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Pascale Coquigny« A good dancer is someone who allows me to express myself » Pascale Coquigny cannot stay in one spot. She goes around the world before she discovers tango and moves to Buenos Aires, Argentina. For her, tango is a dialogue in which the woman can express herself.Pascale Coquigny did not stay in France very long. As a young woman, she goes around the world. In 1985, she establishes herself in Toronto, teaches languages, and becomes a Canadian citizen. During a trip in 1988, she falls in love with Buenos Aires and lived there for several months. Right away she looks into tango but because she was told it was for tourists the adventure stopped before it had even begun. It is in 1990 in Canada that she discovers Argentine Tango, « At the beginning, it was the ’letting go’ that really appealed to me : you can be led, close your eyes and let yourself go, relates Pascale. I had to go back to Buenos Aires to understand that tango was way more than that. In the US and Canada, back then, we danced really apart, it was rather cold. In Toronto, when Argentinean dancers like Pepito Avellianeda and Mayoral took me in their arms, so close, I did not understand. »  Tango classes for children in Toronto (Canada).
She gives tango classes for children with great success. The children find an unexpected pleasure in her classes. In these classes we do not talk about « sensuality », but « respect », « learning to listen one another ». While boys and girls usually have different interests, in tango they have to meet and dance together. When she talks about this experience Pascale is moved. « I particularly remember one little girl, eight years old who asked me if she was old enough to do tango ». Almost every week-end, Pascale travels 500 km to go dancing in Montréal. When she is not in Europe, she stays part of the winter in Argentina. In 1999, she decides to take the big step and moves to Buenos Aires.  Guillermo Alio & Pascale Coquigny
In Argentina, Pascale Coquigny works with the painter and dancer Guillermo Alio, who accomplishes with her, what was then a project : painting while dancing tango. The feet of the two partners are covered up with paint and move on big canvases. The movement and the spirit of tango inhabit the paintings of Guillermo Alio made with Pascale. The media is very much interested in this artistic approach Pascale Coquigny and Guillermo Alio perform numerous presentations for TV (read article of Associated Press, on the website of CNN). She takes classes with Graciela Gonzalez, Nestor Ray and Jorge Dispari with la Turca. She assists Pupy Castello, and in 2000-2002, Pascale Coquigny organizes Martha Anton and Manolo el Gallego European tours, also Graciela Gonzalez and Luis Bruni European tour. Pascale meets Luis Bruni in 1999. « The first time we danced together, she immediately showed personality in her dance, remembers Luis. She had not done deep work in tango yet but spontaneously she brought her own move, her embellishments, which enriches the dance for couple. » At the beginning, Pascale and Luis do not even consider becoming partners. But they dance and work on their dancing together. « I showed her all I knew, relates Luis. With her I learned to work as a couple. This deeper work of two people, I did it with her. »  Pascale Coquigny &
Pupy Castello They move to San Telmo, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires where tango was developed at the beginning of the century. « We had intense and memorable experiences in this place, remembers Pascale. Together, we got to know El Pibe Palermo, his past, his dance. » At the beginning of his visits, the old dancer talks to Luis and confides a lot of things in lunfardo about women. First Pascale does not understand this kind of slang typical of Buenos Aires. But while she retranscribes and translates the audio cassettes of the encounters, she begins to understand. This leads to heated exchanges between El Pibe Palermo and the one he named « La Mista », the name of a little bird of multiple colours. In 2001, the tango will eventually bring Pascale Coquigny back in France, with Luis. From Paris, they give workshops, especially in Europe but also in Canada and United States. « Living with Luis, says Pascale, it is like bathing is tango 24 hours a day ! We are constantly exploring and creating. Luis’s dance, allows the woman an active role, he allowed me to express myself, so I did. » « Now for me, says Pascale, a good dancer is someone who allows me to express myself » someone who can be surprised and likes to play. »
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