Ana & Michael Thomas Teaching and Performing at CCTM

ARGENTINE TANGO USA 2017 SALON WINNERS ANA & MICHAEL THOMAS DJ: Azriel Class $10 Class and Milonga $15 Milonga $12 Class by ANA & MICHAEL THOMAS: 8PM-9PM Milonga 9PM-12AM Michael Thomas started dancing tango at the age of ten, back in 1999 in the renown tango school and milonga “La Galeria del Tango” in Boedo, City of Buenos Aires. His First mentors and maestros were Ernesto Balmaceda and Stella Baez. Between 2002 and 2006 he studied with many teachers that were part of the old milongueros school like Javier Rodriguez & Geraldine Rojas, Gustavo Naveira & Giselle Anne, Julio Balmaceda & Corina de la Rosa, Gabriel Angio & Natalia Games among others. Between 2006 and 2010 he was teaching and performing in Buenos Aires at several well known venues like “Glorias Argentinas”, “Salon Dandi” and “Porteño y Bailarin” Since 2010 he performed and taught in USA and in the suburbs of Buenos Aires, his hometown Lomas de Zamora and Adrogue. In 2015 he continued his studies in tango salon with Leandro Oliver & Laila Rezk, and Gabriel Misse. In 2017 he won with Ana Thomas, his sister and tango partner the 2017 USA OFFICIAL ARGENTINE TANGO CHAMPIONSHIP, in tango de pista category. Ana Thomas started dancing ballet, contemporary dance and jazz at the age of 7. She learned how to dance tango since very young from her father Edmundo Thomas and brother Michael Thomas. She studied at the National School of Dance 'Maria Ruanova' in Buenos Aires and joined the IUNA (National Arts University) to continue her studies in contemporary dance in 2011. In 2014 she graduated from the prestigious 'Taller de Danza Contemporanea del Teatro San Martin' in Buenos Aires. She has been training in tango for the last 6 years with maestros Leandro Oliver, Laila Rezk, Natalia Hills, Alejandro Aquino, Gabriel Misse, Analia Centurion, Guillermina Quiroga among others. In 2017 she won the US Tango Championship with her brother and partner Michael Thomas.