The Fernanda Ghi Dance Academy (FGDA) is unique and a gift to the Argentine Tango community and Greater Boston Area. As with many other small businesses, FGDA has been hit hard by COVID 19. This campaign was initiated and created by members of the Boston Tango community on behalf of FGDA. The goal of this campaign is to provide financial support to help keep the space open.
Fernanda Ghi and Mia Dalglish create a safe environment where students make a serious commitment to their dance and push themselves to grow as dancers and individuals. Each person is respected, seen and valued, and it is precisely because of this, that students take the necessary risks to grow. This is the experience whether you are a beginner or have studied tango for years.
Fernanda is a world-renowned dancer. Dance is all she has known since her youth. She has performed all over the world and was the World Argentine Tango Champion in 1999. She has trained in tango, ballet, modern and jazz and brings this wide experience to her teaching. As an instructor and mentor, she plans her curriculum carefully so that each level builds upon the one before. If you have the privilege of studying with Fernanda privately, you quickly learn that she considers each person’s strengths and challenges, and zeros in on what the individual needs. For Fernanda, tango is not just an art form, but a way of life.
Fernanda is a world-renowned dancer. Dance is all she has known since her youth. She has performed all over the world and was the World Argentine Tango Champion in 1999. She has trained in tango, ballet, modern and jazz and brings this wide experience to her teaching. As an instructor and mentor, she plans her curriculum carefully so that each level builds upon the one before. If you have the privilege of studying with Fernanda privately, you quickly learn that she considers each person’s strengths and challenges, and zeros in on what the individual needs. For Fernanda, tango is not just an art form, but a way of life.
When Mia Dalglish met Fernanda in 2010, there was an instant kinship between the two women. Mia has spent her career in the performing and visual arts worlds and has worked both as an instructor and a manager with Fernanda for eight years. She is now the Executive Director of FGDA. Mia is also the Creative Director of Hybridmotion, a dance theater and movement consulting company she co-founded with her husband, Jun Kuribayashi. Hybridmotion shares the FGDA studio space. Mia brings her talent and technique, her humor and kindness, to every interaction.
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As soon as you walk in the door, Fernanda and Mia begin pushing you to your edge. Their expectations are high and yet they are kind and humble. These two exquisite souls work us hard – they make us sweat and laugh and learn, and bring their luminous talents for teaching tango into our lives.
FGDA is so much more than a tango studio. It means something different to each of us. It is a community of serious and committed dancers. A place of refuge in an otherwise busy and stressful life. A home away from home. A sanctuary of personal and spiritual growth. A place to learn mind-body awareness. A place to connect with friends. We show up for each other as much as we show up for ourselves. Whatever FGDA means to you, we can all agree it brings joy into our lives.
FGDA is so much more than a tango studio. It means something different to each of us. It is a community of serious and committed dancers. A place of refuge in an otherwise busy and stressful life. A home away from home. A sanctuary of personal and spiritual growth. A place to learn mind-body awareness. A place to connect with friends. We show up for each other as much as we show up for ourselves. Whatever FGDA means to you, we can all agree it brings joy into our lives.
Fernanda and Mia have done everything possible to keep things going. This has become increasingly difficult. The next couple months present an even greater challenge –businesses must pay all the regular operating costs, in addition to the expense and time involved in creating a fully sanitized space. Now that it is impossible to hold social events, group activities, and multiple private lessons in the same space at the same time, there are diminished funds to cover the increased expenses.
We need to come together as a community, now, to support this very special place. Our goal is to raise $20,000 to cover the varied expenses needed to keep the business afloat.
We need to come together as a community, now, to support this very special place. Our goal is to raise $20,000 to cover the varied expenses needed to keep the business afloat.
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STUDENT TESTIMONIALS
Sometimes after a private class, I jot down notes regarding things to work on. Recently, I stumbled upon one from August 2017. I smiled as I realized everything I was working on in the dance at that moment, I was also working on in my life. Stop anticipating the next step. When you are unsure, this is what you need to do: Chin up, don’t look down, expand your chest and arms. Stay grounded and rooted into the floor with your upper body reaching up. Hold your axis and core strong. Do not collapse into your partner but do not pull away either. Get out of your head. Be kind with yourself and your partner. Breathe. Slow down. Be present. Listen carefully. And wait patiently for what is about to unfold...
-Ally C.
We’ve always joked among ourselves about how FGDA is our mania, our obsession, our addiction. But only now during this painful prolonged suspension have I come to realize how much it has been at the center of my life.
-Janis B.
Dance (especially tango) makes me feel full, whole, totally at peace. It’s been my happy place. It has been a blessing to find dedicated instructors like Fernanda and Mia. Fernanda and Mia have not only created a beautiful space to dance, but they go above and beyond (with patience) to ensure their students learn the proper technique. I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to work with them. I look forward to a time when we will all be able to come together again, to dance a Tanda with a favorite partner (at the Saturday Practica and Milonga) and to converse and connect with a diverse group of people who simply share the love of Tango. Unfortunately, we don’t know when that time will be. In the meantime, just hoping that our community will survive may not be enough. Let ‘s support our studio and teachers so that they can continue to use their gifts and talents, and we can continue to look forward to coming together.
-Rosanne R.