Floor... started dancing at a very young age and was familiar with classical ballet, contemporary dance, yoga and improvisation before her first tango steps in Buenos Aires. There she has investigated tango from many angles, trying to unravel its mysteries through different styles -tango salon, nuevo, milonguero, estilo urquiza- with various teachers. Among them Cecilia García, Carolina Bonaventura, Chicho Frúmboli and Juana Sepúlveda, Gustavo Naveira and Giselle Anne, Pablo Villaraza and Dana Frígoli. She explored the fields surrounding tango, studying Body Awareness with Marcela Trapé, contact improvisation with Cristina Turdo and Gustavo Lecce, teatro danza with Majo Goldín, partener contemporaneo (a mix of release, flying low, contact and acrobacy) with Juan Onofri and Agnese Vanaga and last but not least Argentine folklore (Chacarera, Zamba, Gato). All have contributed to a rich body-vocabulary and profound understanding of tango, dance, the body and its movement in general. She was also trained as a pilates instructor in Buenos Aires, a technique that wonderfully applies to tango. Yet Floor learned most by just dancing and practicing, everywhere, all the time, with everyone. And by teaching, with Marc Hussner, Emiliano González, Germán Salvatierra and other good friends as well as by herself, as she is both a leader and a follower.
As a leader she is interested in the fundamental elements of tango and the possibilities they generate for creative improvisation. As a follower she pursues fluency, musicality and dynamic movement. As a teacher with great analytical and communicative skills she adapts to the needs of every student, from taking them along on her explorations to vivid explanation. Hers is a playful yet profound approach. For her it's important that students understand why they move in a particular way, that they can relax and feel how tango comes naturally. She refuses to teach steps, as this gets in the way of the contact between dancers and creativity of the student. As an organizer she aims at making tango more accessible for a broad public and at establishing cross-over. Her ambition lies in the theatrical encounter between contemporary dance and tango.
Furthermore...she is a psychologist, philosopher, and PhD in Education at the Universidad Autónoma Madrid and Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Buenos Aires. Her academic background forms and inspires her teaching. For her tango is both therapeutical, a very concrete approach of relationships, and a useful life metaphor, it resolves dichotomies! Vice versa tango also inspires her scientific work. And her writing: in her column 'Tango Lab', published in the Dutch/Flemish tango magazine 'La Cadena', she developed her vision on tango, science and life in general.
