YVONNE MEISSNER
FORMATIONS & WORK
Training
1986 -1989 First tango workshops with Wouter Brave and Martine Berghuis
1990-1993 Tangoschool Amsterdam, the Netherlands, teachers: Rob and Inez Classes with Vanina, Gustavo Naveira and others (tango fantasia).
1993-1995 Private classes with Pepito Avellaneda (milonga), Pocho Pizarro (canyengue), Tete and Maria (tango de salon).
1994-1995 Training on didactics, teaching methods and body techniques by Susanna Miller (tango de salon apilado)
Body techniques and work on posture
1994-1995 Contact improvisation for modern dancers, Perron 2, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
1996-1997 Alexander technique with Tom Clifton Koch, Amsterdam/New York
Teaching/ Shows/ Jury/ Salon
1994
Start weekly classes Amsterdam, Haarlem and 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands
Exhibition Theater festival Venlo with Quinteto Marcucci, the Netherlands (with Rob Nuijten) and group of Academia de Tango.
1994
Weekly classes Amsterdam, Haarlem and 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands
Exhibition Theater festival Venlo with Quinteto Marcucci, the Netherlands (with Rob Nuijten) and group of Academia de Tango.
1995
Weekly classes Amsterdam, Haarlem and 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.
Workshops El Centro, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Claraklooster, 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.
Salon weekly salon El Centro, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Shows 'Canyengue' El Centro, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (with Pocho Pizarro)
1996
Weekly classes Amsterdam and 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands (from November with Jan Dirk)
Workshops Azijnfabriek, 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands (with Jan Dirk)
Zollhaus, Düsseldorf, Germany (Solo)
Tangoschule Zürich, Schweiz (with Susana Miller)
Salon El Centro, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (three times a month)
Shows Azijnfabriek 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands (with Jan Dirk)
Volta Amsterdam, the Netherlands (with Jan Dirk)
Zollhaus Düsseldorf, Germany (with Jan Dirk)
1997
Weekly classes Amsterdam, 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands (with Jan Dirk)
Monthly classes Zollhaus, Düsseldorf, Germany (Solo)
Workshops Dojo, Florence, Italy (Solo)
Lupe, Nürnberg, Germany (Solo)
Centro di Danza Mimma Testa, Roma, Italy (Solo)
Zollhaus Düsseldorf, Germany (with Jan Dirk)
Lupe Studio, Nürnberg, Germany (with Jan Dirk)
Amauta Brussel, Belgium (with Jan Dirk)
Kapel Kontich, Belgum (with Jan Dirk)
Boulevard 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands (with Jan Dirk)
Barrio de Tango, Meyer et Fils, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (with Jan Dirk)
Shows Salon Regin, Buenos Aires, Argentina, inauguration salon del miercoles (with Jan Dirk, other milongueros: Tete, Tommy and Adrian Romero).
'La Beauté du Geste Humaine', Amauta, Brussel, Belgium (with Jan Dirk, Sergio Molini (Arg.) and Gisela Graef-Marino, Nathalia Games and Gabriel Angio (Arg.), Eugenia Usandivaras and Leo Calvelli (Arg.), Nathalie Prudon and Pedro Andrade)
Summer party with Quinteto Marcucci, Zollhaus, Düsseldorf,
Germany (with Jan Dirk)
Amauta, Brussel, Belgium (with Jan Dirk)
1998
Weekly classes Amsterdam, 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands (wtih Jan Dirk)
Monthly classes Zollhaus, Düsseldorf, the Netherlands (Solo)
Bárbaro, School Roberto Duclos, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, summer course (Solo)
Workshops Florence Dance Center, Florence, Italy (with Ruben Terbalca)
Tangoschule Bochum, Canyengue (with Ruben Terbalca)
Zollhaus Düsseldorf, Germany (with Adrian Romero)
ATAK, Enschede, the Netherlands (with Jan Dirk)
Florence Dance Center, Florence, Italy (with Jan Dirk)
St. Gallen, Switzerland (with Jan Dirk)
Zollhaus Düsseldorf, Germany (Solo)
Bridge to the Tango: travel to Amsterdam, Organisation: Daniel Trenner (USA), (Solo and with Daniel Trenner)
Festival de Sitges, Spain (with Adrián Romero, and Gustavo Naveira, Giselle Anne, Alejandro Sanguinetti, Natalia Games and Gabriel Angió, Jorge Udrisard and Andrea Ponzetti, Osvaldo Zotto and Lorena Ermocída, Pablo Ojeda and Beatriz Romero)
Zollhaus Düsseldorf, Germany (Solo)
Tango-Festival Hamburg, Germany (with Pocho Pizarro, others: Osvaldo Zotto and Lorena Ermocida, Fabián Salas and Cecilia Gonzáles, Ricardo Calvo and Marisa Talamoni, Diego Cornella and Pilar Fernandez, Alejandro Sanguinetti a.o.).
