Alejandra and Diego Tango Workshop, Practica & Zouk Social

Join us for an amazing night of Tango and Zouk with two incredible instructors, a practica to train the concepts you have learned followed by a zouk social to cap the night off. This will be a fully vaccinated and masked event. If you are new to Old Town Zouk events, please send a copy of your vaccine card, or have it ready at the door. ADDRESS: 1420 Prince St Alexandria, VA 22314 SCHEDULE: 8-9: Tango workshop with Alejandra and Diego 9-10: Tango practica 10-12: Brazilian Zouk social PRICE: Full Pass: Class + Practica + Social: $25 Just Tango Workshop + Practica: $15 Just Zouk Social: $10 PAYMENT: Venmo: @Niranjan-dinesh last 4 digits: 0735 Cashapp: $Niranjandinesh Paypal: [email protected] About the instructors: In 1997 Diego Lanau began studying tango. In 1999 Diego joined the Mora Godoy group in Club Almagro where he met his first tango partner, Natalia Arcidiacono, with who START TEACHING IN 2001. Diego participated in a variety of tango competitions.He became finalists in the Sin Rumbo Club in Villa Urquiza and in December 2003 was crowned champion, by a nearly unanimous public vote, in Club Saraza. And set the finals in 2004 in the world tango cup. 2006 marked the beginning of international travel with the San Francisco Bay Area the first destination. . Diego traveled to various cities in the USA: San Diego, Los Angeles, Chicago, Cleveland New York, Reno, Lake Tahoe, Las Vegas and Aspen and participated in 2007 participated in the Portland and Seattle festivals. In 2009, he travels expanded to Europe, where he taught and performed in Italy, Spain and France. Afterwards, they returned to Europe in 2010 to participate in the Kerallic tango festival in Bretagne. Also in 2010 they were invited to participate in the Antipanico Festival in the Bay Area. He returned to the Bay Area in May 2011. April 2013, special participation at ATUSA as performer. March 2015, judge at Los Ángeles local championship. June 2015, tango festival in Sabadell( Spain) In 2017, he perform at Buenos Aires City Hall, Club Atlético Boca Juniors.( most emblematic soccer team in Argentina) January 2018 participated in TANGO SALON EXTREMO, in Argentina. March same year work as Judge at ATUSA, in San Francisco. In July 2021 is invited to perform at “Windy city, Tango Festival “ in Chicago; Also in ATUSA one more time as judge and performer. In September perform and teach at BosThon tango Marathon in Boston. In November start a new position as Artist Director at Tango Mercurio in Washington DC. And continue working and performing in Buenos Aires as well USA today. Alejandra Saravia started to dance ballet and practice gymnastics at the age of 4. In 2008 Tango become part of her life where she started to gain experience and skills from world renowned teachers Alejandra Mantinian, Moira Castellano and Pablo Veron, being her main influence for the last 5 years in BA Argentina. Alejandra has been teaching and performing in the US since 2008, Bolivia in 2018; Europe, in March 2019 ( Italy) and April 2019 in Chile. At the end of 2019 she began her partnership with Diego Lanau and continued traveling and teaching in San Francisco. Together they have long and vast experience dancing tango and teaching to different cultures and levels. They are professional tango dancers and milongueros, with a broad spectrum of literacy of the dance in all their components.