After many requests we have included Salsa and Performances in the early part of the evening program, what a night!

Elena - violinist and her band Simply Fantastic will perform live - passion, romance and a Venice style carnival atmosphere, its a new dimension to start the evening.

Cecilia Trini and Matthew Civil (NZ), Cecilia comes from Buenos Aires/Rosario, Argentina with fantastic championship successes at Mundial in Stage and Salon, and a great performance/teaching background. We are very pleased to announce Cecilia and Matthew in their debut performance at the Ball.

Stephan Resch and Era Soukhin from Auckland, perform for the first time, they have fantastic musicality, grace and style, we are pleased to announce their debut performances at the Ball.

Alex and Jacinta from Wellington perform their new Stage Tango choreography to Osvaldo Pugliese's Patetico.

Kiwi Salsa from Wellington, Oliver and Alicia, and Estefan and Mereana perform Salsa at the Ball!!!

Anne-Maree, from Sydney..... Anne-Maree has owned and run for 12 years a tango dance school and was DJ for a weekly Milonga in Sydney. Anne-Maree DJ'ed the opening night for the New Zealand Tango Festival 2009 and recently DJ'ed at the Blue Mountains Tango Festival in Australia.

DJ Mooch! from Wellington, DJ's our early evening of Tango, Salsa, electronic and latin rhythms.

$35 Full and $25 student

All ticketholders get Free Tango Lessons (4 x 1hr) from the Academy of Tango New Zealand. Lessons run over two nights, from 7.30 - 9.30pm 8 Feb and 9 Feb at Toi Poneke 61-69 Abel Smith St Wellington. Contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 021-2151222

6pm - 7.30pm .....Carnival/ Elena and Simply Fantastic

7.30pm - 8pm .....Tango + Salsa Performances

8pm - 1.00am .....Tango + Salsa Masquerade Ball

Dance like no ones watching..........

Sharon & Stephen

TANGO MASQUERADE BALL & CARNIVAL

13 February 2010, tickets selling NOW! at ticketek.co.nz