Colombian born Patricia “Gigi” Jensen is best known as the business associate and
dance assistant of Argentine maestro Pampa Cortes but has also
developed her own career as an impresario, arts administrator, and
instructor.
Gigi has danced Argentine tango for 15 years. Her first teachers were
Pampa & Christy Cote, and George Guim, with additional studies in
ballet, modern, and ballroom dances. She has taught Argentine tango for
six years in the East Bay with her husband, Warren, as a guest lecturer
at several universities, and six times in Guatemala. She assisted
Pampa in Seattle, Portland, Houston, Sacramento, and Santa Barbara.
Ms. Jensen performs in Ballet Pampa Argentina, and is Pampa Cortés folkloric dance partner. She founded
DanzArgentina, a community level performance group, and directed and
choreographed her first stage production “Argentina Dances” in January
2009. She created an educational program that offers low-cost
presentations in schools and senior communities, both dancing and
narrating. She founded Tango A Media Luz (1998-2006) with Cortés, and
went solo with Tango & More Argentine Dance (2006 to date).
Gigi is well known for her role as an emcee in various productions
including programs at the California Academy of Sciences, BATango’s
“Tango in the Square”, in “Asi se Baila el Tango” broadcast on San
Francisco television, and alongside Bay Area radio & TV personality
Marcos Gutierrez for an ALMA fundraising event.
Over these 15 years, Ms. Jensen has earned a name for herself in the
greater Bay Area arts community: as a five-time judge for Carnaval San
Francisco, as a community representative for Fort Mason Center and San
Francisco Grants for the Arts, as a panelist for the Isadora Duncan
Dance Awards, and through her long association with the San Francisco
Ethnic Dance Festival. She served on Theatre Bay Area’s CA$H panels for both dance and
theatre grants. She has written dance articles for "Danza Hoy". (Pictured here w/ Jorge Jaramillo, President of San Mateo Hispanic Chamber of Commerce)
Colombian born Patricia “Gigi” Jensen is best known as the business associate and
dance assistant of Argentine maestro Pampa Cortes but has also
developed her own career as an impresario, arts administrator, and
instructor.
Ms. Jensen performs in Ballet Pampa Argentina, and is Pampa Cortés folkloric dance partner. She founded
DanzArgentina, a community level performance group, and directed and
choreographed her first stage production “Argentina Dances” in January
2009. She created an educational program that offers low-cost
presentations in schools and senior communities, both dancing and
narrating. She founded Tango A Media Luz (1998-2006) with Cortés, and
went solo with Tango & More Argentine Dance (2006 to date).
Gigi is well known for her role as an emcee in various productions
including programs at the California Academy of Sciences, BATango’s
“Tango in the Square”, in “Asi se Baila el Tango” broadcast on San
Francisco television, and alongside Bay Area radio & TV personality
Marcos Gutierrez for an ALMA fundraising event.
Over these 15 years, Ms. Jensen has earned a name for herself in the
greater Bay Area arts community: as a five-time judge for Carnaval San
Francisco, as a community representative for Fort Mason Center and San
Francisco Grants for the Arts, as a panelist for the Isadora Duncan
Dance Awards, and through her long association with the San Francisco
Ethnic Dance Festival. She served on Theatre Bay Area’s CA$H panels for both dance and
theatre grants. She has written dance articles for "Danza Hoy". (Pictured here w/ Jorge Jaramillo, President of San Mateo Hispanic Chamber of Commerce)
