Argentine Tango Event Sep 21-22 2007

Experience Argentine TANGO

September 21, 2007 Lied Center for Performing Arts LINCOLN, Nebraska

Tango Buenos Aires will be performing at the Lied Center in Lincoln.

12th and R Streets
Lincoln, NE 68588-0151

You should expect to see perhaps the best Tango dancing in the World! The Tango Club of Lincoln is working with the Lied Center's Assistant Director of Community Engagement and Learning, Laura Kendall & Korey Ireland http://www.liedcenter.org/events/detail.php?eid=406 our friend and instructor from Kansas City to create a special weekend event for Tango Club Members.

Tango Buenos Aires

The Lied Center and Lincoln's Tango Club will host a post-performance Reception and Dance immediately following the show in the Lied Center's Johnny Carson Theater.

Dance to traditional Argentine tango music with guest DJ Korey Ireland.

Tickets for the dance are $10 in advance or $15 at the door.
Contact Viviana Larsen at 402-797-2195 or 402-890-0881 for tickets.

The workshop admission price is $5 payable at the door only.

http://www.surtangobar.com/

402-438-1222 or 402-423-7952

Special "offerings" throughout the afternoon and evening Friday September 21

A "Masters Class" will be taught by members of the cast in the Johnny Carson Theatre from 3:30 to 5:00 in the afternoon. This may be a "once in a lifetime" opportunity - And it's FREE!!! To register for the class please call or email Laura Kendall at (402) 472-3215 or by email at lkendall2@unl.edu .

A Pre-Performance party starting at 5:30 will be hosted by the Lincoln Tango Club at Sur Tango until it is time to walk over to the Lied Center. Sandy Benson sent out an email regarding snacks at the party. I've attached it for those of you who might want to review her comments.
A "History of Tango" lecture will be present by Professor Guillermo Orti at the Lied Center's Conference Room. I attended Guillermo's lecture the last time Tango Buenos Aires performed here and if you didn't have an opportunity to hear it then, you should make sure to hear it now. The lecture precedes the Performance and lasts about a half an hour.
The Tango Buenos Aires performance begins at 7:30.
A Post Performance Reception and Dance in the Johnny Carson Theatre, will begin immediately following the performance. Korey Ireland from Kansas City will DJ a traditional Argentine Milonga. Tickets are $10 in advance or $15 at the door. Food and drinks will be available for a nominal charge. For tickets please contact Viviana Larsen, vivilarsen@yahoo.com 402-797-2195 or 402-890-0881.

Argentine Tango Workshops & Milonga Social Dance

Saturday - September 22nd The Lincoln Tango Club's first day long Tango Workshop will be held at the Howard Johnson Inn, 5250 Cornhusker Hwy in Lincoln.

Private lessons will be available from Korey Ireland and Mila Vigdorova throughout the day. Please contact Korey directly for your private lesson registrations korey@ko-arts.com To register for the two 90 minute afternoon workshops and the evening milonga, $35.00 per person, please contact Viviana Larsen, vivilarsen@yahoo.com 402-797-2195 or 402-890-0881. If you cannot participate in the workshops there will be tickets available at the door for the milonga for $5.

For those wishing to stay over either Friday or Saturday nights, please contact Howard Johnson Inn directly 402-464-3171. Tango music will be playing before, in between and after the workshops so you will have an opportunity to practice what you learned. A cash bar will be available during the milonga.

TANGO BUENOS AIRES

Tango Buenos Aires has become one of Argentina’s great cultural exports, known throughout the Americas, Europe and the Far East as the most authentic and uncompromising representative of the Tango.

Tango Buenos Aires was created for the "Jazmines" festival at the famous Buenos Aires cabaret "Michelangelo" by renowned composer and tango director Osvaldo Requena. The company met with tremendous success and was immediately added to the season of the General San Martin Municipal Theatre.

In 1986, the company traveled to the United States in order to represent... more Argentina at the Latin-American Festival, which took place at the Delacorte Theatre in New York City's Central Park during the month of August. This event was followed by an extensive tour throughout the United States, along with trips to Mexico, Puerto Rico and El Salvador, followed by a return to the United States via Miami and San Francisco. In December 1986, the group appeared on NHK television in Tokyo, and it completed 62 performances throughout Japan, as well as a CD recording for Sony entitled Quejas de Bandoneón (Sony 32 DP 731).

In 1987 the company undertook a lengthy tour of the principal cities of Argentina, performing at the Spring Festival in Bariloche, at the Galli Auditorium in Mendoza, at the Municipal Theatre in Ciudad de Rosario, in Santa Rosa La Pampa, and in the city of Rio Negro, in addition to various appearances on television channels for the S.A.D.A.I.C. series and in the series sponsored by the Argentinean Ministry of Culture, before ending the season at the Auditorio in Mar del Plata.

In March 1989, the company traveled to Berlin and Frankfurt, Germany, to Granada, Spain for the International Tango Festival, and to Madrid for performances at the Teatro de la Villa and at the National Auditorium. In October 1989 the company began a Latin American tour, appearing in Quito and Guayaquil in Ecuador, in Mexico, and ending in Los Angeles.

In March 1990, Tango Buenos Aires participated in the International Festival in Adelaide, Australia, and in April the company performed at the New Zealand Festival. In June 1991, the company traveled to Southeast Asia, giving performances in Singapore and Kuala Lupur, Malaysia, and Bangkok, Thailand. Under the patronage of the President of Argentina, the company introduced the Tango to Indonesia for the first time ever.

In 1992 Tango Buenos Aires performed in Santiago, Chile and on Chilean television, with further performances in Vina del Mar and a subsequent trip to Brazil, performing at the Memorial.

1993 was a year of extensive travel in Argentina, Spain (Granada, Madrid and Andalucia), Finland and Chile (Vitacura, Santiago, Vina del Mar and Valparaiso). Beginning in November, the company toured Malaysia, Japan and China. In Beijing, the company hosted a series of unprecedented master classes and residencies with Chinese dancers at the Dance University of Beijing, teaching the origin and evolution of the Tango and further international understanding and cooperation.

In 1994, Tango Buenos Aires traveled to Spain, performing for the third time at the sixth International Festival in Granada, and also performing at the University and National Auditorium in Madrid. In June, the company took part in performances and master classes at the Kuopio Festival in Finland, and also performed in Copenhagen, followed by another trip to Malaysia.

The company spent most of 1995 performing in Buenos Aires and touring throughout South America, culminating in a season at Buenos Aires's Museo Fernández Blanco, Teatro Gral San Martin and the Teatro Presidente Alvear. In 1996 Tango Buenos Aires toured Portugal, and in the Autumn the company will travel to Greece, and will end the year with a tour of Japan extending into January 1997. Tango Buenos Aires toured the United States for its first Coast-to-Coast tour during the 1998-99 season to great critical and popular acclaim, appearing in cities including Los Angeles, Houston, Dallas, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Ft. Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, Miami, Atlanta, Washington, DC, New York, Boston, Cleveland, Louisville, Detroit, Chicago, Minneapolis, Lincoln, Toronto, and San Juan, Puerto Rico.

In June 1999, the renowned pianist Cristian Zárate succeeded Mr. Requena as music director, and Pablo Mainetti, the world’s greatest bandoneon player, joined the orchestra. The company returned to North America in Winter 2003, and played to rave reviews and full houses.

- Lincoln Journal Star