Has taught in Portland, Boston, Providence (RI), Montreal, Seattle, Austin,
San Francisco, New York City, Dallas, Washington D.C., Phoenix, Bellingham,
Vancouver (B.C.), Nijmegen (www.elcorte.com), Toronto, Ann Arbor, MI, Pittsburgh,
Albuquerque, Eugene (OR), Berlin, Nijmegen (www.elcorte.com),
La Fraysinette (France)(www.tangovalley.com), Anchorage, Klamath Falls (OR), Mt. Shasta City (CA),
Minneapolis (co-teaching with Florencia Taccetti of Buenos Aires),
Munich and Augsburg (Germany), Bologna and Modigliana (Italy), Lund (Sweden),
Amsterdam, London, Leeds, Totnes, Cambridge, Bristol, Bylaugh (www.bylaugh.com),
Edinburgh (UK), Yale (New Haven, CT), Urbana (IL), Sun Valley (ID), Maui,
Chicago, Victoria (B.C), Atlanta, Oxford (UK), Raleigh (NC),
Bend (OR), Bellingham (WA), Atlanta, and St. Louis.
Bachelor of Arts degree from Reed College (1999, Portland, OR)
Influenced by many people and styles, but influenced early on by
Mariano "Chicho" Frumboli (musicality), Fabian Salas (structure of the dance), and
Damian Esell and Nancy Louzan (posture, walk, elegance)
Studied and danced in Buenos Aires for over six months between seven visits.
Co-taught and performed with Luciana Valle (BsAs) in Denver, Austin, San Francisco,
Boulder, North Carolina, Aspen, London (UK), Bylaugh (UK), Bristol (UK) and has performed
with Luciana in Buenos Aires (Torquato Tasso and Centro Cultural Mora), San Francisco,
Portland, and Seattle (at the Benaroya Theater with the New York Tango Trio).
Alex has co-taught with Florencia Taccetti (BsAs) in Minneapolis, San Francisco, Albuquerque and
Pittsburgh and has performed with her in Minneapolis, Portland, Albuquerque,
Pittsburgh and San Francisco and performed in London (with Biljana Lipic),
Amsterdam (with Yvonne Meissner), Antwerpen (with Esther Heitzer), Florence (w/Yvonne Meissner),
Munich and Augsburg (Germany)(with Heidrun Fluk).
Is invited to teach in Beijing, Moscow, Cape Town, Frankfurt, Aachen, Cleveland,
New Zealand, and Antwerpen (Belgium).
Has DJ'ed milongas in Portland, Anchorage, Dallas, Ann Arbor, Augsburg (Germany),
Cambridge (UK), Seatle, Victoria (B.C.),Minneapolis, and the all-night milongas in
San Francisco, Washington DC and New York City.
Performed in the tango show "Tango Nights," at the Alladin Theater, "Danza Tropical"
at the Teatro Milagro, choreographed Piazzolla's "Histoire du Tango," wrote and
directed the tango show "Tango al Tiempo" at the Miracle Theater April 16th-18th, 2003,
and directed/performed in Teatro Milagro's "Viva Baile" program (May 2007)
which included a "Fusion" show that explored the differences and similarities of
tango and flamenco.
Alex has also taught/performed/DJed/played bandoneon for many benefit gigs and local
shows in Portland.
Has been studying the bandoneon since May 2002, directed the tango band
"Conjunto Berretin." (with 2 CD's recorded) from 2003-2008, and currently is
arranging/directing a tango sextet and arranging/directing an Orquesta Tipica for
the Portland Tango Festivals in Feb. and Oct.
Alex also directs the 14-piece Balkan/Gypsy Braas band the "Krebsic Orkestar"
(playing alto sax and arranging): www.gypsybrass.com
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Is completely fanatic about the Argentine tango, and shares his passion with his
students.
Alex 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.