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Tango Fantástico is excited to host four workshops in August with Jorge Torres, a world-renowned Tango Choreographer, Dancer, and Impresario
of dance productions. He is amazing to behold on the dance floor, as he dances
with a quiet and smooth style.
 His refined talents and style place him between those outstanding choreographers
and dancers of Argentine Tango. Before graduating as a teacher of dancers,
Jorge began his career in the Teatro Colón. He has studied with famous dancers
and teachers of Argentine Tango such as Norberto Guichanduc, Rodolfo Dinzel,
Pepito Avellaneda and Antonio Todaro. He has danced in the most noted tango
houses and theaters of Argentina and with renowned orchestras of Tango. He has
participated in such shows as "Imagenes", "Tango y Añoranzas", "La Pesada del Tango", "Tangokinesis ",
"Tanguisimo 91", "Tango Tango", "Viva Tango",
"Tango Passion", "Buenos Aires Tango Show", "Tango
Seduccion".
In 1998 Jorge was nominated for the Tony
awards for best choreography. Jorge was also nominated by the Outer
Critics Circle and for four Awards including that of best choreography
from the
Drama Desk. He has recorded with Karen Kain "A Evaristo Carriego" for
CBC, Canadian Broadcasting Company, directed by Luis Bravo. He has
coordinated
show such as "World Tango Week 2002" in Tokyo and "Tango
Legend" summoning the best figures every year. He has participated as
invited dancer next to the Sexteto Mayor in Santiago, Chile's Municipal
Theater. He was chosen to integrate the jury of the First World
Championship of
Argentinean Tango, carried out in the year 2003 in the city of Buenos
Aires.
Jorge Torres joined "Forever Tango" in 1995, where he has held the position of
Troup, Dance Captain (Principal Dancer) for the last eight years. He is
currently the Artistic Director for the American Tango Institute, in Chicago,
Illinois, and his time is divided between teaching in New York and performing
in "Forever Tango" worldwide.
Mr. Torres will be joined by Natalia Hills for
two workshops. Natalia was one of the dancers of the original cast of
the Broadway and London hit "Forever Tango" and the recipient of a 1997
Tony Award and Drama Desk nomination for Best Choreography.
Natalia's Broadway debut was at the Walter Kerr and Marquis Theater.
During her association with the company (1995-2005) she performed in
major cities throughout North America, Asia, and Europe, as well as for
the first and only time on stage at the historical opera house Teatro
Colón in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Born in Buenos Aires, she began her theatrical career at the age of
12 and soon appeared as both a dancer and a choreographer in various
national and international productions.
In March 1995, she debuted in "Forever Tango" in San Francisco followed
by the show's successful London run at Convent Garden. That same year
she was specifically invited to perform in honor of Princess Diana of
Wales (formerly Lady Diana Spencer) at the British Embassy in
Argentina.
In the summer of 1998, Natalia appeared in the long-running, popular
PBS series "Evening at Pops" with the Boston Pops Orchestra with Leslie
Caron as a hosted.
In August 2001 she performed with "Forever Tango" at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.
Her worldwide performances in 2003 include appearances on NBC's
Today Show; with Las Vegas tango Productions; in La Biennale de la
Dance, in Lyon-France; and, by special invitation, was featured dancer
at the International Tango Festival in Toulouse, France.
In the summer of 2003 she was featured at the Hollywood Bowl as
principal dancer in a series of concerts with the Los Angeles
Philharmonic presenting the music of Astor Piazzolla, conducted by
Miguel Hart-Bedoya with direction and choreography by Hector Zaraspe.
In July 2004 she appeared with "Forever Tango" on Broadway at New
York's Shubert Theater. In October she contracted with Verizon Wireless
of New York City to create the choreography for a publicity campaign.
In April 2005 she appeared once more with "Forever Tango" at Hollywood's Kodak Theater, the home of the Academy Awards.
In 2006 she was special guest artists at New York University's
Skirball Center with "Tango, Brief Stories" and the Carnival Center for
the Performing Arts in Miami, Florida, among others.
In July 2006, she appeared on television again, at the very popular "Today Show" on NBC.
In 2007, after her presentation at The Cabaret Theatre of the
Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut, she performed for the
second time at the prestigious Kodak Theater of Hollywood, CA.
In October she performed at Peter Norton Symphony Space, New York City
Center, Columbia University and "Le Trainon de Paris" in Paris, France.
These exciting Argentine Tango workshops will be held in the Fellowship Hall of the First Baptist Church of Palo Alto on August 12 and 19.
There will be two 90 minute workshops during each evening. A discounted
registration fee is available to students taking both workshops on
either day.
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