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Cyrena's Bio

Cyrena Drusine began her life as a dancer and performer when she entered the School of American Ballet at the age of 8. She studied there until she was 18 during which time she performed with The New York City Ballet. She then began dancing with the Pacific Northwest Ballet. In addition to ballet, Cyrena has studied various dance forms such as jazz, modern, West-African, hip-hop and salsa. In 2005 Cyrena started dancing tango in Buenos Aires where she studied with various tango masters, such as Rodolfo Dinzel, Pedro "El Indio" Benavente, Carolina Bonaventura and Francisco Forquera. Cyrena won the first U.S. Tango championship in Tango Salon in July 2007 with Eduardo Goytia and then made it to the finals at the World championship in Buenos Aires. Cyrena has performed throughout New York, at the United Nations, the Pregones Theater, Queens College in the show Timba Tango, and in the 2008 New York City tango festival. She performed in the Boston Tango Festival in 2009. Cyrena has performed in various milongas in Buenos Aires as well as in the biggest tango house in Buenos Aires in the show Tango Porteño. In 2008 and 2009 Cyrena performed with the world renowned company Tango Pasion in Paris, Munich and Athens. In 2009 she began touring with the company La Esquina de Carlos Gardel.

Cyrena completed her master's in Performance Studies at New York University in May 2008 where she wrote Una Emocion: A Tango of Memories, Nostalgia and History, a thesis which focused on the sensual experience of tango in Buenos Aires. In 2009 she was a guest lecturer on tango at New York University's study abroad program in Buenos Aires. Cyrena currently lives in Buenos Aires.

Jesus' Bio

Jesus Velazquez began his career as a professional dancer with the Ballet Folklorico Nacional Argentina. Since then he has performed throughout Argentina and internationally with various world-renowned companies such as Tangokinesis, Tango Buenos Aires, Tango x 2, Forever Tango and Tango Pasión. In 1996 Jesus performed in the opera rock "Evita" with Madonna and Antonio Banderas. In 1997 he danced in the movie, "Tango," directed by Carlos Saura. In 2005, Jesus directed and produced his own show, "Costumbres de mi Tierra," where he shows a mix of tango and folklore from Argentina. Jesus is currently the choreographer of the show Tango Porteño in Buenos Aires.

Jesús Velazquez & Cyrena Drusine