About Adam & Gisèle

Adam lived in Buenos Aires for 18 months, during which time he studied tango intensively, taking lessons at the Mora Godoy studio and DNI school.

It wasn't long before he realised he much preferred the more relaxed tango nuevo style danced at Mario Bournissen and Eugenia Martinez's Soho Tango practica.

Mario and Eugenia took Adam under their wing and, as a result, he quickly became one of their assistant teachers.

From there, he went on to work with the fabulous Elina Ruiz, who he still has lessons with every time he's in Argentina.

Like Elina, Adam's teaching focuses on embedding good technique and, most importantly, the connection between leader and follower.

Gisèle had never had a dance lesson until she went to Sheffield Hallam University and joined their dancesport team. She was very fortunate that the coaches at the time were none other than Darren and Lilia of Strictly Come Dancing!

With such good teachers, Gisèle was soon scooping up trophies in inter-varsity Latin and ballroom competitions. At the same time, she was studying physiotherapy and the biomechanics of human movement.

That's why today, when she approaches a new dance (she learned lindyhop, belly dancing, salsa and even pole dancing before falling in love with tango), Gisèle anaylses the movements to find out what's actually going on inside the body. She finds it helps her learn more easily... and, by all accounts, it helps White Rose Tango students learn faster too!