<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><P style="text-indent: -45px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 17px; margin-left: 60px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px;"><B>Maxi Copello y Maria Blanco</B></SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> <SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN> The rain could not impede the crowded tango class that evening in Buenos Aires.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><P style="text-indent: 47px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; ">You could feel the excitement of the dancers as they changed their shoes.</P><P style="text-indent: 47px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; ">The first beat of La Cumparsita by D’arienzo started the class at seven thirty.</P><P style="text-indent: 47px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; ">Watching Maxi explaining the figures with a big smile was Maria, drinking a coffee.</P><P style="text-indent: 47px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; ">The relaxed atmosphere enticed Maria to join the class when a white-haired man invited her to dance.</P><P style="text-indent: 47px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; ">That day Maxi and Maria just glanced each other, but the magic of Buenos Aires would later surprise them.</P><P style="text-indent: 47px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; ">On a Friday night, Maria joined a friend at a Milonga. When ‘ Vida Mia’ by Osvaldo Fresedo started to play she felt a hand on her back and a friendly voice saying, "Shall we dance?"</P><P style="text-indent: 47px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; ">Those three minutes marked the<FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF6400"> </FONT>beginning of a long story, the way they met and have been together ever since.</P><P style="text-indent: 0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>Putting the accent on elegance, Maxi & Maria focus on a traditional tango reminiscent of it’s roots, keeping that essence alive.</P><P style="text-indent: 47px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; ">Through their movement, the deep connection of their looks, the sensuality of their embrace the audience sees not just two people but a couple bringing alive the rhythm of Argentinian Tango.</P><P style="text-indent: 47px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; ">Being the son of one of the great Argentine Tango Legends, Carlos Copello, Maxi & Maria were taught and nurtured by many of the great Maestros of their dance. They learned different styles as they studied with (among others) Carlos Copello, Oscar Martinez Pey, Fabian Peralta, Osvaldo Zotto & Lorena Hermosida, Juan Corbalan and Carlos & Rosa Perez.</P><P style="text-indent: 47px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; ">Maxi & Maria are well-known in Argentina through their work not only as choreographers, artistic directors and stars on some of the best stages and leading hotels of Buenos Aires, but also through television, the print media and their 2006 Choreography DVD.</P><P style="text-indent: 47px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; ">As artistic directors of one of the largest and most complete international academies of dance in Latin America, Maxi & Maria consider the teaching aspect of their profession of utmost importance. With this in mind, they have designed a system making the most of the power and capacity of each student.</P><P style="text-indent: 47px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; ">For More Information and a printable schedule of their visit to Los Angeles, <A href="http://casadepractica.com/2006Update/WebPages/Events.html"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000F0">click here</FONT></A></P><DIV style="text-indent: 47px;"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Geneva CY; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Geneva CY; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV style="text-indent: 47px;"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>