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Lucia (Guest Forro Instructor) has been dancing Forró since 1998 when she first lived in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil - the heart of Forró culture. She studied Forró accordion and frequented Forró parties in rural and urban areas. She is fluent in Portuguese, a Capoeirista (Angola), and the director of documentaries about culture, tourism, and indigenous issues in Brazil. |
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Versión en Español Alejandro (profesor de actuación) Actor y Director artístico. Inicia su entrenamiento a nivel teatral en talleres con reconocidos directores como Roberto Angeles, Oscar Carrillo, Carlos Victoria en Perú. Continuando su entrenamiento en Austin con Babs George, ademas acude a la escuela de actuación cinematográfica en The Austin Actors Institute con Van Brooks. En 2001 Funda ProyecToteatro, la única compañía de teatro en español en Austin y crea los talleres de actuación de la misma compañía con quienes impartió talleres por más de 5 años dirigiendo más de 8 producciones durante su permanencia. Alejandro ha participado en producciones como "La Ley del Silencio" con Telemundo, interpretando el papel de Alex ademas de otras producciones a nivel nacional en Perú. Para la televisión Anglosajona ha participado en la serie "Prison Break" con Fox TV y ultimamente en "Crash" con Starz TV y Lionsgate entertainment en el papel de Domingo trabajando al lado de reconocidos actores.
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Alex (acting teacher) was born and raised in Lima, Peru. He currently Resides in Austin Texas where he founded and work for seven years with ProyectoTeatro the only theater company in Spanish in Austin. First Director for a full Spanish production at Austin's historical Paramount Theater. Directing over 10 theater plays Alex Pedemonte has featured several TV commercials as well as characters in Fox's Series Prison Break, Telemundo's "La Ley del silencio" and Starz original series "Crash" season one. Pedemonte's new journey is the 2010 set of acting workshops targeting hispanic and spanish speaking actors in the search of guidance to put themselves available for the everyday growing Austin film scene and actors representation.
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| After graduating from UT with a Business degree, Stacey moved to the Los Angeles area to pursue her love for dance and musical theater. She attended The University of California at Irvine and graduated Cum Laude with a degree in Dance, Theater and open-by-audition-only Choreography program.
It was while she was in school that Stacey "stumbled" on to a Fred Astaire Ballroom Dance studio and joined their training program. She fell in love with the style and has been involved in partner dancing in one way or another for 20 years now. She is certified through American Style Gold levels and competed heavily in International Latin for 3 years. Her rankings include top six placements in Rising Star events in many national competitions like California, Nevada, Washington, Virginia, and Florida. Upon completion of her competing career in 1996, she was ranked 7th in the U.S. and 13th in the World in Rising Star Latin and Jive styles.
She continued training in, performing, choreographing and instructing her partnering, Jazz and Musical Theater dance for years to come. Her vast experience includes feature films, television appearances, commercials, special gala events, and stage productions. Her most recent work has involved 8 years with stage show productions in theaters and hotels in California, New York, Philadelphia, and finally overseas on cruise ships. She has quite literally been around the world and back. She is delighted to call Austin her home-base and to teach locally at various studios, when not overseas. This is her first time to instruct at Esquina Tango. Thank you to her good friend and colleague for years, Monica, for allowing her the opportunity!
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| | Nina Perales (Yoga program founder & Guest instructor & Board Member) is a bilingual native Austinite and studied psychology and public policy at the University of Chicago. She's been practicing yoga for 5 years and started teaching at Esquina Tango in 2008. She studied at Yoga Yoga in Austin and is strongly influenced by Bryan Kest, Ally Hamilton, and Brienne Brown. Nina strives to incorporate the physical and mental health benefits of yoga in her classes. She believes that anyone can and should practice yoga - it's breathing and being aware, which can create the simplest and yet the most powerful positive impact on daily life. Nina is currently working on her Master for Social Work in Chicago but makes perdiodic visits to EsquinaTango for Special Workshops.
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 | Leigh Fisher (Yoga instructor) is a Registered Yoga Teacher at the 500 hour level with yoga alliance. Leigh has been practicing yoga since 1998 and teaching since 2004. She leads fun, high-energy classes that strike a balance between fast paced vinyasa flow and strong posture alignment. Although her classes are physically challenging, she invites any student with a sense of humor and an awareness of his or her own limitations to come play with her. Leigh strives to create a joyful and safe atmosphere, offering modifications to suit many levels of practice. Leigh teaches yoga because she hopes to share the peace and bliss that she’s found through her personal practice with as many people as she can. Leigh also teaches children’s yoga and is an inter-disciplinary theatre artist and vocalist. | | | |
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