It's official - Maja Petrović and Marko Miljević are coming to teach weekend workshops and do 1 exclusive performance in Washington DC! We are honored to host this world-famous couple at Tango Mercurio this November.

ARTISTS’ BIO

Maja has been dancing since she was three years old. She has a background in contemporary dance and ballet, as well as latin and ballroom dances. She attended music school for ten years, where she played the piano and flute. She studied Spanish and German language and literature at the University of Zagreb and worked as language teacher and translator. In Karlsruhe, she worked in different departments of the Center for Art and Media Technology (ZKM). Marko was more into sports and almost went pro in basketball. Instead, he decided to study Electrotechnics and later Physics in which he obtained a degree at the University of Zagreb. He later continued his education and in 2014 received his PhD in Nanobiotechnology at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). They currently live in Zagreb, Croatia.

Maja and Marko started dancing tango in Zagreb, Croatia in 2002 in a small group of enthusiasts curious about this “new” dance. Some five years later they began giving regular lessons at the Tango Argentino Zagreb dance school. Their first and most influential teachers were Pablo Rodríguez and Noelia Hurtado. Later they continued to study with Noelia and Carlitos Espinoza, Federico Naveira and Inés Muzzoppapa, Bruno Tombari and Mariangeles Caamaño and Chicho Frumboli and Juana Sepúlveda, among others.

Since 2014 Marko and Maja are working with tango professionally, holding workshops and performing all over Europe (Amsterdam, Minsk, Florence, Karlsruhe, Genova, Budapest, L´Aquila, Freiburg, Treviso, Poreč, Mantova, Halle, Sevilla, Lisbon, Procida, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Reykjavik etc.). In 2018 they have started to work in North America, Asia and Australia.

WEEKEND WORKSHOPS

• Friday Workshop - SOLD OUT:
  Time: 8:30-10pm
  Location: Milonga El Bulin, Dance Studio Lioudmila, 18 Roth St Alexandria, VA 22314
  Workshop 1: Vals - Linear turns

• Saturday Workshops:
  Time: 2-5:30pm
  Location: Northwest Sport & Health, 4001 Brandywine St NW, DC 20016
  Workshop 2: Presence and connection
  Workshop 3: Rebounds for all occasions

• Sunday Workshops:
  Time: 2-5:30pm
  Location: Northwest Sport & Health, 4001 Brandywine St NW, DC 20016
  Workshop 2: Rolling close embrace
  Workshop 3: Circular movements around common axis

These workshops will be role balanced. You don't have to register with a partner, but you are welcome to come as a couple and stay out of the rotation.
Per artists’ request, the registration is limited to 36 people on a first-come first-served basis, so please reserve your spot in advance.

PRICING PACKAGES

• Weekend Pass (2 1.5-hour classes on Saturday and Sunday): $180

• Friday Workshop Pass (1.5-hour class,): $35 - SOLD OUT

• Full Pass (includes Friday and Weekend workshops - 7.5 hours total): $200 - SOLD OUT

FULL SCHEDULE

Friday, November 1 - SOLD OUT
Time: 8-9:30 PM
Price: $35 drop-in or included in the Full Pass ($200)
Venue: Milonga El Bulin, Dance Studio Lioudmila, 18 Roth St Alexandria, VA 22314

Saturday & Sunday, November 2 and 3, Weekend Workshops
Time: 2-5:30 PM
Price: $180 or included in the Full Pass ($200)
Venue: Northwest Sport & Health, 4001 Brandywine St NW, DC 20016

Maja and Marko’s only performance in Washington DC
Saturday night, around 11:30 PM - hosted by Jake Spatz and Dasha Khripkova at Eastern Market Milonga

Monday Drop In Class, November 4
Time: 8-9:30 PM
Price: TBD
Venue: Milonga Zandunga; Capital Ballroom, 7800 Wisconsin Avenue (2nd Floor), Bethesda, MD 20814 (hosted by Ramu Pyreddy)