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Lisette Perelle
Dancing since the age of 5, Lisette began her training in gymnastics. From there her education continued to Hula, Ballet, Jazz, Modern, Ballroom, Argentine Tango and Theater. She received her B.A. Degree from Northeastern University in Speech Communications concentrating in Television and Film production. She has worked in the film industry for over 14 years and has won Canada's Lotus award for Producer of the Best PSA commercial in 1996. Her Minor was in Theater.
She danced and performed with Northeaster Dance Theater Company in 1986-88 where she did choreography under the direction of Sarah Umberger. She was very involved in theater since childhood where she not only acted, sang and danced, but also choreographed numbers for the musicals, "Ghetto" and "Working". She has since done choreography for a music video for the singer Jenifer Taylor.
She was a member of the Argentine performance company called Ballet Pampa Argentina under the direction of Pampa Cortes for 2 years. She has starred in 2 tango film shorts, "Burn" and "Tango in the Park" as well as performed on television for KQED in San Francisco.
Lisette trained in Argentine tango with Julian "Miller" Ramil, Pampa and Valeria Cortes, Fabian Salas, Mariana Flores and Eduardo Cappussi, Julio Balmeceda and Corina de la Rosa, Mariano "Chicho" Framboli, Mariana Dragone, Sabastian Arce and Mariana Montes, Carlos Gavito, El Flaco Danny Garcia, Omar Vega, Daniel Juarez and Alejandra Armenti and many others. She spends extensive time in Buenos Aires each year training as well as teaching.
She has taught tango in the Bay Area including San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, Monterey, Santa Cruz, Sacramento and Mendocino. She has also taught in Palm Beach, Florida and Buenos Aires, Argentina. She has not only performed in her home state of California, but also in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Presently, she is teaching locally in the Bay Area and is currently Directing and Shooting her own Documentary on tango. She is an elegant dancer and patient teacher who concentrates on the techniques necessary for smooth, powerful and beautiful dancing. She works with the whole body focusing on connection, alignment, lines and beautifying steps.
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Ernest Williams
Ernest Williams first discovered Tango in 2000. With Argentina’s Fernando Filipelli as his
instructor it quickly became a lifestyle. While living in Hawaii in 2002 Ernest began teaching tango
formally at the request of fellow dancers who recognized his ability to translate the more difficult concepts.
Since 2003 Ernest has traveled nationally and internationally gathering a wealth of knowledge and experience in the world of dance from various sources. He has conducted workshops, seminars and/or dance exhibitions across the country, cities such as Richmond, Charlotte, Washington D.C.,
Baltimore, Philadelphia, Nashville, St. Louis, Wichita, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Honolulu and Chicago.
He has also taught several intensive tango and milonga seminars in Montevideo, Uruguay
and Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Some of his most notable US performances include the musical Candombe: Tango
Negro with choreographer Carina Losano and the famous Candombe group Cuareim
1080 at the Gala Theatre in Washington, DC.
During a sojourn to the Rio de la Plata region of South America, he was a three-
time featured tango performer on “La Ciudad de Tango”, a live national TV show in
Uruguay and a two-time featured candombe dancer with the high- profile candombe
organization La Gozadera in Montevideo.
Ernest is regularly recognized and celebrated as an exceptional social dancer at milongas,
tanguerias and other social events across the US and South America and receives
innumerable requests to give demonstrations. He has also given special exhibitions in
milonga con traspie and salsa at the famous milonga/tangueria Viejo Correo in Buenos Aires.
He is constantly innovating new and unique teaching methodologies and concepts to challenge all levels of dancers to think outside of the box. A graduate of the “Master para Maestros” program at La Escuela Argentina del Tango in Buenos Aires, Ernest’s teaching style is clear and detailed, and his profound knowledge of the many forms of Tango make him an ideal instructor for both the beginner and the advanced tanguero.
Maricela Wilson
Maricela Wilson has trained in dance forms as divergent as hip hop, ballet, tap, jazz,
modern interpretive, African folkloric, salsa, mambo and cha cha.
Her talent and abilities have been recognized from the very beginning, so much so
that she was able to pay her tuition by working as an assistant to her instructors.
Maricela's first love and expertise is in Salsa, Mambo and Cha Cha.
A protégé of Michael Angelo Mendez of the Dance Academy of Salsa, Maricela's unique
style has earned her a brilliant reputation throughout the Chicago salsa scene. She is an accomplished
leader and follower, highly sought after on the dance floor for her skills.
Maricela has recently become a tanguera under the tutelage of Ernest and is now his partner in their
many appearances at Tango events around the country.
Her teaching philosophy is to have fun first and foremost but also to give
her students a strong foundation along with the latest cutting edge moves and concepts.
Together Ernest and Maricela represent the future of tango while respecting the past. They are playful and youthful with their dance. They believe in knowing the rules before breaking them and that anyone can learn from anyone else, thus they are always seeking knowledge and inspiration from all walks of life.
They are an exciting new couple on the national scene with something truly different to offer, so come check them out.
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Lana Nasser
"The body is a musical instrument, like a violin, reed, or drum. Dance is a tool to tune the keys, open the air passage-ways, loosen the skin- or tighten it…To dance is to simply allow the body to move the way it wants to…to express, to flow, and to be a channel for creative energy." L. Nasser
Performer, writer, and researcher, Lana is a self-trained dancer and singer, with a B.A. in Psychology and an M.A. in Consciousness Studies. Her choreography and teaching draw on her study of Middle Eastern mythology, archetypal psychology, and dreams. Lana has been living in the United States for the past 14 years; she taught and gave workshops in California and New Mexico. She leads trips to Jordan twice a year- the place of her birth and upbringing. Her one-person performance "Arab Woman Talking" was first born in March 2008; it is the accumulation of her training and research; re-opening in June. Samples and details at :
www.ArabWomanTalking.com
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Todd & Marizabel
Todd Martin and Marizabel Arango formed TangoAlma in 1999, and with their unique chemistry have become one of the most popular tango performing and teaching couples in California. Their performances have taken them across the continental United States, Hawaii and Mexico, sharing the stage with some of the world’s greatest tango dancers.
They bring to the dance not only technical mastery but an amazing ability to flow from sensuality to comedy to sassiness while keeping faithful to the magical embrace that makes tango the world’s most expressive dance. Between them they posses an extensive background in classic music, dramatic arts, other social and ethnic dances including belly dance, hip hop, modern, flamenco and swing dancing.
They are recipients of the House of Argentina Millennium Commission 2000 Award for Outstanding Dedication to the Dance and Music of Tango. Performances have included the popular Las Vegas and New Orleans Tango Conventions as well as appearance with the San Diego Symphony and the San Diego Camarada Chamber Ensemble.
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