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BIO

Yaisuri Salamanca and John Hernan Raigosa are an award-winning professional Argentine tango couple with more than 15 years of performing experience. They dance with explosive strength, playful creativity, and a powerful emotional connection. Their style is firmly grounded in authentic tango learned from Argentine masters enhanced by technique gained from training in ballet, jazz, and Latin dance.

It is this dynamic style that earned Yaisuri and John third place in the stage tango category at the 2008 Tango World Championship in Argentina and has captivated audiences on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Together and separately they have performed as featured dancers in major tango shows in Buenos Aires, New York City, and London, as well as at a variety of events in the United States and Latin America. 

Besides their performing prowess, Yaisuri and John are experienced teachers who are passionate about sharing their knowledge of tango with dancers of all levels. Their primary objective is to convey the feeling of tango. To this end, they not only teach from the repetition of exercises and explanations of theory, but also from the experience of the embrace. They are aware of the importance of developing physical and mental awareness in their students so that they feel comfortable with their body.

In addition to their training in tango, they have taken Pilates, Yoga, and Gyrotonic. These disciplines not only foster their elegance and agility typical of professional dance but also yield enormous insight into what is needed to help students avoid suffering a physical injury in both the short and the long term. Yaisuri and John Hernan love when students ask questions. They cannot say that have all the answers, but they will respond from the years of experience, practice and study. Their ultimate goal is to convey to students that tango is infinite, and there is always more to discover.

Although they travel around the world, they are based in Buenos Aires and New York. Here in the USA, they have taught across the West and East coast and currently offer both weekly classes and private lessons in New York City.

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Yaisuri was a principal dancer in the 2012-2013 West End production of the musical Midnight Tango in London, England, and has also danced with a major South American tango dance company.  Her training in classical ballet, salsa and traditional South American folk dances has enriched both her dancing style and technique.

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John Hernan has been teaching, performing and choreographing in Argentina for over fifteen years. Recently, he was part of the Tango Musical Arrabal, at the ART Theater located in Cambridge, MA. In Buenos Aires, he has been featured in major Tango Houses as Sabor a Tango and Tango Palace and taught at the Argentinian Tango School.

AWARDS

  • Won First Place at the USA World Tango Championship, Pelando Variación, New York, 2018.

  • Won Fifth Place at the Pelando Variación World Tango Championship, Buenos Aires, 2018.

  • Won Third Place World Tango Championship, Buenos Aires, 2008.

  • Won Fifth Place at the Semifinal of the World Tango Championship, Buenos Aires, 2018.

  • Won Fifth Place, World Tango Championship, Buenos Aires, 2007.

  • Won First Place, Official World Tango Championship, Colombia, 2007.

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