CHRISTY COte

Christy Cote –  Choreographer, Dancer ...continued

Christy is known worldwide thru her instructional videos with partners George Garcia, Ney Melo, Marcelo Molina and Eduardo Saucedo produced by DanceVision.com. 

Christy is also one of the featured teachers and performers at CITA, the International Tango Congress in Buenos Aires. In 2012 she became the first ever American judge for the Official USA Tango Championships. 

She co-hosted the popular Verdi Club Milonga in San Francisco from 1996 to 2014. Christy has been featured on San Francisco’s KTVU Segment 2 Report, KPIX/Channel 5 Evening Magazine, nationally in Dance Spirit Magazine as well as numerous San Francisco/ Bay Area publications.

Christy numerous performances have included NCL’s Tango at Sea Cruises, The 28th Annual San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival, 49er’s Half Time Show, La Notte Canta with Pasquale Esposito at Guglielmo Winery, U.S. tours with Orquesta Victoria of Buenos Aires as well as Bay Area based Khadra and MonTango, Tanghetto shows at ND Ateneo Theater in Buenos Aires and dinner shows since 2001 at Pena PachaMama Restaurant in San Francisco’s North Beach.

Christy’s choreographic credits include Teatro ZinZanni’s Love, Chaos, and Dinner with Joan Baez in San Francisco and “The Lady Matador’s Hotel” for Central Works in Berkeley California. Christy also worked with the late Michael Smuin to create his “Tango Palace” for The Smuin Ballet Company.

Christy continues to teach in the San Francisco/Bay Area where her popular Tango Boot Camps have attracted thousands of students since 2007.