Adrian was born in Avellaneda (Bs. As.), but he spent most of his childhood in Neuquen, where at 9 years old he discovered Tango almost by accident. After accompanying his mother to the lessons, one day the teacher asked him:

Why don't you join the lesson?
"Because it seems boring," Adrian quickly answered.
But the counterargument was even faster: "How do you know that if you have never tried?"
silence…

Strongly supported by his family, Adrian decided to look for that answer. Soon he would discovered the importance of trying and his passion for dancing. Today he thanks Saul Arrieta and Claudia Britos, his first teachers that encouraged him all the time. He has been influenced by other dances but has always been drawn by Tango. Adrian participated in different companies, shows and many congresses and championships at national and Latin American level. He had the pride of sharing the stage with the most recognized orchestras and of dancing in the most popular milongas of Buenos Aires.

In 2002 he started to teach, where one of the most grateful experiences was to work with retired people and to give free workshops for the government. Two years later after having met met Pablo Villarraza and Dana Frigoli he decided to return to Buenos Aires to continue his study of tango. After graduating from A.C.E.T.A (Argentinian Academy of Tango Styles) he started to work with Pablo and Dana as a member of the company-teaching staff in 2007. Since then, he participated in the shows LA COLECCION DE TANGOS DE UNA VIDA and AREALIDADES presented in Argentina, Brasil, Italy and Sweden.

At the present moment he continues his professional development and works as a choreographer assistant in the DNI Company.

The 25th of August 1979 brought Maxi into the world in Cordoba Capital, Argentina. When he was 5 his family moved to the amazing village of San Marcos Sierras. The warm people and the surrounding nature in the foothills of Cordoba, containing the wild rivers Quilpo and San Marcos, were a strong influence on him.

At only 6 years old, Maxi began dancing Folklore with the group Tay Pichin-- the aboriginal name of his village-- until he was 21 and the group broke-up. Anxious to continue his search, Maxi formed Muchaj SaMa-- aboriginal for Bailarines del Corazon-- with two others.

With restless feet and trying to decide a direction for his life, Maxi chose to move to Buenos Aires and dedicate his time to dance. He studied various forms of movement from contact improvisation, to contemporary dance, to martial arts and tai chi. But the most influential was to be yoga where he met Stella Dettoni who was renting space in a tango studio where Maxi worked. After falling out of touch for a long while, they happened to meet again on Avenida Corrientes right at the time DNI was opening and Maxi began anew his apprenticeship with Stella. Maxi has now been giving yoga classes under Stella’s direction for more than a year and his classes are very popular amongst the tango dancers in BsAs.

In 2008 Maxi trained with the contemporary dance group Danzas Mitimaes-- directed by Facundo.

At this moment Maxi is giving tango classes of varying levels and training with Compañía DNI.

Born and raised in the mountains of Colorado in the middle of the United States, Jonny traveled to Europe at the age of 17. A trip originally planned for 6 months turned into an 8-year adventure in which Jonny lived, studied, and worked in England, Greece, and Holland.

After completing his degree in Business Engineering and working as a process consultant for multinationals such as Shell, IBM, and Philips, Jonny felt the need for another continental shift, this time making his way to South America. Shortly after arriving in Buenos Aires in January 2008, Jonny discovered DNI and took his first tango steps. One year, hundreds of class hours, and countless late-night milongas later, Jonny has taken his first professional tango steps: starting as an assistant in Pulpo’s Tango Week 2008 and now giving beginner classes at DNI and training with Compañía DNI.

Jonny is also an avid sailor having navigated over 12,000 miles reaching 14 countries.

Growing up in San Antonio de Padua, an hour from BsAs, Juan managed to avoid all contact with the world of Art until he discovered martial arts at the age of 17; specifically Judo and Aikido. It was only a matter of chance, and more an excuse to hang out with his friends, that Juan began to take dance classes; from malambos, floklore, and tango. For several years he and his friends took what they had learnt and traveled to more interior provinces of Argentina to teach. Even though he never imagined doing it professional, the feeling he had standing in front of a group of people transmitting the joy of dancing carried him to continue his search.

This search led him to cross paths with a very special influence in his life. It was with Candela that the world of dance opened and they decided to undertake the search together.

In March 2008, Juan first entered DNI as a student; a meeting so impressive for Juan that after 11 years and receiving a brown belt he stopped his study of martial arts to commit his attention to the study of TTC and art of professional expression.

At this moment Juan is giving beginner classes and training with the Compañía DNI.

Raul was born in Punta del Este, Uruguay where he stayed until the age of 16 when went to the North of his country in search for new air. There he learned the magic of the world of the theatre, singing and the “uruguayan murga”. But it wasn’t until his return to Punta del Este place where he made his first contact with dancing...by mistake. Convinced that he was applying to join a choir he stumbled into a group performing tango escenario. With this group he traveled around the Uruguay.

When he turned 20, he met Maria Jose, his girlfriend and dance partner for nearly 6 years. They have participated in different shows in their country; from the most touristic to the most secluded. Together they started a new period of investigation and re-discovering of their dance which eventually brought them to DNI. At they made the trip once a year absorbing more and more knowledge each time.

In June 2010 Raul made his final trip to Buenos Aires this time to form part of the staff, the DNI Tango Club 101 and dance company; this time he does not need the return ticket.

Rocio

At the age six Rocio started accompanying her parents to their local tango classes in her native Hurlingham, Buenos Aires. She was very content to sit and watch as her parents embrace and move to the music of tango. It did not take long for to become interested in the dance, so much so that after 3 years she performed in different cultural centers in Hurlingham.

At the age of nine Rocio stopped dancing tango until she returned to its rhythms at the age of 16 when she discovered DNI.

