Loukas Balokas & Georgia Proiskou

Loukas Balokas and Georgia Proiskou went together to their first tango class in 2000.Since then and until today their life is bound to this dance.They constantly work with some of the most important tango teachers and staying in Buenos Aires for a long time played a leading role in their dancing culture and evolution. After years of practicing and exploring the fields of improvisation and choreography,they have developed a personal style.The characteristics of their dance are the musicality, speed, alterations in the dynamic of the movement and the intense dramatic elements.They love toying with the classical as well as the modern forms, mixing them. Their teaching is based on the understanding of the basic dancing elements, trying to provide our students the necessary tools to create their own dance through an entertaining method. Loukas and Georgia are considered to be one of the couples mainly responsible for the distribution and establishment of the tango scene around Greece. Georgia is also one of the first Greek tango DJs, still playing music in several milongas and festivals. For more than 10 years they teach in the major Greek cities,maintaining a regular student basis in their own tango studio, in Athens (Tangofix).At the same time they participate in important festivals in Europe and Asia.Every year they present their work in several workshops,inside and outside country, while they appear in many theaters,as members of different dancing companies

Joe Corbata & Lucila Cioni

Lucila Cionci and Rodrigo "Joe" Corbata founded in 2007, "Formula Tango", the union of years of experience in individual events and festivals. Surprising is the great plasticity and expressiveness of their dance that presents innovative choreographic elements and a particular and personal way to improvise. This led them to participate to the major Tango Festivals in the world. Argentina, Japan, Italy, France, Switzerland, Portugal, United Arab Emirates, Sweden, Turkey, Holand, Ukraine, Spain, Korea, South Africa, Russia, Canada, USA are the World countries where "Joe" and Lucila showed an original philosophy of teaching getting excellent response from students at all levels. They focus on energies, musicality and a way to get comfortability between the couple. There lessons are useful for apply immediately on the dance floor! Good mood, more knowledge and lot of work are the essence of there philosophy. Courses can be taught in Spanish, Italian, French and English. Today Lucila and "Joe" are members of CID, Conseil International de la Danse, by UNESCO. They participated in the most important dinner-shows in Buenos Aires such us "Piazzola Tango" + "El Viejo Almacen" + "Madero Tango" + "Taconeando". Also International famous shows: "Tango Vivo" and "Nuit Blanche" by the Union Tanguera Company, "Corazon a Corazon" by the Company Zaraza Tango and " Otango" by Otango Ultimate Show. Lucila & "Joe" directed many shows during those years and still creating new productions for the future. For years they were members of the International Jury of the International Championship of Tango Argentino organized by the city government of Buenos Aires. Among the individual experiences: the participation of Lucila to the Carmen in 2008 at the National Opera in London under the direction of the Oscar Winner Sally Potter and the Joes direction for years, of the Company Tango Bizzarro that produced performances in Asia, South America and South Africa. Lucila Cionci and Rodrigo "Joe" Corbata blend the beauty of movement, harmony and connection, creating an exciting and unique dance.

Jorge Benvenutti & Raluca Aldea

Jorge Benvenutti, Argentine Tango Dancer and Teacher, from Resistencia –Chaco, Argentina, with great experience both as artist and in offering to others his knowledge into Tango. He first started at an early age by dancing argentine folklore and at one moment Tango came into his dancing life and change its corse. He won two editions of the World Tango Championship’s Preliminary ( subsede de Resistencia – Chaco ): in 2012 - Champion both in Escenarion and Salon category and in 2013 – Champion in Escenario category. In 2014 he won the title Best Male Dancer in The same Preliminary of Chaco . In 2015 he became National Champion of Festival de Bandera – Buenos Aires, Escenario category. He had numerous Tango projects both in Argentina and worldwide. In 2017 once again Champion, this time of the World Tango Championship Preliminary and Tango Festival of Tucuman, category Salon. Teaching Tango in Chaco ( Argentina ) and with numerous projects of Tango shows in Festival and also on stage, his life is dedicated to this beautiful art of dancing. He is a true ambassador of the authentic Tango and he admires the old stars of the Tango.

Raluca Aldea, a Romanian experienced dancer and dance teacher, she discovered the fascinating and wonderful Dance World at the early age of 4 . She soon realizes that she was meant to dance through life, so she embraces the classical dance, for 16 years. She graduates The National Choreography (ballet) High school in 1997 and dances for 2 years with The Oleg Danovsky Classical and Contemporary Theater. In the year 2000 she decides to leave the classical stage and enters another beautiful dance area, The Ballroom Dance. Throughout her dancing years she meets many other dance styles like: contemporary dance, jazz dance, folklore, salsa, bachata. She also has the chance to watch some Argentine Tango videos and they inspired and drive her in love with IT as she feels that she really connects and resonates with the history, the music, the passion and the magic of the Tango. This was the moment when she decided to learn Tango. As a tango dancer the most notable events among various performances were the semi-finals of The European Tango Championship, Rome 2012– Stage Tango and the finals of The TV contest Dancing Romania, Antena 1 2013, the Final of the 2016 European Championship section Escenario and Semifinal sedction Salon and the First Place in UK Tango Championship 2017 which led to her participation in the World Tango Championship of 2017.

Jorge and Raluca – In the spring of 2018 they started a beautiful partnership advised by their common good friend Max Van de Voorde and for three month they teach and danced together in Bucharest and also touring Romania and going to Budapest at Mr. Laszlo Budai’s kind invitation, to teach and dance there for a weekend. Their activity as Tango teachers and dancers was very much appreciated both in Rumania and in Budapest so they decided to continue their collaboration . The fall of 2019 brings for them another three months of Tango partnership, projects and wonderful surprises. Both of them Love Tango and the audience can observe this aspect in their dance. Jorge had the opportunity to work and study Tango with old and renowned Tango Maestros from Argentina and he really puts in his dance their great teachings. They enjoy each other’s embrace and live the dance fully.

"It will be a great honor for us to be once again in Budapest, meeting again all the beautiful Tango Friends there and being in such wonderful company! Can’t wait to see you all again at October Pest Tango Fest 2019!!"