Diego Mastrángelo was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentine.
In 1994 he started his dance studies at the Municipal School of Dances “Jose Neglia” in the suburbs of Buenos Aires. He studied for a year with Aurelio and Delma, teachers that danced through the golden period of tango in Buenos Aires, breathing and making you breathe the authentic essence of tango in each of their lessons.
After a year he started taking Osvaldo Coelho’s lessons. Osvaldo was renowned for his unique and aesthetic way of moving. He kept attending his lessons for a period of three years, during which he became his assistant.
After Osvaldo’s retirement, in 1998 he started teaching a reduced group of young students, in Caballito neighborhood.
In 1999 he met Fabian Salas, Gustavo Naveira, and Mariano “Chicho” Frumboli and was taught the principles of the dance system known worldwide as “Cosmotango” (lately tango nuevo). The next year he performed tango for the first time at the University of Buenos Aires -UBA.
He was invited to work as an assistant in 1999, 2000, and 2001 International Argentine Tango Congress (CITA).
He continued his education with exceptional artist Cesar Coelho and attended several classes with many other renowned teachers. At the same time, he was hired to perform three times a week in an exclusive cabaret of Recoleta neighborhood, until his departure in April 2001, when he traveled to Greece.
Between April and July 2001 he performed all over Greece together with Romina Tumini (Athens, Bolos, Larissa, Thessaloniki, Kabala, Lamia, Peloponnese, Pilio, and Crete).
That year he was selected to perform in the opera “Carmen” at Thessaloniki Music Hall, during November and December, and March 2002.
In 2002 Diego was chosen to be the protagonist of a TV commercial for the greek company “Pablidis”, for their product “Gioconda chocolats”, dancing the tango. Watch
At the 2003 International Dance Research Congress (CID-UNESCO) held at Naxos Island he presented a research paper concerning the evolution of the tango technique in the last 15 years, showing the way tango follows ballet’s history of structured development, identifying and organizing its bases.
Diego taught for four years at Eleftheriu Kordeliu Municipality of Thessaloniki, having the chance to work with groups of people at regular lessons for 8 months a year, taking them from cero to an advanced level.
In 2006 he was selected again for a second TV add, this time for the Shoe Company “Elite”, dancing tango. Watch
During 2005 and 2006 he was regularly invited to local TV shows to talk about Argentine Tango. During this period he also wrote several articles on tango technique for the dance magazine “DANCE WITH ME” of Athens. Since 2006 Diego taught and performed in Estonia five times. 2010
