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Tango Argentino (musical)

Tango Argentino is a musical stage production about the history and many varieties of Argentine tango. It was created and directed by Hector Orezzoli[1] and Claudio Segovia, and premiered at the Festival d'Automne in Paris in 1983 and on Broadway in New York in 1985. The Mel Howard production became a world-wide success with numerous tours culminating with a Broadway revival in 1999–2000. It set off a world-wide resurgence of tango, both as a social dance and as a musical genre.[2] Tango Argentino recreates on stage the history of tango from its beginnings in 19th-century Buenos Aires through the tango's golden age of the 1940s and 50s up to Piazzolla's tangos.[3] Most of the dancers in the show did their own choreography.[4]

Tango Argentino (musical)
Tango Argentino - Dani and Silvina Valz-Obelisco in 2011
Premiere11 November 1983; 40 years ago (1983-11-11): Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, France
Productions
AwardsTony Award Nominations:
  • -1986 Nominated Best Choreography
  • -1986 Nominated Best Direction of a Musical
  • -1986 Nominated Best Musical
  • -2000 Nominated Best Revival of a Musical

Tango Argentino was a totally unexpected hit. It violated all the rules— It was low budget, used a single set, and showcased slim, athletic professional dancers, such as Nelson Avila, along with middle-aged dancers, such as Verulazo, all on the same stage. The average age of the cast was 42 years.[2]

All this glamour attends a show that even Argentines wouldn't invest in at the outset, a show that made it to Broadway largely by accident, a show that has one set, four accordions (called bandoneons) and a couple of 38-inch waistlines.[5] (Samuel G. Friedman, NY Times 1985)

Background edit

In 1974, Hector Orezzoli and Claudio Segovia, two Argentine set designers, decided to put together a production about tango using the best dancers in all of Argentina. Claudio Segovia recounted that he wanted to reflect on stage the reality of tango life in Buenos Aires, therefore he looked for an authentic mixture of the different types of musicians and dancers, of children, young people and mature people: "Elegí gente que según mi juicio era la más auténtica, la más verdadera, y creo que no me equivoqué." [I chose people who, in my opinion, were the most authentic, the truest (tango artists), and I think I was not wrong.][6]

The Solos edit

Juan Carlos Copes and Maria Nieves edit

Claudio Segovia went looking for accomplished tango dancers in Buenos Aires. He approached Juan Carlos Copes and Maria Nieves, who ran one of the most popular tango shows in the city.[7]

By the mid-1970s, Copes and Nieves had been dancing tango together most of their lives. They had begun in a working class dance hall in 1940s Buenos Aires when they were in their teens.[8] By the late 1950s, interest in tango had begun to wane due in part to a regressive government that discouraged public gatherings and later due to the cultural phenomenon of the Beatles.[9] Copes had such a love for the dance, that he decided he would not accept the death of tango. Being a lover of Gene Kelly's dance films, he decided in 1955 to do something similar with tango. He began to rehearse tango choreographies, together with Maria Nieves and other tango dancers in the basement of a factory.[9] Their shows soon became popular in Buenos Aires.[9]

Copes expressed doubts that a group of tango artists, who were often known for their huge egos, could ever work together long enough to stage such a production. He thought the idea of the show was crazy.[7] Eventually Copes and Nieves joined the cast of Tango Argentino.

Nelson Avila and Nélida Rodriguez edit

Segovia also approached the well-known stage dancers Nelson and Nélida.[7] Nelson Avila and Nélida Rodriguez de Aure were dancing and directing the choreography at the famous Michelangelo tango show in San Telmo at the time. They had already been dancing together in the most prominent shows in Buenos Aires, had appeared together numerous times on television, and had performed internationally. They were noted for the speed of their dance and their acrobatic steps.[7] Nelson and Nélida joined the cast.

Héctor and Elsa Maria Mayoral edit

The next couple added to the cast was Mayoral and Elsa Maria. They danced a different style than the others. They came from the tango salons and danced the very simple, yet very graceful dance of the crowded milonga salons of Buenos Aires. Their tango was noted for its small. playful steps. Together with Copes & Nieves and Nelson & Nélida, they comprised the three couples who were asked to perform solo routines in the original Tango Argentino.[7]

Gloria and Luis Pereyra edit

1987 Luis Pereyra is added to the cast. He was solo dancer at Caño 14, Casa Blanca, Michelangelo, Viejo Almacén. He stayed at the cast over 13 years. First he dances with Gloria, later on with Norma. He had very much experience on stage. His dance aducation has taken place in the Theatre Colon, with the Ballett Salta, Master Santiago Ayala el Chúcaro. He startet on stage at the age of ten. During all the years, Luis Pereyra danced different solos with his partners Gloria and Norma, such as: El Entrerriano. Verano Porteño he danced with Cecilia Narowa, who took the part of Milonguita.Together with Nelson Avila he was in charge to rebuild the choreografies[7]

The Milongueros edit

 
Carlos & Maria Rivarola performing in Tango Argentino at Obelisco, Buenos Aires 2011

Virulazo and Elvira Santamaría edit

With the solo routines set, Segovia needed more milongueros, the social dancers from the salons, to complete the show. Nelson Avila suggested some good friends, who were well respected street dancers in Buenos Aires, Virulazo[7] and Elvira Santamaría. When Nelson and Nélida went to look for the couple, they found that Virulazo had quit tango, having become disouraged with the lack of money. Nelson went out searching for him in his old neighborhoods, but Verulazo was nowhere to be found. Anton Gazenbeek describes what happened next in his book Inside Tango Argentino.[7] When Nelson finally found Virulazo, he was working in a butcher shop with a blood-covered apron and he was noticeably overweight. Nelson described the new tango show to him, but Verulazo had no interest at all. He was done with tango. When they mentioned an audition for the show, Verulazo replied that he didn't need to audition for anyone: People already knew he was a great dancer, he had no interest in auditioning. When Nelson finally talked Virulazo[10] and Elvira into dancing for Segovia, any doubts about their tango disappeared. They were quickly added to the cast.[7]

