Meet the cast of "Angels Devils and Mortals"

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...

Dana Benton was accepted at the age of 9 to the National Ballet School in Toronto where she trained for eight years. Dana graduated with Honors in Academics and was awarded the Peter Dwyer Award for Excellence in Dance. She spent one year with the Alberta Ballet...

Jonnathan Ramirez is originally from Cali, Colombia. At the age of 8 he began his training at the Colombian Institute of Ballet, Incolballet. After graduating at 16, he moved to New York City where he received a full scholarship to continue his training at American...

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 a lifetime of experience in the performing arts and has been...

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...

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...

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,...

Paula Kirkland has dedicated her life to the study of dance, movement and the art of teaching. She holds a BFA in Dance from Wright State University and is a former professional ballroom dancer. Paula has been performing with Parasol Arts since 2017 and is thrilled to...

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...

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...

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...

Umut Mete Saka started dancing tango at Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey. His student activity soon became his passion which led him to take incalculable classes from local and international tango maestros. Together with his passion to teach, Mete started...

Atlas Tango Project specializes in the music of the late Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla as well as original nuevo tango compositions. Founded by James Anderson (violin), ATP has been performing to captivated audiences since 2009. With Jonathan Geer (piano), Ben...