Gigi’s preliminary dance studies included a smattering of ballroom, modern dance, and Latin dances. In 1997 she fell in love with Argentine tango after attending the hit stage show, “Forever Tango”. That journey included a career change from California credentialed educator to owning and operating a show production and dance education business. Initially, she and Argentine maestro Pampa Cortes founded Tango A Media Luz, dedicating their efforts to professional show production, performances, and dance teaching. She created Tango & More Dance in 2003.

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Dance Career Highlights

• Grand Prix Champion, 1998 San Francisco International Grand Ball

• Winner, 2011 Seattle Tangoearth Immersion competition

• Semi-Finalist, 2014 Argentine Tango USA championships

 

Professional Credits

• Panelist, Isadora Duncan Dance Awards (5 years)

• Grant panelist, C.A.S.H. Grants, Dancers’ Group, San Francisco, CA

• Grant panelist, Oakland Cultural Affairs Community Grants Oakland, CA (2x)

• Judge, San Francisco Carnaval Parade & Royalty Competition

• Dance faculty, Stockton Folk Dance Camp (3x)

• Tango maestra, Graciela Andrade de Paiz Cultural Center, Guatemala City (6x) 

 

Appearances: 

• Master of Ceremonies & Narrator: “Asi se baila el tango”, television, narrator, San Francisco, CA

• Radio interview w/ Marcos Gutierrez , "Hecho en California", San Francisco, CA

• Performances & radio interview, Patzcuaro, Mexico

• Dance performance, Antigua, Guatemala

• Radio interview, "Alma de Tango", Jujuy, Argentina

• Narrator, California Academy of Sciences programs (3x)

• Narrator, Music at Noon, Santa Clara University, CA (3x)

• Dance performance, 25th Annual Argentine Tango Festival, Washington, D.C.

• San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival, dancer in Ballet Pampa Argentina, CA

 

Published author:

• Article: Danza Hoy, international Spanish language dance webzine

• Column:  “Speaking about dance”, Let’s Dance! California Federation of Folk Dance, (3 years)