María and Carlos Rivarola and the balance of the cast edit

The well known salon tango[11] dancers Carlos and María Rivarola were added to the cast,[12] Mónica and Luciano Frías, and Cecilia Narova completed the original cast of dancers.[7]

 
Maria Nieves dancing at Tango Argentino, presented in the Obelisco, Buenos Aires, 2011

The Music edit

The Instrumentals edit

Music for Tango Argentino was provided by Sexteto Mayor. The sextet in Argentine tango was first established by Julio De Caro in 1924. The traditional tango sextet consists of piano, double bass, two violins and two bandoneóns. Sexteto Mayor had been formed in 1973 by bandoneon players and arrangers Jose Libertella and Luiz Stazo.[13] By 1981, they were playing in Paris and Segovia approached Libertella and Stazo with his idea. Sexteto Mayor provided the music for both the Paris performance and the first Broadway performance.[7] Together they put together a musical arrangement that followed the origins of Argentine tango from its beginnings in the 19th century to the nuevo tango of Piazzolla.

Originally Segovia had hoped to use the orchestra of the great Aníbal Troilo; however, Troilo had died in 1975.[7] In homage to Aníbal Troilo, every performance of Tango Argentino begins and ends with Quejas de bandoneón,[14] which was Troilo's signature piece. In addition to Sexteto Mayor, Segovia recruited the great Horacio Salgán to complete the music.[7][15]

The Vocalists edit

In his book Tango: The Art History of Love, Robert Farris Thompson describes tango as music, poetry and dance.[16] The poetry of tango is expressed through its songs. To complete the tango experience for the audience, Segovia included vocal performances by some of the best tango singers in Argentina. Jovita Luna and Raúl Lavié performed in the original cast from Paris to Broadway. Roberto Goyeneche sang at the world premier in Paris.[17] Elba Berón sang at the 1985 Broadway premier.[18]

 
Touring internationally in 1985 with Tango Argentino, Raúl Lavié's voice was in great demand among Tango fans in Argentina and elsewhere.

Choreography and Production edit

The concept of Tango Argentino was to present the history of tango through its music, song and dance. With the many dance styles among the cast members, each couple was given the flexibility to do much of their own choreography. One problem was that there are no videos of the early 20th century dancers. When trying to choreograph the beginnings of tango dance, Segovia and the dancers took original still photographs from the early days of tango and laid them out in such an order as to allow them to recreate the original dance of the time.[7] Thus audiences were able to visualize the evolution of Argentine tango as both music and dance.

Unfortunately for all their hard work, the show found little support in Buenos Aires. They even had difficulty finding places to rehearse. Few Argentines thought the show had any chances of success.[5][7]

Paris edit

In 1983, they finally got a break. They were invited to perform in Paris. On a minimal budget, the entire cast of Tango Argentino boarded an Argentine military transport headed to Paris. The Argentine Air Force cargo plane provided no services; they flew as cargo.[16] They had been afforded the opportunity to participate in the Festival d'Automne.[17] The show was an immediate success. The first performance in Paris received so many loud standing ovations, that Nelson Avila and Nélida stood at the front of the stage and wept after their solo performance, further exciting the crowd.[7] The show sold out for every performance with crowds standing outside the theatre unable to get tickets. The show was in such demand that it made a second tour of Italy and Paris the next year.[7]

Broadway edit

By 1985, Tango Argentino appeared on Broadway. Unfortunately, Nelson Avila, one of the main performers, broke his arm before the first performance, and it was in a full cast. Nelson had the doctors break the cast in two and hinged it at the elbow so he could bend his arm a little, and he danced the show with a broken arm. Also appearing were Jorge Martin Orcaizaguirre [Virulazo] and Elvira Santa Maria, Juan Carlos Copes and Maria Nieves. Tango Argentino received rave reviews from the New York critics. The show was such an immediate success that many celebrities attended the show, including Frank Sinatra, Madonna, Brooke Astor, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Helen Gurley Brown, Henry Kissinger and Claus von Bulow. Régine Zylberberg of Regine's invited the cast to dinner. Dance instructors in New York saw the demand for Argentine tango instruction triple overnight.[5]

The diversity of the dancers and the simple elegance of tango struck home with audiences who had no concept of Argentine tango before seeing the show. Russell St. Cyr, writing for The Miscellany News, the Vassar College newspaper, suggested that the production be considered for a Tony Award and was impressed with the quality of the production:

The dancers have each developed different styles, and they have brought the tango's entire rainbow to the same stage. One would never think that a simple dance could have so much diversity.[19]

Tango Argentino did not receive any Tony Awards, although it received numerous Tony Award nominations:[20] The nominations included the 1986 Tony Award for the Best Choreography; the 1986 Tony Award for the Best Direction of a Musical; the 1986 Tony Award for the Best Musical and for the revival in 1999 the 2000 Tony Award for the Best Revival.

