Team profiles

Collective Partners

Dr Becaelis Brodskis. Advanced tango dancer with depth of expereince of tango beyound the dance . Informed from Managing a leading tango couple, producing a tango feature documentary and founder of Barefoot tango practica. He is also a highly experienced group facilitator with a post graduate diploma in teaching in both Higher education and community settings

Biljana Lipic Internationaly acclaimed teacher and dancer. A pioneer of women leading in tango, as well as sought after private teacher to the highest level. Founder of the Tango dome in London and key to the proliferation of tango in Cornwall.

Collective Associates

Tango

Joanna czlonkowska. Advanced tango dancer with international expereince of European milongas and festivals

A combination which brings with it a depth of knowledge not just of the dance but qualities of the dancing embrace and different perspectives of the dance across europe and and its roots in Buenos Aires.

Contemporary Dancers

  • Polly Motley : Living and breathing contemporary dance, both professionally and playfully. She is a huge fan of improvisation & a wild card at tango. She was trained in post-modern and modern dance, , classical ballet, improvisation. Her teaching also draws from her studies in dance ethnology, body-mind centering, dance therapy, Feldencrais and the Alexander Technique.Motley’s work includes being presented in New York by the Asia Society,  the Contemporary Arts Museum/ Houston, Colorado Dance Festival, Morishita Studios/ Tokyo, Ballet Freiburg/ Pretty Ugly, The Edge Festival/ San Francisco. 
  • Hannah Jacobs graduated in 2023 from the Dance and Choreography course at Falmouth University. She is passionate about engaging people with dance and creativity, and has worked with the inclusive arts company Shallal, with Cscape Dance Company, Arts Lab and Arts Well. She’s facilitated workshops at Falmouth Art Gallery, Tate St Ives and intoBodmin.

Guest Teachers

Forro

Felipe Abreu ran the first forro workshop ever in Cornwall

Peer to Peer Learning of Forro

  • We depend on visiting leading Forro teachers, such as Felipe Abreu, to inspire and share their knowledge and then for peer-to-peer learning to introduce the dance to more people so that we can then invite forro teachers down in the future .

  • T    his blend allows for the collective to grow through a balance of skilled guidance and shared learning.