Please meet Andres and Isabel...
Born in 1983, Andres began dancing when he was 14 year-old; He soon joined the
Ballet Zaraza Tango with which he gave his first shows in some of the most
important milongas in Bunenos Aires. In 2002, he obtained the first role en el
gala "Hugo del Carril", one the most important tango event of the
2000s.
In 2004, Andress succeeded in entering the very competitive "Academia de
Estilos de Tango Argentino" (ACETA) also known as "Ballet
Escuela" where the more famous ‘maestros’ transmit their knowledge and
experience to the new generation of dancers.
In October 2006, Andres becomes Samantha Anahí Dispari dance partner and
gives his first steps as a Tango professional. This very year, Andres learns,
develops and adopts the "Villa Urquiza" style with Jorge Dispari and
María del Carmen. Andres and Samantha give group classes and workshops and head
for Europe in 2007, for Andres first European tour.
In 2009, Andres forms a new dance couple with his life partner, Isabel Acuña.
During this year they give group classes in Buenos Aires and workshops in other
areas of Argentina, and exhibit themselves in the more prestigious milongas.
Isabel Acuña
Born in Chile, Isabel began taking tango classes in "Buenos Aires Tango
Club", a local club in Santiago de Chile, where she learned from the
old-generation masters. Soon she became one of their assistant and took her
fist step into teaching. She tended to evolve in the same circles since
milongas didn’t exist yet in Santiago.
Isabel soon gave shows in tango clubs and began teaching, mostly to senior
people, until she found herselve teaching children in the Santiago YMCA network.
This was a very gratifying experience since a lot of them still dance tango
today.
Isabel acted as a real founder of the tango scene in Chili; with a group of
friends and colleagues, she was promoting tango in Chili and diffusing it among
young people. One could say that this gave birth to a whole new generation of
tangueros.
From January 2005, although she was still working for a living, she took on visiting regurlarly Buneos Aires, in order to develop her knowledge of tango and to get a feeling of the milongas. During these trips, she gave shows for 3 years in "Tango Mundial", an event organized by Parakultural in the Salón Caning. Her Argentine teachers include Graciela Gonzalez, Geraldine Rojas, Alejandra Arrué, Javier Rodriguez and Andrea Missé.
In 2008, she settle down in Buenos Aires and a few months later she begins her profesionnal carreer as a tango dancer and teacher, with Andres Laza Moreno as a partner.