Teachers

Pasi and Maria Lauren are skilled and multi-talented Argentine tango dancers. They have been dancing Argentine tango since 2000 and teaching together since 2005.

From the beginning they have been internationally oriented and have taught, performed and studied extensively around the world. They dance and teach many different styles of Argentine tango: tango salon, tango nuevo, show tango and canyengue. In addition to dancing, their great passion is the development of dance teaching. Pasi and Maria use, among other things, the Aleksander technique in their teaching and draw inspiration from their own maestro Gustavo Naveira and the new generation of top dynamic teachers.

Maria graduated as a dance teacher from Oulu University of Applied Sciences, majoring in Argentine tango and Finnish couple dances. Together with Arttu Artkoski and Carina Quiroga, they run the La Fábrica del Tango dance school in Tampere. They also teach and dance Argentine folk dances.

Daniel started dancing in 2009 in Santiago, Chile, where his first teachers and main influence were Felipe Zarzar and Mamié Sancy. His tango keeps evolving continuously, as he keeps learning from different  maestros from Chile, Buenos Aires and Europe. Daniel began teaching tango in 2014, in Helsinki and has been a teacher, performer and DJ at various events, such as Summer Tango Camp and Frostbite Tango Festival.

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Anaïs started dancing tango in 2014 in France, where her first teacher and main influence was the maestro Alejandro Figueroa. Since then, she has continuously developed her tango through training with numerous maestros and a strong dedication to exploring musicality, connection, and refined movement. After winning the Finnish Tango Championship in 2024, Anaïs began teaching and performing, sharing her approach to tango and her passion for the dance.

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Seita Keloluoto has been dancing Argentine tango since 2008 and has been practicing the genre intensively ever since. She's been teaching since 2011. Seita's tango studies also include annual international tango festivals and social dancing.

Ari Sirén has been dancing Argentine tango since 1999. He began teaching regularly in 2008 and has taught at, among others, the Finnish international Tango Frostbite festival. His interest and enthusiasm for developing his own dance is active, and tango festivals around the world and their diverse teaching offerings are part of his annual program.

Ari and Seita have been teaching together for over ten years, in addition to weekly classes in Helsinki and elsewhere in Finland, and for several years they have been teaching the Summer Camp beginner course. They dance and teach Argentine tango with a dynamic twist and emphasize good technique, contact and communication between partners, without forgetting musicality and the joy of dancing. Ari and Seita's goal is to give each dancer a good foundation on which they can create their own interpretation of Argentine tango.

Malin Backström is a Swedish pioneer of queer and double role dancing. She's been teaching couple dances in both roles for over 25 years, the last 12 years mainly Argentine tango.

In her teaching Malin focuses on communication and musicality. From her point of view it's much more interesting how you dance (quality and comfort) than what you dance (steps and patterns). She is well known for creating a comfortable and safe atmosphere at her classes, her pedagogical skills and her ability to make even difficult things seem easy. 

Malin has a dance studio in Stockholm and travels a lot. She's also a tango DJ and an author.

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Saana Kallikoski has extensive experience dancing Argentine tango in both roles. She has taught her own double role groups in Helsinki and Tampere since 2024. Saana is an Alexander Technique teacher by profession.

Saana’s special interest and core competence are the naturalness of movement, contact between dance partners, communication and presence. The most important thing for her is an equal, safe atmosphere and an approach that values the skills and goals of each learner.