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Aliento de tango
The tango: a story that began in the back streets of Buenos Aires 200
years ago. And it is in a barrio of the great South American metropolis
that this voyage of music and dance – filled with passion, seduction,
sensuality, and poetry – begins.
inBuenos Aires
the sigh of the tango
A pair of tango dancers move swiftly on a patio, under the glow of a lone streetlight. Their
passes are from the new dance that in the mid-nineteenth century combined the impetuous
drive of the Cuban habanera, ancient African rhythms, and steps from Argentine popular
dances to give birth to the myth of the tango. A young man is struck by its force, allows
himself to be conquered, and falls in love. The tango will change his life forever.
milonga, maestro!
From this first encounter with the tango, the story
moves through the solitary back streets of Buenos Aires
and into the city’s elegant, crowded dance halls. Here
one is immersed in the allure and scent of the milongas:
the rustle of silk garments, the tapping of heels on the
wooden floors, the swagger of courtship, the scent of
female seduction, and the complicity of the pas de deux
combine to create the intriguing magic of the tango.
a mindset, a gesture, a passion
Tango is a way of thinking, a style, a way of life and of observing the world. Tango is a gesture, a step, a movement, an embrace, and a
caress. Tango is understanding, precision, and elegance, as well as the clash, the force, and the violence of movement. It is passion,
emotion, sensuality, jealousy, and remorse. Once inside its vortex, this dance enters your body and does not loosen its grip. It conquers
and follows you. It overwhelms and changes you. It tricks, torments, and shakes you – and then, finally, it lets you go.
inParis
The youth leaves home and goes to Paris, in
search of an impossible love. A brothel in the
old Montmarte district is the scene of a story
of seduction, passion, jealousy, and tears.
He returns to his native country after having searched,
loved, and suffered far from home. He sees Buenos Aires
once again, and listens to the familiar, reassuring sounds that
remind him of his forgotten youth. He rediscovers its tastes,
smells, and colours, and recalls the silence of that distance
night and the magical charm of that mysterious dance in the
dark streets. He discovers that he is still under the spell of the
unmistakable melody that has a name: nostalgia. And, once
again – and forever – of the tango.
return to Argentina
Margarita Klurfan
Margarita Klurfan was born in Buenos Aires, where she began studying dance.
After extensive preparation in classical dance, she devoted her energy to
Argentine tango and began her professional career, performing in Bolivia, with
the Nestor Marconi orchestra, in Uruguay, with the show, Tangou, by Anibal
Pachano, and in Paris, where she danced with Coco Dias in Paradis Tango. In
2004 she met and began dancing with her current partner, Walter Cardozo.
Walter Cardozo
Walter Cardozo began his career in his native city of Buenos Aires as a teacher
of folk dance before moving on to tango and joining the cast of various
Argentine television programs. He became a stable member of the corps
of Ballo Buenos Aires Tango and then the director of the Ballet Municipal
of Zarate. He participated in Profumo di Tango, with Milvia and Vinicio
Capossela, and his most recent tour, with Margarita Klurfan, took him to
Dubai, Singapore, Jakarta, Bali, and Saigon.
Claudia Sorgato
Claudia Sorgato studied classical ballet with the Argentine maestro Carlos
Palacios and continued her training with the study of modern and jazz styles
and traditional dances. She studied tango first with Margarita Klurfan and
Ricardo Piaz and later with the maestro Maurizio Alario. She began performing
tango in 2010 throughout Italy with the Argentine dancer, Sebastian Romero.
Sebastian Romero
Sebastian Romero grew up in a family of musicians and is the grandson of the
renowned bandoneonista and composer, Roberto Romero. His passion for
the tanguera culture began early on and he started dancing at the Scuola di
Tango di Santa with Raul Bravo and later studied in Buenos Aires with Roberto
Herrera. There he began his professional career with performances in the
principal Argentine cities, in Uruguay, in the USA, and later in Europe, where
he has performed in France and Italy with numerous groups including Estilo
Tango and the Orquestra Tipica Alfredo Marcucci.
Voice
Rubén Peloni
Born in Santa Fe, Argentina, after earning a university
degree in architecture he began studying voice with the
maestro Rubén Coria. He was a soloist with Tritango
and Yunta Brava and founded the group El Esquinazo,
with whom he has performed at international festivals
and concerts. Since 2006 he has sung with the Orquestra
Tipica Alfredo Marcucci and in 2009 he was invited by
Luis Bacalov to join his company for the show, Mi Buenos
Aires Querido.
Guitar
Adriàn Fioramonti
Born in Santa Fe, Argentina, he studied classical guitar
at the Escuela Nacional de Musica de Rosario and
attended courses with well-known jazz and folk musicians
including Lucho Gonzalez with whom he deepened
his understanding of Latin-American rhythms and jazz
harmony. In1990 he moved to Italy where he teaches and
collaborates with various groups.
Bandoneon
Massimiliano Pitocco
Pitocco studied accordion in Paris with the maestro Max
Bonnay, and earned diplomas with honours in organ
in Pescara and in accordion in Bari. He is the winner
of numerous international accordion competitions and
with the bandoneon he has devoted himself above all to
the compositions of Astor Piazzolla. He has collaborated
with many noted musicians and actors, including Milva,
Luis Bacalov, Ennio Morricone, Nicola Piovani, Vinicio
Capossela, and Sebastiano Lo Monaco.
Piano
Michele Paperini
Born in Livorno, he studied piano at the Conservatorio
Boccherini in Lucca. In 1996 he founded the Quintetto
Progetto Piazzolla with whom he has performed in
theatres and piazzas and participated in important
concerts and competitions in Italy and abroad. In 1998
moved to Buenos Aires where he has held concerts
organized by Laura Escalada, the wife of Astor Piazzolla, in
collaboration with the Fundacion Astor Piazzolla.
Violin
Vincenzo Albini
Albini began playing the violin at the age of nine. Parallel
to his classical studies, which led to a diploma from the
Conservatorio Luca Marenzio in Brescia, Albini studied
both jazz and tango. He collaborates on an ongoing basis
with various tango ensembles including Estilo Tanto,
Quinteto de Tango Invisible, Tango Rubio, and Tango
Tinto. He has performed in concert halls, milongas,
festivals, and theatres throughout Argentina and in
Europe.
Basso
Guglielmo Caioli
Born in Livorno, where he studied classical guitar and
piano, in 1986 Caioli began studying the bass with Paolo
Tommasi and holding seminars with Franco Petracchi.
He also began collaborating with various orchestras,
among these the Accademia Strumentale Toscana and the
Quintetto Progetto Piazzolla. In 1999 he founded a tango
trio with the bandoneon player Marcelo Nisinman and the
guitarist Adriàn Fioramonti.
Aliento de tango
dancers
Margarita Klurfan, Walter Cardozo
Claudia Sorgato, Sebastian Romero
Rubén Peloni (voice)
Massimiliano Pitocco (bandoneon)
Adriàn Fioramonti, (guitar)
Vincenzo Albini (violin)
Guglielmo Caioli (bass)
Michele Paperini (piano)
choreography
Walter Cardozo, Margarita Klurfan
Sebastian Romero
a show by
Esencia Tanguera
an Àissa Màissa production
contacts
Gabriella Palatini (+39 347 7137233)
Felicita Anderloni (+39 340 2479695)
E-mail: info@aissamaissa.it
director
Alessandro Anderloni
sound
Francesco Fabiano
lighting
Luca Diodato
photographs
Stefano Bellamoli, Paolo Bonomi
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