El Tango Portrait of a Blind Poet

Gustavo Naveira and Giselle Anne, Special Guest Artists and Artistic Advisors, are the directors and founders of BTS (Boulder Tango Studio) and BTF (Boulder Tango Festival), since 2010. Gustavo & Giselle met in 1995 and formed a tango couple, bringing together...

Los Ocampo, special Guest Artists, are Mónica Romero and Omar Ocampo, a partnership of over 39 years made up of performing, teaching and sharing Argentine Tango and Folklore around the world. They have a rich dance background and began dancing at an early age, meeting...

Diana Cruz has dedicated her life to understanding, creating, performing and teaching body movement. Originally from Asunción, Paraguay, she began her dance career as a ballet dancer later discovering Argentine Tango. She currently teaches and performs Argentine Tango...

Donato Juarez is one of the most talented of the new generation of Tango dancers in Argentina. From his hometown of Mar del Plata (Buenos Aires), he continues to tirelessly explore the intricacies of this dance. He has taught and performed in International Festivals...

Domenico Luciano, from Naples Italy is a former principal dancer with the Colorado Ballet having enjoyed a 20 year career in Europe and the USA. He is currently the Academy Principal of Colorado Ballet Academy and has performed with Parasol Arts in “Angels and Devils”...

Lorita Travaglia, Creative Director, is a former professional Ballet dancer who after a 22 year performing career that took her all over the world, is currently Ballet Master at The Colorado Ballet. She has been dancing tango since 2005 and won the title Best...

Ervey Castillo has been dancing tango since 2007 and in the last 6 years with Michele Delgado, More Than Tango he has assisted Michele in teaching tango classes and private lessons. He has danced in Parasol Arts’ productions of “Carmen the Tango” in 2018 and 2019,...

Sarah Genung has been dancing tango since 2005 but has been dancing in some capacity since she could walk. Whether it was growing up with ballet, belly dancing in restaurants or capoeira in the streets dance has always been an essential part of her life. She has...

Jonathan Bruneau, originally from Québec, began dancing Tango in 2008 after receiving his master’s degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering as an artistic escape from the confines of the laboratory.  As part of his training, he attended numerous Argentine Tango...

Grisha (Gregory) Nisnevich is a Concert Classical Guitarist, Argentine Tango performer and teacher based in Aurora, Colorado. As such, Grisha travels the world to teach, perform and DJ at international tango festivals. Grisha’s repertoire as a solo guitarist includes...

Mez Charney: Mez's love of tango was instilled by her grandmother Alba, who was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and spent her 1930s childhood dancing with her tanguero father in their living room. As part of her unending quest to learn about the art of tango, Mez has...

Zhouming (MingMing) Sun is a Business Operations Analyst 2 at Dish Network having graduated from CU Boulder with a double major in Mathematics and Computer Science in May 2022. MingMing started dancing Argentine tango in 2021. With his dance partner, Julianne Kim, he...

Julianne Kim discovered tango in 2021 but has been dancing all her life in a diverse range of dance styles. She founded JM Tango with her dance partner MingMing Sun and has recently begun teaching. She is currently diving deeply into the many facets of tango and has...

Joey Wishnia was born in South Africa and began performing as a child in 1942. He was educated at Rhodes University and received a teaching diploma from Trinity College in London. He joined the professional actors’ union in 1962 and in ’93 earned an award for his...

Francisco Oliva is an avid tango dancer and joins Parasol Arts in “El Tango, Portrait of a Blind Poet” as the Journalist interviewing Jorge Luis Borges. Francisco has appeared many times as lead and supporting actor on television, live theatre and in a variety of...