Present One Productions has introduced the Canadian premiere of Tango After Darkish, a stunning showcase of tango dance and the music of Astor Piazzolla that hits Toronto March 14 to 16, 2025.
Worldwide tango superstars and world champions Germán Cornejo and Gisela Galeassi lead an organization of ten dancers who’ll take the stage with a dwell band of seven musicians and two vocalists to convey the fireplace of the dance to life. Cornejo has been dubbed the King of Tango within the press.
Anticipate glamorous costumes and an emphasis on tango as a pure artwork type, mixing uncooked emotion and precision of motion.
“We’ve had the pleasure of touring Tango Hearth throughout Canada for a few years to sold-out audiences, incomes acclaim from each critics and followers,” mentioned Svetlana Dvoretsky, Founder and President of Present One Productions. “Now, we’re very excited to convey the Canadian premiere of Tango After Darkish, a charming new manufacturing by Germán Cornejo and Gisela Galeassi. Toronto audiences have a deep appreciation for these unbelievable artists, and we’re desperate to host their newest work. Tango After Darkish masterfully captures the colourful vitality of Buenos Aires nightlife, delivered to life via Cornejo’s gorgeous choreography.”
The present has been on tour world wide to sold-out homes, and can premiere on the Winter Backyard Theatre.
Tango & Astor Piazzolla
The tango is an artwork type that discovered its origins within the streets of Buenos Aires and Montevideo in the direction of the tip of the nineteenth century. Tango attracts from a number of cultures, together with African and European dance and music, the habanera of Cuba and the normal dances delivered to Argentina by Africans. It rapidly grew to become popularized, and traversed all ranges of society.
Born in 1921 in Mar del Plata, Argentina, Astor Piazzolla grew up simply in time to benefit from the rise of tango right into a worldwide phenomenon. He grew to become a virtuosic participant on the bandoneón, a sq. formed accordion typical to the tango style.
By 1955, nonetheless, he’d go away the normal dance bands behind to create what grew to become generally known as Nuevo Tango, a musical type that took parts of jazz and Western classical music and blended it into the compelling rhythms of tango. He grew to become one of many main Latin American composers of the twentieth century.
Germán Cornejo and Gisela Galeassi
Gisela Galeassi is a local of Carlos Paz, Cordoba, Argentina, the place she started dancing at an early age. She studied ballet at age three, and have become a educate of classical and Spanish dancing on the age of 16. At 16, after graduating, she started to specialise in tango. She has gone on to a performing profession, and a number of competitors wins.
Gisela has carried out because the Cultural Ambassador of the Autonomous Metropolis of Buenos Aires, and on phases which have included the Sydney Opera Home, Carnegie Corridor, and lots of others.
She has appeared on tv in Argentina, Canada and the US, and was a successful finalist in a actuality present produced by Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony.
Gisela has been performing as Germán’s associate since 2011, and with him, has toured the world with quite a few productions as a part of the Germán Cornejo Dance Firm (previously Tango Hearth firm).
Germán Cornejo was born in Zárate, Buenos Aires Province, and started his tango journey on the age of ten. He graduated from Gatell Conservatory of Dance with a Grasp of Tango diploma on the age of 15, and went on to review each classical and up to date ballet, jazz, and acrobatic dance. Germán earned a Grasp of Choreographic Composition on the Nationwide Institute of Arts.
He has received many competitions and awards, together with the World Champion of Tango dancing in 2005. He has carried out throughout Argentina in particular person in addition to on nationwide TV packages, in addition to within the US on Morning Information (USA), Fox Information (USA), Good Day New York! (New York), amongst others.
Germán toured extensively with Bien de Tango and different productions, and took part in a number of festivals. He’s danced on the Shanghai Oriental Arts Heart (Shanghai), Badminton Theatre (Athens), Sydney Opera Home (Sydney), The Joyce Theatre (New York), Peacock Theatre (London), The Esplanade Theatre (Singapore), and Mandalay Bay Area (Las Vegas), amongst many different outstanding venues worldwide.
He was a participant of the truth TV present “Q’ Viva — The Chosen”, and later carried out as a particular visitor on tour with Jennifer Lopez.
Germán joined the Tango Hearth Firm of Buenos Aires in 2006 (now generally known as the Germán Cornejo Dance Firm) and serves as its Director of Choreography and Lead Dancer.
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