Christmas Tango Festival Oslo 2003

Instructors
Luca Valeri, Zürich: Luca has been dancing tango for 8 years and has worked a lot with contact improvisation. His dance is influenced by Christoph and Bernie from Paris, Vincent and Marylin from Brüssel and Chicho and Lucia from Buenos Aires. He has been organizing milongas for 7 years, been teaching for 3 years and been dancing a lot in the milongas all over europe. In the dance he focuses on the music. In the classes he is working on the technique of leading and following in order to be free to improvise, and to be comfortable in the dance. Pamela Babst, Zürich: Pamela has formation as an actress and has been dancing tango for 6 years. She has learned from Julio and Corinna, Christoph and Bernie, Vincent and Marylin and Lucia. She has been teaching for 2 years with Luca in Zürich. Her focus is on the connection and the interpretation of the music in her following. She is looking for different relationships and emotions that can be expressed in the couple. She has a good "teacher's eye" in seeing what a couple is strugling with and adresses to it in a very warm and friendly way.
Unni Hermansen, Oslo: Unni has a background in gymnastics, modern dance, ballet, and street dance. She is the founder of Kampen Tango. She travels frequently abroad to gather inspiration and knowledge. Unni is very warm and including while teaching proper technique for the full enjoyment of the movement. However fully aware that development in tango requires serious work and dedication, her sense of humour will make you forget that it is a class you are taking. Mike Kercher, St. Gallen: Mike has been dancing for more than 15 years and studied tango intensively in Regensburg and Amsterdam. He has been teaching in Bremen and Oslo and has joined Tango Almacen in Switzerland as a weekly instructor. Mike's dancing focus is set on the music, the partner, and the improvisation. He enjoys dancing with an active and creative partner, so these elements are the most important themes in his classes.
Jørn Knustad, Oslo: Jørn runs the organisation Tango Trasnoche. He has been teaching tango for more than four years, and gives classes in Oslo on a weekly basis. He also gives classes in the rest of Norway, and occasionally abroad. Jørn often travels to Europe and Buenos Aires to further develop his dancing and teaching. Jørn focuses on clean technique as one of the keys for full enjoyment of the dance. He believes the dance consists of contact and communication with the partner, not only steps and figures. The focus is also on musicality and improvisation.
Sissel Johansen, Oslo: Våren 2002 var Sissel i Buenos Aires hvor hun studerte og danset tango i 4 måneder. Sissel er opptatt av å hente ut musikalitet, følsomhet, og personlig uttrykk i dansen. Slik legges fokus på kommunikasjon og improvisasjon i undervisningen. Sissel er fast instruktør i Tango Trasnoche.
Maja Johnsen, Oslo: Maja er skuespiller med 3 års utdannelse fra Los Angeles. Hun har også en cand. mag. med bl.a. pedagogikk. De siste 3 årene har hun undervist yoga. I undervisningen vektlegger Maja tilstedeværelse og kontakt med partner. Maja er fast instruktør i Tango Trasnoche.