Bowl, the Metropolitan Opera House, the Royal Albert Hall and Luna Park in Buenos Aires. He danced for the President of Egypt and the Queen of Spain, and worked with Julio Iglesias. He received the Leonida Massine award in Positano and official recognition from UNESCO for his teaching and performance of traditional Tango.
Osvaldo sadly passed away in January this year at his home in Buenos Aires. He will be greatly missed by Tangueros all over the world.
Photo by Andreas Schroeder at the 5th Festival 2009 -
Gisele Avanzi
Gisele Avanzi started studying ballet and Spanish dances in 1998, and since then she studied at the Teatro Colon Arte Superior and the National Arts University Institute. She has danced in various companies in Argentina and Latin America, opening the V Interamerican Dance Meeting and choreographing her masterpiece La muerte de Ofelia at the Centro Cultural Adanbuenosayres.
From August 2008 she worked with Osvaldo Zotto at the Festival Internacional de Tango Buenos Aires, and with him in Italy at the Festival Tango Fusion. In 2009 they performed in the Festival Tango con Las Estrellas in Plalcio Paz, at the Oporto Tango Festival and the Lausanne Tango Festival.
Photo by Andreas Schroeder at the 5th Festival 2009 -
Takis Kalogroulis and Jane Solomon
Takis Kalogroulis is the organiser of the London International Tango Festival and Managing Director of the Academia Nacional del Tango (UK) Ltd, and he started to dance Tango from the age of 20 as a young Greek seaman in the ports of Buenos Aires, Genoa, and Livorno in various places of questionable repute with ladies of a similar disposition. After he left the sea as a Sea Captain, he settled in London, and in 1993 he opened his own Tango School, Las Estrellas, teaching traditional Argentine Tango. He was one of the small group of founders of the Argentine Tango movement in London. In Las Estrellas he introduced the estilo apilado (close embrace) in 1994.
Jane Solomon studied Tango with Takis for seven years and performed with him. She studied in various ballet schools and completed her studies at the Laban Contemporary Dance School. She recently moved to Buenos Aires where she has taken master classes with Mora Godoy and Lorena Ermocida amongst other great dancers. -
Hector Villalba and La Morocha
Hector Villalba has been dancing tango since 1950 and has performed extensively in Europe as well as in Argentina, Mexico and the United States. He is one of the few dancers of today who, in the authentic style of the milongueros, weaves the steps of the tango in the moment, spontaneously and directly from the heart, intuitively interpreting the music without need of a planned choreography.
This ability is one of the qualities that make him so highly valued as a teacher, and he has given workshops in Buenos Aires, in festivals in the US and at the 2nd, 3rd and 4th London International Tango Festivals.
Hector has his own Tango Academy and Club, the Mansion Dandi Royal, in the San Telmo district of Buenos Aires.
Photo by Andreas Schroeder at the 5th Festival -
Laszlo Budai and Maria Glotz
Laszlo and Maria are Hungarian, and he has 25 years of experience in different kinds of dances (from ballet to ballroom). He encountered the Tango at the end of the Eighties in Hungary, but he was touched by the essence of the dance during the first of his several visits to Buenos Aires.
He has won several European and World Championships of IDO, participated successfully at different Tango Competitions in USA and Argentina, and recently in Korea and Japan dancing with his partner Maria Glotz.
Maria explained: 'What the Tango means for us is passion, emotion, the life itself full of thoughts, essence of utilisation of techniques of other kinds of dances we ever learned - getting us over reality into a different dimension during the performances while giving a special joyful experience for our audience.
Photo by Andreas Schroeder at the 5th Festival -
John and Nina Krook
John and Nina Krook have danced all their lives. When they concentrated on Argentinean Tango at the beginning of the 1990s there had hardly been any Argentinean Tango in Helsinki for decades, and they were instrumental in its reintroduction there.
In 2001 they were invited to perform in the 3rd London International Tango Festival along with other well-known top dancers. In Finland they have created several performances, including Siempre Tango based on Astor Piazzolla�s Tango Nuevo and shortly, in September 2009, Tango Roto, for which all the music has been composed by Finnish musicians. Nina and John have their own dance school in Helsinki, and also teach in other cities around Finland.
Photo by Andreas Schroeder at the 5th Festival 2009 -
Eloy Prim and Analia Centurion
Analia Centurion and Eloy Prim have been working together for 10 years, performing in the best tango venues in Buenos Aires, also participating in different TV programmes and collaborating with the best orchestras in Buenos Aires.
The couple have developed a very strong connection and understanding that can be compared to poetry on stage. Their strong training in Tango, Ballet, and Contemporary dance has brought them national and international recognition.
