Joscha Engel

Event Host Organizer Tango Teacher
“"Tango is the art of encounter - in improvisation, music, communication and honest emotion."”

About

Joscha has been a dancer, coach and choreographer for Latin Ballroom Competitive dances besides studying various other dance forms, sports and moving arts. From an early age Joscha was strongly interested in musicality, which he developed from the age of 9, playing first the piano, and later saxophone and percussions. At university, he financed his studies with dancing and graduated in pedagogical and systemic psychology (Dipl. Psych. 2012) as well as becoming a systemic coach (Systemic Coach & NLP Master).

When Joscha got to know Tango Argentino, he was impressed and touched by the rich and respectful encounters of this purely improvisational social dance. Drawing from his former intensive education as a dancer, coach and choreographer, he soon started studying, teaching and performing Tango Argentino with different partners. Every year he spends a few months in Buenos Aires, dancing shows and developing further.

Joscha offers workshops, seminars and private classes for dancers with the focus of understanding the individual, artistic and human essence of his students in the moment of encounter in dance. His experience as a dancer, psychologist, coach and musician form the basis for his approach to understand, connect and develop individuality. His goal is to strengthen individual resources, abilities and bringing to life the trust and joy of the artistic side of his students.

Alongside his partner, Sayaka Higuchi, he is active worldwide, performing and teaching at festivals and events while bringing influential currents and leading developments of contemporary tango to Vienna.

Biography

Joscha Engel is an internationally sought-after tango dancer, teacher and choreographer based in Vienna. Together with Sayaka Higuchi, he embodies a contemporary tango full of precision, musicality and authentic connection.

He has performed at leading festivals and renowned milongas around the world, including in Argentina - several times at the legendary Salon Canning in Buenos Aires - as well as in Uruguay, Portugal, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, France, Poland, the Czech Republic, Ireland and the USA (San Francisco, Chicago, Seattle, Portland, etc.).

In his shows, he has collaborated with the world's most important tango orchestras, including Sexteto Milonguero, Solo Tango Orchestra, La Juan D'Arienzo, El Cachivache Quinteto, Bandonegro, Cuarteto Rotterdam, Ensemble Sin Vuelta, Sexteto Cristal and Orquesta TΓ­pica Nochero, as well as with artistic formats such as Rojo Tango and renowned musical personalities such as Erwin Schrott and Grammy award-winner Raul Jaurena.

His tango goes far beyond steps: it is lived improvisation, musical expression and intense, direct encounters.

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