ATLANTA TANGO TEACHERS
Starting May 12th 2010, Atlanta Tango's regular classes will be taught by Angel Montero and April Parker.
As part of Atlanta Tango, Angel has been teaching weekly since 2006, while April started her weekly teaching career in early 2009, but they have been regular teaching partners since 2007, and they have been invited to teach all over the Southeast (Augusta, GA; Savannah, GA; Charleston, SC; Durham, NC; Birmingham, AL), St. Louis, MO and even Spain (Salamanca, December 2007). Also, Angel and April have been invited to teach "Tango en Español", as part of the Spanish Immersion Program of Morehouse College in Atlanta for the past three years.
We hope you are willing to join us in this new and exciting adventure.
Angel Montero
Angel started studying tango in early 2002, and discovered the social aspect of the dance in 2003, after taking classes with several teachers brought to Atlanta by Barbara Durr (Brigitta Winkler, Alicia Pons and Susana Miller, from whom he keeps learning). He became a student in Barbara's class ever since, and he started collaborating in the class in May 2004.
He has also taken classes with milonguero legends like Cacho Dante, Ricardo Vidort and Ruben Harymbat, and some of the best teachers touring the US, like Robert Hauk, Robin Thomas, Christopher and Caroline, Tomás Howlin, Felipe Martinez and Eric Jorissen. His curiosity for tango has taken him to study with teachers different tango styles (Osvaldo Zotto, Facundo Posadas).
In addition to teaching, Angel also has DJed at several milongas in Atlanta (Milonga Pasional, Tangueros Emory, Carpe Diem, Milonga Bohemia , Salsambo and Holly Springs) and he has been invited to DJ and teach in Memphis; St. Louis; Durham, NC; Augusta, GA, Savannah, GA; Ann Arbor, MI; Charleston, SC, Asheville, NC and Salamanca (Spain).
Angel is a co-organizer of the Atlanta Tango Festival , one of the best tango festivals in the US.
Angel is available for private classes (individuals, couples or small groups). For more information, please contact him using our CONTACT page or by calling (404) 376-6732.
APRIL PARKER
April began her journey into the world of Argentine tango in 2003, while on a trip to Buenos Aires. She immediately fell in love with the music, and then the dance when she took her first class there. After taking classes for some time when she returned to the US, April joined Barbara Durr’s class in 2005. She studied closely with Barbara and Angel, and over time began to develop her own dance. Her curiosity, love and enthusiasm for the dance and its music are infectious and inspiring to both her dance partners and to observers at milongas.
April credits her dance as being an amalgam of many influences: Susana Miller, Alicia Pons, Brigitta Winkler, Marika Landry, Silvina Valz, Robin Thomas, and Eric Jeurissen- and her most generous influence and mentor, Barbara Durr. Her ability to both lead and follow enables her to intuit both sides of the embrace and movement within and makes her a dynamic and improvisational follower. She loves to challenge her female students to become active followers with the abilites to improvise within a dance.
April is also available for private classes (individuals and couples only) and specializes in leader's and follower's core techniques. For more information, please please contact her using our CONTACT page.
Barbara Durr
Barbara Durr is the founder and original teacher of Atlanta Tango. Her recent move to Washington, DC has taken her away from the regular weekly classes, but she is planning to teach special workshops during future visits to the Atlanta area.
