Jason Colacino, dancer
	Originally from San Francisco Bay Area, Jason's dance background, includes West Coast Swing,  Argentine Tango, Country Western, Salsa, Jazz and Ballet, Colacino has worked and studied with many top instructors across the nation some including; Katie Boyle, Mariella Franginillo, Metin, Mariana Parma, Robert Royston, Karen Kovak and Angel Garcia-Clemente. Colacino has shared his artistry with an appreciative worldwide audience winning two Country Western World Championships and performing in several Stage Productions including "Swango", "Tango Dreams" and" A Broadway Tribute". Music Video's, are still another arena that talented Colacino is in demand for all over the United States and in New York City where he now resides.

Rosa Collantes, dancer
	Rosa Collantes is an internationally renowned performer, choreographer and dance instructor. She has worked and studied with Carlos Gavito, Nito and Elba, Hector Zaraspe and Pedro and Laura Escudero. As a featured dancer, ensemble member and choreographer, Rosa is recognized by audiences throughout the world for the intensity and authenticity of her dance which exhibits a unique and sensual style. As a choreographer, Rosa recently worked on a tribute to Tito Puente at Madison Square Garden, on the Walnut Street Theatre's production of Camila, starring Mira Sorvino, John Leguizamo, and Joe Pesci., and on Dance with Me, starring Vanessa Williams and Chayanne. She also coached Matt Damon for his upcoming movie, The Brothers Grimm.   Rosa has performed at Manhattan's most illustrious venues including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Madison Square Garden and Town Hall and has made guest appearances on television shows such as, Good Morning America, Regis and Kathy Lee, Best Talk, and Sabado Gigante, in addition to television networks HBO, Telemundo, and Canal Sur, among others.   With an extensive knowledge of Latin American folkloric repertoire, Argentine Tango and other contemporary social dances, Rosa teaches workshops throughout the world. She is currently the exclusive instructor for the Ballroom Club at the United Nation.  She has been honored at various national and international Salsa and Tango Congresses.

Mario Alberto Cortes. singer
Originally from Mexico, Mario started singing in musical theatre at the age of 13. Since then he has appeared in shows by composers like Maury Yeston and Allan Menken. At seventeen he created his own musical theatre company producing and directing Little shop of horrors in 1998.   In 1999 started training at Arts Educational of London, in musical theatre. That same year he appeared in Go Higher a television program produced by the BBC. At the end of his first year in London went back to Mexico to produce and direct the musical  Once on this Island.   In 2000 he continued training at the Guildford School of Acting from which he received a B.A. in Musical Theatre validated by the University of Surrey, England.   As a singer he has appeared in many shows and cabarets throughout Europe, some of which includes Coca-Cola Lifehouse in Berlin, On the shelf at the 2000 Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Jack and the Beanstalk at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford, Surrey.   Mario was chosen to perform at the First Internatinal  Musical Theatre Festival in Cardiff, Wales, in Exit Allan, a new musical by Richard Stilgoe (book and lyrics Starlight Express, Phantom of the Opera).   Recently Mario finished a course on cinematography at the New York Film Academy. He also won the third place at the Haller Kurzfilmtage yearly film festival in Tirol, Austria, with his first short film CHIH!   Currently he is directing a musical which will open during Easter this year.

Jose Cueto, violin
	José Miguel Cueto, violinist, was born in Puerto Rico, where he received his early musical training.  After graduating in 1974 from the Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico with a diploma in violin performance, he was awarded scholarships from the Institute of Culture of Puerto Rico and the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University.  He completed both his bachelor's and master's degrees in music from Peabody under the tutelage of laureate violinist Berl Senofsky.  During his studies at Peabody he served as concertmaster of the conservatory orchestra and was chosen to perform Vivaldi's Triple Violin Concerto with his teacher, violinist Ruggiero Ricci, in the "Masters of Today and Tomorrow" concert series.  Other distinctions include several prizes, among them the Premio Colegio San Ignacio and awards: Interlochen Chamber Music, Melissa Tiller Memorial, and Peabody Alumni Association. In addition to his solo performances in the United States and abroad, Mr. Cueto is in great demand as chamber musician, having performed with such ensembles as the Kennedy Center Chamber Players, the Washington Chamber Music Society, the Casals Festival Players, and the Tidewater Chamber Players.  At home with both traditional and contemporary repertoire, he has premiered several contemporary chamber music compositions by composers of the Americas.  As soloist, José Cueto has played under the baton of conductors Fiora Contino, Leon Fleisher, Odon Alonso, Edward Polochick, Frederick Prausnitz, Peter Bay, and most recently Kenneth Kiesler and the Illinois Chamber Orchestra. Mr. Cueto has been admired by both the public and the critics for his "solid technique, as well as his rich and beautiful tone" (El Mundo, San Juan).  In March of 1993, STRAD magazine recognized Cue­to's Carnegie Hall performance at the Weill Recital Hall as "grounded, confident, and superb in all particulars."  During recent seasons he has appeared at the La Gesse Festival in France and the Autunno Musicale Veronese in Italy.  He has toured in both Argentina and the eastern part of the United States.  Mr. Cueto is concertmaster of the Baltimore Opera Orchestra and Concert Artists of Baltimore.

