MEET THE TEAM
MICHALIS PANTELIDES & TOTA MARAGKOU
Michalis, a violin maker in profession, is an active member of the Cypriot Tango community for more than 15 years. He has been teaching and organising Tango events since 2009 and his passion for Tango make him travel all over the world. Michalis experience as a dancer from 2016 progressed greatly with his meeting of Tota, both fusing their love for Tango, dance and passion to help others progress in the same way, with the art of Tango. His is funder member of Cyprus Tango Meeting.
Tota, a passionate Tango dancer and instructor, started rhythmic gymnastics at the age of 8 in Greece. During her studies in Civil Engineering in Cyprus, she came in touch with Tango and took her first classes with Michalis. She became a dance couple with Michalis in 2016 and since then, she started working intensively focusing on her technique. She started teaching tango with Michalis at Shakallis Dance School in 2017 where she also joined the organising team for the Cyprus Tango Meeting. The rhythmic gymnastics education, helped her understand deeply the body structure and body mechanics in relation to Tango. All this helped her delve particularly in Tango technique, she is always looking for the precision in every step and the perfection in every move.
Michalis & Tota started working together in 2016 and since then they have become inseparable partners in life and in Tango
George A. Odysseos
George holds B.Sc & M.Sc degrees in Business/Management/Marketing with 20+ years of managerial corporate experience in Real Estate, Consulting, Event Organising & Training.
Dancing is his true passion taking dancing lessons from the age of 5 with Greek, Modern &Traditional Folklore, moving to Latin – Ballroom – Club (IDTA-UK certificates with Honours), Argentine Tango & Flamenco (Spanish Dance Society-UK). He has been performing professionally for over 20 years in numerous events, festivals & TV shows both locally and abroad, while choreographed for various theatre plays and performed both as a dancer and actor. He has taught various dance disciplines, with Greek dancing being his main teaching experience, focusing on teaching & performing Zeibekiko solo Greek dance.
George is a co-founding and organising member of three annual international dance events (salsacyprus.com 2006, cyprustangomeeting.com 2014, cyprusbachatafestival.com 2020) as well as the founder of the newly formed Zorba-Zeibekiko & Greek Dance International Festival-2022.
Being a freelance Business consultant for over 12 years now, George brings his marketing & event organizing expertise, contributing in the strategic planning, structure & organisation of MEET event.