| 1962 |
Born in Hannover, Germany |
| 1974 |
Became member of a German folk dancing group in Hannover. |
| 1977 |
Education and training in Modern Ballroom and Latin American Dances for competitions. |
| 1980-1981 |
Classical ballet training at the University of Cologne |
| 1983 |
Participation in performances of the Tango group "La Cumparsita" (Duesseldorf/Germany), first as a musician (guitar) and then as a dancer.
From this time onwards he started his intensive training of Argentine Tango with following teachers:
Wouter Brave (NL), Antonio Todaro (AR) Pepito (AR), Alejandro & Mariachiara (AR/IT)Vanina & Roberto (AR) Gustavo Naveira (AR), Ricardo & Nicole (NL/GER), Tete & Maria (AR), Mingo & Esther Pugliese (AR) |
| 1990 |
He started to teach Argentine Tango, Modern Ballroom and Latin-American Dances in Cologne/Germany. Since then he travelled to teach in various cities in Germany and neighbouring European countries.
He met the Tango dancer Lily Velraeds in Maastricht/Netherlands. They formed the Tango Couple Lily y Andreas and performed during various events. |
Lily & Andreas
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| 1991 |
Start of a regular Milonga every Wednesday called "Practica" in the BASEMENT of the protestant church "Christusrkirche" in Cologne, Germany |
1991-1996 |
First trip to Buenos Aires. Since then a journey to the cradle of Tango for about 6 weeks every year. There he also made his first contact with Salsa and Merengue. |
| 1991 |
Together with his partner Lily he danced in shows acomanied by the Tango Orchestra Tango Fuego in Germany and over whole Europe. Lily y Andreas also performed in television shows in Germany and the Netherlands.. |
Lily & Andreas |
| 1995 |
What began as a teacher/student relation became a journey discovering the Milonguero style. At this time not very popular in Europe, Andreas and Ulla Beeker trained together the embraced style of Argentine Tango, where the upper bodies are melting together to perfect unity. Andreas and Ulla developed their very own style where both dancers give up their own axis to find the balance relying on the partner's body. |
Ulla & Andreas
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| 1995 |
During this time he also trains and performs with Dona Piedra in shows in Germany and neighbouring contries. Both, Ulla Beeker and Dona Piedra opend their own Tango schools:
Ulla Beeker: Tango Col?n, Colgogne/Germany
Do?a Piedra: Estudio Tango (Wuppertal/Germany) |
D. Piedra & Andreas |
| 1997 |
After teaching a two weeks Tango & Salsa Workshop in
Kathmandu / Nepal he left his home country to move there.
Every year he travels back to Germany to teach in various places as:
-Tango Col?n, Tango school in Cologne (Ulla Beeker)
-Cafe Ada, Tango school inWuppertal
-Estudio Tango in Wuppertal (Do?a Piedra)
-Schloss Cappenberg, cultural centre near Luenen, north of Dortmund |
| 2000 |
He opened the Natraj Niwas Dance Studio in Bishal Nagar,Kathmandu, Nepal. Since then Couple Dancing had got a constant home address in Kathmandu. |
| 2001 |
He started to teach Argentine Tango and other dances several times a year at
Dance Centre, Bangkok  |
| 2004 |
Since February 2004 living and working in Bangkok.
He started to perform with his dance student Ulrike Lechner in various locations. |
Ulrike & Andreas
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| 2006 |
Dance partner Ulrike's working contract with the Department of Pollution Controll in Thailand ends and she goes back to Germany. Since November 2006 Andreas performs with the Thai national Khun Sunanta (Sam) Bell. |
Sam & Andreas
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| 2007 |
In November 2007 he move with his fianc?, Czar to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Since then, exploring Asia for new Tango adventures. |
Czar & Andreas |
