About Gustavo and Jesica Hornos

Gustavo and Jesica Hornos are from Buenos Aires, Argentina the world capital of Tango. From a very early age, they both began to develop a passion and interest for dance and music.

Gustavo's connection to Tango began from the time when he was born. The reason being that his parents met each other dancing Tango in the clubs of Argentina, when it was more of a typical dance and everyone got together to have a good time.

His father, who is also a musician, guided his first little Tango steps when the family would gather around for parties.

As a child, he would always be picked as the lead role for the school plays and shows were he learned and performed many of the folkloric dances of his country. As time passed by, Gustavo realized that Tango was his passion. He deeply felt the profound meaning of the lyrics, the energy of the music and the beauty of the dance. He also began to discover the magic world of the Milongas (Tango Party) were he observed and learned even more from many of the greatest dancers in the city.

He was exposed to many different styles of Tango and he appreciates them all.

Thanks to this exposure, and like any dancer, he created his unique tanguero style. Gustavo teaches and performs with Jesica, his Tango and life partner. Amazingly, they met each other dancing Tango in a Milonga.

Jesica Hornos began her dance training at the age of 4, and was studying at the Escuela Nacional de Danzas by the age of 6. This was her first introduction to Tango and other Argentinian folkloric dances. When she was 11, Jesica was accepted into the world renowned Teatro Colon in Argentina where she studied there for the next two years until she moved to the United Sates. Then, she began her dance training at the University of Akron, Dance Institute in Ohio under the wonderful direction of Gena Carroll and Lana Carroll Heylock.

She also studied at Steps in New York City as well as the Royal Ballet of Flanders in Belgium. At age 17, Jesica joined the Ohio Ballet were she danced professionally for 4 years with director and choreographer Jeffrey Hughes. Later on, she moved to California were she studied with Alonzo King, director of Lines Ballet in San Francisco.

But Jesica was always very attracted to Argentine Tango. She felt she was able to express herself more deeply, and she was amazed by the sensual, smooth and refined movements of this dance. Therefore, she decided to take a trip to Buenos Aires to learn more. Jesica return so excited from the experience, that she wanted to share with the rest of the world the seductive, divine and elegant qualities of the Tango.

One wonderful day, Gustavo invited Jesica to dance at a Milonga, and they connected so deeply that they became tango and life partners ever since.

Gustavo and Jesica have been invited to perform at the Teatro Zinzanni, San Francisco Latino Film Festival, Bread and Roses, Sausalito Chamber of Commerce, Sutter Medical Hospital, Hiram Walker, Sonoma State University, Santa Rosa Rotary Club, Santa Rosa Junior College, the famous Purple Onion Club in San Francisco, many wineries in Napa and Sonoma County, among others, and they constantly perform at public and private events.

They would like to thank very much their families, teachers and dancers who inspired them to love this passionate dance.

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