Two weeks until the Chicago International Tango Festival which will be held from August 24-27th at the Knickerbocker Hotel, 163 E. Walton, Chicago. The festival is given by the American Tango Institute.
There will be numerous international tango performers/instructors at the festival, including Fernanda Ghi and Guillermo Merlo (Argentina), Andrea Misse and Javier Rodriguez (Argentina), Nancy Louzan and Damian Esell (Argentina), Lorena Gasse and Ariel Barrionuevo (Argentina), Paulo Araujo (Brazil), Natalie Brateli and Pino Dangiola (Greece and Sweden), and Eugenia Parilla (Argentina) and Somer Surgit (Turkey/Chicago). These instructors will lead students in workshops designed from beginners to professional level. Six different workshops daily, live music played by Chicago's own seven-piece tango orchestra, Orquesta Bohemia de Chicago at each evening's "milonga" and a theatre performance on Saturday, August 26 featuring the Orquesta and the professional dancers. For detailed information concerning the Festival, please visit www.chicagotangofest.com or contact either Babette Klein at 312-771-1226 or via email at [email protected] or Netza Roldan at 312-287-8406 or via email at [email protected].. For information on how to pay and register please contact Pam Bosack, Registration Coordinator, at 847-962-1879 or email her at [email protected] . See you at the Tango Fest. Take care, Ray Barbosa
