SEBASTIAN JIMENEZ & JOANA FERNANDES GOMES

Sebastian is the youngest Salon World Champion in the history of Tango. He began his dance training at the age of 4 with Folklore Argentino. At age 10, started Tango and began learning from Carlos Perez and Rosa Forte, the at 14 years the best living tango exponent in the world.

MAXIMILIANO CRISTIANI & KARINA COLMEIRO

Maximiliano is World Tango Champion 2013 and also 2005 Metropolitan Vice-Champion, 2008 Tango Escenario World Vice-Champion, the 2012 Buenos Aires Tango Salon Champion, 2012 Milonga Champion, 2012 World Tango Vice-Champion. He has studied extensively with Osvaldo Zotto, Gerardo Portalea, Carlos & Rosa Perez, Pupy Castello, Orlando Paiva, Gloria & Eduardo Arquimbau, Eduardo Parejita &Chino Perico.

Karina is renowned her quality of teaching by being professional performer in different styles of dances, Karina danced and taught tango around the world through South America, North America, Asia, Europe, and Oceania. She has participated in numerous Tango Festivals and work with different partners like Horacio Godoy, between then. Karina a choreographed shows in Buenos Aires and in others countries. as teacher, she is very capable of communicating her vast knowledge about movement and pedagogy with her professional training in National School of Dance and then at the Teatro San Martin in Buenos Aires.

IVAN TERRAZA & SARA GRDAN

Ivan Terrazas is from Argentina. He was trained to competition in Malambo and Argentine Folklore, as well as classical ballet and Tango. Sara studied folklore dance and classical ballet in Croatia. together they are among the youngest and most recognized teachers and performers in the world of Argentine Tango. They are trained primarily by Diego DiFalco, Pablo Pugliese and Natalia Hills, andinfluenced teachers such asJorge Torres, Roberto Herrera, Guillermina Quiroga, Gabriel Misse, Carlitos Perez and Raul Bravo,
They are members of the prestigious company ‘Tangueros del Sur’ directed by Natalia Hills, they have recently performed with ‘Tangox2’ and ‘Miguel Zotto in Concert’, ‘Obsesion Tango’and ‘Compania Roberto Herrera’. They are also one of the world top 4 couples to be included in Tangomeet video series.

BULENT KARABAGLI & LINA CHAN

Bulent Karabagli + Lina Chan are a new generation of multiple-style tango dancers with strong roots in traditional Argentine tango. Bulent has studies with the most prestigious teachers in over 20 years of experience teaching and dancing Argentine Tango all the over the world as guest maestros in major festivals and cities, such as Baltimore Tango Elements, Toronto Tango Festival, Nuevo Tango Festival in Montreal & Toronto Tango Experience, Ottawa and the US, Bulent is well-known for his innovative and improvisational approach to tango as well as his fine sense of musicality and elegance.​​Lina is originally from Hong Kong and has over 25 years of experience in tango and other dance forms.

TORONTO TANG8FEST
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