DANCE

TANGO MEDITERRANEO
Argentine Tango Show

1 March 2006, 8:30 p.m. / Pattichion Limassol Theatre
2 March 2006, 8:30 p.m. / Larnaca Municipal Theatre

THE PREMIER PERFORMANCE

With a cast of outstanding soloists, the show “Tango Mediterraneo” leads the audience from the essence of tango to the stylish modern tango revival. Dancers and musicians are creating different stories of different characters with their personal musical interpretations. The first part of the show is composed of tangos “de la guardia vieja” and the second part is devoted to Piazzolla and Tango Nuevo. The show is a fascinating extravaganza of beauty, passion and sensuality of this authentic Argentine dance!

THE PARTICIPANTS

Omar Ocampo & Monica Romero

Monica and Omar are the stars of the famous tango show “Tango Pasion” with the legendary Sexteto Mayor. There is hardly a country in the world where these names won’t be well known. Monica studied jazz, and contemporary dance, specializing in modern dance and of course tango. She has studies and performed with the most prestigious choreographers and argentine teachers: Nuri Cid, Beatriz & Victor Ferrari, Moira Chapman, Olga Frances, Hector Estevez, Daniel Fernandez. She integrated the cast of many music-halls with famous artists like: Moria Casan, Susana Gimenez, NelidaLobato, Porcel-Olmedo, and comedies like: “El diluvio que viene”, “La sexta esposa”. Monica was also starring in various TV productions: “Porcel?s program”, “Badia & Company”, “Percivalle?s show” and numerous others. Omar started his professional career when he was only 16 years old. He entered in the Ballet Folklorico Nacional of Santiago Ayala “EL CHUCARO” & Norma Viola and was for many years its ballet master. He was also the protagonist of the most important masterpieces in national argentine folkloric dance and soloist of the projects Juan Carlos Copes. Omar Ocampo is considered the best dancer of the argentine folklore, and the successor of his teacher: “Chucaro” . Omar is an exceptional dancer, a passionate milongero and folklorista with a caring gifted talent of a patient teacher. He is one of the judges of the Danzas Argentinas Competition and the teacher of honor at the Ballet Folklorico Nacional.

Ricardo Calvo & Kelly Zarfati

Ricardo and Kelly started dancing together more than 10 years ago and the coupling of these two original dancers has brought the Argentine tango to new heights of creativity while still keeping its basic form. Kelly, born in Israel of Spanish origin is professional dancer. She has opened the first Argentine Tango school “Querido" in Israel. She participated in numerous well-known and successful tango performances, including the ones with the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra, international show called "Tango sin Front eras". Ricardo, Maestro Choreographer and an international Argentinean Tango dancer was born in Buenos Aires and was raised within the tango. He has been dancing from a very young age. He has 25 years experience in teaching and dancing. As an instructor he created a very unique method for teaching tango. Ricardo was performing in all the leading festivals in Europe, London, Germany, France, Spain, Italy and more and was the soloist in the world-touring argentine tango shows: "Tango Metropolis", "La Pasion De Vivir", "Tango Eterno", "Pasionnasion Tango". Working also actively as a choreographer, he created numerous number of shows including, but not limited to: "The Punta Taco Somas Tango", "Patio de Tango", "Casa Nueva", "El Virulazo". 

Eduardo Bozzo & Misha Simmonite

Eduardo is an extremely talented Argentinean dancer, teacher and choreographer of a young generation. Eduardo has graduated from the University of Fine Arts in Buenos Aires, faculties of drama and folk dance. He also studied with the most renowned milongeros. Has been teaching and performing Tango Argentino around Europe and Latin America including International Festivals in Argentina, Costa Rica, Greece and UK since 1999. He is currently based in Bristol. Eduardo’s interests cover Tango’s traditional forms, as well developing the link between Tango Argentino and another expressive arts. He has also been involved in a number of theatrical performances in UK, Greece and Argentina. 

Quintet “Skizzo5” - Menelaos Menelaou (violin), Aude-Marie Auphan (cello), Nicos Ioannou (double bass), Christos Savvides (piano), Nicolas Papageorgiou (vibraphone).

Orchestra “El Mediterraneo” - Mustafa Elmas (conductor, accordion, bandoneon), Ertem Nalbantoglu (1st violin), Gizem Sarp (flute), Ertaz Uzaner (guitar), Mustafa Ezak (double bass), Tezcan Mert (piano).

Aysen Barissal - Singer

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