UNIVERSAL TANGOZFEST 2014 Vol.1 presents... with love... SILVINA VALZ & ÖZHAN ARAZ __________________________________________________ SILVINA VALZ Argentinean Silvina Valz teaches and performs tango throughout Europe, Japan, the United States and Buenos Aires. Silvina is one of the young great tango dancers whose dance incorporates elements from all styles of tango. She has studied and practiced tango in Buenos Aires with different teachers, among others, Pepito Avellaneda and Gustavo Naviera. Silvina is a dancer of the younger generation, known for her work with milonga master, Dany Garcia (El Flaco). In addition to being one of the tangos rising stars, Silvina has worked as a choreographer and production assistant with the Theatre Antoine Vitoz. She has taught dancing and acting to young people in the National School for the Blind. She has a unique and beautiful dance style, filled with fluidity, humor and passion. Her teaching is clear and well structured, she is know by her exquisite technique teaching teachers. Her work is grounded in the classic styles of tango, and is also a bridge to the more modern styles. ÖZHAN ARAZ As the son of an artistically oriented family, Özhan Araz has been immersed in many forms of creative expression since early childhood. His early professional career as a national athlete in competitive swimming equipped him with a heightened sense of bodily awareness. During his university years, he combined his artistic sensibilities and bodily discipline, and transferred them to the practice of Latin Dances. He was introduced to Argentine Tango by his childhood friend Serkan Gökçesu. After a brief period of apprenticeship at Baila Tango International Dance Schools and a great many hours of practice with Serkan, the two decided to go into a partnership which proved to be extremely creative. As two males dancing together, they challenged the traditional heteronormative structure of tango, exploring the genderneutral dynamics of a more liberated tango environment where both partners are extremely efficient in the roles of lead and follower and freely borrow from other related disciplines like contemporary dance. The partnership of Özhan Araz and Serkan Gökçesu covered a period of six years between 2003-2009 and their innovative style of dancing and teaching became very popular throughout the world. They travelled the international festival circuit extensively, performing and teaching and giving seminars; and divided their free time between Buenos Aires and Istanbul. With the partnership coming to an end, Özhan Araz began his solo career as dancer, choreographer, and teacher. He participated in the foundation phase of the Turkish Dance Sports Federation and was assigned as the member of Argentine Tango Social Standard Dances External Relationships Committee. He is currently the founder and artistic director of “TANGOZ” in Istanbul where he employs his unique teaching methods to share his unique style of tango, prepares choreographies for theatre and film, and provides training and coaching for professional performers and pursues his dancing career on the international field with his partner Silvina Valz. tangoz.org/?page_id=695
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