Tour with Pocho Pizarro 1998: Kopenhagen (Danmark), London (England), Düsseldorf (Germany), Zürich, St. Gallen (Switzerland), Konstanz, Nürnberg, Düsseldorf, Wangen, Würzburg (Germany), Toulouse (France), Rome, Bologna, Florence (Italy), Düsseldorf (Germany), Amsterdam, Nijmegen (the Netherlands)
Exhibition Canyengue, Florence Dance Center, Florence, Italy (with Ruben Terbalca)
Zollhaus, Düsseldorf, Germany (with Adrian Romero)
Festival de Sitges, Spain (with Adrián Romero)
Festival Hamburg, Germany (with Pocho Pizarro)
Kopenhagen, Danmark (with Pocho Pizarro)
London, London Welsh Center, El Once Club de Tango (with Pocho Pizarro)
Konstanz, Erlangen, Germany (with Pocho Pizarro)
Toulouse, France (with Pocho Pizarro)
Jury Activity Concours de Tango Trophée Amauta, Concours Belge, Amauta,
Brussel, Belgien (Jury with Jan Dirk, Eugenia Usandivaras and Leo
Calvelli (Arg.), and others)
Journalism/translation Translation for the Dutch review 'La Cadena'
Start of a series of interviews with 'Los Grandes del Tango' (for example: Carmencita Calderon, milongueros as El Tano Guillermo, Ricardo Maceiras, Pocho Pizarro and others)
Interview by 'Emisora Ona Sants-Montjuïc', Tango para el mundo, Barcelona, Spain, during the festival of Sitges
Television programm on the festival of Sitges, Spain
Practica April through august 1998: weekly practica 'Barbaro', Amsterdam, the Netherlands (with Jan Dirk)
1999
Workshops Düsseldorf, Germany (Solo)
Nimes, France (with Gilles Kotzebtchouk)
Florence Dance Center, Florence, Italy (Solo)
Konstanz, Germany (Solo)
Escuela Nestor Sanchez, Gran Buenos Aires, Argentina (Solo)
Den Bosch, Harfsen/Enschede, the Netherlands (with Gilles)
Düsseldorf, Münster, Germany (with Gilles)
Cambridge, England (with Gilles)
Düsseldorf, BRD (Solo)
Paris, France (with Pocho Pizarro)
Berlin, Germany (with Pocho Pizarro)
Düsseldorf, Germany (with Pocho Pizarro)
Oslo and Bergen Norwegia (with Pocho Pizarro)
Kopenhagen, Denmark (with Pocho Pizarro)
Festival Toulouse, France (with Pocho Pizarro and Solo: body techniques)
Bridge to the Tango: travel to Amsterdam, Organisation: Daniel
Trenner (USA), (Solo)
Düsseldorf, Germany (Solo)
Lyon, France (with Gilles)
Firenze, Italy (Solo)
Istanbul, Turkey (Private classes, solo)
Düsseldorf, Germany (Solo)
Konstanz,, Germany (with Eduardo Aguirre)
Lausanne, Switzerland (with Eduardo Aguirre)
Cambridge, Great Britain (Solo)
Edinburgh, Great Britain (Solo)
Bristol, Great Britain (Solo)
Cardiff, Great Britain (Solo)
Firenze, Italy (Solo)
Düsseldorf, Germany (Solo)
Würzburg, Germany (Solo)
Exhibition Buenos Aires, Argentina,Caffé Max (with Gilles Kotzebtchouk)
Buenos Aires, Argentina, Salon Maragata (with Gilles Kotzebtchouk)
Münster, Germany (with Gilles Kotzebtchouk)
Düsseldorf, Germany (with Pocho Pizarro)
Festival Toulouse, France (with Pocho Pizarro)
2000
Istanbul, Turkey (with Eduardo Aguirre)
Düsseldorf, Germany (Solo)
Cambridge, Great Britain, (Solo)
Würzburg, Germany (Solo)
Vienna, Austria (with Eduardo Aguirre)
Firenze, Italy (Solo)
Düsseldorf, Germany (with Eduardo Aguirre)
Würzburg, Germany (with Eduardo Aguirre)
London, Great Britain (with Eduardo Aguirre)
Cambridge, Great Britain (Solo and with Eduardo Aguirre)
Edinburgh, Great Britain (Solo)
Newcastle, Great Britain (Solo)
Bristol, Great Britain (with Eduardo Aguirre)
Firenze, Italy (with Eduardo Aguirre)
Pistoia, Italy, exhibition/workshops (with Eduardo Aguirre)
Bologna, Italy, exhibition Cheek to Cheek (with Eduardo Aguirre)
Düsseldorf, Germany, workshops, Zollhaus (Solo)
Albany, New York, USA, workshops/exhibition (with Eduardo Aguirre)
Ithaca, New York, USA, festifval/exhibition (with Eduardo Aguirre) amongst Miguel Zotto and Angeles
