Martin Maldonado and Maurizio Ghella in Gdynia Tango Festival
Dancers, Choreographers, Teachers
Martin Maldonado and Maurizio Ghella are an extraordinary pair of dancers. Passionate and expressive, they explore all the possibilities of tango and are a contemporary inspiration for the entire tango community, not just the queer one, with its elegant and vibrant approach.
Argentinians by origin, currently based in Vienna/Austria, where in early 2015 they created a research center focused on possible interdisciplinary discoveries between tango and other forms of art. The project has received the name “Tango Initiative” and is catering primarily to tango professionals who would then share the information and research with their students and followers.
This project is also used to facilitate diffusion and coming-together among different cultures. Martin & Maurizio efforts can be summarized in a message that TANGO IS FOR EVERYBODY, without distinctions or labeling. Metaphorically speaking, the research focuses on working with the body as a soul liberating tool, and the soul cannot be labeled.
