Our Team
Mariela Franganillo
With more than 30 years of experience teaching, performing, and choreographing, her career highlights include: a featured role in Forever Tango on Broadway; performing and teaching at Midsummer Night Swing at Lincoln Center; collaborations with noted musicians including Pablo Ziegler at Carnegie Hall; and a U.S. tour with Julio Inglesias.
Her own shows include—Recuerdo Tango, Tango Connection, Tango Noir and SWANGO the Musical! with screenwriting by Rupert Holmes. Additionally she was invited to choreograph and perform in the Fall for Dance Festival at the City Center.
Dagny Arizona Miller
“Allow yourself to be a beginner. No one starts off being excellent.”
Trained as a classical ballet dancer, tango captured Dagny’s heart right as she was going into university. Premed classes kept her busy during the day, but nights filled with tango lit up her soul. She soon realized she was exactly where she was meant to be- helping others find the joy, pleasure, and community she found in tango. These days you can find her teaching in NYC and around the US, emphasizing connection above fancy steps. Her favorite thing is to see her students smiling on the dance floor as they find the confidence to be themselves.