Currently, although Eloy is based in Spain and Analia in Argentina, they are still promoting tango with their performances, participation in festivals and by organising workshops and training master classes in Europe and Latin America.
Photo by Andreas Schroeder at the 5th Festival 2009 -
Francesca del Buono and Filippo Avignonesi
Francesca and Filippo dance Tango of the present, going beyond specific styles, encompassing a lot of what Tango is nowadays. This is Tango without setting boundaries, neither new ones nor old ones, without forgetting its roots and with an intense embrace.
Filippo has over 10 years experience of teaching and dancing around the world, where he is much sought after for his exceptional educational abilities. Francesca, with a classical and contemporary ballet background, is known for her mastery of new and old styles, for her creativity, versatility and smoothness.
Photo by Andreas Schroeder at the 5th Festival 2009 -
Andrea Ponzetti and Jorge Udrisard
Andrea Ponzetti is a National Professor in Classic, Modern and Folk dance, specialising in Argentine Tango. Jorge Udrisard is a Professor of traditional and Show Tango, and they have been dancing together since 1997, participating in numerous Festivals in Europe and the USA.
They currently live in Barcelona, where they own and run their dancing school. They also create, direct and dance in their own Compania de Tango.
Photo by Andreas Schroeder at the 5th Festival 2009 -
Julia and Andres Ciafardini
Julia and Andres started their tango career in Buenos Aires, being trained by the renowned maestros Carlos Lopez, Carlos Rivarola, Carlos Gavito, Maria Plazaola, Roberto Herrera, Natacha Poberaj, Hector Falcone and many more. During their development as artists they have become highly respected tango teachers, developing a rich expressive choreography defined by a personal style based on traditional tango mixed with modern elements, with elegance and softness, both highly technical and creative.
They have participated with the important orchestras Silencio, Orquestra Tanguisimo, and Ensemble Hyperion; and at the festivals All that Tango, Festival of New Year's day, and Festival of Montpellier amongst others, and are now recognised and acclaimed all around the world.
Photo by Andreas Schroeder at the 5th Festival 2009 -
Lucas Panero and Cintia Tinelli
Cintia and Lucas have been dancing together since 2004. They started off travelling the world dancing Spanish and Latin styles. They studied Tango with masters such as Fabian Peralta, Eduardo Gomez Couto, Sebastian de la Vallina and Marisa Talamoni, among others.
They have been teaching master classes and workshops in Argentina, Mexico, Guatemala, Cyprus and Italy, passing on their taste for dance expressed through the study of the body movements and interactions between partners.
In 2005, they established the dance company Tangoexport, and they were semi-finalists in the Mundial de Tango 2007. Currently, they are performing and teaching in Europe.
Photo by Andreas Schroeder at the 5th Festival 2009 -
Giggio Pascualetti and Anna Zyuzina
Giggio has drawn his tango style from the union of many disciplines. He lived in Argentina as a child, and after learning Tango with Norberto 'Pulpo' Ezbres in Brazil he returned to Buenos Aires to seek his roots and new inspirations. He joined CETA (Tango Art Experimental Centre) where he, working with other innovative dancers, created one of the first electronic tango shows: Resurreccion Urbana. He teaches and performs in Europe with his partner Anna.
Anna Zyuzina is Russian and has danced professionally for ten years, going to Buenos Aires annually to study different styles with the greatest teachers and using this to create her own tango style. Her principal teachers are Graciela Gonzales, Julio Balmaceda, Corina de la Rosa and Sebastian Arce.
In 2004 she started her own school Tangomio in Moscow, teaching a tango based on body movement and very exact short explanations of basic technique. She is well known in all of Russia and Ukraine and teaches all over Europe with Giggio and German Salvatore.
Photo by Andreas Schroeder at the 5th Festival 2009 -
El Despues Quintet
Founded in 2004, the El Despu's Quintet presents a repertoire almost entirely dedicated to new compositions.
The two founding members, Argentines Victor Hugo Villena (bandoneon) and Alejandro Schwarz (guitar, compositions and arrangements), are very well known within the tango world and have surrounded themselves with premier league musicians: violinist Cyril Garac, pianist Ivo De Greef and double bassist Bernard Lanaspèze.
These five instrumentalists from diverse musical backgrounds unite their collective experience and talents to provide tango music with a contemporary personal vision.
The quintet formation gives them an unlimited freedom in soloistic interpretation, not to mention considerable artistic opportunities with reference to musical dialogue and exchange. As a result, they are able to deeply explore Alejandro Schwarz's music in all its rich detail whilst never ceasing to push at the borders of the renewal of traditional tango music. -
Tango for 3 and Per Arne Glorvigen (Quartet)
Tango for 3 have been playing together since 1992, founded by Sverre Indris Joiner (Piano), who also composes and arranges their music, with Steiner Haugerud on Double Bass, Jon Mehus on Violin and Per Arne Glorvigen on Bandoneon. They specialise in concert music and have played all over the world often with major symphonic orchestras.
