Carolina Jaurena - Dancer and instructor. Influenced by her parents, Carolina Jaurena was bound at an early age to follow a desire to perform. Under the guidance of some of the most recognized names in dance, she has specialized in Argentine Tango along with her formal training in ballet, Latin Ballroom, Salsa and Flamenco.
Carolina’s credits include Tango & Tango at Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center, Tango Fantastico at the Bellearyre Music Festival, Tangos and Dances of South America at the Purchase Performing Arts Center. She was invited to perform and teach at the Colorado Dance Festival, The D.C. Tango Festival and The Boston Tango Festival. She was a featured dancer, singer and actress in the Two River Theatre Company production of Blood Wedding and performed in the Buenos Aires month celebration at the World Financial Center. The height of her professional career is marked by her role as a primary dancer in the feature film Random Hearts directed by Sidney Pollack.
Carolina was also invited to be part of the Hispanic Month Celebration at the Pfizer Central Research Center and The 10th Annual Orlando International Fringe Festival in Orlando, Florida. She has performed with the Orchestra and Chamber Music Festival at Penn State University, the Cleveland Museum of Art, TEATRO Sí and the Thalia Spanish Theatre.
Carolina also performed on Broadway in NYC at Town Hall’s ‘Not Just Jazz’ series, ‘Tangos for la Milonga’ with the Romulo Larrea Ensemble and has traveled to Europe to perform with the Sudwestfalen Philarmonic at the Symphonic Tango Night in Hilchenbach-Lutzel, Germany. Other performances include ‘Tango Summit’ with the Panamerican Symphony Orchestra, ‘Dreams’ a Tango Extravaganza with TEATRO Sí, and ‘100 Años de Tango, de Villoldo a Piazzolla’ along with Fabian Peralta in Montevideo’s prestigious Solis Theatre.
She has appeared on several Television programs including Fox 5 ‘Good Day New York’ with Penny Crone, ‘Today in NY’ on NBC, and was first prize winner on the popular program Sábado Gigante on Univision. Most recently, she was invited to teach at Nashville Tango and performed with the Nashville Chamber Orchestra in Tennessee. She was also invited to perform and teach several workshops at “Tango Norte” at the Stockholm Tango Festival 2007.