Within a couple of days, Gala Milagro: ¡Celebrando Argentina!—the grandest party of the year– Milagro will roll out the red carpet and finish this extraordinary 2012-2013 season.  Come and join us to the festivities, delight your palate with an exquisite Argentine inspired cuisine and drinks, bid on fantastic auction items and enjoy live Tango music and performance and Chacarera.


Milagro Theatre is thrilled to have connected with Adam Cornett.  A passionate Tango dancer, easy going and approachable  person, Adam embraced the opportunity to put his dance shoes on to perform his fluid and stylish Tango Argentino and Chacarera, an Argentine folkloric dance.  Discover how his love for Tango began and what he incorporates to his dance that makes him a Milonguero and enjoy his unique style Live at Gala Milagro: ¡Celebrando Argentina!, May 31.

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Adam began his obsession with dance in 2000, when he found tango. He was studying a variety of dances at the time, along with tango, under the direction of Rachel Lidskog. Soon, he could not concentrate on any of the others because tango was calling all of his attention. The organic movement and improvisational nature of tango appealed to his desire for exploration. He began assisting Rachel in her classes and shadowing her as she taught and danced throughout Portland. In 2004 he was taken under the wing of Alex Krebs and began working as his assistant. The desire to continually experiment and share his own discoveries led Adam to begin traveling and teaching throughout the US.

He has a deep and varied background in kinesthetics and movement that he applies to his dancing, ranging from study in the martial arts, to formal education in the fields of medicine and massage therapy. His teaching style is grounded and tactile, as he experiences tango as a physical, reactionary dance. His aim is to make the dance feel good, as well as look good. He encourages his students to be creative, inventive, playful, and musical, as these are the qualities he cherishes most about tango.

 ¡Che, vamos a bailar!