Johana Copes y Martin Ojeda

She has studied classical ballet, jazz, musical comedy and theatre. She started to dance tango eleven years ago.

Johana worked in very important companies around the world: "tango, magia y seduccion", "The tango Biggest" , "Gotan", "Tango Argentino in Broadway", "Invito a la danza" among the others. She was the Juan Carlos Copes choreographer assistant and first dancer. She worked in the film "Tango" by Carlos Saura, nominated for an Oscar. ( And shown in the festival at sunday)

Martin started to dance when he was only fourteen years old. He took tango classes with the most important tango teacher and he won the tango contest "Tango, Solo Tango". After that he was a member and choreoghapher assistant of different tango companies like: Mora Godoy Company, Tanguera and Ballet of Mercosur to Maximiliano Guerra.

Together they were the directors and first dancers of "Copes Tango Copes", the company of the famous dancer Juan Carlos Copes. Now they are one of the most important couples of the new generation. 

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Vida Peral 

Vida Peral began her dance training and professional formation with the Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theatre, Chicago, under the direction of Dame Libby Komaiko in 1976.  During eight years with this dance company performances included the Riverside Dance Festival, New York with guest artist Bill Carter of American Ballet Theatre.  She also studied with such acclaimed American artists as Maria Alba, Manolo Rivera, Victorio Korjhan, Edo and José Greco,  who_s company she performed with at the Joyce Theatre in New York City several years later.

During eight years of residency in Madrid, Vida continued her studies in Flamenco, Classical Spanish Dance and Regional Dance with Ciro, Güito, Manolete, Tomas de Madrid, Pedro Azorin and many others.  She performed with and was assistant to Paco Romero in Barcelona, principal dancer in choreographies of  José Granero in Palma de Mallorca, partner and soloist in the flamenco program of  José Miguel in Tokyo and soloist in the award-winning children_s theatre production of _Van Onder Uit de Zak_, Stella Den Haag.  After 20 years, in 1996, Vida was given a Bachelor of Arts degree by Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago for her achievements within the field of Spanish Dance. 

During the last several years Vida has been dedicated to teaching, having been guest teacher at Centro Flamenco Puro, Utrecht, the World Music School, Amsterdam, Het Internationaal Danstheater, Amsterdam and has given several workshops in Europe and the United States, including Dusseldorf, Cologne, Freiburg, Oslo, Detroit, Milwaukee and Chicago.  Ms. Peral was choreographer and soloist for the World Press Gala, Hilversum and G-Star Fashion Productions, Cologne.  Her latest performances include _Show of the Year 2001_ Rene Froger, Ahoy Stadium and as Artistic Director of _Imagenes_ in Panama night club, Amsterdam.  She is also featured on her husband_s three flamenco cd_s.  (see Jacco Muller, flamenco guitarist).  She established her professional base in Amsterdam where she has developed a strong following of students and gives classes to all levels, beginners to professional dancers and also to actors (ITS DNA, Amsterdam and Theatergroep MAX, Delft). She is currently organizing a workshop to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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