Having recently returned back home to Portland (OR), Jennifer has devoted over a decade of her 22-year tango career to touring, sharing her deep love and expertise in tango. She has taught at festivals and workshops worldwide, including Buenos Aires, Argentina (where she lived for more than two years); Montevideo, Uruguay; Palma De Mallorca, Spain; Madrid, Spain; Paris, France; Stockholm, Sweden; Zurich, Switzerland; Budapest, Hungary; Vienna, Austria; Hamburg, Germany; Berlin, Germany; London, England; Edinburgh, Scotland; Toronto, Canada; Montreal, Canada; and numerous U.S. cities such as Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, Denver, New York City, Washington D.C., Atlanta, Boston, and Princeton and Yale Universities.

Robert has spent significant time in Buenos Aires studying with older milongueros. Important influences were Cacho Dante, Nestor Rey, Ricardo Vidort and, most significantly, Tete Rusconi. Other important teachers of the younger generation have been Julio Balmaceda and Corina de la Rosa, Silvina Valz, and Alicia Pons. Alicia is Robert’s second most important tango teacher. His work with Alicia helped develop a much deeper understanding of tango.

He has been teaching since 1999 and is a highly regarded teacher and DJ. His teaching focuses on solid foundations, developing clear elegant movement, and smooth effortless dancing. Classes aim to create a supportive environment where students can develop their dancing and have fun.

He hosts the weekly Sunday Afternoon Practica at the Viscount Dance Studios, started in 2000, and most of the time teaches the introductory class before the practica.

Bill is also active as a tango DJ, having played music at events in Eugene, Bend, Ashland, Seattle, and in Mexico, and regularly DJ’s in Portland and throughout the Northwest.

Rachel is a perpetual student and continues to grow her knowledge whenever she has the opportunity to learn. She offers weekly classes at several locations in Portland & Vancouver and is the owner of her own dance studio, Dance with Joy Studios LLC, an Art & Activity Wellness Center, www.dancewithjoystudios.com. In addition to her two studio locations, Rachel also teaches at Portland State University, Portland Community College, Lewis & Clark College, the Laurelhust Club, Paradise Dance Studio, the Sesame Club, and several K-12 schools.

She is a yogini, with a strong dance performance background including training in classical ballet, tap, jazz, modern, gymnastics, musical theatre, Polynesian, Irish, and Flamenco. Rachel’s Musical Theatre Performance credits include the leading and supporting roles of “Nellie” in South Pacific, “Dorothy” in The Wizard of Oz, “The Ghost of Christmas Past” in Scrooge, “Stupefying Jones” in Lil’ Abner and “Old Devil Moon” in “On With the Show,” as well as a principal dancer and chorus singer in Evita (Argentine Tango), Oklahoma, South Pacific, Annie Get Your Gun, and Cabaret. 

As a teacher Rebecca has always believed in the transformative process of learning Tango and is fueled by the metamorphosis of her students.

Adam is the official 2016 US Argentine Tango Champion with Tilly Kimm. Adam has partnered with two world champions, Maria Ines Bogado and Jesica Arfenoni.

Adam has taught thousands of students around the world how to dance tango from every level. He has helped brand new dancers become advanced dancers whom later became teachers and performers themselves.

Adam’s focus in teaching new dancers is to break the dance down into a way that makes it easier. He feels all new dancers can become competent social dancers in 3-6 months.

Elizabeth teaches tango with an emphasis on breath, energy and posture to create connection in the dance. She brings her experience studying many forms of dance, as well as her training in yoga and human anatomy, to her teaching.

Her main teachers in Buenos Aires have been: Luciana Valle and Chicho Frumboli for leader technique; Omar Vega for milonga;