Christy Coté

Christy Coté is an Argentine tango dancer, choreographer, and teacher. She is best known for her Dance Vision Argentine Tango manuals and over 400 instructional videos with partners George Garcia, Ney Melo, Marcelo Molina and Eduardo Saucedo. She is one of the featured teachers and performers for CITA (Congreso Internaciónal de Tango Argentino), a judge for events such as the World tango dance tournament Argentine Tango USA Championship, and a founding member of the all-female tango company, Tango Con*Fusion.
=== Early Training & Performing ===
After early training in ballet, jazz, and tap dance, Coté began her professional dance career as a member of the Poole Dancers (1978-1979) directed by American Bandstand national USA disco champions Gary & Gloria Poole. She went on to teach atArthur Murray Dance Studios (1979-1981) where she met ballroom dance partner Dante Bernardini. From 1987 to 1992 Coté & Bernardini danced with the The Ritz Dancers performing vintage dances of the 1920s at Art Deco Society of California and other events throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. From 1991 to 1994 Coté performed with The Ricco Italian Dancers at festivals in Reno, Portland, and the San Francisco Bay Area. She competed in the Professional American Rhythm category on the ballroom competitive circuit (1991-1995) with dance partner Larry Janssen, earning top five placements at many U.S. competitions.
=== 1990s through 2010s ===
From 1999 to 2011 Coté directed the Argentine Tango program at The Metronome Ballroom in San Francisco. In 2007 she began the program "Tango Boot Camps" offering intensive training for dancers in Argentine Tango. Coté co-hosted the Verdi Club Milonga (also known as The Mariposa Tango Club) with Victor Meneses (1996-2007) and Adolfo Caszarry (2009-2014).
=== Current ===
Coté is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and teaches weekly classes at La Pista and other studios. She continues her Tango Boot Camps with Eduardo Saucedo at various locations around the Bay Area. She performs with various partners for special events, co-directs Tango Con*Fusión dance company, and works with various artists to choreograph film, television, and special events. 
Coté has been featured in Dance Spirit, TangoZapa and La Milonga Argentina.
Event 	Notes 	Ref.
San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival 	1997 - performed with Pampa Cortes and Los Tangueros de San Francisco
2006 - as performer and director of The LiberTango Dancers	
Portland TangoFest 	1998 - taught and performed with Pampa Cortes
1999, 2001 - taught and performed with Daniel Lapadula	
San Francisco 49ers 	2005 - performed at Halftime Show in Candlestick Park, San Francisco, CA 	
Tanghetto's Hybrid Tango II & Progressive Tango tours	2014, 2016 - performed on tour at ND/Teatro (Buenos Aires, Argentina) with Chelsea Eng	
Coté is a founding member, co-director, and choreographer of the all-female tango company Tango Con*Fusion.
Festivals and Performances
Event 	Notes 	Ref.
Leading Ladies of Tango 	2006 - Executive producer Ted Viviani of Extreme Tango Production. Herbst Theatre, San Francisco, CA 	
Tanghetto's Más Allá del Sur|Mas Alla del Sur tour	2011 - performed on tour at Sala Zitarrosa (Montevideo, Uruguay) and Salon Canning (Buenos Aires, Argentina)	
Berlin Queer Tango Festival 	2018, 2019 - taught and performed at festival in Berlin, Germany 	
The San Francisco International Arts Festival 	2016, 2019 - Tango Night! Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA 
2017 - Sex, Women & Tango. Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA	
Filmography
Year	Title 	Notes 	Ref.
2005	Tango Con*Fusión Documentary	Documentary of the early days of Tango Con*Fusión 	
2013	Trading Places 	DVD demonstrating lead-follow exchange with performance	
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes 	Ref.
2001	Teatro ZinZanni’s “Love, Chaos, and Dinner”	tango choreographer 	Directed by K. Scott Malcolm, starring Joan Baez. October 3-28, 2001. Pier 27/29. San Francisco. 	
2003	Tango Palace 	tango trainer/specialist working with Artistic Director Michael Smuin	World premiere for Smuin Ballet 10th Anniversary Season. Oct. 10-Nov. 2, 2003. Cowell Theater, San Francisco.	
2018	The Lady Matador’s Hotel 	tango choreographer 	Directed by Gary Graves. Oct. 25-Nov. 10, 2018. Central Works at Berkeley City Club, Berkeley. 	
Year	Title 	Role 	Ref.
2000	California Tango 	Dancer 	
2003	Big Band Magic! A KQED production	Dancer 	
2004	Swing 	Dancer 	
2021	Tango Shalom 	Tango judge	
Event 	Location 	Years
Argentine Tango USA Official Championship and Festival (ATUSA)	San Francisco, CA	2012-2015, 2017
April Follies Queer Partner Dance Competition 	Oakland, CA 	2013, 2019
The Gay Games 9 	Cleveland, OH 	2014
Year	Show 	Notes
1997	Segment 2 	interview with Bob MacKenzie for KTVU
2001	Evening Magazine	guest co-host with Jonathan Karsh - CBS Channel 5
Publication 	Title 	Author 	Date 	Ref.
Dance Spirit	Three to Tango 	Christian M. Chensvold	July/Aug 2003 	
In Dance 	Tango Con*Fusión: Not Your Mother’s Tango	Lanny Udell 	November 2018 	
TangoZapa 	San Francisco Tango Cornucopia 	Tammy McClure 	2010 (vol. 1 issue 1)	
==In the media==
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