Lucas Gastiarena

Lucas was a bearded backpacker in New Zealand when he first met and danced with Melanie. He was then trying to taste a little bit of everything and everywhere, and the same applied to his dance experience, having done classic guitar and piano as a musician, Lindy Hop, contemporary dance, dance theatre and corporal expressionism among others. But tango was taking over after having danced in Buenos Aires for a few years and hearing it when in his childhood his mother and grandfather sat in the sofa to sing tangos and milongas to the family.  He started dancing back in 2002 in Buenos Aires with a wide range of teachers and styles, fluctuating from experimental new tango and back to the traditional roots and he keeps doing so in his split life, half in Buenos Aires, learning and dancing, half in the UK, teaching and spreading the tango dance and culture as much as possible.