Five College Dance Department : Daniel Trenner

Daniel Trenner

Daniel Trenner (MHC Guest Artist) is one of the forces behind Tango's modern revival, having begun dancing in 1986 in Buenos Aires with many of Tango's most important Milongueros, dancers from the 1940s and 50s. When Daniel arrived in Argentina there were less than 100 people under the age of 60 dancing tango. He brought social tango back to the USA in 1990; he developed a style of teaching tango by its elements, rather than a syllabus of steps (which is how Argentines of the previous generation taught); and his style has been adopted by many of tango's young generation of teachers. He traveled quite a bit in the 90's and became known as the "Johnny Appleseed" of tango in the US. He invented the tango tour in 1993 (Bridge to the Tango), founded the Tango Catalogue in 1997, sold both businesses in 2003 to the Solo Tango television station of Buenos Aires, and then settled in Northampton, MA, where he is presently teaching and writing. He has taught guest classes and seminars at Mt. Holyoke College, Smith College, Amherst College, and PVPA (Pioneer Valley Performing Arts high school). You can learn more about Daniel at www.danieltrenner.com www.danieltrenner.com

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	Daniel Trenner Daniel Trenner (MHC Guest Artist) is one of the forces behind Tango's modern revival, having begun dancing in 1986 in Buenos Aires with many of Tango's most important Milongueros, dancers from the 1940s and 50s. When Daniel arrived in Argentina there were less than 100 people under the age of 60 dancing tango. He brought social tango back to the USA in 1990; he developed a style of teaching tango by its elements, rather than a syllabus of steps (which is how Argentines of the previous generation taught); and his style has been adopted by many of tango's young generation of teachers. He traveled quite a bit in the 90's and became known as the "Johnny Appleseed" of tango in the US. He invented the tango tour in 1993 (Bridge to the Tango), founded the Tango Catalogue in 1997, sold both businesses in 2003 to the Solo Tango television station of Buenos Aires, and then settled in Northampton, MA, where he is presently teaching and writing. He has taught guest classes and seminars at Mt. Holyoke College, Smith College, Amherst College, and PVPA (Pioneer Valley Performing Arts high school). You can learn more about Daniel at www.danieltrenner.com www.danieltrenner.com