Tango Brigante in Courtenay

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Friday, September 25th, 2015
Fri Sept 25: 7pm-11pm, 2 workshops plus Milonga Sat Sept 26: 2pm-4pm 2 workshops Sat Sept 26: 7-8pm, workshop Sat Sept 26: 8-11pm Milonga

Tango Brigante: Luciano Brigante & Alejandra Orozco www.sergeitumas.com/home/lucianobrigantealejandraorozco.php The Comox Valley Tango Collective is pleased to again host Luciano Brigante and Alejandra Orozco from Mexico for a series of 5 workshops with a Milonga finale Saturday evening.

You also have the option to come to the Saturday night Milonga only (cost is $10). To teach and perform their Tango Brigante method of Argentine Tango, they actively tour Canada, the US, Mexico, South and Central America, Europe and Asia. They exemplify the Villa Urquiza style with their elegance, smoothness and precision in walking.

Their elegant dancing reflects great accuracy, tradition, strength and dynamism. They have many accomplishments to their credit, including being invited to dance tango exclusively for the kings of Jordan and Egypt, and performing in the Olympic Cultural Festival as members of Argentina's delegation to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

Their dynamic strength, skill and performance quality have won them many awards for their dancing, such as taking Second Place in Tango Salon category at 2004 Mundial del Tango World Championships and First Place in the 2010 National Championships in Buenos Aires, in Salon and Stage categories by the National Sports Commission. As Tango Maya Fest Directors, they host an international Tango Festival in Cancun, Mexico every November. As principal dancers, they have appeared in various productions, tango shows, and films. More about Luciano and Alejandra Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Luciano Brigante has presented in prestigious Tango houses in his hometown such as La Cumparsita, Casablanca and Michelangelo. In September 2000 he traveled to Mexico when he was invited to inaugurate the Night of Tango Restaurant Bariloche in the city of Guadalajara. In the fall of 2001 he was again invited to present a tango seminar at the 1st International Tango Festival in Cancun.

He remained in Mexico to continue teaching and performing. Alejandra Orozco has combined her stage experience in Tango Escenario and Tango Fantasia to fashion a traditionally dramatic exhibition style. She and Luciano implement distinctive methods of instruction, enriched by their knowledge in the field of communication and psychology, to revolutionize the way we see, feel, hear and experience the Argentine tango.