PGH Tango Connection is comprised of Husband and wife team Koichiro and Yulia who have been dancing Tango together since 2008. They were introduced while they were both studying at Duquesne University. Koichiro and Yulia’s extensive backgrounds in music give them a deep understanding of musicality, incorporating this in their dance and bringing a powerful presence to their performances. Yulia’s passion for tango and her ability to capture the attention of her audience, led by Kiochiro’s experienced and yet vividly improvisational hand, combine on stage to poignantly reveal the essence of Tango: a man and a woman as one, lovers for the length of each dance they perform.

Koichiro and Yulia has per­formed at var­i­ous venues, includ­ing Tango en Huracan, Club Atletico Milonguero 2014, Maldita Milonga, Santelmo 2015 in Buenos Aires Argenitna, United States, Canada, and Japan. In 2019 Koichiro and Yulia performed with Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Wheeling Symphony and River City Brass. Currently, Koichiro and Yulia teach at the Wilkins School Community Center in Pittsburgh where they also organize weekly social dances.