Press Release: Hit tango production Tanguera returns to Sadler's Wells in Summer 2017

[Jan McNulty]

Tanguera
Wednesday 19 July – Sunday 6 August
Performances: Tuesday – Saturday at 7.30pm, Sunday at 2pm & 7pm, Saturdayat 2.30pm, Wednesday 2 August at 2.30pm
Tickets: £12 – £52
Ticket Office: 020 7863 8000 or www.sadlerswells.com

With a cast of over 30 dancers, singers, and musicians Argentina’s classic tango production Tanguera returns to Sadler’s Wells this summer and tells a story of unrequited love in early 20th century Buenos Aires. After playing to packed houses in 2010, the hit show returns to London for a strictly limited run Wednesday 19 July – Sunday 6 August, as part of a European tour.



When Giselle, a young French woman, arrives in Argentina as one of the first waves of European immigrants, she meets Lorenzo, a port worker who falls in love with her at first sight. But as Giselle falls deeper into Buenos Aires’ seedy underworld, Lorenzo must fight to win her love.

With its award-winning choreography by renowned tango star Mora Godoy and direction by Omar Pacheco, Tanguera features a company of over 30 musicians and dance virtuosos who portray different elements of the history of tango. Leading the company for this production is tango world champion Melody Celatti, celebrated dancer and choreographer Dabel Zanabriaand Argentinian dancer Esteban Domenichini, who starred in Tanguera when the show premiered in Argentina in 2002.

A huge success in its native Buenos Aires where it ran for 18 months, Tanguera has been touring the world since 2003, including performances in New York, Paris, Berlin, Madrid and Tokyo. With its sense of innovation and artistic integrity, the show made tango history as the world’s first tango musical. The precise glances and gestures, the music, the singing, and dance achieve what no tango show has attempted before: to tell a story. Dance and music serve the narrative at all times and are inseparably linked to the story. Tanguera promises to be an intense musical experience, as classic tango songs and of pieces written specifically for Tanguera are played live on stage by a first-class tango sextet.

Tango is a social dance and music genre that originated within different ethnic communities of La Boca in Buenos Aires during the 20th century, initially as a dance between men. It first spread to Uruguay and became popular throughout the rest of the world from the 1920s as a form of ballroom dancing alongside the foxtrot, the Charleston and other favourites of the jazz age. The global popularity of tango increased further in the 1940s, commonly thought to be the golden age of tango, with the release of several major Hollywood films. Tanguera brings together the tradition of the art form with modern production values for this hit production.

LISTINGS INFORMATION

Tanguera
Wednesday 19 July – Sunday 6 August 2017
Performances: Tuesday – Saturday at 7.30pm, Sunday at 2pm & 7pm, Saturday at 2.30pm, Wednesday 2 August at 2.30pm
Tickets: £12 – £52
Ticket Office: 020 7863 8000 or www.sadlerswells.com


NOTES TO EDITORS

ABOUT SADLER’S WELLS
Sadler's Wells is a world-leading dance house, committed to producing, commissioning and presenting new works and to bringing the best international and UK dance to London and worldwide audiences. Under the artistic directorship of Alistair Spalding, the theatre’s acclaimed year-round programme spans dance of every kind, from contemporary to flamenco, Bollywood to ballet, salsa to street dance and tango to tap. 
Since 2005, it has helped to bring over 130 new dance works to the stage and its award-winning commissions and collaborative productions regularly tour internationally. Sadler’s Wells supports 16 Associate Artists, three Resident Companies, an Associate Company and three International Associate Companies. It also nurtures the next generation of talent through research and development, running the National Youth Dance Company and a range of programmes including Wild Card, New Wave Associates, Open Art Surgery and Summer University.
Located in Islington, north London, the current theatre is the sixth to have stood on the site since it was first built by Richard Sadler in 1683. The venue has played an illustrious role in the history of theatre ever since, with The Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet and English National Opera all having started at Sadler’s Wells. Sadler’s Wells is an Arts Council National Portfolio Organisation and currently receives approximately 9% of its revenue from Arts Council England.