The opening will take place in Usina del Arte Auditorium tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. with “Night of legends”, a show dedicated to the great figures of milonguero dance and the dancer Maria Nievesowner of a unique style, on her 88th birthday.
will participate Julio Duplaa, milonguero and writer, who will present an exhibition with historical milonguera couples: Nilda and Luis Virtuani, Haydeé and Oscar Héctor Malagrino, Monique Larrain and Sergio De La Rosa, Silvia Mucci and Juan Alonso, Susana Soar and Jorge García, Liliana and Jorge Rodríguez; and there will also be “Pocho” Pizarro, with his famous dance with brooms and his cadence in salon and canyengue tango.
After five years, the Cordovan Ariel Ardit he will sing in a Sextet Típico format, conducted by arranger and pianist Andrés Linetzky; and made up of Ramiro Boero and Yuki Okumura on bandoneons, Pedro Pablo Pedroso and Carolina Rodríguez on violins and Pablo Guzmán on double bass, together with whom they will perform a repertoire recorded on their previous albums.
The concerts of the Sans Souci Typical Orchestra -created in 1998 with the aim of rescuing the musical style of the typical orchestras of Miguel Caló and Osmar Maderna-, Lilí Gardés and Spinettango, the Cordovan group Los Altiyeros, created by Damián Torres Quinteto and the singer Santiago Muñiz to pay homage in tango key to Luis Alberto Spinetta, are some of the attractions of the grid.
Also highlights the screening of the film “Nelly Omar, national singer”, directed by Nelly Saporitti, Nelly’s great-niece, which can be seen at El Cultural San Martín; This is her first presentation in a movie theater.
Residents and tourists will be able to enjoy the universe of music in Buenos Aires, within the framework of a festival that includes the grand finale on Diagonal Norte street with the Obelisk in the background, which will be broadcast throughout the country from buenosaires.gob.ar/tangobawhere programming is also available and tickets can be reserved for free.
“The spirit is a party where we continue to celebrate the possibility of embracing each time,” said Poberaj about the meeting that aims to offer a panorama of the current tango scene, with established figures and new exponents of the genre.
During this year, calls were opened throughout the country where more than 300 artistic proposals were submitted, from which 70 percent of the programming for this edition emerged.
“This tango meeting has evolved over the years thanks to the team that has always worked to make it happen and to the tango community and the public that accompanies and enjoys it every time”, reflected the director. She is a professional dancer, she has an extensive career, world dance champion in 2006.
“Last year we courageously moved forward, despite the difficulties posed by the pandemic. This 2022, with renewed energy, the festival will focus on the promotion and dissemination of tango as a cultural fact in all its splendor, understanding the importance of the unmissable tango encounter in the City and the world”, he added.
Close to the 100th anniversary of its construction, the Palacio Barolo joins as the venue for the festival, and in its central hall Del Bajo Quinteto will play this Thursday at 7:00 p.m., a group dedicated to the creation and dissemination of new tango; its members are students and graduates of the Astor Piazzolla and Manuel de Falla music conservatories.
On Tuesday, September 13, the Preliminary Gala will be held in the Usina del Arte Auditorium; an evening to honor couples who come from different parts of the country and the world. These dancers will be present at the festival’s itinerant Milongas (touring 14 Buenos Aires tracks). In addition, like every year, the festival proposes an open microphone for tango performers.
The qualifying rounds of the Tango World Cup will take place at the Usina del Arte. The Pista Tango competition will take place on September 9 and 10, while Stage Tango will take place on September 11 and 12. The Semifinals will be on September 14 for Pista Tango and on September 15 for Stage Tango, also at Usina del Arte.
Source: Ambito
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