In 1998 Jorge Torres was nominated for a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award, recognized as the most prestigious awards given for professional excellence in Theatre, for Best Choreography. Since 1995 he has toured, performing with the Broadway and international hit show “Forever Tango”, serving as the Dance Captain to its company of dancers since May, 1997. He has recorded ‘A Evaristo Carriego’ with Karen Kain for the Canadian Broadcasting Company directed by Luis Bravo and is presently teaching at the University of Salvador. He was the Tango Master for “The Ballet Folklorico Nacional of Argentina”.
Jorge began his dance training at the age of 3 when as fate would have it Mr. Norberto Guichanduc, the highly acclaimed ballet and tango dancer from Teatro Colon and Ballet Folclorico Nacional in Buenos Aires arrived to Jorge’s hometown on a mission. Mr. Guichanduc’s goal, remarkably surprising to the residents of this small rural town, was to give of his time to teach the town’s children to dance, affording them an opportunity they otherwise would not have had. Under the tutelage of Mr. Guichanduc, Jorge’s training began first within the different styles of Argentine Folkdances typical of his country of origin. Soon thereafter, Mr. Guichanduc, recognizing Jorge’s natural talent became his personal trainer, mentor and friend for life effecting years of classical training in ballet, tango, and performance. Before graduating from his studies to be a dance teacher himself, Jorge had begun his professional career at the internationally renowned Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires.
Jorge Torres has studied the art of Argentine Tango from dancers and teachers of great stature as Norberto Guichanduc, Rodolfo Dinzel, Pepito Avellaneda, and Antonio Todaro. He has performed in noted tango houses and theatres in Argentina along with renowned tango orchestras as Sexteto Mayor in Santiago’s Municipal Theatre-Chile. His extensive list of shows includes “Imagenes”, “Tango y Anoranzas”, “La Pesada del Tango”, “Tangokinesis”, “Tanguisimo 91”,”Tango Tango”, “Viva Tango”, “Tango Passion”, “Buenos Aires Tango Show”, and “Tango Seduccion”. He has coordinated shows such as “World Tango Week” in Tokyo and “Tango Legend” attracting record breaking results each time. For the “First World Championship of Argentinean Tango” in Buenos Aires, 2003 he was chosen to integrate the jury.
Jorge never one to rest on his laurels continually searches for ways to expand his understanding of the core elements of the body and its power to move. He challenges his students to develop their senses, to dance as if blind, emphasizing more so the strength and beauty of their energy. REIKI, a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation, brought him understanding and control of his own energy, a useful tool in teaching his students to relax. In his search for new ways to physically interpret his classical training, which stressed to always contain and protect his equilibrium by focusing on a specific part of his body, he discovered AIKIDO, the Japanese martial art which places great emphasis on motion and the dynamics of movement. AIKIDO has brought him an entirely different perspective regarding the behavior of the mind and how the human body physically reacts within its own axis.
Jorge Torres is the consummate professional who is constantly discovering. He has achieved the highest standards and accolades in his field. Nonetheless his personal mantra; “in order to succeed you must always believe you wear a belt that is white”.