Jonathan y Olivia --  Performances and Events

Jonathan y Olivia performing Argentine tango in apilado milonguero embrace Jonathan y Olivia performance of Argentine Tango to Troilo's "La Bordona"

 

March 28, 2015 Jonathan y Olivia teach a milonguero style Argentine Tango walking class and perform for the Member Birthday Party Members of the Allegro Ballroom. 8:00-9:00pm 5855 Christie Avenue, Emeryville, CA 94608.

 

March 20, 2015 Jonathan y Olivia present the Grand Opening of “El Beso” milonga. 

 

El Beso, Jonathan y Olivia's newest milonga at The Allegro Ballroom in Emeryville, CA. is an upscale milonga occurring on the 3rd Friday of each month, featuring great music, delicious food, desserts, poured wine and Pelligrino, a large dance floor, warm ambient lighting, and free parking. 

 

Class from 6:30pm-7:30pm Milonga 7:30pm to 12:30am.

Jonathan y Olivia teach, host and perform at the 2nd Annual MCM Valentine’s Day Milonga in Larkspur, CA on February 14, 2015.

New Year's Eve 2014 at The Belrose. Jonathan and Olivia would like to thank all of our guests for attending what many have described as one of the best New Year's Eve Parties and Milonga ever! Many thanks to those who brought special hors d'oveures, dessert, wine and champagne! 

Jonathan y Olivia open at the Freight and Salvage in Berkeley and perform to the Redwood Tango Duo and again to Ramana Vieira singing Faldo -- 10.29.14

Jonathan y Olivia Perform with their tango troupe at Union Square -- September 14, 2014!

Jonathan y Olivia will be performing Milonguero Style Argentine Tango as well as a Salon-Milonguero-Nuevo fusion of Argentine Tango styles with highlighted movements in the style of Carlos Gavito. Also featured, will be two tangos and a milonga, danced by the Jonathan y Olivia Argentine Tango Dance Troupe. Two of the performances will be accompanied with live music by The Redwood Tango Ensemble. Featured dancers in the Jonathan y Olivia Argentine Tango Dance Troupe will include: Jonathan Yamauchi, Olivia Levitt, James Stein, Christine Ford, Gao Yunhong, Annie Showball, Rich Shirasawa, Linda Tom, Stephanie Graham, Robert Leys, Carl Hendel, Happy Hendel, and April Davidoff. A total beginning tango group class plus a milonga with live and DJ music to follow performances.

 

The Redwood Tango Ensemble has been here since 2010, and is one of the most active tango groups in the Bay Area. The quintet plays for milongas and concerts here in the Bay Area but also tours regularly, bringing live tango music to cities across the US and Canada.  http://www.redwoodtango.com/about/

 

 

Jonathan y Olivia Workshops and Performance in Atascadero and San Luis Obispo! August 22-23

Jonathan and Olivia would like to share with our Bay Area tango community how much we truly enjoyed our visit to the warm and welcoming tango community in Atascadero and San Luis Obispo. We enjoyed teaching workshops, pre-milonga classes, and performing for the Atascadero and San Luis Obispo tango community this past weekend. A special thanks to our gracious hosts, Rich Howe and Lina Aladu for hosting us in their home and at our workshops this past weekend. WE would also like to extend our gratitude to Adrian Bray as well as Henlie and Jack for hosting us at their milongas.

Jonathan y Olivia Perform at San Francisco's Russian Center at Vecho Tango Milonga Tonight!

July 18, 2014  Enjoy the sounds of the popular Russian orchestra, Quinta, during the Vecho Tango Milonga in San Francisco. Jonathan y Olivia will perform at 10:30pm. The Russian Center is located at 2450 Sutter Street in San Francisco, CA.

Jonathan y Olivia perform at The Verdi Club SF

Join Jonathan y Olivia as they perform with several other couples on May 22, and May 29 at the Verdi Club during the last two milongas to be held at that location.

Jonathan y Olivia perform and teach six workshops in Atascadero CA May 17th and 18th, beginning with a Chamuyo at Sally Loos in San Luis Obisbo, cA on Friday May 16th. See Home page tab for more infor

The US National Argentine Tango Competition

Jonathan y Olivia would like to congratulate the following students for their fine efforts competing in the National Argentine Tango Championships that ran from April 17th through April 20th, 2014:

Annie Snowball and Gao Yunzhong -- Salon Open Competition

Frank Zimmerman and Christina Ford -- Salon Senior Competition

Annie Snowball and Robert Leys -- Salon Senior Competition

Tango on the Mountain 2014

Jonathan y Olivia would like to give special thanks to Mark and Antoinetta Northcross for inviting them to co-host and teach Argentine Tango, milonguero style, in another successful Tango on the Mountain 2014 which took place on April 14, 2014, with live music by Seth Arsenow and Ville Hiltula.

Jonathan y Olivia perform and host a Valentine's Day milonga 2.14.14 at the MCM Concert Series in Larkspur, CA.

