International heroes

Dmitry Vasin & Taya Finenkova

The finalists of the European Tango Championship 2011, category Tango Show. They have been Ballroom dancing all their life and are the finalists and winners of the International and Russian Ballroom Latin Championships. Dmitry and Taya have started with Argentine Tango in 2010, and incredibly soon became one of the top couples of Argentine tango dancers in Europe.

They consider Sebastian Arce and Mariana Montes as their main teachers. Today Dmitry and Taya are top teachers of Argentine Tango in Galladance, the largest dance club in Russia.

Utku Küley and Nantia Xronidou

Utku Küley and Nantia Xronidou are an exciting new dance couple. They teach at one of the most acknowledged tango schools in Istanbul, El Encuentro.

They have been invited to several festivals in 2011, including the United States and festivals across Europe. They have studied with Sebastian Arce, Mariana Montes - Mariano Chicho Frumboli, Juana Sepulveda - Gustavo Naveira, Giselle Anne - Javier Rodriguez, Andrea Misse - Ruben Veliz, Sabrina Veliz - Celine Ruiz, Damian Rosenthal - Aydogan, Sule Arkış. They continue growing as dancers and performers. In their dance, they combine elegance with positive energy.

Katalin Czidor and Tihamer Bogdan

Katalin Czidor and Tihamer Bogdan are a Hungarian couple , living, working and dancing mostly in Stockholm. They started to dance tango in 2001 in a tiny little city in the middle of Sweden. During the years they have become one of those ‘traveling couples’ who are searching for new inspirations on different marathons and festivals through dancing with old and new friends and dancers from all over the world. The most important thing in their tango is: being a couple and being one with the music at the moment. They have been teaching since 2003 with the base of Stockholm and worked in different festivals in Hungary, Italy, and Poland. www.emigrantes.se/katiha