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With 40 years of experience in Argentine tango, Giselle Anne is an internationally renowned dancer, choreographer, and teacher whose work has contributed significantly to the evolution of tango technique and teaching.
Her artistic career includes performances in prestigious productions such as Tango Argentino and Tango Pasión, as well as international tours across Japan, Europe, and the Americas, sharing the stage with renowned tango orchestras and artists.
In 1995, she began a creative and pedagogical collaboration with Gustavo Naveira, with whom she co-created the Progressive Tango Program™ — a comprehensive teaching methodology based on the structural analysis of movement, technique, musicality, and the mechanics of tango.
A passionate teacher and pioneer in individual tango technique training, Giselle brings a unique approach to understanding movement, developing both roles, and exploring the deeper structure of tango beyond steps and figures.
As co-founder of Boulder Tango Studio and co-producer of the Boulder Tango Festival in Colorado, she has helped shape tango education and develop generations of dancers and teachers worldwide.
Her teaching combines artistic sensitivity, technical precision, and a deep understanding of tango, offering dancers new tools to explore, understand, and expand their own dance.
Marcos Pereira and Florencia Borgnia are professional Argentine Tango dancers, teachers, and choreographers from Argentina. Dancing together since 2013, they each bring more than two decades of experience in Argentine Tango. Florencia is originally from Almagro, Buenos Aires, while Marcos was born and raised in Chubut, Patagonia, where he began studying tango before moving to Buenos Aires at a young age to continue his training and pursue a professional career.
Their artistic and professional development was shaped in Buenos Aires, where they trained with renowned tango masters and milongueros while immersing themselves in the city’s traditional milongas and professional tango scene. As a couple, they are known for their elegance, musicality, strong technical foundation, and expressive interpretation, deeply rooted in the tradition and culture of Argentine Tango.
Now based in New York City, Marcos & Florencia have performed and taught extensively throughout the United States and internationally. They have been featured at numerous festivals and events, including Valentango, San Antonio Tango Festival, Denver Tango Festival, Pittsburgh Tango Festival, Las Vegas Tango Festival, Albuquerque Tango Festival, and ATUSA Argentine Tango USA Official Festival & Championship, among others, with additional engagements in Argentina, Mexico, China, and South Korea.
They are five-time finalists of the World Tango Championship (2017, 2018, 2019, 2023 & 2024), placing 9th in 2023, and earned 2nd Place in 2015 and 3rd Place in 2024 at the Buenos Aires City Tango Championship. They have also served as judges and instructors at tango festivals and championships in the United States and Mexico.
Their professional credits include Ballet Hispánico School of Dance in New York City, Escuela Argentina de Tango, the historic Café Tortoni Tango Show, Tango Argentina U.S. Show, and Ella es Tango at GALA Hispanic Theatre with the Pan American Symphony Orchestra.
Marcos & Florencia are active members of AMBCTA – Association of Argentine Tango Masters, Dancers and Choreographers, and certified instructors in ADAPTANGO Fundamentals for Older Adults and Individuals with Neurotoxic and Neurodegenerative Conditions.
Maxi and Paloma focus on preserving the essence of traditional tango and its technique, while maintaining the connection during the improvisation. They inspire their students to develop a love for the embrace and the dance. They start their classes with the basics, discussing elemental topics. Then build on them, creating a better understanding of the structure of tango.
Maxi and Paloma have been dancing Argentine Tango for over 18 years. They made it to the finals of the World Tango Championship six times, winning 2nd place in 2007 in Buenos Aires. They won 1st place in South Korea in 2008, and 1st place in Chile in 2001 and 2006.
Fulya and Ozhan have been dancing tango for 25 years. They use their dance education in various dance forms and their interdisciplinary background to explore and enrich their Tango. They have traveled in Europe, Asia and USA both to teach and perform. They also took part in numerous musicals, festivals, TV Shows and live tango concerts.
Fulya and Ozhan are very passionate tango instructors and they are known for their skill to convey tango concepts from the simplest to the most complex, humbly, patiently and in detail. They love the freedom of improvisation Tango provides and they try to guide their students to find their own voice in their tango journey. They have a solid teaching method where they focus on maintaining a strong connection and clear intention at all times for better communication and co-creation in Tango. Their method involves using proper body mechanics and expanding the body limits.
Ozhan and Fulya are very dedicated instructors both to tango education and community growth in San Diego since 2017.
Felipe & Ayano came together in the tango scene of the SF Bay Area, and embody the global nature of tango, traveling full-time throughout North America, Europe, South America, and Asia to teach, DJ, and lecture about the dance, music & poetry of tango. They also spend time annually in Buenos Aires studying and enjoying the dance and its history & culture.
Felipe’s background includes a degree in education and more than 25 years of experience in tango and is widely renown for his clear teaching strategy, enthusiastic personality, and ability to make real improvements in your dancing.
Ayano has been dancing tango since 2005. A milonguera herself, she believes anybody can dance tango. Her mission as a teacher is to help each person find your own unique way to dance tango by cultivating self awareness to find ease and freedom of movement.
She is also dedicated to her other passion projects Women’s Gathering and Tango Poetry Project to further enrich each dancers’ experience. Watch/Listen to her interviews to get to know her more.
Together, their demonstrations are clear and precise, offering students an excellent model of movement and showing a deep knowledge and respect for the genre. Both Felipe and Ayano lead and follow interchangeably which is invaluable for teaching. Their series at Stanford University and their classes at The Beat in Berkeley are always in high demand, which is a tribute to their teaching excellence and wide appeal.
Carrie Field
Carrie Field fell in love with tango in 2005. After many trips to Buenos Aires, she began teaching tango with Mike Malixi in 2009. Her experience in Pilates, Yoga, and Gyrotonic, brings an organic and mechanical insight into the moving body that she applies to teaching tango. She has a B.A. in dance, a previous career as a modern dancer and is currently a graduate student in Occupational Therapy at the University of New Mexico. Carrie teaches in her local tango community of Albuquerque and is a regular guest instructor at tango festivals around the US.
Carrie is the creator of the Tango Inform™ series, a collection of exercises to prepare the body specifically for tango. She will be offering these classes free to festival participants.