[Tango-A] NA-E: FEB. 27TH- DANIELA ARCURI @ WOODSTOCK TANGO

[Ilene Marder]

SAVE THE DATE!!!!  WEEKEND OF FEB. 27TH!

DANIELA ARCURI @ WOODSTOCK TANGO, SATURDAY FEB 27TH
AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS AND EVENING MILONGA!
SUNDAY WORKSHOPS TOO!

THESE ARE HER ONLY NY WORKSHOPS!
OVERNIGHTS AVAILABLE FOR OUT OF TOWN TANGUEROS ATTENDING WORKSHOPS & 
MILONGA!
STAY TUNED FOR REGISTRATION INFORMATION!

DANIELA'S BIO:
Master Teacher, Choreographer, Performer

A tango teacher, performer and choreographer, Daniela Arcuri grew up in 
the heart of Buenos Aires, where she absorbed the English, French, 
Spanish and mostly Italian influences that define the cosmopolitan 
"porteño" culture of this port city.  At age thirteen, Daniela began 
training in ballet, modern dance, music, acting, jazz, argentinian folk 
dancing, and gymnastics and began teaching, choreographing, and 
performing tango for modern dance at the age of fifteen.  She is a 
graduate of the prestigious Escuela National de Danzas and Instituto 
Nacional de Gimnasia in Buenos Aires and former competitive athlete on 
the Argentinian National Rythmic Gymnastics team.

She began her tango performing career in her early twenties in a 
production in Toronto, Canada with legendary tango dancers Juan Carlos 
Copes, Maria Nieves, and Pepito Avellaneda.  Later, at the age of 
twenty-four she began to teach and choreograph tango in Eduardo 
Arquimbau's tango academy in Buenos Aires and developed a passion for 
the drama of the latin dances and cultures, recognizing that the Tango 
was her own artistic vocabulary.

Her style developed as a result of her training both in ballet and 
modern-contemporary dance, and the influence and instruction from some 
of the great "milongueros" (the tango masters) of Club Almagro and Villa 
Urquiza of Buenos Aires such as Gerardo Portalea, Petaca, and Juan 
Bruno.   She received her tango instruction in the late 80's from the 
best tango masters of that time in Buenos Aires such as Rodolfo Dinzel, 
Eduardo Arquimbau, Antonio Todaro, and Pepito Avellaneda and spent many 
years dancing and observing in the milongas of Buenos Aires.

Along with Armando Orzuza they were one of the most important 
professional tango couples in the world,  appearing on the Solo Tango tv 
channel in Buenos Aires for several years, owning their own tango school 
in Buenos Aires, and visiting more than 200 cities also teaching and 
performing in many prestigious festivals in Europe and the U.S., 
including festivals in Boston, New York, and Miami.  They helped and 
supported the opening of new tango schools in the USA and Europe and 
their performances caught the eye of relevant critics of the most 
important newspapers of New York City.  They have performed along with 
very important artists such as Julio Iglesias, Madonna, Libertad 
Lamarque, Maria Grana, Alba Solis, Beba Vidart, Juan Carlos Copes and 
Marie Nieves, Pepito Avellaneda, Fernando Soler, Sexteto Mayor 
Orchestra, Sexteto Tango Orchestra, La Orquesta de Ernesto Franco, The 
Symphonic Orchestra from the Hollywood Bowl among others.

Daniela has choreographed and performed in many tango productions 
including Tango Pasion.  Her latest choreography and performing project, 
called Sebastian Tango, was presented at the Complejo Cultural Borges in 
Buenos Aires in April, May, and June of 2008.   Daniela is now teaching 
around the U.S. and residing in Austin, TX.