our resident teachers

Hiba Faisal & Rene Hellemons

Hiba & Rene started their dancing careers in Ballroom in England and Netherlands. They encountered tango and immediately felt captivated by the music and the dance.

They spent the next few years learning and exploring various styles and intricacies of this dance, learning from the finest teachers in Europe and Buenos Aires.. Hiba in England and Rene in the Nederland where he started dancing with Chantal Geuze with whom he found Tango-Fever   

Now that Rene moved to London with his Tango-Fever school, they continue developing their dancing career by exploring together new moves and techniques. In March 2009 they will be joining Pablo and Dana in their school in Buenos Aries as special guest teachers for the month.

Diomar Escovar (Giraldo)

Diomar "Giraldo" Escobar started his artistic career in dram at the IPC Drama School in Colombia and then joined the dance group Danza Experimental de Cali (DECA) for four years.

In 1993 he move to London where he continued studying dance and choreography In 1994 he co-founded artLat where he became one of the lead-performers of the company. He has been dancing Argentinean tango since 1990 and travels frequently to Buenos Aires to further his training with recognised Masters like Roberto Herrera and Osvaldo Zotto. In 2001 toured around the UK with the acclaimed shows Subitango and Tiempo de Tango. He is also one of the organizers of one of the most popular milongas in London Corrientes Tango Club.

 He has appeared dancing in the films Evita and Dance, a Channel 4-commissioned film, and collaborated with Deborah Bull’s BBC dance season Travels with my Tutu.  He has also been a guest dancer performing Argentinean Tango at BBC's Strictly Come Dancing in the 2005, 2006 and 2008 series. In 2007 Giraldo performed in Carmen, directed by Sally Potter.