World Tour edit

Tango Argentino became a world-wide hit, touring the United States,[21] then Japan (1987). On numerous tours around the world, the cast of Tango Argentno danced before the likes of Princess Diana, Jacqueline Kennedy, Ann Miller, Rita Moreno, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Rudolph Nureyev, Burt Reynolds, Kirk Douglas, Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Liza Minnelli, Katharine Hepburn, and Placido Domingo.[22] It continued to tour the world for another 15 years with many of its original cast members.[7] The final Broadway revival occurred in 1999–2000.[7] In 2011 there was a performance at the Obelisco in Buenos Aires with a few of the original artists including Maria Nieves and Raúl Lavié

Impact edit

When the dancers of Tango Argentino took the stage on 11 November 1983, at the Festival d'Automne in Paris, France, many consider it a turning point in the history of tango. The world of Argentine tango would never be the same. Robert Farris Thompson in the preface to his book Tango: The Art History of Love states "In the 1980s Buenos Aires barrio dancers sparked the strongest renaissance of the twentieth century, through their performance in the stage extravaganza Tango Argentino."[23]

The tango historian Alberto Paz credits Tango Argentino with the world-wide revival of Argentine tango:

Tango Argentino appeared for the first time on an international stage at the Paris Autumn Festival, which began on November 11, 1983. That run lasted one week, but those few days were enough to change history: the tango as dance resurfaced with an unexpected force, and became huge around the world. There has never been a time in history when so many social dancers are dancing Argentine tango as it was danced in the golden years of the 1940s and ’50s.[24]

In the epilogue of his book Inside Tango Argentino, Antón Gazenbeek[25] observes that the lure of the production was its "humanity:" The average age of the dancers in the original Tango Argentino was 42 years. When the audience watched a large male dancer, such as Verulazo, dance the tango, their reaction was, "I can do that." They were pulled into the show.[2] The immediate impact of Tango Argentino was observable wherever it appeared. Shortly after the 1985 Broadway premier, Samuel G. Friedman wrote in the New York Times:

From dance schools to fashion shows to the media, Tango Argentino has stirred the metropolitan imagination. Vanity Fair magazine discoursed on tango history. Women's Wear Daily devoted a centerfold to tango togs. The New Yorker published a Tango Argentino cartoon. Tango mania, quoth Vogue.

We're all tango daft, said Sandra Cameron, who owns a dance school in Greenwich Village. Courses in Beginning Tango, Advanced Tango and Tango Milonga are now populated by 124 students – three times the pre-Tango Argentino enrollment.[5]

More recently, video footage of Copes and Nieves dancing in Tango Argentino flows in and out of German Kral's 2016 documentary Our Last Tango as the two dancers reflect on the passion and turmoil of their relationship and their 50 year partnership in tango.[26]

While many see the musical Tango Argentino as the catalyst for the world-wide revival of Argentine tango in the 1990s, an alternative theory of the cause of this revival can be found in a study by Chris Goertzen and María Susana Azzi titled "Globalization and the Tango" in the 1999 Yearbook for Traditional Music.[27] The authors describe the globalization of tango using an example of the Washington, DC, musical ensemble Quintango:[28] The well-known group Quintango played in Washington, DC, at a White House gala reception for then Argentine President Carlos Menem, and then two weeks later played in Richmond, Indiana (population 40,000) at small Earlham College. The authors observe how a small town, such as Richmond, had an active Argentine tango dance group and how the audience at Quintango's performance was totally familiar with the all forms of tango music. They attribute this globalization of traditional tango music to mass media and the many tango movies of the 1980s and 1990s. Goertzen and Azzi make no mention of the musical Tango Argentino in their analysis, rather they refer to a long gradual assimilation of tango into European and North American culture in the early 20th century. They then describe the growth of tango in the tourist areas of San Telmo, Buenos Aires. The authors present the thesis that this global spread of the culture of Argentine tango reaching as far as small towns in Indiana is the result of the global effects of mass media.

1985 Broadway Playbill edit

The playbill of the 1985 Broadway production shows the following performances:[4]

1985 Broadway Playbill Tango Argentino
PART I
QUEJAS DE BANDONEÓN (J. de Dios Filiberto) Orchestra
EL APACHE ARGENTINO (M. Aróztegui-A. Mathón)
Two things entwine and dance the tango
Ballet
EL ESQUINAZO (A. Villoldo)[29]
Couples of "outsiders" dance the "milonga."
Ballet
MILONGA DEL TIEMPO HEROICO (F. Canaro) Juan Carlos Copes and María Nieves
LA PUÑALADA (P. Castellanos-E.C. Flores) Osvaldo Berlingeri and Orchestra
LA MOROCHA (E. Saborido-A. Villoldo)
Two young girls dance the tango "discreetly."
Gloria and María Rivarola
EL CHOCLO[30] (A. Villoldo-E.S. Discépolo)"With this tango the tango was born and, weeping, fled the mud, searching for the sky..." Elba Berón
LA CUMPARSITA[31] (G.M. Rodríguez)
European Dance Hall
María and Carlos Rivarola
MI NOCHE TRISTE (E. Castriota-P. Contursi) "For me there is no consolation, and that's why I get drunk, to forget our love". Raúl Lavié
ORGULLO CRIOLLO (J. DeCaro, P. Laurenz) Virulazo and Elvira
Choreography: Virulazo
DE MI BARRIO (R. Goyeneche) Jovita Luna
BANDONEONES José Libertella, Luis Stazo, Lisandro Adrover, Oscar Rubén González
MILONGUITA The story of a young girl of the barrio, who, seduced by a ruffian, follows the road to her ruin

* MILONGUITA (E. Delfino-S. Linning)
* DIVINA (J. Mora-J. de la Calle)
* MELENITA DE ORO(E. Delfino-S. Linning)
* RE-FA-SI (E. Delfino)
Naanim Timoyko (Milonguita)
Juan Carlos Copes (The ruffian)

Nélida (The ruffian's accomplice)

Nelson (The bridegroom)

Eduardo, Mayoral, Carlos Rivarola (The cabaret's customers)

