Greetings from The Tango House, We are proud to bring Fernanda Ghi & Guillermo Merlo to Denver, June 28th - July 4th, 2006. Come to one of North America's strongest and friendliest tango communities for workshops and milongas with one of the world's most accomplished tango instructing and performing couples. Privates sessions will also be available.
Most workshops will take place on Saturday and Sunday (7/1&2). There will be milongas Friday and Saturday night with demonstrations by Fernanda & Guillermo at both. Detailed schedule will be available soon on The Tango House web site. Make your flight reservations now. Lodging recommendations will also be available soon. See Fernanda & Guillermo's complete biography below. With our best, Chas & Gaia The Tango House 3617 Osage Street Denver, CO 80211-3059 303-320-4020 http://www.thetangohouse.com Fernanda Ghi and Guillermo Merlo are verifiably one of the most prominent couples in the world of Argentine Tango. They are renowned for their style, interpretation, choreography, command of the stage and clear teaching technique. They have a unique quality to convey to their audience and their students the scope of tango emotions from intense passion to the comic. The level of their talent and enormous creativity is evident in the productions which they conceived, produced, choreographed and starred in: 2000 Tango Dreams, the show 2003 Adam & Eve 2004 Malena (a fusion of Tango and Flamenco). Fernanda & Guillermo opened these shows in theaters in Miami, FL; Orlando, FL; Israel, Los Angeles, CA; Long Beach, CA; and Tokyo, Japan. Their longest run was in Tokyo, where they sold out the theater every night for six weeks in 2002, eight weeks in 2003 and 2004. In recognition of their superb artistry, they were invited to perform in concert with the New Mexico Symphony and the Long Beach Symphony orchestras in 2003. Individually or as a couple, the dynamic talent and achievements of Fernanda Ghi & Guillermo Merlo are the result of many years of study, preparation and dedication. Although already studying to have a career in classical ballet and modern dance, Fernanda began dancing Tango at the tender age of 13. Soon her passion for Argentine Tango superceded her other professional goals. On the stage dancing Argentine Folklorico and modern dance, Guillermo was only 12 when he encountered Tango. Not destined to meet for another ten years, Fernanda and Guillermo already had in common an intense need and desire to dance Tango. Here is a sampling of the range of events their talent has taken them to and the honors bestowed on them: - United States Tango Congress (Miami, FL), 99,00,01,02,04. - Nora's Tango Week (San Francisco, CA), 00,01,03. - Tango at Sea to Alaska, Hawaii, West Caribbean, Mediterranean for Cruises, 01,02,03,04. - Hamburg Tango Festival (Germany), 02,03. - London International Tango Festival, 99,00,01,02. - Piazzolla Meeting (Loussanne, Switzerland), 02. - The Tango Ball (San Diego, CA), 00,02,03. - Encuentro con Los Grandes (Madrid, Spain), 02. - Tango Festival Karlsruhe (Germany), 00,01,02,04. - Festival International Argentine Tango Tarbes (France), 03. - International Taipei Tango Festival (Taiwan), 03. - Tango Festival in Denmark, 03. - New York Tango Festival, 00. - Congreso Internacional Tango Argentino, C.I.T.A. (Buenos Aires, ARG), 00. - Monetreal-Quebec International Tango Festival, 99,00. - Reno Tango Gateway, 99. Featured dancers in the PBS special "Tango Magic", Orpheus Orchestra and Pablo Ziegler, a Sony Production. First Place in the WORLD Argentine Tango Championship, Miami, 1999. Tony Award, Best Choreography "Forever Tango" 1997, 1998. In 2000, Fernanda & Guillermo made six volumes of instructional videos that are consistently in demand. Available the video of their show "Tango Dreams" when it played in Los Angeles. Procurer, Rules and Syllabus Coordinators for the International Tango Competition, WCARTER. The mission is to promote and set forth a high standard of dance To encourage the promotion of the Argentine Tango as an art form. Since 1998, each year Fernanda & Guillermo perform and teach in over thirty cities in the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia. Fernanda & Guillermo reside in the United States.
