Tango Bio
Igor Polk holds Russian masters degree in electrical engineering in automatic control systems. It has to do with something which can be called a Tango of Technology: Lead-and-Follow and various Oscillations and Rhythms and how things respond to it. Igor is an accomplished image analysis engineer and has a number of publications. He is an author of "San Francisco virtual tour" and "Las Vegas virtual tour" and a book "Perfectly Aligning Guitar Frets and Strings with Notes on a Staff"
Igor Polk started to research Argentine Tango in 2001. He concentrated on traditional tango with deep interest in vintage Tango. In 2007 he has founded Palo Alto JCC Tango Club where he teaches 3 times a week. Few people know as many tango styles as he does: Salon, Orillero, Apilado, Canyengue. Special technique developed by Igor allows Milonguero and Nuevo dancers to experience incredible new heights. In tango he especially values complex tango rhythms, connection, energy, sharpness, smoothness, cadencia, structure, inventiveness, and dancing spirit.
Igor's hobby are photography, nature, guitar, mathematics, and, of course, Tango.
My teachers
I took a lot of classes and watched a lot of videos. I am very thankful to all teachers I ever took a class from, my dancing partners, and the teachers they took classes from, and their partners ! I have learned a lot from everyone. I am thankful to all organizers and promoters of Tango since there will be no tango without them. Here are tango teachers which made specifically important influence on my understanding of tango:
Gloria and Eduardo Arquimbau
Ruben Terbalca
Juan Bruno - Salon of 20s. Orillero.
Marta Anthon - Canyengue
Marcela Duran and Carlos Gavito - Apilado and Milonga
Pocho Pizarro - Orillero and Canyengue.
Daniel Trenner
Alberto Dassieu - Tango Vals
Hector Petrovich
There is one more very prominent tango figure, which made tremendous impact on my dancing. But I'd like to keep it in secret for now..