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Christy's and Darren's bio
Christy Coté has been dancing, choreographing and teaching professionally for more than 25 years. For the past 10 years, she has devoted her love of dance to Argentine Tango becoming one of San Francisco's most respected dancers and teachers. She has been featured locally on KVTU's Segment 2 Report with Bob MacKenzie, KPIX/Channel 5 Evening Magazine and nationally in Dance Spirit Magazine.
As the Creator and Director of the Argentine Tango program at San Francisco's popular Metronome Dance Center she oversees and teaches a full schedule of group and private classes, workshops, practicas and Milongas. Christy's teaching method has been published in the Argentine Tango Manual by Dance Vision (www.dancevision.com) and is complemented by a series of 20 instructional DVDs by Christy & George Garcia of Honolulu.
Christy also co-hosts the popular Mariposa Argentine Tango Club Milonga. This is San Francisco's longest running Milonga, celebrating its 10 year anniversary in July 2006.
Darren Lees lives in San Diego where he teaches independently for El Mundo Del Tango. For the past 2 years he and Christy have enjoyed traveling together, teaching in various Tango communities, at festivals such as Reno´s Tango Brujo and on the Tango at Sea Cruise in 2004 and 2005.
Christy and Darren perform regularly with MonTango, Tango No. 9 and other Tango musicians and produce monthly Tango shows at San Francisco's Peña Pacha Mama restaurant. They also choreograph for and perform with their professional performance group, The LiberTango Dancers.
Christy & Darren look forward to visiting Boston and sharing with Bostonians their love for tango!