Taboe Tango Camp

Teachers
Again we invited a special group of teachers, new and old.

Homer & Cristina Ladas (USA)

Homer and Cristina both started their tango obsession in 1997. They finally met each other 2001. They fell in love and were married 8 months later. As each year passes they continue to explore deeper facets of their relationship to each other and to tango.

They believe thahe final goal - while meaningful -, is less important then the road and risks taken to get there. Via the 'ONE TANGO' philosophy they are emphasizing a fusion of tango ideologies. As teachers they try to reduce barriers that may inhibit students from really finding their own dance.

Homer is an active student of tango music. His current obsession is the bandoneon! He also plays the double bass. He also has performed in several community orchestras ans hosts or participates in free music jams. Cristina is currently recovering from a life altering kidney disease and, beyond her regular 'tango functions', is a student of Yoga and Pilates and spends her off-time reading.
Homer and Cristina on Youtube
www.organictangosf.info
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Korey & Adeline Ireland (USA/Germany)

Korey is a professional composer turned tango-addict. Originally from Kansas City, Korey has spent the better part of the last eight years traveling and teaching tango in England, Holland, Spain, Germany, Russia and Argentina, sharing his passion for tango, music, expression, and connection.
In recent years, this mission has grown to include work with aspiring tango musicians at festival throughout North America and Europe to create live music for dancers.

Adeline started teaching tango in 2002. Her desire to deepen her understanding of dance and enhance her effectivness in teaching and sharing tango motivated her to pursue graduate studies in dance pedagogics at IBT. Upon completing her dance teaching credential she immediately migrated to Buenos Aires to study and teach tango. She returned to Berlin to work for three years as a full-time freelance tango instructor - mostly in Berlin's largest tango school, Mala Junta. She worked with a great variety of colleagues which fostered an openness for different tecniques and styles.

Currently Korey and Adeline are married and travel and teach together.
Korey & Adeline on Youtube
rythm play from Korey & Adeline on facebook
www.koreyadeline.com
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Rafael Busch & Suzanne Optitz (Germany)

Tangotanzen macht schön" which means, that "dancing tango brings out your beauty".
Susanne and Rafael have a new popular tango school and milonga in Berlin, where they share their love and experience with their pupils. They teach an organic concept of movement and communication with a great doses of humor.

They have 5 year old daughter so they have made even a children playroom in their school, which allows parents to dance while their children play.

On stage, they love to improvise but also to mix tango with theatre, as you can see in the video links below.
Rafael & Suzanne on Youtube
Rafael & Suzanne on Berliner train station
www.tangotanzenmachtschoen.de
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Bora Erdem (Turkey)

Bora Erdem lives in Istanbul. He started his movement journey with martial arts. At the age of 17 he was selected to the karate national team and became Turkish champion at +80 kg category several times. He has a black belt with 4th dan.

Bora has always been interested in dance. He worked as an international model for 10 years where he added his own dance performances to the fashion shows.

Soon after he met Argentinean Tango it became a very important part of his life. He is using his martial art techniques and modeling experience in his dancing, which is uniquely 'Bora' like : can be 'dangerously' explosive and thrilling (as karate) but also very soft, subtle and playful.

Bora is teaching tango for 6 years and also organizing several tango events in Istanbul. Besides Tango classes, he is giving Karate, Kickboxing and Tae-Bo lessons.

Bora says: "Tango has to mean something different to everyone. If you want to enjoy dancing very deeply, you need to work and think hard (no pain, no gain!) And than you will have your own tango (your movements, your embrace, your rhythm, your musicality). When you reach it, it is: FREEDOM!!!
Bora on Youtube
http://boraerdem.com/
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Ezequiel and Lydia (living in the Netherlands)
Ezequiel Sanucci (Buenos Aires) and Lydia Müller (Germany) are professional dancers in tango, contemporary dance, ballet and contact improvisation based in The Netherlands. They are specialiced in the fusion of Argentinean tango with contemporary dance and contact improvisation. They studied tango with Gustavo Naveira and DNI Tango, among others. They have been working since many years as professional contemporary dansers in well known dance companies in Europe. Ezequiel was also a soloist ballet dancer at the Ballet del Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. Because of their tango, contemporary dance and theater background they developed their own Contemporary Tango style and they make tango dance theater productions with their own dance company: Tango Danstheater / Ezequiel Sanucci. They also teach together tango, tango fusion, contact tango, partnering, contemporary dance, contact and improvisation workshops.

In 2010 they won the 1st prize with a tango fusion choreography of Ezequiel at Rabotheater Open Podium Twente in The Netherlands. They performed and teached at major festivals, theaters and milongas in Argentina, The Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Greece, Venezuela and Mexico as: Festival Cambalache, Club Villa Malcolm in Buenos Aires; Muziektheater Amsterdam, Festival Mundial, Dias Latinos, Korzo Theater, Vondelpark Openluchttheater in The Netherlands; TangoGreece Festival in Athens; NeoTangoRave, Phantastango in Germany; Mi Amberes Querido in Belgium; Festival Cervantino in Mexico, among others. They also performed together with orquestras such as Alfredo Marcucci and Sexteto Milonguero.