Boston, USA, workshops Tango Society and Boston Tango School (with Eduardo Aguirre)
New Orleans, USA, exhibition/workshops (with Eduardo Aguirre)
Haarloo, Holland, workshops (with Eduardo Aguirre)
Wangen, Germany, workshops, (with Eduardo Aguirre)
Gent, Belgium, exhibition/workshops (with Eduardo Aguirre)
Bristol, Great Britain, exhibition/workshops (with Eduardo Aguirre)
Cardiff, Great Britain, workshop (with Eduardo Aguirre)
London, Great Britain, workshops/exhibition, Welsh Center (with Eduardo Aguirre)
Edinburgh, Great Britain, workshops (with Eduardo Aguirre)
Düsseldorf, Germany, workshop (Solo)
Perugia, Italy, workshop (Solo)
Firenze, Italy, workshops (Solo)
Würzburg, Germany (Solo)
2001
Firenze, Italy, workshops (with Eduardo Aguirre)
Albany, New York, USA, workshops/exhibition (with Eduardo Aguirre)
Rochester, New York, USA, workshops/exhibition (with Eduardo Aguirre)
New York City, New York, USA, workshops/exhibition (with Eduardo Aguirre), many different venues
Boston, USA, workshops Tango Society and privates (with Eduardo Aguirre)
New Orleans, USA, exhibition/workshops (with Eduardo Aguirre)
Miami, FL, USA, exhibitions/workshops (with Eduardo Aguirre)
Haarloo, Holland, workshops (with Eduardo Aguirre)
Frayssinette, France, workshops (with Eduardo Aguirre)
La Rogaia, Umbria, Italy, workshops (with Eduardo Aguirre)
Todi, Umbria, Italy, workshops (with Eduardo Aguirre)
Firenze, Italy, workshops (Solo)
Wangen, Germany, workshops (Solo)
Bristol, Great Britain, workshops (Soo)
Cambridge, Great Britain, privates (Solo)
London, Great Britain, workshops (Solo)
Würzburg, Germany (Solo)
Portland Festival, Oregon, USA, workshops/exhibition (Solo)
Albany, NY, USA, workshops (Solo)
Rochester, NY, USA, workshop (Solo)
Boston, MASS., USA, workshops/privates (Solo)
Firenze, Italy, workshop series with Luis Ferraris & Eduardo Aguirre
2002
Firenze, Italy, workshops (Solo)
Winchester, Great Britain, workshops (Solo)
London, Welsh Center, Great Britain, workshops (Solo)
Cambridge, Great Britain, workshops (Solo)
Portland, OR, Portland Festival, USA, workshops and exhibition (with Eduardo Aguirre)
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, workshops and exhibitions (with Eduardo Aguirre)
San Francisco, CR, USA, workshops and exhibitions (with Eduardo Aguirre and Solo)
Anchorage, Alaska, USA, workshops (Solo)
Portland Valentine Festival, Oregon, USA, workshops and exhibitions (with Eduardo Aguirre)
Boston, Massachusetts, USA (Solo)
London, Welsh Center, Great Britain, workshops (Solo)
Winchester, Great Britain, workshops (Solo)
Bristol, Great Britain, workshops (Solo)
Düsseldorf, Germany, workshops (Solo)
Firenze, Italy, workshops (Solo)
La Rogaia, Umbria, Italy, holiday tango week (with Eduardo Aguirre)
Saltsprings, British Columbia, Canada, workshops (with Eduardo Aguirre)
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, workshops (with Eduardo Aguirre)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, workshops (with Eduardo Aguirre)
Boston, Massachusetts, USA, workshops (with Eduardo Aguirre)
Haarloo, Holland, workshops (with Eduardo Aguirre)
Frayssinette, France, workshops (with Eduardo Aguirre)
Winchester, Great Britain, workshops (Solo)
London, Dome, Great Britain, workshops (Solo)
London, Welsh Center, Great Britain, workshops (Solo)
Portland Oktober Festival, OR, USA, workshops/exhibition/festival (Solo)
Saltsprings, British Columbia, Canada, workshops (Solo)
Port Townsend, Washington, USA, workshops (Solo)
Boston, Massachusetts, USA (Solo)
Firenze, Italy, workshops (with Eduardo Aguirre)
La Rogaia, Umbria, Italy, week holiday workshops (with Eduardo Aguirre)
2003-2005
Valsinestra, ski tango week, Engadin, Switzerland, workshops/exhibition (with Eduardo Aguirre)
