They are Champion of Stage Tango in World Tango Championship 2014. Many people also know them from the movie “Un tango más (Our Last Tango)” as Juan acted the young version of Legendary Juan Carlos Copes, and Manuela as one of the leading actresses. They are not only good at Stage Tango, in 2013, they won as champion of Tango Vals in the Metropolitano championship, and 3rd place in Salon in World Tango Championship.
They were dancers in the most renowned Tango Companies such as Tango x 2 , Tango Fire, Tanguera, Corporacion Tangos and Tango a Tierra, Cafe “Los Angelitos” and danced in some of the most important tango performances of the last decade. Together they travel around the world in the most important Tango Festivals in Asia and Europe. They have been judges in Preliminary of Stage category for the World Tango Championship. They are preparing choreographies for some of the top Argentinian tango dancers.
Juan and Manuela started partnering in 2012.
Juan started tango at the age of 9, he learnt Salon Tango and studied with many famous Argentine tango masters. His technique is very comprehensive, and the long-term professional training makes him comfortable with difficult skills. He has extraordinary accomplishments in both the salon tango and the stage tango. In 2006, he won 2nd place with another partner in Stage Tango of the Tango World Championship.
Manuela Rossi was a ballet dancer. At the age of 11, she began to study jazz dance and Argentine folk dance. She was admitted to the Art Academy of Cologne due to her outstanding dance skills. She then went to the American Ballet Academy to study and received a two-year scholarship from UNESCO. Later, She returned to Argentina to concentrate on the Tango skills. She was selected to be the German Volkswagen advertisement in London and invited to represent Argentina and performed at the Shanghai World Expo in 2010. She won the second place with another partner in Stage Tango of the World Tango Championship for three consecutive years in 2009, 2010 and 2011.
Juan Malizia 9岁开始学习沙龙探戈,师从众多著名的阿根廷探戈大师,探戈技术非常全面,长期的专业训练使他对于高难度技巧收放自如。在沙龙探戈和舞台探戈两方面都有着超凡的造诣。
在2006年即荣获阿根廷探戈世界锦标赛舞台组亚军;他先后任职于多个世界级探戈舞团,曾受邀到访欧美亚二十多个国家进行教学和表演。
Manuela Rossi 11岁开始学习爵士舞和阿根廷民族舞,由于舞技出众,被科隆大剧院艺术学院录取,后前往美国芭蕾舞学院进修,获得了联合国科教文组织提供的长达两年的奖学金。后来,回到阿根廷潜心深造Tango技艺。参与多个知名舞团的演出,在世界巡回演出。
她于2009年、2010年、2011年曾连续三年荣获阿根廷探戈世界锦标赛舞台组亞軍,在2010年被选中在伦敦担任德国大众汽车广告 ¨Last Tango in Compton¨ 担任女主角;2010年受邀代表阿根廷在上海世博会演出。
Juan 和 Manuela 在2012年开始搭档后,开始了更加辉煌的探戈人生!
2012年担任阿根廷探戈世界锦标赛裁判,同年夺得在意大利罗马举办的“布宜诺斯艾利斯探戈节”和探戈锦标赛冠军;
2013年荣获阿根廷本土最重要的探戈赛事“探戈锦标赛城市杯赛”华尔兹组亚军;以及阿根廷探戈世界锦标赛探戈沙龙组季军。
2014年取得最辉煌的成绩,夺得“探戈锦标赛城市杯赛”华尔兹组冠军和探戈组的季军,并成功夺得阿根廷探戈世界锦标赛舞台组冠军!
同年,他们受邀在探戈大师 Maria Nieves 和 Juan Carlos Copes 的传记电影《 Un tango más (Our Last Tango) 》中担纲主演和重要角色。