Join Jonathan y Olivia on Valentine's Day 2.14.14, in collaboration with the MCM Concert Series and the Redwood Tango Ensemble for an evening of Argentine Tango. The event will be held in a heated Cirque de Soleil style white tent with a large hardwood floor, great sound system, with live music by the Redwood Tango Ensemble, Dj by Jonathan, beginning group tango class for all attendees and a milonga that runs till late evening. 

Jonathan y Olivia at St. Orres Tango Retreat

Jonathan y Olivia teach tango workshops and perform October 18,19 and 20th at St. Orres in Mendocino County. Enjoy overnight lodging at this mystical retreat location near the ocean! Price of $395 per person includes a private room for each attendee, Friday welcome reception with wine and wonderful hors d'oveures (by Antoinetta), full breakfast every morning, Saturday morning sunrise yoga with Olivia, Saturday evening pasta and salad, access to private jaccuzzi and sauna, and four 2-hour workshops! 

NYC National Tango Championship!

July 26, 2013 Jonathan y Olivia finaled and placed 4th in stage performance in the NYC National Tango Championships.

Tango on the Mountain!

Tango on the Mountain -- Jonathan y Olivia, in collaboration with Mark and Antoinetta, extend an invitatino to join them on Mt. Tamalpias for upcoming classes, milonga, wine and hors d'oveures, at the West Point Inn from 1:00pm-6:30pm  on Sunday, May 19, 2013.

Jonathan y Olivia's Mendocino Tango Retreat!

April 26th, 27th and 28th at the Didjeridoo Dreamtime Inn located in downtown Mendocino, right across from the beach. 

Workshops and milongas will take place at the Comnunity Center of Mendocino just two blocks away. Enjoy 2-nights 3-days at the Didjeridoo with 2-breakfasts, one seafood dinner, four 2-hour workshops, and a yoga class for $295 per person double occupancy!

Jonathan y Olivia Perform in the milonguero/apilado style at La Pista

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Friday, March 22 and Saturday, March 23, 2013

8:00pm - 10:00pm

$10 at the door

"Performance Healing Through Compassionate Joy" -La Pista
 766-68 Brannan Street in San Francisco, CA
(bet. 6th and 7th Street)
San Francisco, CA
 
Jonathan y Olivia, www.tangoapilado.com, will be guest performers demonstrating Argentine Tango salon/milonguero/nuevo fusion with Mudida Arts, Laura Rae Bernasconi's Dance Company. Experience "Performance Healing Through Compassionate Joy". In addition, enjoy live music and witness beautiful healing performances of AcroYoga Dance and Ballet Temple Dance Fusion and 
Healing:
Guided self message
Therapeutic flights
Thai massage techniques
Tasty healthy vegan treats for sale

Jonathan y Olivia perform to Introduccion Al Angel by Astor Piazzolla at The Belrose (below), a boutique milonga co-hosted by Jonathan y Olivia, DJ by Jonathan Yamauchi, which takes place every Sunday afternoon from 4-7pm, as it has for the past six years. -- January 6, 2013

Jonathan y Olivia Perform a tango fusion of apilado/milonguero, salon and nuevo tango at The Garage ×
Wednesday, January 23 and Thursday January 24, 2013
8:00pm - 10:00pm

$10 at the door

"Performance Healing Through Compassionate Joy" -The Garage
715 Bryant Street
(near 5th Street)
San Francisco, CA

Jonathan y Olivia, www.tangoapilado.com, will be guest performers with Laura Rae Bernasconi's Dance Company. Experience "Performance Healing Through Compassionate Joy". Hear live music and witness beautiful healing performances of AcroYoga Dance, Ballet Temple Dance Fusion, and Argentine Tango salon/milonguero/nuevo fusion.
Healing:
Guided self message
Therapeutic flights
Thai massage techniques
Tasty healthy vegan treats for sale

 

Jonathan y Olivia perform at Yerba Buena Center 2:50pm ×
Saturday, January 19. 2013
Jonathan y Olivia perform at Yerba Buena Center 2:50pm
Auditions from 2:00 - 9pm (Saturday)

General admission $10 adult entrance fee (cash only).
Children 12 years & under are admitted for free

International Dance Festival Auditions
YBCA, Lam Theater
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Lam Theater
700 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA

It is recommended that you allow extra time, as seating is first come, first served.
No photography or videography is allowed in the theater.
Schedule subject to change at any time. Theater doors will close for each audition and reopen between each audition.

Jonathan and Olivia will dance an Argentine tango performance to Astor Piazzolla’s “Introducción al Ángel” at Kunst-Stoff dance theater with Laura Bernasconi’s modern ballet company on  Wednesday December 12, 2012 and Thursday December 13, 2012 at 8:30pm. One Grove Street San Francisco, CA 94102. 415.777.0172.

 

Jonathan and Olivia danced two improvisional tangos for an audience at The Red Poppy Art House in San Francisco to the live music of the Redwood Tango Ensemble on November 18, 2012.

 

Jonathan and Olivia placed 4th dancing milonguero style in the 2012 National Argentine Salon Tango Championships held in New York City.