At first she was only able to take classes on Saturdays because high school was still her priority. After two years of taking classes at DNI, Rocio decided to become a professional dancer and she received the offer by Pablo and Dana to be part of the show “La Coleccion, los tangos de una vida” in 2007.

After this experience, Rocio integrated into the DNI teaching staff and dance company. It is with the DNI CIA that she traveled to Brazil, Sweden and Italy performing “Arealidades”.

Nowadays she continue her training at the school and the company under Pablo and Dana’s direction.

Virginia

At 6 years old Virginia, a true ‘Corbobesa,” took her first dance steps in her mothers local gym with ballet and artistic gymnastics. While growing up, she found it irresistible to play the role of professional dancer in front of the mirror in the empty rooms of the gym. The experience of accompanying her mother, also a dance teacher, to dance competitions fueled Virginia’s passion and strengthened her to follow her childhood dream.

Virginia’s favorite subject since kindergarten has been English, an interest so strong that she received a degree in English translation from the Institute of Languages of the University of Cordoba.

She continued to develop her dancing by studying jazz, latin rhythms, stretching, ballet, and contemporary dance. She felt vertigo when she trained in aerial acrobatics and toured South America with various dance companies. Yet something lacked…

In 2007, Virginia began tango as a therapeutic avenue of relating to others. Tango quickly grew to such an importance for her that she packed up her life in Cordoba and moved to BsAs to dedicate herself to it. Once in BsAs, Virginia fell in love with DNI-- the place, the people and the technique. It did not take long before her language skills were being put to use in the reception and she started to be incorporated into the staff. Currently, she is giving group classes of various skill levels and is training with Compañía DNI.

Carina

Born in Tostado, in the province of Sante Fe, Carina was introduced to dance through folclore argentino. At 17 years old she moved to Paraná to study Social Communication in the National University of Entre Rios. Here she gained her first experience as a graphic designer, which would become her work for the next 10 years. When completing her studies she started to dance tango and met Pablo Villarraza, with whom she organized milongas in and around Paraná.

In the years after, Carina travelled occasionally to Buenos Aires taking classes from the other maestros of the time. She attended seminars, workshops, directed choreographies for the theater and was a member of diverse tango dance companies.

Her artistic search continued to evolve by studying contemporary dance, acting, investigation and production of movement, dramatic art of the body and corporal training.

In 2000 Carina she returned to take classes with Pablo and met Dana Frigoli for the first time. In 2006 she entered DNI and decided that this would be her place to continue her search. She was a producer of the opening of “La Colección, los tangos de una vida.”

Carina moved to Buenos Aires in the Summer of 2008 and after attending the DNI group classes daily for a year, she began assisting in the studio. At this moment Carina is giving beginner classes and training with Compañía DNI.

Candela

It was in her home town of San Antonio de Padua that Candela took her first dance classes that saw her enter la Escuela Nacional de Danzas Clásicas Nº3 de Ituzaingó, to study Ballet and Modern dance. Afterwards, Candela started to investigate the different techniques of jazz and therapeutic dance with Liliana Scarpino and Sergio Berto in the Studio Dancer`s. Here she also had her first experience teaching dance to children.

Then came an introduction to two new loves when she met Juan dancing tango in a local studio. With him she managed to find the language of love merged with the communication of the body. After trying various tango studios and teachers, Candela discovered DNI in the beginning of 2008 and started a deeper investigation that has filled her with the hope that she will wake up in others what was awoken in her.

Johanna

A Buenos Aires native, since 1984, Johanna began her professional relationship with Pablo and Dana when she was only 18-- at a time when DNI was still a dream and at best a future project. She has been an integral part of the development of DNI and its philosophy since its conception.

At the same time, Johanna began studying psychology at the University of Buenos Aires. Although interesting, the study lacked a certain creative element that is essential for Johanna. She changed her focus to Multimedia design, where she felt she could combine art and creativity with a professional career. She will graduate from the UBA later this year.

However, that same creative spirit she uses to design graphics for example, needed a form of expression in a more dynamic plane. Since turning 22, tango has become that dynamic plane for creative expression, something which she brings to all of her current beginner level classes and the Compañía rehearsals.

Adelaida

Born in Medellín, Colombia, Adelaida recognized her love for dancing from an early age. At 6 years old, she danced in groups of Colombian folk dance and later continued with classes in modern and classical dance. She met with tango at age 14, when she tagged along with her grandmother to private class. It was then that she realized that dance moved more than just her feet... From that day she couldn’t stop dancing, and hopes don’t ever stop!

By the age of 18, she began her career as a professional dancer and choreographer in various touring companies in Colombia and as a guest at various festivals in Venezuela, Spain and Argentina.

Between 2004 and 2009 she traveled to Buenos Aires to receive regular tango classes with different renowned artists including Pablo Villarraza and Dana Frigoli.

In 2009 Adelaida was granted the Young Artist Talent Scholarship awarded by the government of Colombia, with a proposal related to learning TTC in DNI. Now she is part of the staff of teachers and is a dancer of the company; learning, exploring, creating and growing movement.

Majo

Uruguayan by birth and heart, began dancing tango at age 11 after school. After a long period of flirtation with the dance she eventually committed to learning it properly. Along with Raul she traveled around the country participating in different shows for several municipalities.

Driven by their desire to grow and in search for new investigative methods, they packed their backpacks and came to Buenos Aires to study. It was there that they found DNI Tango and the key that they were looking for to strengthen their tango; contributing to their dance sensuality, connection and technique. With her famous thermos and mate under her arm, Majo travelled five years to and from DNI while studying psychology and working as a bartender for several seasons in his hometown (Punta del Este) ... eventually the tango was stronger.

Majo is now part of DNI Tango Club 101 and will soon be giving classes in DNI.

Mariana