Our
distinguished guest, Graciela
Gonzalez started dancing in 1988. Among her teachers she was fortunate
to have such
legends of Argentine Tango as Pupi Castello (the teacher who influenced
her the
most and with whom she was dancing and teaching for 19 years, forming a
world
renowned partnership), Pepito Avellaneda, Antonio Todaro, Gustavo
Naveira, Juan
Bruno, Teté Rusconi, Martha Anton and Manolo, El Turco José, Lampazo,
Eduardo Pareja,
Nito and Elba, among many others.
Graciela’s
teaching method is a result of years dedicated to
studies of body movement combined with her personal dancing experience.
The objective of her method: to take the body from a simple sensation to
the muscle memory and from that – to the natural body positions which,
through understanding,
with time will become improvisational tango technique. This method
eventually enables students to create their own individual style of
dancing.
She
was an original creator of Followers’ Technique
(1994) and Leaders’
Technique (1995) courses that are recognized and emulated all over the
world. Through her research
work and teaching Graciela became one of the
most important representatives of a new tango generation.
