Daniela Arcuri grew up in the heart of Buenos Aires, where she absorbed the English, French, Spanish and mostly Italian influences that define the cosmopolitan "porteño" culture of this port city. At age thirteen, Daniela began training in ballet, modern dance, music, acting, jazz, argentinean folk dancing and gymnastics. She is a graduate of the Escuela Nacional de Danzas and Instituto Nacional de Gimnasia. She began to teach and choreograph tango at the age of twenty-five and developed the passion for the drama of the latin dances and cultures, recognizing that the Tango was her own artistic vocabulary.Her style developed as a result of her training both in ballet and modern-contemporary dance, and the influence and instruction from some of the great "milongueros" (the tango masters) of Club Almagro and Villa Urquiza of Buenos Aires such as Rodolfo Dinzel, Eduardo Arquimbau, Antonio Todaro, and Pepito Avellaneda and years spent dancing and observing in the milongas of Buenos Aires.Along with Armando Orzuza they were one of the most important professional tango couples in the world, they have visited more than 200 cities. They helped and supported the opening of new tango schools in the USA and Europe and their performances caught the eye of relevant critics of the most important newspapers of NYC. They have performed along with very important artists such as Julio Iglesias, Madonna, Libertad Lamarque, Maria Grana, Alba Solis, Beba Vidart, Juan Carlos Copes y Maria Nieves, Pepito Avellaneda, Fernando Soler, Sexteto Mayor Orchestra, Sexteto Tango Orchestra, La orquesta de Ernesto Franco, The Symphonic Orchestra from the Hollywoood Bowl among others.She had choreographed SEBASTIAN TANGO, directed by Ruben Cuello and presented at the Complejo Cultural Borges in Buenos Aires, April, May and June, 2008.
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