About
Antonello Messina is an Italian and Swiss musician and painter. After some years of having tango in his repertoire as an accordion and bandoneon performer, he was fascinated by the magic of the dance, which he started studying intensively. He completed his first cycle of tango study and practice in Fribourg (Switzerland), by attending Sonja Zwimpfer and David Arnold’s classes for three years. Antonello has also been studying and practicing by participating in seminars and workshop with some of the most renowned tango dancers and teachers in the world, among which Pablo Verón (“The best dancer in the world” – Libération), the great historical Buenos Aires masters Carlos and Rosa Perez, as well as Jose Fernandez and Martina Waldman, Daniela Tabai, Dalmazio Carrara, Mariana Montes, Pablo Garcia, Neri Piliu, Yanina Quinones, Simone Facchini, Gioia Abballe, Matteo Antonietti, Ravena Abdyli, Giampiero Galdi and Maria Filali. In Rome Antonello studied with master Emiliano Naticchioni on kinesthetic applied to tango. In Turin with Santiango De Leon, Maria Eugenia Deanna, Letizia Messina and Giacomo Bombonato.