Düsseldorf, Germany, workshops (with Eduardo Aguirre)
Bergen aan Zee, weekend-workshops in a hotel at the seaside, workshops/exhibition (with Eduardo Aguirre)
Firenze, Italy, workshops (with Mike Lavocah)
Istanbul, Turkey, workshops (solo and with Eduardo Aguirre)
Firenze, Italy, workshops (solo)
Norwich, Great Britain, workshops (solo)
Seattle, Washington, USA workshops and exhibition (solo)
Port Townsend, Washington, USA workshops (solo)
Portland, Oregon, USA workshops and exhibition (solo)
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA workshops (solo)
Boston, Massachusetts, USA workshops and exhibition (solo)
Denver Festival, Colorado USA workshops (solo)
2005-2007
Body/mind professional trainings: Diploma Basic Focussing
Diploma Somatic Experiencing Practicioner (R)
Firenze, Italy, workshops (solo)
Norwich, Great Britain, workshops (solo)
London, Welsh Center, Great Britain, workshops (Solo)
Cambridge, Great Britain, workshops (Solo)
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA workshops (solo)
Boston, Massachusetts, USA (Solo)
Portland, Oregon, USA workshops and exhibition (solo)
Firenze, Italy, workshops (with Eduardo Aguirre)
La Rogaia, Umbria, Italy, week holiday workshops (with Eduardo Aguirre)
2007-2012
Formation diploma Alexandertechnique in 2014
Firenze, Italy, workshops (solo)
Norwich, Great Britain, workshops (solo)
London, Welsh Center, Great Britain, workshops (Solo)
Cambridge, Great Britain, workshops (Solo)
Firenze, Italy, workshops (with Eduardo Aguirre)
La Rogaia, Umbria, Italy, week holiday workshops (with Eduardo Aguirre)
Brandon Vermont Tango Festival, Vermont, USA
Boston Tango Society, Boston, USA (solo)
Time to Tango, Boston, USA (solo)
2012
Villa Rogaia, Umbria, Italy (with Yerpun Castro)
Perugia exhibition, Italy (with Yerpun Castro)
Nürnberg, Germany (solo)
Bamberg, Germany (with Suer)
Tangoholiday near Pisa, Italy (with El Pibe Avellaneda)
Istanbul exhibitions, Turkey, (with El Pibe Avellaneda)
Nürnberg, Germany (with El Pibe Avellaneda)
Denver Colorado, USA (solo)
Albuquerque Festival, New Mexico, USA (solo)
Paris, France (solo)
Montreuil, France (solo)
2013
Florence, Italy (sola)
Dubai, Aarb Emirates (solo)
New Delhi, India (solo)
Mumbai, India (solo)
Bollywood, India (solo)
Province Pisa, Casciana Terme, Italy (with Pibe Avellaneda)
Florence, Italy (with El Pibe Avellaneda)
Cecina, Italy (with El Pibe Avellaneda)
Villa Rogaia, Umbria, Italy (with El Pibe Avellaneda)
Villa Le Querciole, Casciana Terme, Italy (with Pibe Avellaneda)
Pisa, Italy (solo and with Pibe Avellaneda)
Amsterdam, Haarlem, Leiden, Netherlands (solo and with Pibe Avellaneda)
Beijing, China (solo)
Ho Chi Minh City/Saigon, Vietnam (solo)
München, Germany (solo and with Pibe Avellaneda)
Curriculum Vitae
Yvonne Meissner begint met Argentijnse Tango in 1987: Eerst in de stijl Tango Fantasía (Vanina Bilous & Alejandro Aquino, Gustavo Naveira), en na enkele jaren met Tango de Salón apilado (Pepito Avellaneda, Tete Rusconi & Maria Villalobos, Cacho Dante & Susana Miller), wat v.a. 1990 ook Milonguero-Stijl wordt genoemd, daarnaast bestudeert Yvonne de oude Canyengue Orillero (Rodolfo & Maria Cieri, Pocho Pizarro). Yvonne is opgeleid in Contact Improvisation, moderne dans-technieken en heeft diploma's in lichaamsgerichte technieken behaald, waaronder Focusing en Somatic Experiencing® Trauma Institute in 2007. 2013 hoopt zij de opleiding in Alexander-Technique af te ronden. V.a. 1994 is zij een van de eerste leraren in Europa die deze technieken met een tangodidaktiek verbindt. Het gevolg waren talloze uitnodigingen door heel Europa v.a. 1996, om deze verrassende mix in tango-didaktiek toe te passen, waarmee bewegingen sneller physiek geïntegreerd worden.
