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TANGO ELIXIR


Milonga Loca

Cafe Opening Delay

In order to provide the best service and atmosphere at Café Duvall we are postponing our reopening until early in 2010.  We would like to apologize to all of our customers for not being able to open as scheduled, but we need some extra time to ensure that every thing we do is done just right.  Thank you for your patience!

IN THE MEANTIME...

Join Nina and DJ Rodrigo for a new milonga at ATI on Thursdays, right after her classes!

FREE MILONGA ON FEB 4TH!!!


In the meantime, Nina will be teaching a 6-week session on Thursdays
at ATI starting 1/21:

7:30pm:  Women's Technique
8:30pm:  Intermediate Level Tango


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Friday, February 12th

Former Shorewood resident Nina Taratowicz warms up our cold nights by bringing tango dancing to Open Book, accompanied by live music. If you have ever been to Buenos Aires, you come away with the pervasiveness of tango. People do it in cafes, concert halls and street corners.

Based out of Chicago, Nina has been performing tango around the world, including in the home base in Buenos Aires.

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ARGENTINE TANGO Lessons:

Nina Tatarowicz is based in Chicago and is available for group + private lessons.

Check out new recent footage on the VIDEOS page.

GYROTONIC® Lessons:

Unlike anything you have experienced, this remarkable exercise system will spiral your spine and limbs, open your energy centers, safely and effortlessly increase the range of motion in your joints, build strength, stamina, flexibility and endurance.

To Contact Nina about Tango or GYROTONIC® :

312.730.8873 / This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

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Tango Embrace Tour
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2010 Dates coming soon!


2009
Thanksgiving Week:  November 22nd - 29th, 2009

Buenos Aires "Off the Beaten Path"

7 nights in a charming and relaxing "Tango Hotel" where you will have Tango Classes every day with the finest instructors BA has to offer, Milongas & Practicas every night, Dance Assistants exclusive to our group, a limited number of participants, an insider's look into Buenos Aires' tango & culture with Nina, and much more!




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Nina's Tango Dance Background

Nina Tatarowicz is one of tango's new generation of dancers.  Captivated by it's soulful expression as a partner dance, she moved to Buenos Aires in 2001 to deepen her study of the art form.   During her time in Buenos Aires, she was recognized as an up and coming dancer of the new generation, offering her the opportunity to become one of the few instructors to teach in BsAs from outside of Argentina.  She taught at Tango Elite Argentino and Tango Brujo studios, and performed in acclaimed venues such as the Teatro Avenida in 2004, and El Cubo and Teatro Solis in 2008.   Her extensive experience studying with tango masters such as Chicho Frumboli, Eugenia Parrilla, Pablo Villarraza and Dana Frigoli, Melina Brufman, Julio Balmaceda and Corina de la Rosa, and Gustavo Naveira, led her to develop a clear technique and teaching method accessible to all.

Drawing from the roots of tango’s past, Nina's dance infuses traditional elements of Tango with a contemporary feel.  Her strong background in partner dance, musicality and body conditioning work through yoga and GYROTONIC® contributes to her unique style.  Nina incorporates the principles of breath, rhythm and elasticity to create the organic movement and connection that is characteristically Nuevo*.  Her teaching style incorporates these elements to help her students understand the technique behind the movement.  By breaking down the patterns to their improvisational roots, she provides the tools for dancers to express their own personality in the dance. 

Nina is one of the founding instructors of the Milwaukee tango community established in 2002.  Since then, she has taught in Buenos Aires, Egypt, Lebanon, New York, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, Miami, and throughout the Midwest.  Currently, Chicago is Nina's "sweet home" for tango where she teaches, organizes events and performs.  In addition to her steady exploration into the evolution of tango as a social dance form, Nina's latest endeavors involve testing the boundaries of tango language, harnessing its potential to touch audiences from a theatrical point of departure.


*What is "Tango Nuevo"?

Tango Nuevo ("New Tango") is a style of Argentine tango that developed in response to the excitement generated by the Broadway tango shows in the 1980s.  It emphasizes a structural analysis of the dance and organic connection between the dancers to create both fluid and dynamic movement.   Now, two decades after the first explorations and the creation of "Nuevo Tango," the evolution of the dance has spread like wildfire.  Dancers around the world have developed their own individual styles of tango, making it a living, breathing art form.