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Argentine Tango

Argentine Tango
Barry has danced at the Sydney Opera House, His Majesty Theatre in Perth and the
Australia Day Concert. He has danced the lead roles in sell out shows such as Tango Tango and Moniques Tango Bar. Barry performed internationally in Singapore for the opening of the Lois Errand event in 2008. He currently dances with his dance partner Dania Percy. They were recently asked to perform for the WASO at Perth Concert Hall. They started their tango partnership in May 2009 and since then have performed for Shopping Centres, the Petroleum Engineer’s Annual Ball in August 2009 at the Perth Convention Centre, for the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, Marilyn Art Exhibition at the Perth Concert Hall, alongside Western Australian Symphony Orchestra at the Perth Concert Hall and many more. 

In 2005 Barry won the Australia Tango Salon Championships in Sydney. He went on to represent Australia in the Tango World Championships. Barry stayed in Argentina for a year to study tango intensively with some of the best maestros in the world such as Carols Riverola, Gashi Fernandez, Aurora Lubis, Christina Coretes, Pablo Inza and Eugina Parilla.

Barry was a judge in the 2009 Australian National Tango Championship and has visited Buenos Aires on a regular basis to keep in his tango training updated.

Dania Percy has been dancing Argentine Tango intensively since 2002 in Montreal Canada. She trained with top dancers from Buenos Aires and America, including
Tomas Howlin and Noel Strazza and Richard Sagala from Montreal. Dania has participated in several international festivals and has much experience with different styles of Argentine Tango.

Dania co-founded Concordia Tango Club with Richard Sagala in Montreal in 2005 and has been teaching for over a year up until her move to Australia.