Baila Tango DC presents Jak Karako and Karina Romero workshops in DC on
November 6&7th. They will also perform at the BailaTango milonga at November
6th. You can find directions and more info about the workshops, and the
milonga at www.BailaTango.com/dc or call 240-393-7937.
Schedule is as follows
Saturday at Stacey Hall
12:30 - 1:45 Rhythm and Balance
2:00 - 3:15 Milonga level I
3:30 - 4:45 Sandwich Time
Saturday at Bethesda Dance Studio
9:00 - 2:00 Milonga (every first Saturday of the month)
performance by Jak and Karina
Sunday at Stacy Hall
12:30 - 1:45 Sacadas
2:00 - 3:15 Milonga level II
3:30 - 4:45 Jak and Karina's favorite steps
Pricing: $25 each workshop,
$125 all six ($110 on or before November 4th)
To register, to schedule a private class and for more info send an e-mail to
[email protected] or call 240-393-7937. You can also pay with your credit card
online via PayPal on our website: www.BailaTango.com/dc/workshops.html
Locations:
Stacey Hall(Nevzer Stacey's Place)
3917 Ingomar Street
Washington DC
for directios: www.BailaTango.com/dc/directions.html
Bethesda Dance Studio
4900 Hampden Lane
Bethesda, MD 20814
for directios: www.BailaTango.com/dc/directions.html
Karina Romero was born in Cordoba Argentina, where she started her artistic
career at six years of age taking ballet class, jazz and modern dance. She
entered the modern dance company (teatro gral San Martin) and became a member
of the contemporary company "ballet movimiento"(dancing soloist), performance
modern tango "Piazolla". In 1995, she moved to Buenos Aires, where she
studied tango, with masters like, Mingo Pugliese, Mariela Franganillo, Pablo
Veron, Graciela Gonzalez and J.C.Copes. In 1999 she started touring and
teaching tango in Argentina. In 2001 in New York she performed at Camy Hall,
La Guardia, University Princeton, Dance Space, Argentina Embassy, Never Ending
Tango, Moving Forward, Tango Mundo, 3 season in Thalia Spanish Theatre
(2001-2002-2003 , A wards 2002 "Ace Hispanic Award for Best Latin Musical)
and recently participated in the show Modern Tango in Paris and many Tango
show in Manhattan. She appeared in the film "A Night in New York" (dancer)
and the commercials "La Viruta Tango". She worked in TV, channel 4 ABC
(tango–modern dancer). She is currently a member of Connections Dance Theatre
and Balance Dance Company and teaches at Sandra Cameron Dance Center.
Jak Karako, born in Istanbul, Turkey Jak's passion for dance started at age of
eleven with international folk dancing. After teaching ballroom for four years
Jak focused on Argentine Tango after meeting his current mentor, coach and
business partner Metin Yazir and opened the New York branch of "Baila Tango"
at Carnegie Hall. He also studied with Gustavo Naviera & Guiselle Anne,
Guillermina Quiroga. Jak also performed in various venues, most notably with
Tango Fusion, an off-Broadway show as a choreographer and a dancer, which got
rave reviews from the New York Times. Jak just finished his show as a
director "Tango Mango". In addition to his regular classes in New York, Jak
teaches at: Baltimore, Durham, Charlotte, Asheville, San Francisco, Washington
DC, Syracuse, St Louis, Boston, Rome (Italy), VanCouver (Canada), Istanbul
(Turkey). Joining forces with eleven other "Baila Tango" dance schools all
over the world, Jak organizes a tango trip to Istanbul every year in August.
www.BailaTango.com
Karina & Jak, connected immediately when they started dancing together,
bringing their vast experiences and backgrounds into an exciting partnership.
They performed at Tango Mango, and at Spice to honor the bandoneon player Tito
Castro's 50th year as a musician.
Alkan
BailaTango DC
