Yale Tango Fest 2008

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The Yale Tango Fest is offered with support from the Yale Graduate and Professional Student Senate and the
Office of Student Life at the McDougal Center

DJs

	Robin Thomas A well-known and respected dancer and DJ, Robin's enthusiasm for tango can be seen most clearly in his wholehearted dedication to teaching. He believes that it is very important for students to dance simply and musically from the very beginning. Building that strong base of connection and musicality early, Robin believes, will allow even very new beginners to feel comfortable and confident on a crowded dance floor and will also lead to a more comprehensive and fluid understanding of more complicated techniques later on. Robins teaching style reflects this philosophy, and his students appreciate the humorous and down-to-earth way he presents the material. On the rare occasion that he is neither teaching nor DJing, Robin can always be seen on the dance floor, either working to expand his own understanding of tango, or simply enjoying the connection he works so hard to share with others. He is originally from Belfast, Ireland and now lives in New York City.
	Shorey Myers Shorey's first exposure to tango, watching a tall, skinny guy in a beret teach a group of awkward college kids how to walk with grace, immediately captured her imagination and she has hardly looked away since. Shorey is an accomplished teacher whose primary goal is to give her students those tools necessary to make their dancing as enjoyable as possible in the shortest amount of time. As great as her love of the dance is her love of the music, a passion which is evident whenever she steps behind the DJ booth. She DJs all over the country and abroad. She loves to keep both very traditional and very alternative crowds dancing all night long. Shorey is (for the forseeable future) based in the San Francisco Bay Area, although she still travels as much as is humanly possible.
	Alex Krebs Alex Krebs teaches Argentine tango for the social dance floor, emphasizing the improvisatory side of the dance through a strong communication between the lead and follow and on musicality. Alex tries to give his students the vocabulary necessary so that each person can find their own unique way of dancing -- dancing the tango of their own body. Alex's teaching is in high demand all over the world. In addition to teaching, he DJs, performs, and directs the Conjunto Berretin in which he plays the bandoneon.
	Tine Herreman Tine plays happy tangos, soaring valses and exciting milongas from her vast collection of classics, as well as original but always friendly alternative selections. She DJs around the Northeast at milongas and festivals, including recently Ann Arbor, Atlanta, the Boston Tango Festival, in Montreal and at various venues in New York where she now lives. Tine was the founding president of the Yale Tango Club and organized the club from a 12-person practica into a successful organization with 100 members, more than 20 teachers, DJs and organizers, a top notch tango festival, and a national reputation.