Luis Ramirez

Luis Ramirez is a tango dancer whose documented career has been with his partner Analia Carreño ^[1]. A Fukuoka production page dates the start of their professional partnership to about 2005. The year is approximate: biographies counted 12 years together in 2017 and 15 in 2020 ^[5].

The earliest filmed performances of the pair date from 2009 ^[2]. Their first uploads to the couple's YouTube channel also date from 2009. According to their biography, they were invited to major festivals abroad from that year onward ^[6].

The available sources show performances at Buenos Aires milongas, at the Taipei Tango Festival and in theatre productions in Fukuoka, Atlantic City and New York ^{[5][7][8][9][11][14]}. They also show teaching and performing at Stowe Tango Fest in Vermont ^[4][13]. In 2018, Ramirez started a monthly milonga, Milonga on the Hudson, in Edgewater, New Jersey ^[10].

Partnership with Analia Carreño

Ramirez's documented work has been with Analia Carreño ^[1]. One account places the start of their professional partnership in about 2005. This date is derived from biographies that counted 12 years together in 2017 and 15 years in 2020 ^[5].

The earliest filmed performances of the couple date from 2009 ^[2]. That year also saw the first uploads to the couple's YouTube channel ^[6]. Their biography states that from 2009 they were invited to major festivals abroad ^[6].

Performances in Buenos Aires

On 18 February 2013, Ramirez and Carreño were filmed dancing at the El Motivo milonga in Buenos Aires ^[7]. On 12 January 2015, they were filmed at Salón Canning in Buenos Aires ^[8].

From 2015 to 2016, the couple also danced with the orchestras Color Tango and Sexteto Milonguero ^[8].

International festivals and stage work

In 2016, Ramirez performed with Carreño at the 14th Taipei Tango Festival ^[9].

On 1 April 2017, he starred in the production 'TANGO: A Century of Rejection and Embrace' at ACROS Fukuoka in Japan ^[5].

In September 2018, he danced in a Maluma music video filmed in New York ^[10].

According to one biography, 'Souls of Tango' premiered at Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City on 3 October 2020. Ramirez co-directed the show with Carreño ^[11].

In 2022, a Tokyo tango advertisement starring the couple was uploaded to their channel. The filming date is not given ^[12].

From 11 to 19 April 2026, Ramirez danced with Carreño in 'TANGO 100%' at Teatro Círculo in New York ^[14].

Teaching and milonga organizing

In 2018, Ramirez started a monthly milonga called Milonga on the Hudson in Edgewater, New Jersey ^[10].

In 2023, Ramirez and Carreño began publishing short lessons on their channel. The lessons cover walks, volcadas, and vals and milonga steps ^[3].

In 2024, the couple taught and performed at Stowe Tango Fest in Vermont ^[13]. That year they also taught a milonga masterclass at the festival ^[4].