Past Festivals:
Aurora Lubiz -
Teacher, dancer and choreographer. She first studied dance at
the Escuela Nacional the Danzas. She was part of the Ballet Folklórico de Santiago Ayala
"El Chucaro" y Norma Viola for many years. She studied many dances, such as jazz and flamenco
and also theatre.
She studied tango with Antonio Todaro, Pepito Avellaneda, Los Dinzel and La Negra Margarita.
She has been part of important shows including: Tango Emoción, Romance de Barrio, Los
Grandes del Tango Argentino, and Una Rosa Para el Señor Tango. She made very successful tours around
USA, Japan, Canada, Germany, Australia, Netherlands, Chile, Brazil and Uruguay. She was the artistic
director of the World Tango Festival, organized in Buenos Aires.
She has taught tango since 1983. Today she teaches technique lessons for the follower role at the
Escuela Argentina de Tango and at her own dance studio, where she also has her exclusive
production, exhibition and shop of tango dancing shoes.
Luciano Bastos -
is a well known teacher, dancer and choreographer with more than 12 years developing Argentine Tango in Brazil and worldwide, with strong theatrical and educational experience.
Currently, he is partnered with Aurora Lubiz where they have appeared in the stage production ‘Café de los Maestros’, a composition of iconic musicians of Tango Argentino, which has been on stage in Brazil, Singapore, Seoul and Hong Kong, including the famous Hong Kong Arts Festival 2010.
Together with Aurora Lubiz, he has been invited to give classes as part of ‘Tango Buenos Aires 2010 –Festival y Mundial’ organized by the Government of the City of Buenos Aires and the ‘VI Masterpara Maestro de Tango’ in la Escuela Argentina de Tango. Luciano has also been invited as guest teacher at countless Tango festivals, such as ‘Bailemos Tango’, ‘Tango Queer’, ‘Vantangofest’ in May 2010 & 2011 and since 2009 the Crucero Tango y Milonga company Costa Cruceros, which runs along the southern coast of Brazil.
Luciano Bastos and Aurora Lubiz in Rio
Workshops with Aurora Lubiz and Luciano Bastos
| Thursday, May 17th Special Workshop |
7:30PM - 8:45PM | Milonga Lisa and with Traspie
ALL LEVELS Back by popular demand! |
Libertango |
| Friday, May 18th |
12:00PM - 1:15PM | W4 - Tango Salon. Giros, Enrosques & Adornos. Circulation on floor. ADVANCED |
Croatian Cultural Center (Room TBA) |
| 3:45PM - 5:00PM | W11 - Tango Milonguero. Sequences for the crowded floor in close embrace. INTERMEDIATE |
Croatian Cultural Center (Room TBA) |
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| Saturday, May 19th |
12:00PM - 1:15PM | W17 - Technique for leading & following. Disassociation, balance & contact. BEGINNER |
Croatian Cultural Center (Room TBA) |
| 2:00PM - 3:15PM | W23 Complete sequences in close embrace for the milongas of Buenos Aires. ADVANCED |
Croatian Cultural Center (Room TBA) |
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| 3:45PM - 5:00PM | W28 Techniques for Improvisation DIAMOND WORKSHOP |
Croatian Cultural Center (Room TBA) |
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| Sunday, May 20th |
2:15PM - 3:30PM | DIAMOND WORKSHOP W36 - Changes of dynamic in giros & sacadas VERY ADVANCED |
Croatian Cultural Center (Room TBA) |
| 3:45PM - 5:00PM | W37 - Basic sequences for the floor. Ochos, Giros, Adornos BEGINNER |
Croatian Cultural Center (Room TBA) |