Gloria, Elsa María, Gloria Dinzel, María Rivarola (Prostitutes)
NOSTALGIAS (J.C. Cobián-E. Cadicamo)"Bandoneón, groan your gray tango, perhaps you also suffer from love...". Sexteto Mayor
CUESTA ABAJO (Gardel-Le Pera)"I carry my shame everywhere shame to have been and pain of being no more.". Raúl Lavié
EL ENTRERRIANO (R. Mendizábal) The Dinzels
Choreography: R. Dinzel
CANARO EN PARÍS (Scarpino-Caldarella) Osvaldo Berlingieri and Orchestra
TAQUITO MILITAR (M. Mores) Juan Carlos Copes, María Nieves, Nélida and Nelson, Gloria and Eduardo
Intermission
PART II
MILONGUEANDO EN EL 40 (Armando Pontier) Gloria and Eduardo
Choreography: Eduardo
UNO (E.S. Discépolo-M. Mores)"One is so alone with her pain, one is so blind in her sorrow". Alba Solís
LA ÚLTIMA CURDA (A. Troilo-C. Castillo)
"Life is an absurd wound".
Alba Solís
LA YUMBA (O. Pugliese) Mayoral and Elsa María
Choreography: Mayoral
NUNCA TUVO NOVIO (E. Cadícamo-A. Bardi)
"Poor and alone, you are without illusion, without faith...".
Raúl Lavié, Osvaldo Berlingieri y Orchestra
JEALOUSEY[sic] (J. Gade) Nélida and Nelson
Choreography: Nélida and Nelson
DESENCUENTRO (A. Troilo-C. Castillo)"Your luck is so bad that when you want to put the last bullet in your pistol into your head--- it won't fire". Elba Berón
TANGUERA (M. Mores) Orchestra
VERANO PORTEÑO (A. Piazzolla) Juan Carlos Copes and María Nieves
BALADA PARA MI MUERTE (A. Piazzolla-H. Ferrer)
I'll toss the cloak of dawn around my shoulders, my next to last whiskey will age in its glass, my death, in love, will arrive on a tango step, and I will die precisely at six o'clock!
Jovita Luna
ADIÓS NONINO (A. Piazzolla) Sexteto Mayor
DANZARÍN (J. Plaza); QUEJAS DE BANDONEÓN (J. de Dios Filiberto)
The dance floor fills with the sound of the orchestra, and under the spotlights, the marionettes dance.
Ballet

Some Notable Casts edit

11 November 1983

World Premier

Festival d'Automne[32][7]

Théâtre du Châtelet (Paris)

10 September 1985 - 30 March 1986

Broadway Premier

Mark Hellinger Theatre[18]

Broadway, New York City

16 November 1999 – 1 September 2000

Broadway Revival

Gershwin Theatre[33]

Broadway, New York City

Jovita Luna Singer Jovita Luna Singer Jovita Luna Singer
Raúl Lavié Singer Raúl Lavié Singer Raúl Lavié Singer
Nelson Avila Dancer Nelson Avila Dancer Nelson Avila Dancer
Nélida Rodriguez de Aure Dancer Nélida Rodriguez de Aure Dancer Nélida Rodriguez de Aure Dancer
Juan Carlos Copes Dancer Juan Carlos Copes Dancer Juan Carlos Copes Guest Artist
María Nieves Dancer María Nieves Dancer María Nieves Guest Artist
"Virulazo" Jorge Martín Orcaizaguirre Dancer "Virulazo" Jorge Martín Orcaizaguirre Dancer "Virulazo" Jorge Martín Orcaizaguirre Dancer
Elvira Santamaría Dancer Elvira Santamaría Dancer Elvira Santamaría Dancer
Elsa María Mayoral Dancer Elsa María Mayoral Dancer Elsa María Mayoral Dancer
Héctor Mayoral Dancer Héctor Mayoral Dancer Héctor Mayoral Dancer
Carlos Rivarola Dancer Carlos Rivarola Dancer María Graña Singer
María Rivarola Dancer María Rivarola Dancer Pablo Verón Guest Artist
Luciano Frías Dancer Eduardo Arquimbau Dancer Carlos Bórquez Dancer
Monica Pelay Dancer Gloria Arquimbau Dancer Roberto Herrera Dancer
Cecilia Narova Dancer Alba Solís Singer Inés Bórquez Dancer
Tita Merello[32] Dancer Naanim Timoyko Soloist Alicia Monti Dancer
Roberto Goyeneche Singer Elba Berón Singer Carlos Copello Dancer
Sexteto Mayor Musicians Rodolfo Dinzel Dancer Antonio Cervila, Jr. Dancer
Gloria Dinzel Dancer Johana Copes Dancer
Luis Pereyra Dancer
Norma Pereyra Dancer
Guillermina Quiroga Dancer
Alba Solís Singer
Lorena Yácono Dancer
Vanina Bilous Dancer

