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Hernan Gomez

I am from Buenos Aires, Argentina. When I was young, I learnt taekwondo to strengthen my mind and body. I was impressed by a Argentine Tango show that I saw in my teens, and started Tango dancing. I received Tango lessons at the government approved school in Argentina and was certified as a Tango dancer. After that I was active giving performances and teaching in Buenos Aires. When I moved to New York in 2000, I met Maki Fujita, who is my dance partner as well as my life partner. Maki and I committed our all to train dancers in Argentinian Tango at Tango Fever Studio in N.Y.C.

In 2004, we moved to Kumamoto, Japan to introduce and spread Tango. In 2007, I gathered local young dancers for the Tango Fever Company performance in Buenos Aires. In 2009, I invited Cristina Sosa and her partner Daniel Nacucchio, who came first in the world championship in 2008 and also took part in the performance in 2007, to co-star in the show in Kumamoto. After the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011, I have acted as a substitute instructor at Tokyo Tango City. In October 2013, I invited, the 2009 world champion, Chizuko Kuwamoto and Claudio Villagra, ex-member of Forever Tango, to perform in "Tango Fever Night" in Kumamoto. I travelled to Spain, Portugal and Singapore in 2014, to promote and provide Tango instruction. In November of the same year, we performed Argentinian Tango in a Japanese production called "Moulin Rouge of Our Youth", then again in Tokyo in February 2015. I'm planning to hold a workshop in N.Y. City in May of 2015.

 

MakiFujita

I am from Kumamoto City Japan. I began learning ballet at 4 years old at the Kumamoto Ballet Institute. I studied abroad at the John Cranko school of Stuttgart, in Germany at 16 years of age and upon graduation, I join the associated ballet company.

After I moved to N.Y. City in 1991, I played an active part as a dancer and choreographer in various companies. I also worked as a ballet teacher at Peridance Centre of Manhattan and the Broadway Dance Centre.

Meeting Hernan Gomez, my dance partner and life partner set me on the path to master Argentinian Tango. We opened Tango Fever Studio in 2002 in Brooklyn, N.Y.C. Since then I have visited and held several lessons to teach Argentinian Tango in Kumamoto. Since returning to Japan to live in 2004, I have introduced and spread Tango to the people. I have flourished as an instructor at the Kumamoto Ballet Institute. I have regularly held Body Alignment workshops which align the body balance by exercise and simple massage methods, utilising my own experience as a dancer since 2014 in Kumamoto and Tokyo.