Teachers

Jacqueline is from Chile where tango is heard and danced socially. She discovered tango in 1995 in Australia and immediately identified with the music and its lyrics, taking no time for her passion to sink in. Since then she has invested her time in becoming an accomplished dancer, which involves an intimate knowledge of the dance structure, musicality and transmitting the essence of tango as a dance.

As well as perfecting herself as a dancer, one of her major contributions to tango has been that more Australians engage with tango and in doing so are able to transmit the essence of tango as an art; ensuring dancers enjoy its magic and power. Jacqueline as an official representative of The World Tango Festival for Australia and New Zealand worked for The World Tango Festival in Buenos Aires (2001-2006) translating the classes of the most prominent teachers in Argentina which gave her a deep understanding of tango in its different styles.

Jacqueline was one of the directors of Tango Entre Amigos (2001-2018), one of the first traditional milongas in Sydney since 2001. She is also one of the founders of Sydney Tango website, a website which lists all tango related events in Sydney. Since 2008 Jacqueline has been participating as a tango teacher in the first empirical study on tango in Australia conducted through the University of New England. The research shows tango as a possible complementary therapy for depression. Jacqueline has carried out six-week tango lesson programs for people who have suffered from depression. See and hear the transcript about the research on ABC’s PM show: www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2008/s2288325.htm

Jacqueline has been teaching tango since 2001. She founded the prestigious school of Tango Spirit with Anthony Miller in 2006. Together they have performed in Australian Tango festivals and currently travel regularly to perform in tango festivals around Asia. Her teaching focuses on the technique and musicality of the dance ensuring her students experience the magic and power of the dance. Her style of dancing is elegant with precise and fluid footwork and a strong connection.

Anthony: PLAY THE RIGHT TANGO AT THE RIGHT MOMENT. Master of Technical Sciences in robotics, artificial intelligence, and morphological forecasting models. Now Director of animation and software development. Anthony works with sound recording, postproduction, and song restoration daily. Also, Anthony is a director of videography. With an excellent knowledge and passion for tango and a collection of many rare and unavailable tracks, Anthony offers an unforgettable evening for those who appreciate tango. Anthony is a principal of Sydney tango school ‘Tango Spirit’ and the resident DJ at Tango Spirit's Milongas Sydney. Has been invited to dance with Jacqueline and DJ at many places and festivals worldwide: Santiago, Seoul, Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai, Buenos Aires, Ljubljana, Lviv, Vladivostok, Istanbul, Bali, Jakarta, Krakov. Anthony was the official DJ for the Mundial Preliminaries in Indonesia. He also runs DJ Classes in Sydney and worldwide.