Daniel Trenner

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Daniel Trenner is one of Tango's modern pioneers. He happened on Tango in Buenos Aires in 1986 while he was there teaching Jazz and Improvisation at the State School of Contemporary Dance. He was one of the first dozen young people involved in tango's revival. He studied with, interviewed, filmed and organized for many of the Milongueros, the older generation dancers.

He has been called a "Johnny Appleseed of Tango" for his 20 years of touring as a tango teacher, visiting more than 100 cities on 4 continents. He was one of the early proponents of teaching tango by its elements, rather than traditional sequences of steps. In the 90s he created the first Tango tours to Buenos Aires, and the first Tango store in North America.

He is a staunch supporter of Tango as a Social Dance and as a vehicle for creating dance communities. He also believes that learning tango is a beautiful metaphor for building relationship skills. In 2001 he took a sabbatical from touring which has lasted until now. He settled in Northampton Massachusetts where, in addition to his local classes, he has been teaching at the Five Colleges, the Performing Arts High School, and some middle and grade schools.

You can learn more at http://www.danieltrenner.com.

Dance Manhattan looks forward to having Daniel join us again in Fall 2009.