Ezequiel is currently working as a dancer and tango choreographer with the International Danstheater in the production "Puur Barbaars" that celebrates the 50th anniversary of this prestigious dance company with premier in Lucent Danstheater. On the 21st and 22nd of January 2012 Lydia and Ezequiel will be performing and teaching at the new festival Rotterdam Tango Transformations. www.tangodanstheater.nl
www.twitter.com/ezequielsanucci
www.facebook.com/contemporarytango
www.youtube.com/user/ezequy
vimeo.com/channels/119255
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Paras and Paul (The Netherlands)

After their first cheek-to-cheek tango on a warm spring night in 1999, Paras and Paul haven't been separated for long. They have found many valuable things in all different approaches and styles. Their dance is on a non-stop journey, always changing and evolving. They are teaching since 2003 in their own school and abroad. Next to the techniques and figures (the outer side) they enjoy to work on the inner side: attitude, presence, improvisation, interaction and awareness.

Their main focus is now to create longer tango events in the nature, like the Taboe Camp weeks and Taboe2Chill weekends.

We love to gather with all these tango-nomads from all around the world in this warm and joyful refuge" in the forest. We make sure everybody is part of the 'gang' and feels at home and at ease. We make people play and interact in many unusual ways… this makes the atmosphere in the group so warm and connected."
Paul & Paras on Youtube
www.tangoatelier.nl
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Daniëlle van Grieken (The Netherlands)
Daniëlle fell in love with yoga during her first yoga class in Bali. Yoga drastically changed her life in many ways. After realizing an academic career was not what she desired, she started her own business so she could share her love and passion for yoga & body work with others.

Since she completed her Vinyasa Yoga & Ayurveda Teacher Training in India, she has been teaching Vinyasa Yoga in the Netherlands and Bali. Through Yoga and Ayurveda, Dani¸lle hopes to inspire people to live a more mindful and healthy life. Besides teaching Yoga, she works as an independent massage therapist and organizes healthy Asian cooking classes at people's own homes. Her life motto is: "Our physical body is a temple, we better take care of it!".

In her free time, Dani¸lle loves dancing the tango, photography and running. She regularly travels to Asia, where she is inspired by the wisdom and lifestyle of the Far East.
www.studiovandaan.nl
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Cristina Sales Melo (Portugal)
When I started Tai Chi I already had several years of experience in Tango and in fact, my tango skills helped me to start my Tai Chi journey. After a while I realized that as a consequence of my Tai Chi practice, my dancing was changing in a positive sense. It was not just by changing my way of moving but also my ability to listening to my partner and the way I used and managed my own energy.

In fact, besides the benefits that practicing Tai Chi can bring to the Tango practice, there are many parallels between the two. Most of the Tai Chi techniques and concepts can be applied directly to Tango.

Some of the specific benefits Tai Chi can bring to Tango are: improving flexibility and the ability to move in a fluid way, enhancing the ability to listen to the partner in an organic way, promoting a better control of emotions and energy, sharpening the various senses, developing the ability to concentrate and focus, increasing creativity by enhancing a state of alert relaxation. http://www.facebook.com/Cristina.Sales.TaiChi
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Sacha Roberts (UK)
What is Shiatsu?
Shiatsu, meaning 'finger pressure' in Japanese, is a form of healing massage originating in the east and based on energy meridians or channels (as used in acupuncture). Receiving shiatsu is a deeply relaxing and releasing experience. A range of techniques are used including stretches, movement and pressure to bring about an adjustment of the body's physical structure and balancing of its energy flow, whilst creating an overall sense of well-being. Shiatsu is generally given on a futon mat on the floor. The receiver remains fully clothed throughout the session and it is best to wear loose fitting/stretchy comfortable clothes.

Why Shiatsu and Tango? Tango events and camps are a feast for the body and emotions. Shiatsu is a unique form of massage, which brings together body, mind, spirit and emotions through dynamic, gentle touch. Shiatsu prepares the ground for people to be more relaxed and receptive to the learning process.
It can specifically pick up on something that is coming up in a private lesson or workshop or in people's dance - a blockage of energy, or disconnection of part of the body. During an intensive period of tango dancing and workshops, knees and ankles get heavy use with lots of spiral movement. The dance focus is on balance, posture, being grounded, sensitivity to other people's energy, non verbal communication, connecting with your own centre and from there with your partner.
Shiatsu supports and nurtures the process. Tango and shiatsu are complimentary in that they are both working with moving energy. People arrive on the mat well prepared for shiatsu - tuned into their own and other's energy. In a shiatsu session each treatment is tailored to the recipient and their individual needs. People bring their emotional and physical aches and pains and return to the dance with a sense of renewal and rebalancing.

Sacha Roberts - Dip Shi, MRSS (member of Shiatsu Society UK) www.thepracticeuk.com
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