Helen "La Vikinga" Halldórsdóttir
Helen "La Vikinga" Halldórsdóttir was born in Iceland on September 25, 1963. She has been living abroad for 20 years, in Sweden, Chile and now in Argentina.
Helen has been teaching tango, milonga and chacarera lessons and giving exhibitions for the last 8 years with for example German Gentile, Miguel Romero, Omar Vega, Daniel Rodriguez, Martin Maldonado, Maurizio Ghella, Javier Guiraldi at:
- Milongas: Libertango in Malmoe, Sweden, and in La Vikinga, Bien Pulenta, Mano a Mano, La Confiteria Ideal y Casa Brandon in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Tango schools in Sweden, Iceland & Argentina
- Tango festivals in Denmark, Sweden, Iceland & Argentina: Tango del Norte 2007, TangOnIce 2007, 8va Cumbre Mundial de Tango Bariloche 2009
- Events as "Maratondansen" in the theater Hipp, Sweden
Helen works with the argentinian tango as a dance, as an expression, but most of all as a communication and as a connexion to the other, and both in the leader as the the follower role. The most important is to be able to communicate to the other and enjoy the TANGO!
She started early to dance both roles in the tango and became well known as La Vikinga at the traditional milongas in Buenos Aires for dancing the “men´s” role.
Helen has been organizing in Malmoe, Sweden, the milonga Libertango and in Buenos Aires the milongas La Vikinga (one of the first alternative milongas in Baires), Italia Unita, Bien Pulenta and Mano a mano (open minded tradicional milonga).
In her own tango school, Escuela La Vikinga, she teach both group and private tango & milonga lessons alone or with Javier Guiraldi.
Beside dancing and organizing tango Helen designs the La Vikinga Shoes and Sneakers!
Future events 2009:
During September Helen is going to be on a Tango Tour in USA teaching tango. She will be in: NY, Iowa, Chicago Marie and Ruben's milonga, La Yunta, Washington DC, Baltimore, Tucson, Santa Barbara, Las Angeles (to be confirmed)...
Click here for her workshop schedule at La Yunta!