MonTango guests

This summer, MonTango is thrilled to have Roxana and Eugene with us for the whole season, sharing their unique and dynamic style of dance with us for the full session. They will also treat us to demonstrations at both our spring and summer end-of-session parties.

Roxana and Eugene met in Montreal, where they lived for more than ten years. In 2007, they lived in N.D.G., where they discovered MonTango, which became their favourite Montreal milonga. They are pleased to be able to come back from time to time and share a few figures with us.

The couple, trained in classical ballet and jazz, took their first tango steps in 2002, in Montreal, with Julio Méndez. In 2005, Roxana and Eugene decided to set aside other forms of dance to concentrate exclusively on tango. That same year, before heading off on a trip to Buenos Aires, they asked Julio to recommend some teachers there with whom they could study. He gave them just one name: Raúl Bravo. Raúl Bravo, “Maestro de maestros,” is an extraordinary dancer, teacher and choreographer who has trained generations of dancers since the ’60s. Roxana and Eugene studied tango intensively with him for three consecutive summers, both privately and in group classes. In 2007, Raúl encouraged the couple to begin teaching.