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Tango Argentino is a musical stage production about the history and many varieties of Argentine tango It was created and directed by Hector Orezzoli 1 and Claudio Segovia and premiered at the Festival d Automne in Paris in 1983 and on Broadway in New York in 1985 The Mel Howard production became a world wide success with numerous tours culminating with a Broadway revival in 1999 2000 It set off a world wide resurgence of tango both as a social dance and as a musical genre 2 Tango Argentino recreates on stage the history of tango from its beginnings in 19th century Buenos Aires through the tango s golden age of the 1940s and 50s up to Piazzolla s tangos 3 Most of the dancers in the show did their own choreography 4 Tango Argentino musical Tango Argentino Dani and Silvina Valz Obelisco in 2011Premiere11 November 1983 40 years ago 1983 11 11 Theatre du Chatelet Paris FranceProductions1983 Paris 1984 Italy Tour 1984 Paris 1985 USA Canada Tour 1985 86 Broadway 1986 North America Tour 1987 Japan Tour 1988 Europe Tour 1989 Paris 1991 London 1992 Buenos Aires 1992 Teatro Lola Membrives Buenos Aires 1999 2000 Broadway Revival 2011 Obelisco Buenos AiresAwardsTony Award Nominations 1986 Nominated Best Choreography 1986 Nominated Best Direction of a Musical 1986 Nominated Best Musical 2000 Nominated Best Revival of a Musical Tango Argentino was a totally unexpected hit It violated all the rules It was low budget used a single set and showcased slim athletic professional dancers such as Nelson Avila along with middle aged dancers such as Verulazo all on the same stage The average age of the cast was 42 years 2 All this glamour attends a show that even Argentines wouldn t invest in at the outset a show that made it to Broadway largely by accident a show that has one set four accordions called bandoneons and a couple of 38 inch waistlines 5 Samuel G Friedman NY Times 1985 Contents 1 Background 1 1 The Solos 1 1 1 Juan Carlos Copes and Maria Nieves 1 1 2 Nelson Avila and Nelida Rodriguez 1 1 3 Hector and Elsa Maria Mayoral 1 1 4 Gloria and Luis Pereyra 1 2 The Milongueros 1 2 1 Virulazo and Elvira Santamaria 1 2 2 Maria and Carlos Rivarola and the balance of the cast 1 3 The Music 1 3 1 The Instrumentals 1 3 2 The Vocalists 1 4 Choreography and Production 2 Paris 3 Broadway 4 World Tour 5 Impact 6 1985 Broadway Playbill 7 Some Notable Casts 8 References 9 External linksBackground editIn 1974 Hector Orezzoli and Claudio Segovia two Argentine set designers decided to put together a production about tango using the best dancers in all of Argentina Claudio Segovia recounted that he wanted to reflect on stage the reality of tango life in Buenos Aires therefore he looked for an authentic mixture of the different types of musicians and dancers of children young people and mature people Elegi gente que segun mi juicio era la mas autentica la mas verdadera y creo que no me equivoque I chose people who in my opinion were the most authentic the truest tango artists and I think I was not wrong 6 The Solos edit Juan Carlos Copes and Maria Nieves edit Claudio Segovia went looking for accomplished tango dancers in Buenos Aires He approached Juan Carlos Copes and Maria Nieves who ran one of the most popular tango shows in the city 7 By the mid 1970s Copes and Nieves had been dancing tango together most of their lives They had begun in a working class dance hall in 1940s Buenos Aires when they were in their teens 8 By the late 1950s interest in tango had begun to wane due in part to a regressive government that discouraged public gatherings and later due to the cultural phenomenon of the Beatles 9 Copes had such a love for the dance that he decided he would not accept the death of tango Being a lover of Gene Kelly s dance films he decided in 1955 to do something similar with tango He began to rehearse tango choreographies together with Maria Nieves and other tango dancers in the basement of a factory 9 Their shows soon became popular in Buenos Aires 9 Copes expressed doubts that a group of tango artists who were often known for their huge egos could ever work together long enough to stage such a production He thought the idea of the show was crazy 7 Eventually Copes and Nieves joined the cast of Tango Argentino Nelson Avila and Nelida Rodriguez edit Segovia also approached the well known stage dancers Nelson and Nelida 7 Nelson Avila and Nelida Rodriguez de Aure were dancing and directing the choreography at the famous Michelangelo tango show in San Telmo at the time They had already been dancing together in the most prominent shows in Buenos Aires had appeared together numerous times on television and had performed internationally They were noted for the speed of their dance and their acrobatic steps 7 Nelson and Nelida joined the cast Hector and Elsa Maria Mayoral edit The next couple added to the cast was Mayoral and Elsa Maria They danced a different style than the others They came from the tango salons and danced the very simple yet very graceful dance of the crowded milonga salons of Buenos Aires Their tango was noted for its small playful steps Together with Copes amp Nieves and Nelson amp Nelida they comprised the three couples who were asked to perform solo routines in the original Tango Argentino 7 Gloria and Luis Pereyra edit 1987 Luis Pereyra is added to the cast He was solo dancer at Cano 14 Casa Blanca Michelangelo Viejo Almacen He stayed at the cast over 13 years First he dances with Gloria later on with Norma He had very much experience on stage His dance aducation has taken place in the Theatre Colon with the Ballett Salta Master Santiago Ayala el Chucaro He startet on stage at the age of ten During all the years Luis Pereyra danced different solos with his partners Gloria and Norma such as El Entrerriano Verano Porteno he danced with Cecilia Narowa who took the part of Milonguita Together with Nelson Avila he was in charge to rebuild the choreografies 7 The Milongueros edit nbsp Carlos amp Maria Rivarola performing in Tango Argentino at Obelisco Buenos Aires 2011 Virulazo and Elvira Santamaria edit With the solo routines set Segovia needed more milongueros the social dancers from the salons to complete the show