Lucas Paez D'Ambrosio
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Lucas Páez D'Ambrosio, Vanina Bilous, Julio · 1 h 7 min · 0 chapters
Lucas Páez D'Ambrosio interviews tango dancer and teacher Vanina Bilous for his series El Tango Hoy. Bilous looks back on learning from the milongueros of the golden age and the live orchestras, her time in Juan Carlos Copes's company, her last-minute debut in Tango Argentino, and her 34 years performing the number Mala Junta. She also talks about her two dance partnerships, with Alejandro Aquino and Roberto Herrera, how a mutual friend introduced her to her husband, and her return to the stage alongside Javier Rodríguez at the Mundial de Tango.
Lucas Páez D'Ambrosio, Gabriel Soria, Juan Carlos Copes, Miguel Ángel Zotto, Ernesto · 2 h 19 min · 0 chapters
Dancer and choreographer Miguel Ángel Zotto talks live with Lucas Páez D'Ambrosio for 'El Tango Hoy', broadcast on 27 September 2020 from his academy in Milan, Italy, during the pandemic. He revisits his training under Antonio Todaro, Juan Carlos Copes, Virulazo, Fino and Petróleo, with firsthand stories about the invention of the raspadita, the failed 1990 attempt to codify tango, and Petróleo's final years. He also speaks about his brother, about bringing tango to Italy, about the ocho's roots in candombe, and about his devotion to Carlos Gardel, and answers video greetings from colleagues and former students.
