Marika Landry was drawn to dance at an early age, studying jazz, modern and classical techniques. Marika Landry has 24 years of dancing experience, committing in the last eleven years to the argentine tango. In 1998 she finished her studies in modern dance in the Dance School of Quebec and decided to dedicate herself to the argentine tango. In 2001 she went to Mexico City to teach and dance with Gregorio Garrido. Back to Montreal in 2003, after a two years tour round North America, she gave lessons on argentine tango in said City, involving herself in the opening of the school Tango Fabrika with Bulent Karabagli.
Since 2004, she is internationally recognized due to her capacity as dancer, teacher and her technique Workshops for the women all round North America and Europe. In 2006, she met Robin Thomas. With him she participated in several festivals in the United States. In 2008 she opened her own dance company under the name Karima Tango. On the same year she participated in the first project of tango therapy in Canada, together with psychologist France Potvin. Embracing now a new turn in her career, since March 2009 she began a new promising project together with Mauro Peralta.
Mauro Peralta commit to argentine tango in 1998, in Buenos Aires. He trained hard with several teachers and at the same time trained in modern dance, classical danc
e, jazz, yoga and gym.He is naturally interested in teaching. At the beginning he commit to teaching tango lessons and trained a group of children ranging in the age from 7 to 14, named Tango Sur. He also gave lessons in the Lola Mora center, which belongs to the government of the City of Buenos Aires. In 2005 he was in charge of the academic directorship of the Piazzolla Tango and acted as juror of the pre tango contest in the province of Chaco and the provincial junior contest (Torneos Juveniles Bonaerenses). In 2007 participated of the show named “Tango Elemento” with the artistic directorship of Claudio Gonzalez and Melina Brufman.
After years of travelling around Europe and the United States, Marika Landry and Mauro Peralta decided to form a dancing couple and join the dance school Montreal Gotan. They aim for connection and creativity, teaching an updated classical Tango, and giving their students the elements to achieve a personal style.
Marika and Mauro help their students develop strong communication in their dance. Dancers learn to become comfortable in the surrounding space and with their dance partner, while using a strong earth connection and fluid movement. Using keen physical awareness, students work on their body control, achieving new dynamics in their movements without losing the sensuality of Tango.
They have stage experience as both choreographers and dancers through their work in the companies Karima Tango and Ensemble Montreal Tango. Since March 2009, they have traveled together in Europe for the first Tango Festival in Nice, and they have participated at the second International Tango Congreso in Toronto and at the first Tango Festival of Québec City.
Tango is a dance that has influences from European and African culture.. The Tango consists of a variety of styles that developed in different regions and eras of Argentina as well as in other locations around the world. The dance developed in response to many cultural elements, such as the crowding of the venue and even the fashions in clothing.
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Tango was only the third dance in human history to be done in what we now think of as the only possible hold for couple dancing - the man and woman face each other, with the man holding the woman's right hand in his left, and with his right arm around her.
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In the early 19th Century, the Tango was a solo dance performed by the woman. The Andalusian Tango was later done by one or two couples walking together using castanets. The dance was soon considered immoral with its flirting music!
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One of the most fascinating of all dances, the tango is a sensual ballroom dance that originated in South America in the early twentieth century. Tango is usually performed by a man and a woman, expressing an element of romance in their synchronized movements. Originally, the tango was performed only by women, but once it spread into Argentina, it developed into a dance for couples. The popularity of the tango has greatly increased over the years. Argentine Tango is much more intimate than Modern Tango, and is well-suited to dancing in small settings. Argentine Tango retains the intimacy of the original dance.
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