Nelson Avila suggested some good friends who were well respected street dancers in Buenos Aires Virulazo 7 and Elvira Santamaria When Nelson and Nelida went to look for the couple they found that Virulazo had quit tango having become disouraged with the lack of money Nelson went out searching for him in his old neighborhoods but Verulazo was nowhere to be found Anton Gazenbeek describes what happened next in his book Inside Tango Argentino 7 When Nelson finally found Virulazo he was working in a butcher shop with a blood covered apron and he was noticeably overweight Nelson described the new tango show to him but Verulazo had no interest at all He was done with tango When they mentioned an audition for the show Verulazo replied that he didn t need to audition for anyone People already knew he was a great dancer he had no interest in auditioning When Nelson finally talked Virulazo 10 and Elvira into dancing for Segovia any doubts about their tango disappeared They were quickly added to the cast 7 Maria and Carlos Rivarola and the balance of the cast edit The well known salon tango 11 dancers Carlos and Maria Rivarola were added to the cast 12 Monica and Luciano Frias and Cecilia Narova completed the original cast of dancers 7 nbsp Maria Nieves dancing at Tango Argentino presented in the Obelisco Buenos Aires 2011 The Music edit The Instrumentals edit Music for Tango Argentino was provided by Sexteto Mayor The sextet in Argentine tango was first established by Julio De Caro in 1924 The traditional tango sextet consists of piano double bass two violins and two bandoneons Sexteto Mayor had been formed in 1973 by bandoneon players and arrangers Jose Libertella and Luiz Stazo 13 By 1981 they were playing in Paris and Segovia approached Libertella and Stazo with his idea Sexteto Mayor provided the music for both the Paris performance and the first Broadway performance 7 Together they put together a musical arrangement that followed the origins of Argentine tango from its beginnings in the 19th century to the nuevo tango of Piazzolla Originally Segovia had hoped to use the orchestra of the great Anibal Troilo however Troilo had died in 1975 7 In homage to Anibal Troilo every performance of Tango Argentino begins and ends with Quejas de bandoneon 14 which was Troilo s signature piece In addition to Sexteto Mayor Segovia recruited the great Horacio Salgan to complete the music 7 15 The Vocalists edit In his book Tango The Art History of Love Robert Farris Thompson describes tango as music poetry and dance 16 The poetry of tango is expressed through its songs To complete the tango experience for the audience Segovia included vocal performances by some of the best tango singers in Argentina Jovita Luna and Raul Lavie performed in the original cast from Paris to Broadway Roberto Goyeneche sang at the world premier in Paris 17 Elba Beron sang at the 1985 Broadway premier 18 nbsp Touring internationally in 1985 with Tango Argentino Raul Lavie s voice was in great demand among Tango fans in Argentina and elsewhere Choreography and Production edit The concept of Tango Argentino was to present the history of tango through its music song and dance With the many dance styles among the cast members each couple was given the flexibility to do much of their own choreography One problem was that there are no videos of the early 20th century dancers When trying to choreograph the beginnings of tango dance Segovia and the dancers took original still photographs from the early days of tango and laid them out in such an order as to allow them to recreate the original dance of the time 7 Thus audiences were able to visualize the evolution of Argentine tango as both music and dance Unfortunately for all their hard work the show found little support in Buenos Aires They even had difficulty finding places to rehearse Few Argentines thought the show had any chances of success 5 7 Paris editIn 1983 they finally got a break They were invited to perform in Paris On a minimal budget the entire cast of Tango Argentino boarded an Argentine military transport headed to Paris The Argentine Air Force cargo plane provided no services they flew as cargo 16 They had been afforded the opportunity to participate in the Festival d Automne 17 The show was an immediate success The first performance in Paris received so many loud standing ovations that Nelson Avila and Nelida stood at the front of the stage and wept after their solo performance further exciting the crowd 7 The show sold out for every performance with crowds standing outside the theatre unable to get tickets The show was in such demand that it made a second tour of Italy and Paris the next year 7 Broadway editBy 1985 Tango Argentino appeared on Broadway Unfortunately Nelson Avila one of the main performers broke his arm before the first performance and it was in a full cast Nelson had the doctors break the cast in two and hinged it at the elbow so he could bend his arm a little and he danced the show with a broken arm Also appearing were Jorge Martin Orcaizaguirre Virulazo and Elvira Santa Maria Juan Carlos Copes and Maria Nieves Tango Argentino received rave reviews from the New York critics The show was such an immediate success that many celebrities attended the show including Frank Sinatra Madonna Brooke Astor Mikhail Baryshnikov Helen Gurley Brown Henry Kissinger and Claus von Bulow Regine Zylberberg of Regine s invited the cast to dinner Dance instructors in New York saw the demand for Argentine tango instruction triple overnight 5 The diversity of the dancers and the simple elegance of tango struck home with audiences who had no concept of Argentine tango before seeing the show Russell St Cyr writing for The Miscellany News the Vassar College newspaper suggested that the production be considered for a Tony Award and was impressed with the quality of the production The dancers have each developed different styles and they have brought the tango s entire rainbow to the same stage One would never think that a simple dance could have so much diversity 19 Tango Argentino did not receive any Tony Awards although it received numerous Tony Award nominations 20 The nominations included the 1986 Tony Award for the Best Choreography the 1986 