Patricio Touceda Eva Lucero
At age 10 Patricio began to study the art of dance in Argentina.
He studied tango for 15 years with the best tango masters,
especially with Juan Carlos Copes and Maria Nieves, Pepito
Avellaneda, Mingo Pugliese and Gustavo Naveira. He also studied
Argentinean folkloric dances for 7 years with Juan Caceres and
Mario Bustos, ballet with Andrea Candela and modern jazz with
Margarita Fernandez.
In 1991 Patricio started to dance professionally and was awarded
second place in the "Dancing Duet" of the "Eisteddfod"
International Dance Festival, Johannesburg, South Africa. He took
part in many different shows, for instance, "Tango Magia y
Seduccion" with Juan. C Copes; "Gotan" with Susana Rinaldi and Raul
Lavie ; "Tangos y Choros" with Rodolfo Mederos Orquestra; "The
Dance Great Men" with Eleonora Cassano, J.C.Copes, Jose Antonio and
Irek Muckhamedov; "Casablanca" and "La Ventana". "Argentina Tango
Review", "Seor Tango", "Tango mio" ,"Forever Tango" and "Escuela de
Tango" as choreographer. These spectacles were performed in
Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Spain and Germany. He has also
contributed to such films as "El Profe", "Betty La Fea", "Evita",
"The Tango Lesson", "Tango" and more as a choreographer and a
dancer.
Eva started her career at the age of 7 and she completed her
studies in the Colon theater in Buenos Aires. She also studied
modern dance in the school of the San Martin theater. Her most
important teachers were Atilio Sanchez, Alejandro Toto, Liliana
Belfiore and Aichi Akamine. She learned tango dancing with the most
famous milongueros of Buenos Aires in the milongas.
Her professional career started in '92. She was member of the
"Ensemble Ballet" as a principal dancer. With this company she
performed in various places and spectacles like "Complejo Cultural
Parque Espaa" with Julio Bocca and Eleonora Cassano, teachers, "El
Circulo" and "The Great Dance Man" with Irek Mukhamedov, Jose
Antonio, Juan Carlos Copes and Eleonora Cassano. She also performed
in "Luna Park" with "The Royal ballet" Company and stars like
Silvie Guillem and Darcy Bussell. As a Tango Dancer she has
performed with such renowned Tango companies as "Seor Tango" in
Argentina, "Tango Mio" in Brazil, "Forever Tango" in Japan,
"Tanguera" in Argentina, and "Malambo" in the U.S. She also starred
in various TV programs and the Argentinean Movie "El Sueo de los
Heroes".
They have been dancing together for three years. Since they came
to U.S in July 2002 they performed in companies as "Swango" at the
Helen Hayes theatre company in New York (off Broadway). Michelle
Badion's "Tango Cabaret" in Seattle, WA. Romulo Larrea's "Tangos...
for la milonga" at the Meany Hall in Seattle,WA and "Orange County
Performing Arts Center", in Costa Mesa, CA. They created their own
Tango Dance company; they released the show TANGO RETRO in February
2004 with great success at the Broadway Performance Hall in
Seattle, WA.
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