Dario Da Silva, dancer
	Born in Rosario Argentina, Dario started dancing tango when he was only 14 years old. It was then, at the Club Sarmiento, when he had the opportunity to learn from such notable instructors as Daniel Aguinaga, Marta Corazza, and Miriam Mondello, that he decided tango dancing was his life’s passion. He continued his studies with maestros Rodolfo Ruiz Diaz and Victoria Collosio, and he danced beside some of the old milongueros of Rosario, picking up on their soulful interpretations. By the time he was 17 years old, Dario was dancing professionally in Rosario and Buenos Aires, and he regularly participated in dance festivals throughout Argentina. In 1999, in Buenos Aires, he danced at Primer Encuentro Nacional de Tango (First National Tango Encounter) with the Juan de Dios Filiberto Orchestra and since then he has danced in many shows, including Y No es Poca Cosa, El Tango y Sus Bailarines, Tango y Vida, Una Noche de Tango ,Tango Fusion , Mass Tango, 4 Seasons of Piazzolla, among others. Over the past four years, Dario has been teaching and performing in New York and Massachusetts, performing at the International Encounter of Nations in Albany, New York, the Dance Flurry in Saratoga Springs, Merking Concert Hall, Joe's Pub in Manhattan, Dance across the City at the Wang Theater in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Boston Tango Festival, and the New York Tango Festival. It is Dario’s first performance with the Pan American Symphony Orchestra.

Sharna Fabiano, dancer
	Sharna is among a formidable new breed of tango dancers who have mastered both leading and following roles interchangeably. She is recognized in the most respected tango communities around the world and has pioneered new developments in tango such as improvising to contemporary music, exchanging roles, and altering the dance embrace. Sharna's insight is informed by a movement background of modern and classical dance training, yoga, gymnastics, and contact improvisation as well as her extensive explorations of social dance culture in various parts of the world. Sharna studied tango intensively in Buenos Aires and appears on instructional videos with two of Argentina's most popular young teachers, Jose Garofalo and Mariano "Chicho" Frumboli. Among her most influencial teachers she counts Rebecca Shulman, Daniel Trenner, Brigitta Winkler, Pablo Veron, Gustavo Naveira, Pedro 'Tete' Rusconi, and Graciela Gonzalez. She is praised by audiences for her stunning performances, in both roles, and by students for her lucid instruction of movement technique, of leading and following skills, and of musical interpretation. Currently based in Washington, DC, Sharna operated the Boston Tango School from 1999-2001, hosting many visiting Argentine artists and directing several group stage performances in the area. Sharna was also instrumental in the development of Providence Tango, Rhode Island's young and energetic tango community. She has also taught in Canada, Iceland, and the Netherlands and appeared with Daniel Trenner at the Miami Tango Congress in 1999. She also taught tango as part of a U.S.-licenced cultural exchange of social dances in Havana, Cuba produced by Dance Traveler Inc. In May 2003, Sharna became the newest member of the internationally-acclaimed all-woman tango dance company TangoMujer. She performed with the company at the prestigious Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, at the Queens Theatre in NYC, and at the University of Maryland outside Washington, DC.

Pablo Fontana, dancer
	Mr. Fontana studied with some of the best known masters of tango, such as Juan Carlos Copes, Eduardo Arquimbau, Pepito Avellaneda and Gustavo Naveira. He has made appearances in a variety of films, namely A Tango Lesson, Muchas Gracias Maestro, and a German documentary about Eduardo Arola’s life. Mr. Fontana performed on the popular Spanish-language talk show, Cristina.  He has choreographed films and videos, including El Tango Es El Tango, Derecho Viejo, La Interrupcion and Vuelvo a Casa Mama. In Argentina, he won the 1997 "Hugo del Carril" Championship and the "Golden Obelisk” Award presented by Carlos Mattera Productions. In the U.S., he received the Francis Savage award for Body, Mind and Centering.

Juan Felix, Singer
	Juan Felix (tenor) was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He made his American operatic debut in 2004 in Die Fledermaus with Manhattan Lyric Opera, followed by Cosifantutte with Ardamore Chamber Opera. The second prize winner of the promociones musicales competition in Argentina in 1996, Juan Felix studied at Conservatorio Nacional Lopez Buchardo in Buenos Aires. In 2002, he moved to New York City and continued his studies with Neil Goren and currently with Alan Dornak. In 2001, he participated in Gran Prix Du Chant de Paris in the French melody category. In 2005, he joined the New York-based international singing group, Pacific Encore, to sing at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York. In 2006 with conductor Pablo Zinger at Opera Providence in Rhode Island, he performed the principal male role in Maria de Buenos Aires, the “tango operita” composed by Astor Piazzolla. In 2006 he became the resident artist at Dicapo Opera in New York City, performing in The Merry Widow, Gherardo in Giammi Schicchi, and in most recently, in March 2007 he appeared as Edmondo in Manon Lescaut. Presently, he is singing at the Thalia Spanish Theatre in Queens as the principal male role in The Four Seasons of Tango.