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Jenny & Ricardo understand the effect that dancing tango can have in a person’s life and how tango can enrich each individual, through the personal process of learning the dance and the enjoyment of its practice; through the embrace and the surrender to the embrace; through the journey into the music; and importantly through the wider social effects dancing tango can have on someone.
Tango can teach us to listen, to understand, to extend ourselves beyond our own bodies and to give our attention to the other, without losing sight of ourselves. We dance for ourselves and for our partners, but always with respect to those outside the couple. We search for our own freedom, while taking care of the freedom of others. These elements of Tango can teach us a lot about how to live our lives, and how to share our life with others.
Those who dance tango are fortunate. Together, let’s bring that to as many people as we can.
About Jenny & Ricardo...
Jenny Frances & Ricardo Oria love tango - its music, its song, and its dance. They love the moment of surrender in the arms of your partner, the feeling of losing yourself and yet finding yourself at one with the music, at one with your partner, at one with yourself. They are proud to be part of the tango community: a rich culture steeped in history, which is still of relevance today and continues to grow.
Jenny and Ricardo love dancing together on a crowded floor (or on an empty floor) and hope to transmit some of this through their performances and through their teaching.
The Facts...
Jenny and Ricardo have been invited to teach and perform in Ireland (Cork, Dublin), Sweden (Malmo, Nörrskopping, Uppsala), Denmark (Copenhagen), France (near Clermont Ferrand), Spain (Mallorca and Menorca), Germany (Berlin) and Argentina (Buenos Aires).
In Buenos Aries, they have performed in La Milonguita, and Milonga10 and have performed with the Orquesta de la Ciudad the Buenos Aires (dir. Carlos Garcia).
Tango Festivals in which they have been invitied to participate include Edinburgh International Tango Festival, London Tango Extravaganza, Copehagen Tango Marathon, and Berlin Tango High.
They also organise and participate in the annual Bailongo! Tango Festival in Edinburgh.
Jenny & Ricardo came together as a tango couple in 2002. Between 2002 and 2008 they had the opportunity to develop an extensive teaching experience together through giving many weekly classes in Edinburgh and Glasgow, Scotland. From 2008 until the present day, they continue to offer workshops and short courses in Edinburgh and Glasgow. At the same time they travel regularly around the UK as guest teachers. Within the UK they have taught and performed in Totnes, Torquay, Camber Sands, London, Eton, Cambridge, Norwich, Leicester, Market Harborough, Bedford, Bramshaw, Coventry, Warwick, Manchester, Carlisle, Leeds, Newcastle, Belfast, Lisburn, Annan, Lockerbie, Stirling, Pittenween, Perth, Aberdeen and Inverness.
Testimonials/Press...
Performances
“I want to thank you so much for what can only be described as the best evening of live music and dance I have seen in years. The band were quite stunning and the atmosphere they created was amazing. When you two came out to dance it was nothing short of magical. My husband and I have been talking about taking lessons in Argentine Tango for ages now. Perhaps we will do it at last.”
Geraldine McDade
Workshops
“Thanks to you both for a fantastic weekend and for your un-ending patience and good humour.”
Peter Rose
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