Jorge Dispari y Maria del Carmen
Maria del Carmen Romero and Jorge DÃspari are known for having one of the best "caminatas" (walk) in tango today. They are masters of the Villa Urquiza style, a distinct style that is characterized by elegant and pure walk, musical adornments and spry movements made famous in the Buenos Aires' milongas at Club Sin Rumbo and Sunderland. Jorge is known as a master of giros, enrosques, agujas, and lapices, while Maria "La Turca" has a unique musicality and is precise in her use of adornments. They both learned from Gerardo Portalea, "El Turco" Jose, "Milonguita", Carlos Estevez "Petroleo", "Cachito" Montegaza, "Finito", Jose Lampazo, and Alberto Villarrazo; the founders of the Villa Urquiza style.
As teachers, Jorge and Maria have a superb talent for pointing out the little details that add elegance to a tango dancer's movement. Being milongueros all their lives they have an uncompromising view of the tango aesthetic and musicality that is invaluable. Maria and Jorge have trained some of today's top tango dancers, including their daughters Geraldin Rojas and Samantha Dispari, as well as Javier Rodriguez, Sebastian Arce, and Andres Laza Moreno to name a few. Jorge's exceptional didactic abilities combined with their infallible musicality and unique sense of aesthetics, their life-long experience, authenticity and their profound understanding in the subtle spirit of the Villa Urquiza neighborhood of dance, makes them irreplaceable as teachers. They have toured Europe many times, appeared in several movies and choreographed Robert Duvall and Francis Ford Coppolla's, "Assassination Tango". They live in Buenos Aires where they teach regularly. This is their first visit to the US to teach and perform!