2026 Artists

Eleonora Kalganova is a dance artist and teacher who focuses on exploring improvisation, flow, and communication as a process and a way of dancing Argentine tango (since 2009).
 
Growing up in post-Soviet Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Eleonora was fortunate to study from an early age and in depth many different forms of dance: folk, ballroom, character, historic, ballet, and modern. Her remarkable and rare educational experience formed Eleonora as a very special and distinct dance artist, tango dancer, and improvisor. 
 
After successfully completing nine years of rigorous study, Eleonora graduated from the State Dance Academy in Tashkent and became a principal dancer with the prestigious Alisher Navoi Theater of Opera and Ballet. As a professional dancer, she gained a solid understanding of movement, anatomy, music, performance, and dance composition. 
 
Over time, Eleonora became increasingly fascinated and involved with Argentine tango. After years of study—with intelligence, passion, professional dedication, and her unique dance background— Eleonora started to develop a one-of-a-kind Flow style.
 
Joining many disciplines and influences, she has created her own particular and unmistakable style of dance and pedagogy. Breaking away from the rigidity of steps and memorization, Eleonora encourages students to develop improvisational skills through simple and dynamic techniques, achieve a relaxed style, and, most importantly, find new and liberating ways of relating, expressing, and communicating non-verbally with others. A generous, sensitive, and kind teacher, Eleonora finds a special “key” to every student. 
 
Eleonora lives in the United States (New Jersey). She travels extensively nationally and internationally, performing and conducting workshops. She continues to be a student of tango and life.  
 
My Concept
I strive to improve and expand my skills every day, and to find fresh approaches that would make us—me and my students—fall in love with tango more every time. There are plenty of tango coaches and ways of learning. My goal is to help students move most elegantly and efficiently, and to learn to hear the subtleties of music so that they can create their own, unique, and interesting dance. And then—to enjoy themselves!

Jae is the founder of Tango Utopia in the greater Raleigh/Durham area.  She is recognized as one of the premier teachers, dancers and DJ's as well as the organizer of the monthly Milonga Utopia and the weekly practicas.

As a DJ, Jae loves the challenge of keeping dancers on the floor to the very last tanda.  Her sensitivity to the energy of a milonga influences her music selection. Her music library is focused on the traditional masters and this is also reflected in her musical choices. She has been invited to DJ at festivals, milongas, marathons and encuentros around the US and Europe.

Oscar has a distinct style both in his dance and his teaching, He teaches with energy and humor, emphasizing concepts in the art of improvisation

Tango Bardo is a tango band from Buenos Aires, Argentina. They have a powerful and personal sound. They have toured all over the world, playing at some of the most celebrated milongas, festivals, and exhibitions.

James Valentino & Dagny Miller are an Argentine Tango partnership that lives at the crossroads of contrast and chemistry.

Teaching and performing at major festivals and marathons across the U.S. since 2021, their work is defined by improvisation, musical curiosity, and a fearless embrace of individuality.

James brings an untraditional, earth-driven approach shaped by hip-hop, Latin dance, and street-rooted movement. Dagny counters with a refined foundation in tango and ballet - light, classical, and exquisitely articulate. Where James bends rules, Dagny clarifies them. Where Dagny floats, James grounds.

This contrast is not a challenge, it’s the source of their magic.

Their shared strength lies in real-time communication, adaptability, and trust, allowing them to explore tango beyond fixed aesthetics while remaining deeply connected to its essence. Together, they naturally gravitated toward the alternative tango crossroads, not as a departure from tradition, but as an expansion of it.

Detroit meets New York.

Earth meets air.

Structure meets freedom.

In both teaching and performance, James and Dagny invite dancers to honor who they are, listen harder, and dance more honestly - without losing joy, play, or connection.

