Fardad
Michael Serry and Julie Stillman
are pupils of Julio Balmaceda and Corina
De La Rosa, arguably the top partner couple
in the younger generation of milongueros
from Buenos Aires, and one of the most
musical of all tango dancer souples. Fardad
was blessed to get his first tango and
milonga coaching in extended private lessons
with Alberto Paz and Valorie Hart, and
continues to study with Alberto and Valori
every year. Fardad and Julie dance and
teach with a style that emphasizes musicality,
partner connection, and good technique,
not steps and combinations. When Fardad
and Julie won the Gold Award for tango
and for milonga, they scored their highest
points for musicality, at the 2005 competitions
of the World Council for Argentine Tango
Events festival in San Diego, Professional
Category, Rising Star division. (Adjudicated
by Miriam Larici, Hugo Patyn, Fernanda
Ghi, and Guillermo Merlo).
Fardad is a classically trained musician,
also playing the jazz trumpet and flugelhorn.
Julie is a trained teacher with a graduate
degree in education and years of teaching
experience with all age groups. She studies
tango and milonga with Julio and Corina,
and with Miriam Larici and Hugo Patyn.
Fardad is also a pupil of Miriam and Hugo
and of Yolanda Rossi, and he studies also
with Pablo Pugliese, and with Diego Di
Falco and Carolina Zokalski. Fardad was
teacher and performer by invitation at
the Las Vegas 2004 International Tango
Festival.
