Patricio Touceda

Eva Lucero

At age 10 Patricio began to study the art of

dance in Argentina. He studied tango for 15
years with the best tango masters,
especially with Juan Carlos Copes and
Maria Nieves, Pepito Avellaneda, Mingo
Pugliese and Gustavo Naveira. He also
studied Argentinean folkloric dances for 7
years with Juan Caceres and Mario Bustos,
ballet with Andrea Candela and modern
jazz with Margarita Fernandez.

Eva started her career at the age of 7 and

she completed her studies in the Colon
theater in Buenos Aires. She also studied
modern dance in the school of the San
Martin theater. Her most important
teachers were Atilio Sanchez, Alejandro
Toto, Liliana Belfiore and Aichi Akamine.
She learned tango dancing with the most
famous milongueros of Buenos Aires in the
milongas.

In 1991 Patricio started to dance

professionally and was awarded second
place in the "Dancing Duet" of the
"Eisteddfod" International Dance Festival,
Johannesburg, South Africa. He took part
in many different shows, for instance,
"Tango Magia y Seduccion" with Juan. C
Copes; "Gotan" with Susana Rinaldi and
Raul Lavie ; "Tangos y Choros" with
Rodolfo Mederos Orquestra; "The Dance
Great Men" with Eleonora Cassano,
J.C.Copes, Jose Antonio and Irek
Muckhamedov; "Casablanca" and "La
Ventana". "Argentina Tango Review",
"Seor Tango", "Tango mio" ,"Forever
Tango" and "Escuela de Tango" as
choreographer. These spectacles were
performed in Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay,
Spain and Germany. He has also
contributed to such films as "El Profe",
"Betty La Fea", "Evita", "The Tango
Lesson", "Tango" and more as a
choreographer and a dancer.

Her professional career started in '92. She

was member of the "Ensemble Ballet" as a
principal dancer. With this company she
performed in various places and spectacles
like "Complejo Cultural Parque Espaa"
with Julio Bocca and Eleonora Cassano,
teachers, "El Circulo" and "The Great
Dance Man" with Irek Mukhamedov, Jose
Antonio, Juan Carlos Copes and Eleonora
Cassano. She also performed in "Luna
Park" with "The Royal ballet" Company
and stars like Silvie Guillem and Darcy
Bussell. As a Tango Dancer she has
performed with such renowned Tango
companies as "Seor Tango" in Argentina,
"Tango Mio" in Brazil, "Forever Tango" in
Japan, "Tanguera" in Argentina, and
"Malambo" in the U.S. She also starred in
various TV programs and the Argentinean
Movie "El Sueo de los Heroes".

They have been dancing together for three years. Since they came to U.S in July 2002
they performed in companies as "Swango" at the Helen Hayes theatre company in New
York (off Broadway). Michelle Badion's "Tango Cabaret" in Seattle, WA. Romulo Larrea's
"Tangos... for la milonga" at the Meany Hall in Seattle,WA and "Orange County
Performing Arts Center", in Costa Mesa, CA. They created their own Tango Dance
company; they released the show TANGO RETRO in February 2004 with great success at
the Broadway Performance Hall in Seattle, WA.
2003 Tangonetwork