Tony Award for the Best Direction of a Musical the 1986 Tony Award for the Best Musical and for the revival in 1999 the 2000 Tony Award for the Best Revival World Tour editTango Argentino became a world wide hit touring the United States 21 then Japan 1987 On numerous tours around the world the cast of Tango Argentno danced before the likes of Princess Diana Jacqueline Kennedy Ann Miller Rita Moreno Mikhail Baryshnikov Rudolph Nureyev Burt Reynolds Kirk Douglas Dustin Hoffman Robert De Niro Liza Minnelli Katharine Hepburn and Placido Domingo 22 It continued to tour the world for another 15 years with many of its original cast members 7 The final Broadway revival occurred in 1999 2000 7 In 2011 there was a performance at the Obelisco in Buenos Aires with a few of the original artists including Maria Nieves and Raul LavieImpact editWhen the dancers of Tango Argentino took the stage on 11 November 1983 at the Festival d Automne in Paris France many consider it a turning point in the history of tango The world of Argentine tango would never be the same Robert Farris Thompson in the preface to his book Tango The Art History of Love states In the 1980s Buenos Aires barrio dancers sparked the strongest renaissance of the twentieth century through their performance in the stage extravaganza Tango Argentino 23 The tango historian Alberto Paz credits Tango Argentino with the world wide revival of Argentine tango Tango Argentino appeared for the first time on an international stage at the Paris Autumn Festival which began on November 11 1983 That run lasted one week but those few days were enough to change history the tango as dance resurfaced with an unexpected force and became huge around the world There has never been a time in history when so many social dancers are dancing Argentine tango as it was danced in the golden years of the 1940s and 50s 24 In the epilogue of his book Inside Tango Argentino Anton Gazenbeek 25 observes that the lure of the production was its humanity The average age of the dancers in the original Tango Argentino was 42 years When the audience watched a large male dancer such as Verulazo dance the tango their reaction was I can do that They were pulled into the show 2 The immediate impact of Tango Argentino was observable wherever it appeared Shortly after the 1985 Broadway premier Samuel G Friedman wrote in the New York Times From dance schools to fashion shows to the media Tango Argentino has stirred the metropolitan imagination Vanity Fair magazine discoursed on tango history Women s Wear Daily devoted a centerfold to tango togs The New Yorker published a Tango Argentino cartoon Tango mania quoth Vogue We re all tango daft said Sandra Cameron who owns a dance school in Greenwich Village Courses in Beginning Tango Advanced Tango and Tango Milonga are now populated by 124 students three times the pre Tango Argentino enrollment 5 More recently video footage of Copes and Nieves dancing in Tango Argentino flows in and out of German Kral s 2016 documentary Our Last Tango as the two dancers reflect on the passion and turmoil of their relationship and their 50 year partnership in tango 26 While many see the musical Tango Argentino as the catalyst for the world wide revival of Argentine tango in the 1990s an alternative theory of the cause of this revival can be found in a study by Chris Goertzen and Maria Susana Azzi titled Globalization and the Tango in the 1999 Yearbook for Traditional Music 27 The authors describe the globalization of tango using an example of the Washington DC musical ensemble Quintango 28 The well known group Quintango played in Washington DC at a White House gala reception for then Argentine President Carlos Menem and then two weeks later played in Richmond Indiana population 40 000 at small Earlham College The authors observe how a small town such as Richmond had an active Argentine tango dance group and how the audience at Quintango s performance was totally familiar with the all forms of tango music They attribute this globalization of traditional tango music to mass media and the many tango movies of the 1980s and 1990s Goertzen and Azzi make no mention of the musical Tango Argentino in their analysis rather they refer to a long gradual assimilation of tango into European and North American culture in the early 20th century They then describe the growth of tango in the tourist areas of San Telmo Buenos Aires The authors present the thesis that this global spread of the culture of Argentine tango reaching as far as small towns in Indiana is the result of the global effects of mass media 1985 Broadway Playbill editThe playbill of the 1985 Broadway production shows the following performances 4 1985 Broadway Playbill Tango Argentino PART I QUEJAS DE BANDONEoN J de Dios Filiberto Orchestra EL APACHE ARGENTINO M Aroztegui A Mathon Two things entwine and dance the tango Ballet EL ESQUINAZO A Villoldo 29 Couples of outsiders dance the milonga Ballet MILONGA DEL TIEMPO HEROICO F Canaro Juan Carlos Copes and Maria Nieves LA PUNALADA P Castellanos E C Flores Osvaldo Berlingeri and Orchestra LA MOROCHA E Saborido A Villoldo Two young girls dance the tango discreetly Gloria and Maria Rivarola EL CHOCLO 30 A Villoldo E S Discepolo With this tango the tango was born and weeping fled the mud searching for the sky Elba Beron LA CUMPARSITA 31 G M Rodriguez European Dance Hall Maria and Carlos Rivarola MI NOCHE TRISTE E Castriota P Contursi For me there is no consolation and that s why I get drunk to forget our love Raul Lavie ORGULLO CRIOLLO J DeCaro P Laurenz Virulazo and ElviraChoreography Virulazo DE MI BARRIO R Goyeneche Jovita Luna BANDONEONES Jose Libertella Luis Stazo Lisandro Adrover Oscar Ruben Gonzalez MILONGUITA The story of a young girl of the barrio who seduced by a ruffian follows the road to her ruin MILONGUITA E Delfino S Linning DIVINA J Mora J de la Calle MELENITA DE ORO E Delfino S Linning RE FA SI E Delfino Naanim Timoyko Milonguita Juan Carlos Copes The ruffian Nelida The ruffian s accomplice Nelson The bridegroom Eduardo Mayoral Carlos Rivarola The cabaret s customers Gloria Elsa Maria Gloria Dinzel Maria Rivarola Prostitutes NOSTALGIAS J C Cobian E Cadicamo Bandoneon groan your gray tango perhaps you also