Tango for 3 have toured several times in Norway, Sweden and Denmark. They have also played in France - in Genevillers & Paris (Les Trottoirs de Buenos Aires), EXPO'92 in Sevilla (Spain), the Ikaalinen-Festival (Finland) and in the German cities Berlin, Bremen, Munich, Dresden, Torgau, Bergish-Gladbach, Recklinghausen and Wiesbaden. They recently also did a successful tour in Netherlands/Belgium together with the gifted Argentine singer Julia Zenko, including their second appearance in the prestigious 'Concertgebouw'. -
Sandra Rehder - Singer
Sandra Rehder started her musical studies in San Rafael (Mendoza), in guitar and singing, including euphonics and body expression. She has also worked as a producer of artistic events.
Established in Barcelona, she has developed a strong career as a singer, mainly in the mythic Bodega Carlos, where for over 3 years she gave concerts in Tango and Argentine folklore. She participated in the popular Fiestas de Gracias 2003, in the Forum Universal de les Cultures 2004, I Festival Internacional de Tango de la Costa del Sol, IV Festival Internacional de Almeria 2007 and she has represented Barcelona in the VII Cumbre Mundial de Tango 2007 in Chile, moreover she performed in Istanbul and Berne.
In October 2007 she performed the show titled Intensotango with Manu Estoa (guitar), Pablo Logiovine (bandoneon), Jorge Sarraute (double bass) and Alejandro Di Costanzo (piano).
She has produced three albums: En el nombre del tango in Argentina, and in Barcelona Bajo la piel and El exilio de nosotros, in this last one in collaboration with Manu Estoa, Pablo Logiovine, Horacio Fumero and Sergio Menem. -
4th Festival, 14-17 November 2002
Performers:
Gloria & Eduardo Arquimbau
Carlos Gavito & Maria Plazoala
Fernanda Ghi & Guillermo Merlo
Mora Godoy & Juan Horvath
Alejandra Hobert & Adrian Veredice
Veronique Bouscasse & Thierry Le Cocq
Hector Villalba & Romina Tumini
Ruben 'Milonga' & Patricia Parada
Liliana Nakada & Kenji Nozawa
Regina Chiappara & Martin Borteiro
Natalia Games & Gabriel Angio.
Music:
Orquesta El Arranque
Organiser:
Takis Kalogroulis
Alejandra Hobart and Adrian Veredice -
3rd Festival, 15-18 November 2001
Performers:
Gloria & Eduardo Arquimbau
Fernanda Ghi & Guillermo Merlo
Alma Sanmartino & Juan Manuel Nieto
Alejandro Sanguineti & Alessandra Rizzotti
Claudia Codega & Esteban Moreno
Liliana Nakada & Kenji Nozawa
Hector Villalba & Romina Tumini
John & Nina Krook & Hanna Korpela
Alejandra Hobert & Adrian Veredice
Clo De Castro & Alison Vale
Musicians:
Sexteto Canyengue
Gliberto Biberian
Hugo Zuleta
Organiser:
Takis Kalogroulis
Fernanda Ghi and Guillermo Merlo -
2nd Festival, 9-12 November 2000
Performers:
Gloria & Eduardo
Gustavo Naviera & Giselle Anne
Nito & Elba Garcia
Mora Godoy & Leandro Oliver
Natalia Games & Gabriel Angio
Fernanda Ghi & Guillermo Merlo
Claudia Codega & Esteban Moreno
Hector Villamba & Laura Rosen
Gustavo Vidal Collao & Rebecca Rudolf
Liliana Nakada & Kenji Nozawa
Juan Manuel Nieto & Alma Sanmartino
Musicians:
Sexteto Canyengue
Sandra Rumolino & So Tango! Quartet
Organiser:
Takis Kalogroulis
Claudia Cordega and Esteban Moreno -
1st Festival, 8-13 November 1999
Performers:
Mora Godoy & Leandro Oliver
Fernanda Ghi & Guillermo Merlo
Gustavo Naveira & Giselle Anne
Daniel Trenner & Rebecca Shulman
Nito & Elba Garcia
Sandor & Daniela Rosal
Natalia Games & Gabriel Angio
Musicians:
Ruben Juarez & Daniel Turano
Orquesta El Arrenque
Organiser:
Takis Kalogroulis
Mora Godoy and Leandro Oliver danced at both the First and Second Festivals, 1999 and 2000.
