DANCER AND CHOREOGRAPHER

Milena Plebs and her creations are anchored in the tradition of tango and project the evolution towards new concepts of his dance.

She was a dancer with the  Contemporary Dance Group of the Teatro San Martín in Buenos Aires (1980-1986) and her career in tango began with her participation in the show that revived the presence of the genre in the world,  “Tango Argentino”  by  Claudio Segovia and Héctor Orezzoli , together with Miguel Angel Zotto   (1986-1989). With Miguel Zotto they created the innovative shows of the  “Tango x 2 Company”: Tango x 2, Perfumes de Tango and  Una Noche de Tango (1990-1998).

From 2000, in a new phase, she ventured into audiovisuals with “  Milena baila el tango… con Ezequiel Farfaro”. She is the choreographer of  Sintonías, Tramatango and  La voz de tus zapatos,  and of the first season of “Piazzolla Tango”  in Buenos Aires. She created the Choreographic Seminars open to the public, during the  World Tango Championships 2009 and 2010.  Milena Plebs is  an Honorary Academic of the National Academy of  Tango  of Argentina. She teaches classes and seminars in Argentina, numerous countries around the world and online. She investigates the development of tango dance and translates these analyses into talks and written articles for dissemination.

MUSICIAN, PRODUCER, COLLECTOR AND EDUCATOR

Sharing my journey...

After years of playing professionally, producing records and festivals, and developing a teaching career mostly focused on musicians, little by little I have realized that my greatest vocation is to share and teach everything I have learned about tango with all kinds of audiences, regardless of whether or not they have previous musical knowledge. Having the opportunity to transform the way in which thousands of tangueros listen to and understand tango has been and continues to be one of the most beautiful gifts that life has given me. Every time a student tells me that thanks to my classes he finally understands how his favorite orchestra works, a colleague learns to enjoy an orchestra she didn't know well, or someone from the audience tells me that he left one of my lectures with "two new ears," I feel both pride and satisfaction.

My work as a musician and producer  

Perhaps you already know me as double bass player of the OrquestaEl Arranque or as founder and Artistic Director of the educational program The Emilio Balcarce Tango School Orchestra. Perhaps you’ve seen my book The Double Bass in Tango or maybe you have listened to some of the more than 50 albums I have produced with great tango figures such as Leopoldo Federico (with whom I won a Latin Grammy), Horacio Salgán, Emilio Balcarce, Nelly Omar and Víctor Lavallén among many others.

FILATEADOR ARTIST

Jorge Muscia (born March 6, 1958, in Buenos Aires) is a plastic artist and ‘fileteado’ instructor with over 30 years of experience in his field. Muscia, also known as the Fileteador of Tango, distinguishes himself for being a force in the revival of this old style of painting and for being a renowned instructor and promoter of the art of the filete in Argentina and the world.

Academic Studies

He started studying painting and sculpture in 1976 at the National School of Fine Arts in Argentina, specializing in fileteado porteño (Buenos Aires’ fileteado style) with filete master teacher León Untroib. He also studied diverse international popular arts and ornamental styles, and since 1989 started conducting extensive research in art styles in Italy, Spain, France, England, United States, Mexico, Russia and China.

Tango and Fileteado

Tango and fileteado are closely related, therefore Muscia participated in several projects where both art forms intersected; he was also a pioneer in integrating the fileteado art into areas in which this type of art had not been seen before. Due to his commendable contribution to Buenos Aires's popular arts, he was appointed Head Professor at the Academia Nacional del Tango de la República Argentina [Argentina's National Tango Academy], position which he has continuously held since 1990.