Ivan Arandia is an Argentinean tango dancer, choreographer and teacher with 13 years of experience.
Ivan trained with Argentinean tango masters such as Gustavo Naveira and Giselle Anne, Sebastian Arce and Mariana Montes, Osvaldo Zotto, Gabriel Angio and Natalia Games, amongst other important figures of the tango world.
He danced in the movie "Evita", and participated in "Strictly Dancing", a Channel 4 documentary on Tango. Ivan toured the UK with top tango group "Tango Siempre", teaching and performing in the Royal Academy of Arts and various arts centers in the regions.
In Australia, Ivan performed for the show "Tango Takes 2" in Perth, Brisbane and Melbourne. He also ran various tango workshops in Melbourne and Perth.
As a member of the company Tiempo de Tango, Ivan danced at the 58 LLangollen International Musical Eisteddfod in Wales (2004) and at the Edinburgh Festival 2004.
He performed in the show “La Milonga Interna” at the 2004 Festival do Atlantico in Madeira, Portugal. Recently, Ivan has worked for the Alek Keshishian’s film "Love and Others Disasters" starring Brittany Murphy.
He is also working on his first tango project: the Tango docu-dance-drama “One Heart, Four Legs”.
Ivan runs Negracha Tango Club, London’s most popular club and is now organizing the London Tango Festival 2007 to take place in October.
