5th. HOLIDAY TANGO WEEKEND 2023

Virginia Vasconi & Jaimes Friedgen

Virginia Vasconi

She born in Córdoba, Argentina. she has training in artistic gymnastics, jazz, Yoga, Ballet and Contemporary Dance.
In 2000 she discovered the passion of Argentine Tango and in 2008 she moved to Buenos Aires.
She was a member of the famous DNI Tango School and Company in Buenos Aires for 7 years as a teacher and as a performer.
In 2015 she started dancing with the great Maestro and dancer Julio Balmaceda, with who  traveled the world teaching and performing at Festivals, Milongas and several shows until the end of 2019.
She is the creator of a Tango technique based on Yoga and Body Biomechanics, which is mainly characterized by naturalness, fluidity and organic movement.(artinmotiontango.com)
In 2020, together with 5 dancers and teachers founded, the Mandarinas Tango group, an online project including festivals, seminars, special thematic classes and a virtual show. (mandarinastango.com)

She was an Official Juror certified by the government for the World Tango Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina and in all the venues around the world.

Get to know them even better: https://www.virginiavasconi.com/

Jaimes Friedgen

Jaimes Friedgen is one of the most accomplished and influential Tango teachers in the United States. Starting Tango as a teenager in the mid-Nineties, Jaimes had the opportunity to study with many extraordinary dancers and teachers, many of whom are no longer with us. He has carried forward their teaching as well as his own innovations by either founding or consulting for some of the most successful Tango schools in the U.S. and abroad. Though widely considered to be one of the best dancers in the world, Jaimes continues to drill solo exercises every day and take classes of all levels in both roles. His uniquely effective system of teaching draws the most dedicated Tango students from all over the world; no matter the level, from absolute beginner to professional Tango dancer, Jaimes has a knack for finding the most useful challenges to improve one’s Tango.