Daniela
grew up in the heart of Buenos Aires,
where she absorbed the English, French,
Spanish and mostly Italian influences
that defined the cosmopolitan "porteño"
culture of this port city. At age thirteen,
Daniela began training in ballet, modern
dance, music, acting, jazz, argentinean
folk dancing and gymnastics. She is a
graduate of the Escuela Nacional de Danzas"
and Instituto Nacional de Gimnasia".
She began to teach and choreograph at
the age of fifteen and developed the passion
for the drama of the latin dances and
cultures, recognizing that the Tango was
her own artistic ocabulary. Her style
developed as a result of her training
both in dance and gymnastics, as well
of the influence of "milongueros"
(the tango masters).
Armando
was born in "La Boca", a suburb
of Buenos Aires, known as the birth place
of the Tango. His first professional contact
with the Tango was at the age of fourteen,
as a sound technician for a "tangueria"
(Tango dance hall) in Buenos Aires. This
enriching experience surrounded him with
the foremost dancers, singers and rchestras
of the Tango world. Ten years later he
began to study the Tango himself. Armando
learned to dance from the original "milongueros"
and began his professional career in 1990,
after meeting Daniela. Together they would
travel to 250 cities around the world,
as performers and as master teachers.