suffer from love Sexteto Mayor CUESTA ABAJO Gardel Le Pera I carry my shame everywhere shame to have been and pain of being no more Raul Lavie EL ENTRERRIANO R Mendizabal The DinzelsChoreography R Dinzel CANARO EN PARIS Scarpino Caldarella Osvaldo Berlingieri and Orchestra TAQUITO MILITAR M Mores Juan Carlos Copes Maria Nieves Nelida and Nelson Gloria and Eduardo Intermission PART II MILONGUEANDO EN EL 40 Armando Pontier Gloria and EduardoChoreography Eduardo UNO E S Discepolo M Mores One is so alone with her pain one is so blind in her sorrow Alba Solis LA ULTIMA CURDA A Troilo C Castillo Life is an absurd wound Alba Solis LA YUMBA O Pugliese Mayoral and Elsa MariaChoreography Mayoral NUNCA TUVO NOVIO E Cadicamo A Bardi Poor and alone you are without illusion without faith Raul Lavie Osvaldo Berlingieri y Orchestra JEALOUSEY sic J Gade Nelida and NelsonChoreography Nelida and Nelson DESENCUENTRO A Troilo C Castillo Your luck is so bad that when you want to put the last bullet in your pistol into your head it won t fire Elba Beron TANGUERA M Mores Orchestra VERANO PORTENO A Piazzolla Juan Carlos Copes and Maria Nieves BALADA PARA MI MUERTE A Piazzolla H Ferrer I ll toss the cloak of dawn around my shoulders my next to last whiskey will age in its glass my death in love will arrive on a tango step and I will die precisely at six o clock Jovita Luna ADIoS NONINO A Piazzolla Sexteto Mayor DANZARIN J Plaza QUEJAS DE BANDONEoN J de Dios Filiberto The dance floor fills with the sound of the orchestra and under the spotlights the marionettes dance BalletSome Notable Casts edit11 November 1983 World PremierFestival d Automne 32 7 Theatre du Chatelet Paris 10 September 1985 30 March 1986 Broadway PremierMark Hellinger Theatre 18 Broadway New York City 16 November 1999 1 September 2000 Broadway RevivalGershwin Theatre 33 Broadway New York City Jovita Luna Singer Jovita Luna Singer Jovita Luna Singer Raul Lavie Singer Raul Lavie Singer Raul Lavie Singer Nelson Avila Dancer Nelson Avila Dancer Nelson Avila Dancer Nelida Rodriguez de Aure Dancer Nelida Rodriguez de Aure Dancer Nelida Rodriguez de Aure Dancer Juan Carlos Copes Dancer Juan Carlos Copes Dancer Juan Carlos Copes Guest Artist Maria Nieves Dancer Maria Nieves Dancer Maria Nieves Guest Artist Virulazo Jorge Martin Orcaizaguirre Dancer Virulazo Jorge Martin Orcaizaguirre Dancer Virulazo Jorge Martin Orcaizaguirre Dancer Elvira Santamaria Dancer Elvira Santamaria Dancer Elvira Santamaria Dancer Elsa Maria Mayoral Dancer Elsa Maria Mayoral Dancer Elsa Maria Mayoral Dancer Hector Mayoral Dancer Hector Mayoral Dancer Hector Mayoral Dancer Carlos Rivarola Dancer Carlos Rivarola Dancer Maria Grana Singer Maria Rivarola Dancer Maria Rivarola Dancer Pablo Veron Guest Artist Luciano Frias Dancer Eduardo Arquimbau Dancer Carlos Borquez Dancer Monica Pelay Dancer Gloria Arquimbau Dancer Roberto Herrera Dancer Cecilia Narova Dancer Alba Solis Singer Ines Borquez Dancer Tita Merello 32 Dancer Naanim Timoyko Soloist Alicia Monti Dancer Roberto Goyeneche Singer Elba Beron Singer Carlos Copello Dancer Sexteto Mayor Musicians Rodolfo Dinzel Dancer Antonio Cervila Jr Dancer Gloria Dinzel Dancer Johana Copes Dancer Luis Pereyra Dancer Norma Pereyra Dancer Guillermina Quiroga Dancer Alba Solis Singer Lorena Yacono Dancer Vanina Bilous DancerReferences edit Dunning Jennifer 8 December 1991 Hector Orezzoli Is Dead at 38 Won Tonys for Black and Blue The New York Times Retrieved 16 May 2018 a b c Gazenbeek Anton 15 December 2013 Inside Tango Argentino The Story of the Most Important Tango Show of All Time Enrico Massetti Publishing pp 250 255 ISBN 9781304692023 Boutwell Jane 21 October 1985 The Tango The New Yorker ISSN 0028 792X Retrieved 16 May 2018 a b Tango Argentino Broadway Mark Hellinger Theatre Tickets and Discounts Playbill Playbill Retrieved 10 May 2018 a b c d Freedman Samuel G 19 December 1985 TANGO ARGENTINO THE SEASON S IMPROBABLE HIT New York Times Retrieved 11 May 2018 Falcoff Laura 10 November 2013 Suplemento Cultural Archived from the original on 10 November 2013 Retrieved 10 May 2018 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Gazenbeek Anton 15 December 2013 Inside Tango Argentino The Story of the Most Important Tango Show of All Time Enrico Massetti Publishing ISBN 9781304692023 Kleiman Dena 15 October 1985 IT TAKES TWO WHO TANGO New York Times Retrieved 10 May 2018 a b c European The New 27 September 2017 The couple who saved tango The New European Retrieved 10 May 2018 Biografia de Virulazo por Guillermo Alfieri Todotango com www todotango com in Spanish Retrieved 24 May 2018 Tango de Salon Style of Dancing description and videos www verytangostore com Retrieved 24 May 2018 Rivarola Carlos Biography of Carlos Rivarola www todotango com Retrieved 14 May 2018 Harris Craig Sexteto Mayor Pandora Retrieved 12 May 2018 ElCachafaz09 21 July 2011 ANIBAL TROILO Quejas de bandoneon HQ retrieved 24 May 2018 a href Template Citation html title Template Citation citation a CS1 maint numeric names authors list link Bernstein Adam 23 August 2016 Horacio Salgan Argentine tango composer and musical pathbreaker dies at 100 Washington Post 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dancers com Retrieved 23 May 2018 Taylor Ella 14 April 2016 Our Last Tango A Dance Movie With A Personal Storm At Its Center NPR org Retrieved 21 May 2018 Goertzen Chris Azzi Maria Susana 1999 Globalization and the Tango Yearbook for Traditional Music 31 67 76 doi 10 2307 767974 JSTOR 767974 S2CID 193119083 QuinTango Home QUINTANGO Retrieved 21 May 2018 EL ESQUINAZO Fairbanks Argentine Tango sites google com Retrieved 10 May 2018 El Choclo Fairbanks Argentine Tango sites google com Retrieved 10 May 2018 La cumparsita Fairbanks Argentine Tango sites google com Retrieved 10 May 2018 a b Tango argentino Les Archives du Spectacle Les Archives du Spectacle in French 11 November 1983 Retrieved 8 May 2018 The Broadway League Tango Argentino Broadway Musical 1999 Revival IBDB www ibdb com Retrieved 8 May 2018 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tango Argentino Tango Argentino Solo performance by Nelson Avila and Nelida Rodriguez dancing to Jalousie https www youtube 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