Antonio "Junior" Cervila is an internationally known performer, choreographer and instructor. He is recognized for his creative tango stylings, his intricate footwork, as well as his dance versatility.
Junior has been choreographic assistant to tango legend, Juan Carlos Copes, and his performances have been seen worldwide on Argentinian television, on stage (Broadway's "Tango Argentino"), on tour (most notably with Julio Iglesias) and on screen ("Tango", nominated for an Academy Award for best foreign film, 1999). Most recently, Junior produced "Latin Dance Carnival", a musical extravaganza using music and dance to dramatically depict the evolution of Latin culture from it's African roots. Junior's own company of dancers performed this to standing ovations in Japan.
This Friday before the milonga you have the unique opportunity to learn Tango from Junior. Do not miss this chance!
Junior is also teaching at Dance Manhattan
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 Hector "Tito" Castro was born in the town of 9 de Julio in the province of Buenos Aires. At age three, his family moved to the neighborhood Villa Pueyrredon in the capital. He began his bandoneon classes and general music education at age 14 with Eladio titoBlanco, who was the first bandoneon in the D’Arienzo orchestra. A few years later, Tito began his professional career playing with neighborhood orchestras like Horacio Vacarezza’s and Marcos Bagnolo’s. At age 18 he started playing in the Osmar Maderna Orquesta, Simbolo, where he stayed for three years. He continued with the Lucio Demare’s and Fulvio Salamanca’s orchestras and substituted bandoneon players ir Hector Varela and Juan Sanchez Gorio. He has accompanied in two occasions the Argentine folk singer Mercedes Sosa at Carnegie Hall and tenor Placido Domingo at the Washington Opera and the Metropolitan Opera House in NY. Tito toured Japan and Hawaii in 2004 and 2005 with Japanese tango singer Anna Saeki, with whom he has also performed at Carnegie Hall and at the famous jazz club Blue Note in NYC. Recently he participated in the recording of her new CD, which was presented to the audiences in Japan and Korea tour in December of 2005.
Francisco "Pancho" Navarro's masterful playing is illuminated by an encyclopedic knowledge of popular, folkloric, and classical music of Latin America.
Francisco is from Mendoza Argentina, and lived in Chile and Mexico before coming to New York. In Mexico he worked with many major Mariachi groups, and won first guitarist at Mexico's Festival Ranchero de la Cancion for three consecutive years.His playing can be heard on the soundtracks of "Mambo Kings" , "Flawless", and "Frida" as well as numerous recordings, including "Bamboleo" with Celia Cruz, & Willie Colon, "Guasasa" with Johnny Pacheco, and "WEA Carobe Tito Nieves En Otra Onda"..
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