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Southern Cross Tango

From Australia

Southern Cross Tango’s Adrienne & Andrew Gill are recognized internationally for the artistry, elegance & romance of their tango, connection in the dance, & innovative performance & teaching. Established in 1999, Southern Cross Tango is South Australia’s original & only professional Argentine Tango School.Adrienne & Andrew are highly experienced performers of Argentine Tango, with the ability to express the dance-form’s most powerful & beautiful movements with control, aesthetic & stylistic integrity. Adrienne & Andrew’s exciting 2006 schedule featured performances in the USA, & a 12 concert series tour through SA, VIC & NSW as feature performers in the Murray River International Music Festival. Adrienne & Andrew perform in festivals around Australia & are artistic directors of the Buenos Aires at the Beach Summer Tango Festival, held annually on Victoria’s Great Ocean Rd. Adrienne & Andrew have performed at the Los Angeles Fireworks Tango Festival (USA), Sydney International Tango Festival, Australian Tango Festival, New Jersey Tango Extravaganza (USA), Adelaide Fringe, Perth Fringe, Cabaret Fringe, Womadelaide, Tangomania Festival, Tropicana Festivals, & Musica Viva Concert Series. Adrienne & Andrew directed, choreographed & performed in the Tango on the Edge Cabaret Tango Shows at the Weimar Room throughout 2003 & 2004. Southern Cross Tango presents the celebrated SA Milongas “Tango by the Sea” & “Tango on the Edge”, and the prestigious “Tango on the Hill” Gourmet Dinner & theatrical tango show, this year featuring the premiere performance of their new Australian production “Meat Market Tango”.Southern Cross Tango conducts tango classes & structured courses in South Australia, workshops & master classes all over Australia. They also present specialised courses in primary & secondary schools, universities, & rehabilitation centres. During 2006, Adrienne & Andrew presented an exciting new Tango Dance Program designed for the patients and staff of Glenside Rehabilitation Hospital, promoting the physical & mental health benefits of learning to dance Argentine Tango in a structured social environment.Adrienne & Andrew have taught Argentine Tango to the members of Restless Dance Company’s youth ensemble. Adrienne has been a Tutor for the company’s community workshop programs, such as the Restless Central 2 Community Dance Workshop Day Options Program for participants with a disability. Adrienne & Andrew have developed an exclusive new Southern Cross Tango program designed specifically for primary aged children to learn Tango & Milonga based improvisational dancing. The children develop & explore partner co-operation skills & participate in fun high-energy Tango Games to promote a healthy and active lifestyle through initiatives such as the Active After School Community Program. Adrienne & Andrew’s group classes are built on a strong foundation of technique, lead & follow, musicality & body awareness, empowering students to become improvisational tango dancers in the spirit of traditional & Nuevo tango. Adrienne and Andrew have trained extensively overseas, refining their technique and style and connecting with the continually evolving trends in argentine tango around the world.Adrienne & Andrew dance with elegance and lithe grace presented with a strong physicality, which is distinctly Australian. Their tango is informed & inspired by the spirit of Buenos Aires & the tango that exists there today. They dance a universal tango that is for everyone, & have made tango relevant & accessible to a new generation of dancers across Australia.