New York City Dance Instructor:
Robin
Intro and Bio:
Robin grew up in Belfast in the north of Ireland and moved to New York to go to film school. He worked as a professional photographer for 13 years before turning pro as a tango teacher and DJ. Strangely enough he came to tango from rock and ice climbing rather than a background in other dance forms. But he contends that nothing he ever did in ice climbing was as scary as asking a woman to dance when he was a beginner.
Robin counts Brigitte Winkler and Susana Miller as his mentors but has also studied with Cacho Dante, Alex Krebs, Gustavo Naveira, Luciana Valle, Julio and Corina, Omar Vega and many others. His first tango satori was his first trip to Buenos Aires where he discovered it was normal to dance tango rhythmically and to prefer to dance close. The second was visiting Portland, Oregon and seeing the funky, free mixing up of styles that goes on there. Robin now considers that anything you do on the floor is OK, as long as you do it to the music and in the line of dance.
Susana Miller gave Robin a firm foundation in the tradition of milonguero style; Brigitte and his friends on the west coast encouraged him to incorporate new ideas into a traditional style.
Contact Info:
Website: http://www.close-embrace.com/
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