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Homer Ladas (born 1969) contemporary US
Tango Lesson: Elegant Step-Over Colgada from Close to Open. occasionally accompanied with written notes. In 2012 during the New Earth festival in Prague, Homer played his first
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Tango dancers 1969 births Living people
Homer Ladas (born 1969) contemporary US argentine tango
Argentine tango is a musical genre and accompanying social dance originating at the end of the 19th century in the suburbs of Buenos Aires. It typically has a or rhythmic time signature, and two or three parts repeating in patterns such as AB ...
dancer and teacher.
Homer Ladas is a personality of tango and nuevo in the US. He began dancing tango in 1997 and has taught tango since 1999. His dance style has been influenced by, among others, Gustavo Naveira
Gustavo Naveira (born 12 August 1960) is an Argentine Argentine tango, tango dancer and teacher who contributed to the detailed analysis of the movements of dancing to Argentine tango.
Biography
He was born in Comodoro Rivadavia, province of ...
. Since 2001 he has been dancing with his wife Cristina Ladas (br. January 4, 1973); they were married in 2002. Her tango teachers have included Graciela Gonzalez, Luciana Valle, Guillermina Quiroga. She has danced tango since 1998. Homer and Christina provide a series of original tango instructional videos on YouTube
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taken at the end of their classes E.gTango Lesson: Elegant Step-Over Colgada from Close to Open. occasionally accompanied with written notes. In 2012 during the New Earth festival in Prague, Homer played his first
bandoneon
The bandoneon (or bandonion, es, bandoneón) is a type of concertina particularly popular in Argentina and Uruguay. It is a typical instrument in most tango ensembles. As with other members of the concertina family, the bandoneon is held bet ...
solo and Christina performed aerial silk
Aerial silks (also known as aerial contortion, aerial ribbons, aerial tissues, fabric, ribbon, or ''tissu'') is a type of performance in which one or more artists perform aerial acrobatics while hanging from a specialist fabric. The fabric may b ...
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See also
*Figures of Argentine tango
Figures of Argentine tango are elements of Argentine tango.
Introduction and terminology
History
On the basis of several instructional tango books published between 1911–1925 early tango figures can be grouped into eight categories: corte, pas ...
References
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Tango dancers 1969 births Living people