Patricia Paz is a native of Argentina. She was born in San Isidro, province of Buenos Aires. After some years, her family moved to Nunez located at the capital where she lived all her childhood. In high school she moved to Belgrano and then finally to Saavedra, which she considers her home town. Patricia moved permanently to the US in 2000. She married in 2001. In 2002, she had a son called Neyen, that translated from “mapuche” means “gift of life”. Patricia maintains a close connection with her family, friends and culture in Buenos Aires.
Patricia has two professional degrees. She is a Physical Education teacher, qualified by the Instituto de Educacion Fisica “Enrique Romero Brest” (INEF) and is also qualified as a Folk and Native Dances Professor from the Instituto Nacional Superior de Folklore (INSF).
As a Physical Education teacher she worked for the Instituto Santisima Trinidad in San Isidro County at the high school level. She also organized and directed the Sport Camp for this institute.
In 1985 Patricia began Folk Dances Fusion Workshop with Beatriz Durante at the University of Buenos Aires. One year later year she became a member of the Uballet, “ Ballet de Tango y Folklore de la Universidad de Buenos Aires”. With this troupe she toured Brazil in 1991, and France in 1993. As a singer, she performed with the Musical Troupe at the Instituto Superior de Arte Folklorico while she was a student there.
Patricia began to teach tango in 1987 teaching workshops and performing choreographies throughout Argentina with Ruben Suares, director and choreographer of the Instituto de Arte Folklorico. In Buenos Aries, she taught in her own studio and also for other organizations. She currently teaches regular weekly classes and sponsors special workshops by visiting Master instructors throughout the year.
In 1995, the University of Cincinnati invited her to present a tango show “Tango, poesia y baile en un mismo escenario” (“Tango, poetry and dance in the same scene”). That same year, she also taught tango for the Cincinnati Argentine Tango Society at the University YMCA as well as creating a choreography. Between 1995 and 2000 she traveled between the US and Argentina to teach workshops and private lessons.
In 1996, Patricia continued her formal voice training through singing classes with Marga Grajer, one of the most prestigious teachers for popular music in Buenos Aires. In 1998, she co-wrote and performed in a Tango concert “Maldito Rimmel” with Marcela Bublik an Argentine tango songwriter and winner of the “SADAIC Award for tango composers” and “Identity Award for composer” given by the organization “Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo”.
Patricia produced her first CD “Improvisando” in 1999. Since 2000, she has served as the Artistic Director of the Silver River Arts Project (SRAP) a non-profit educational group organized for the promotion of Argentine Art and Culture. In both 2002 and 2003, Patricia performed in the tango musical production “Tango Des-parada” which the SRAP co-sponsored with the Cincinnati Argentine Tango Society.
2004 was a busy year for Patricia. For the second year in a row, in February, she produced the tango event, “Jornadas de Tango, A Tango Journey” featuring Master teachers Facundo and Kely Posadas. In August, she produced, directed and performed in “An evening at the Tango Dinner Theater”, a full scale tango musical production featuring dancers Angel Garcia and Rosa Collantes from New York City. This musical will become an annual event.
Later in 2004, Patricia was honored to be invited by the Cincinnati Hispanic Chamber of Commerce to present a vocal performance and a dance performance by her performing group for the Gala for the Argentine Ambassador, Exc. Jose Octavio Bordon.
Also in the fall of 2004, Patricia wrote “Learning about Argentina, through its, music, dance and traditions”, an educational program designed to enlighten elementary school students understanding of Argentine culture and presented it for first time in the Saint Bartholomew Catholic School in Hamilton County. Patricia expects to receive a grant to expand this program to other Tri-state schools.
Patricia, together with Barbara Bill, forms the production company
Dos
Minas Crazy Arts Productions which produces musical, thatrical
and dance performances of Argentine tango. 
Patricia also teaches Casino (Salsa) and Rueda de Casino.
For more information see Patricia's web site: