DIANA JENSEN
Tango at Sea Cruise Director
I have been a ballroom dancer since my teen years and American Tango was always my favorite. In 1995, Bob Moretti brought Argentine Tango instructor, Nora Dinzelbacher, to Chico, CA for a series of workshops which lasted several months. Bob and I lived in Chico at the time and we took every opportunity to practice to improve our skills. After private lessons with Nora and the late Nestor Ray, then with El Indio, and Nito & Elba Garcia in San Francisco, Sacramento and New York, my Tango skills grew quickly. Other instructors who have had an impact on my love of Tango are the late Orlando Paiva, Sr. and Carlos Gavito, and more recently Fernanda Ghi and Guillermo Merlo, Carlos & Maria Rivarola, Luis Castro & Claudia Mendoza, Natalia Hills, Jorge Torres, Daniel Rodriguez and Valeria Carmel.
In January 1996, a terrific tango dancer and a professional skier, Mark Wolford, lit the spark within to cruise the world with Tango instructors and dancers. We shared this idea for 18 months. In 1997 our dream came true as we prepared for the first Tango at Sea to the Caribbean in March 1998. Initially, Nora Dinzelbacher and Nito & Elba Garcia were our headliners along with other Argentine and USA instructors.
Tango dancers from across the world are invited to join our cruises. We have had guests from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Cuba, Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Haiti, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia, Shanghai, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Philippines, United Kingdom and Viet Nam.
We have cruised East and West Caribbean, Mexican Riviera, Hawaii, Alaska twice, out of Venice, Italy twice to ports in the Adriatic Sea, the Panama Canal; out of NYC to Maine and Canada. April 2011 took us on a Argentine Tango and Swing cruise organized along with Norway's Kom og Dans with 129 dancers. Click on our tab “Cruises” to view our many tour destinations.
We planned an outrageous 2013 "ON LAND" 5 day Tango Festival in Barcelona prior to sailing on an 8 night cruise on Costa's Favolosa. In Barcelona we planned 2 days of Touring with a 3 day Tango Festival with 5 Argentine Tango Professionals, two live orchestras and hold a great Argentine Tango Show for all of Barcelona to enjoy. Due to a total lack of male bookings this event was canceled April 2013. Also, please take a moment to look at the group photos from past cruises in our galleries.
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