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PAOLO Y ELENA TANGO
Paolo and Elena both discovered tango in two completely different parts of the world, but tango brought them together.
They both have training in various art and music areas, as well as individual professional and artistic experiences.
Find out about their professional training and refinement as tango teachers and dancers.
PAOLO Y ELENA TANGO
FORMATION & REFINEMENT
We are certified federal tango argentino instructors with the national diploma of technical qualification issued by FIDS/CONI (Italian National Olympic Committee). We completed our professional formation as Tango Instructors at the "Academy of Excellence Metro Tango" in Rome with Vanesa Villalba and Facundo Piñero as technical directors and Javier Rodriguez as artistic director. Our formation was patronized by La Academia Nacional del Tango de Buenos Aires, CETBA (Centro Educativo del Tango de Buenos Aires) and AMBCTA (Asociatión de Maestros, Bailarines y Coreógrafos del Tango Argentino). Our artistic paths are founded on the study of music; therefore, musical creativity holds a central place in our tango teaching.
We are constantly refining our formation with different maestros and dancers in various locations. In 2021 we were selected in the audition to study and complete the annual closed training of the Tango Ballet "El Cxuce Tango" under the direction of Vanesa Villalba and Facundo Piñero. In the same year, we were coached for several months in an intensive training program by Gianpiero Galdi and Lorena Tarantino. In 2022 and 2023 we refined our formation in many of Gianpiero Galdi and Lorena Tarantino's invitation-based seminars alongside other professionals.
The main tango maestros who influenced our formation were Vanesa Villalba and Facundo Piñero, Gianpiero Galdi and Lorena Tarantino, Anìbal Montenegro, José Fernández, Martina Waldman, Juan Cantone.
PAOLO LOMBARDO
His artistic path initially began as a professional musician and composer. He graduated from the Conservatory of Music Giuseppe Verdi in Turin, obtaining the title of master in composition after a ten-year course of study. During a residence in France, he discovers tango and dedicates himself to it from the first moment with great devotion. Soon after, he worked as an assistant teacher and refined his training in Buenos Aires, among other places. He ran his tango school with Elena in Turin and now in Bern.
ELENA BERTAGNA
Her dance formation starts with jazz dance and artistic gymnastics and since childhood she has studied piano and singing, specializing in jazz singing at the Swiss Jazz School in Bern, among other schools. During her dance education, she discovers tango and dedicates herself to it entirely. She studies and refines her tango intensively with different maestros in Europe and Buenos Aires. Currently, she is also completing her pedagogical training at the University of Teacher Education in Bern.