Alejandra and Daniel both began the study of dance at the age of 6, in folklore, classical, jazz and tango. Their professional career took flight in the Argentinian National Folklore Ballet between 1991 and 1997, company which brought them on the most prestigious stages of Buenos Aires, such as Teatro Colon, Cervantes, San Martin, Luna Park. From 1997 on they began working as a soloist master tango couple, touring the world ( Brasil, Mexico, USA, China, Russia, New Zeeland, Turkey, Japan, all of Europe) while in Buenos Aires continued performing in well-known tango stages such as La Ventana, Taconeando, Esquina Carlos Gardel, Hotel Faena ( Rojo Tango). Between 1998 and 2001 were integral part of La Nueva Compania Tangueros under the direction of Mariachiara Micheli with whom participated in the most important dance festivals, among which was the Torino Fiat Centennial, and with an audience of thousands. They continued to tour Italy, Switzerland, USA. Summer of 2002 brought them working in !Perfumes de Tango" with Compania Tango x 2 directed by Miguel Angel Zotto. In August 2003 they created their own company called Corporacion Tango. They took their company performing in many, many shows and all over the world. In 2007 Corporacion Tango was elected best group choreography to perform at the World"s Championship Finals for the stage category in front of an audience of 5000 people. In 2008 Alejandra and Daniel were selected as choreographers for the closing night of the World Tango Championship where they directed 20 dancers performing on live music by the Osvaldo Berlingieri Orchestra. Also in 2008 they had a very successful season in the theatre El Cubo. 2009 was another busy and very successful year for Alejandra and Daniel, bringing them more career rewards: They arrive on the famous Avenida Corrientes, in Teatro Broadway with their show, $Vibraciones del Alma” where they performed for 5 consecutive months and received excellent reviews. They performed in a gala organized in the honor of Mrs. Christina Kirchner, President of Argentina. They were chosen by the CID UNESCO to represent tango as Intangible Patrimony of Humanity. In 2010 and 2011 Alejandra and Daniel participated in the Festival International de Tango de Todi, Italia. In December 2012 the Government of the city of Buenos Aires invited them to perform at the closing ceremony of the National Day of Tango, on a large stage, for an audience of several thousands. During 2010, 2011, 2012 they toured extensively as masters of tango throughout Europe: Italy, France, Russia, Switzerland, Turkey. Between October 2012 and March 2013 they had the !Farewell Season" for their show Vibraciones del Alma in the Cultural Centre Borges, Buenos Aires. In August 2013 the Government of the City of Buenos Aires celebrated them and paid them homage for 10 years of artistic trajectory of Corporación Tango. The celebrations concluded with a performance in Luna Park at the opening of the night for the World"sTango Finals. In the year of 2015 and 2016 they were choreographers of the huge Government of Argentina Project Tango Federal. In 2015 and 2017 Armenti and Juárez they were part as juries, performers and master teachers of the most prestigious and official Preliminar of Tango Championship in United State of America, ATUSA, directed by Andrea Monti. In the year of 2016 they created their second and original Tango show called $Remembranzas of Corporación Tango”, and they presented it in different theaters in Buenos Aires during 2017 and 2018. In pandemic times 2020, they created the First International Teaching Study for Professional Dancers-Teachers recognized by International Dance Council of UNESCO, with the objetive of to teach and to prepare future generations of tango teachers by offering an International valid title of Tango Teachers. Corporacion Tango had the honor of been part of the International Dance Day celebrations in the year of 2019, 2020 and 2021, hired by National Dance Council of Argentina. The year of 2021, after the long involuntary stopping of pandemic, the Government of Buenos Aires hired Corporación Tango for making a special presentation in a great theater during the Tango Festival and World Tango Championship 2021. In the year of 2022 they participated in ATUSA, the official Preliminar of Tango Championship in United Stated of America. Since August of 2022 they moved to United States to continue giving shows, workshops and participating in different Tango Festivals all around the globe. In 2023 they produced for the first time in San Francisco, USA, and in a theatre, their Corporacion Tango Show “Remembrance”, with great success.