Maral Kojayan
Known for her graceful yet electric accuracy, her active creativity and expressive presence.
Maral’s love for dance and her training began at a very young age in 1984. In 1997 she received an AS level qualifications in Dance Analysis and Choreography from Richmond College in London. In 2002 Maral had already founded the largest Armenian Dance group in London (with 70+ adult and child dancers).
A few years on, following the completion of her Masters as an Anthropologist and already with a solid background in many movement forms including contemporary, ballet, tap, Armenian dance, yoga and Alexander Technique, Maral’s passion for tango drew her to Buenos Aires.
Maral’s intensive investigation and particular attention to the connection, organic movement, technical precision and to the quality of movement has led her to teach and perform in many cities around the world including Buenos Aires (at DNI, Loca Milonga, Practica 8, Maldita Milonga, CITA), London, Paris, New York, Berlin, Amsterdam, Toronto and Montreal (Studio Tango and International Tango Nuevo Festival 2009 and 2010). She has worked with a number of new generation and internationally recognised talents and has taught at Tango Brujo, at DNI, el Esquinazo and has worked for ECUNHI (Espacio Cultural Nuestros Hijos) in Buenos Aires.
Based for 7 years in Buenos Aires, 6 years in London and now recently moved to Rotterdam, Maral & Mariano continue to run the very successful yet unpretentious Tango Garden whilst setting up their tango activities in The Netherlands...
Maral is trilingual and is currently learning Dutch as her 4th language.
In recent years, Maral & Mariano have trained celebrities for the TV show Dancing On Ice, and performed in prestigious venues such as the Royal Academy of Music, Bolivarian Hall, Dance Around The World Festival in London and many five star private functions. They have also appeared on the cover of UK's Dance Today Magazine!! (click for article)
ESPAÑOL
Conocida por su baile elegante, su precisión eléctrica, su creatividad activa y su presencia expresiva.
El amor por la danza y su entrenamiento comenzó en 1984 en el Líbano. En 1997 recibió de Londres una calificación en el análisis de Danza y Coreografía. En 2002 Maral ya había fundado el grupo más grande de danza armenia en Londres (con 70+ bailarines).
Poco después, despues de completar su Masters como Antropologa y ya aparte con una formación sólida en muchas formas de movimiento incluyendo la danza contemporánea, ballet, tap, danza armenia, yoga y Técnica Alexander, su pasión por el tango la trasladó a vivir en Buenos Aires.
Su investigación intensiva de la danza y su atención especial a la conexión, movimiento orgánico, precisión técnica y la calidad de movimiento ha llevado Maral a enseñar y exhibir en Buenos Aires (incluida DNI, Loca Milonga, Practica 8, Maldita Milonga, CITA), Londres, París, Nueva York, Berlín, Ámsterdam, Toronto y Montreal (Studio Tango y International Tango Nuevo Festival 2009 y 2010). Maral ha trabajado con unos talentos de la nueva generación de Buenos Aires y en el extranjero y ha dado clases como invitada en los estudios de DNI, Tango Brujo y ECUNHI (Espacio Cultural Nuestros Hijos) in Buenos Aires.
Maral’s love for dance and her training began at a very young age in 1984. In 1997 she received an AS level qualifications in Dance Analysis and Choreography from Richmond College in London. In 2002 Maral had already founded the largest Armenian Dance group in London (with 70+ adult and child dancers).
A few years on, following the completion of her Masters as an Anthropologist and already with a solid background in many movement forms including contemporary, ballet, tap, Armenian dance, yoga and Alexander Technique, Maral’s passion for tango drew her to Buenos Aires.
Maral’s intensive investigation and particular attention to the connection, organic movement, technical precision and to the quality of movement has led her to teach and perform in many cities around the world including Buenos Aires (at DNI, Loca Milonga, Practica 8, Maldita Milonga, CITA), London, Paris, New York, Berlin, Amsterdam, Toronto and Montreal (Studio Tango and International Tango Nuevo Festival 2009 and 2010). She has worked with a number of new generation and internationally recognised talents and has taught at Tango Brujo, at DNI, el Esquinazo and has worked for ECUNHI (Espacio Cultural Nuestros Hijos) in Buenos Aires.
Based for 7 years in Buenos Aires, 6 years in London and now recently moved to Rotterdam, Maral & Mariano continue to run the very successful yet unpretentious Tango Garden whilst setting up their tango activities in The Netherlands...
Maral is trilingual and is currently learning Dutch as her 4th language.
In recent years, Maral & Mariano have trained celebrities for the TV show Dancing On Ice, and performed in prestigious venues such as the Royal Academy of Music, Bolivarian Hall, Dance Around The World Festival in London and many five star private functions. They have also appeared on the cover of UK's Dance Today Magazine!! (click for article)
ESPAÑOL
Conocida por su baile elegante, su precisión eléctrica, su creatividad activa y su presencia expresiva.
El amor por la danza y su entrenamiento comenzó en 1984 en el Líbano. En 1997 recibió de Londres una calificación en el análisis de Danza y Coreografía. En 2002 Maral ya había fundado el grupo más grande de danza armenia en Londres (con 70+ bailarines).
Poco después, despues de completar su Masters como Antropologa y ya aparte con una formación sólida en muchas formas de movimiento incluyendo la danza contemporánea, ballet, tap, danza armenia, yoga y Técnica Alexander, su pasión por el tango la trasladó a vivir en Buenos Aires.
Su investigación intensiva de la danza y su atención especial a la conexión, movimiento orgánico, precisión técnica y la calidad de movimiento ha llevado Maral a enseñar y exhibir en Buenos Aires (incluida DNI, Loca Milonga, Practica 8, Maldita Milonga, CITA), Londres, París, Nueva York, Berlín, Ámsterdam, Toronto y Montreal (Studio Tango y International Tango Nuevo Festival 2009 y 2010). Maral ha trabajado con unos talentos de la nueva generación de Buenos Aires y en el extranjero y ha dado clases como invitada en los estudios de DNI, Tango Brujo y ECUNHI (Espacio Cultural Nuestros Hijos) in Buenos Aires.