V.a. 1994 starte Yvonne de tango op in de steden Haarlem en ‘s-Hertogenbosch. In hetzelfde jaar bracht zij de eerste "no-name" milongueros uit Argentinië naar Europa waarmee zij de eerste organisatie was van o.m. Susana Miller en Cacho Dante buiten Argentinië. Zij maakten hun eerste stappen buiten Argentinië in haar Amsterdamse school in ”El Centro”, waar reeds 1994 tandas met cortinas werden gedraaid. Een mijlsteen in de Europeese tangogeschiedenis voor tango in de "close embrace" Tango de Salón Apilado zoals de stijl in Argentinië genoemd wordt. Deze stijl was toen nog onbekend buiten Argentinië (v.a. 1990 noemde Susana Miller hem Estilo Milonguero t.o. de toeristen in haar salon om het begrip in te korten).
In 1996 beginnen de internationale uitnodigingen binnen te komen, de sociale vorm van tango in de "close embrace" uit te dragen, eerst in Europa en v.a. 1999 in de VS, Canada, Brazilië, Argentinië. Na Brigitta Winkler is Yvonne Meissner de tweede niet-Argentijnse vrouwelijke danser die voor tournees in de VS werd uitgenodigd. V.a. 1999 werkt zij met haar levenspartner Eduardo Aguirre die in april 2010 plotseling van ons ging. Sindsdien continueerde Yvonne haar workshops in Europa en in festivals in de VS in 2011 en 2012. Zij werkte met belangrijke leraren in de sociale tangodans zoals Rubén Terbalca, Pocho Pizarro, Susana Miller, Cacho Dante, Daniel Trenner, Ricardo Maceiras (El Pibe Sarandì), Ana Maria Schapira, Eduardo Aguirre, Luis Rojas, Jorge Firpo, Fernando Serrano, El Pibe Avellaneda naast haar eigen internationale curriculum.
De lesmethode van Yvonne legt veel nadruk op het gebruik van de torso en de daarmee gepaard gaande torsie, gebruik van de heup, synchronisatie van de beweging en de interactie van leiden en volgen in het paar om een gesprek tussen twee lichamen te bewerkstelligen. Voor Yvonne betekent tango een manier van tedere communicatie in het algemeen en uit zich door een besliste, elegante manier van lopen alsmede de gewaarwording van je fysieke presentie in de ruimte om je heen. Deze communicatieve aspecten zijn de spil van haar les-filosofie, op de basis van Contactimprovisatie, aangevuld met rationele analyse en uitleg met behulp van de moderne dans-technieken en lichaamswerk, waardoor de oorsprong van een beweging en consecutief het gevolg voor de partner helder als een sculptuur wordt. Sublimatie van deze fysieke communicatie leidt tot bewegen als "een hart met vier voeten", zoals haar leraar Cacho Dante eens zei…
In Yvonne's lesdidaktiek kunnen bewegingsschema's deel uitmaken van figuren maar het cognitieve aanleren van figuren is niet doel van het haar lesmethode. De muziek met zijn verschillende ritmes en stiltes wordt in Argentinië "el compas" genoemd en is de meest essentiele inspiratie om met dans een sculptuur in de ruimte neer te zetten. Ritme en pauzes, draaien en plotselinge staccati betekenen een uitdaging binnen het paar. Yvonne werd in festivals bekend door haar ritmische decoraties en voetenwerk, die zij bij de oude danseressen (milongueras) in Buenos Aires in de 90-er jaren mocht gadeslaan, aangevuld door de ritmische Canyengue-elementen die vruchtbare aarde zijn voor het communicatieve spel in het paar. Als je Yvonne ziet dansen besef je dat de dame, beschikt over grote vrijheid in haar rol als follower. Yvonne’s stijl definieert de rol van follower in tango opnieuw.
Yvonne werkte o.m. in de volgende festivals (kort overzicht): Toulouse Festival/Frankrijk (2x), Sitges Festival/Spanje, Hamburg Festival/ Duitsland, Portland Octoberfest (4x) en Portland Valentine’s Festival/Oregon/USA, New York Ithaca Festival/USA, Colorado Denver Milonguero Festival/USA, Vermont Brandon Festival/USA 2011 en in 2012 Albuquerque Festival/USA. In 2013 in Azië.
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