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TangoTeatro Theatre Company
artistic director Marcelo Guardiola
Av. Congreso 1920 Buenos Aires, Argentina
www.tangoteatro.org
www.losguardiola.com
Tango Querido!
Dear Tango!
“The one and only show of tango and mime!
The poetry in the lyrics of tango told through the magic of mime and the dance of tango.
A hymn to tango, its people and its soul.”
Dear Tango! Is a show combining tango and mime inspired by the lyrics of famous tangos, born of the will to pay tribute to tango, with an eye to the special form of its poetry and in its way of thinking. Through the magic of gesture
and dance, the different characters of the world of tango come to life: strolling musicians, daring artists, ladies of
the night, pimps, milongueros, each with their story and their destiny still to be told.
Writers and performers Marcelo Guardiola y Giorgia Marchiori
Direction Marcelo Guardiola
PROGRAM
ORGANITO DEL SUBURBIO (Barrel Organ in the Suburbs)
In 1929 Roberto Torres wrote for the music of Antonio Bonavena the tango,
Organito del suburbio.
"But all has now changed
Little organ in the suburbs,
And the neighbourhoods move ahead
And you have had to move away…"
This number, inspired by the tango of the same name, is paying homage to the
first diffuser of tango in the streets of Buenos Aires, the barrel organ.
In a Buenos Aires where tango was still an indecent and prohibited music, the barrel organ had the power to reach even the ears of those who did not wish to hear.
A figure long since vanished, today the organ player only remains in the memory
of the tangos dedicated to him.
VIEJA RECOVA (The Old Market)
In 1930 Enrique Cadícamo wrote for the music of Rodolfo Sciammarella the tango,
Vieja recova.
“And I had seen her as a boy out weaving fantasies
With her dreams in full flight and her nights of champagne.
Poor thing! Who’d have thought of the end of her days
And of the tragic, shameful charity they give her today.”
This number, inspired by the tango of the same name, tells of a casual encounter:
a beggar asking for alms in the street, a man takes pity on her and in the moment
he gives her a coin they recognise each other. For a moment the images carry us
into the past and tell us how that beggar was once the queen of the cabaret.
TANITA DE LA PROA (Proud Tanita in the Prow)
In 1928 Vicente Martínez Cuitiño wrote for the music of Salvador Merico the
tango, Tanita de la proa.
“Proud Tanita in the prow
Going to the Argentine
Don’t put on those airs and graces
‘cause you could just run aground…”
This number, inspired by the tango of the same name, tells of the journey by boat
of a young Italian immigrant (tanita in the local dialect, lunfardo), her arrival in
Buenos Aires and of her meeting with a local Argentine rogue.
Photos: Gustavo Cilla, Graphic Design: Carlo D’Andreis
PA’ QUE BAILEN LOS MUCHACHOS (To Make the Boys Dance)
In 1942 Enrique Cadícamo wrote for the music of Anibal Troilo the tango, Pa’
que bailen los muchachos.
“To make the boys dance,
I’m gonna play you, bandoneón.
Life is a milonga”
This number, inspired by the tango of the same name, tells of a night in a milonga
(that is, a hall where people in Buenos Aires meet to dance tango.
Milongas are mainly divided into two types: the more homely ones to which mainly
go established couples, and the
Solas y solos (singles) to which singles go: in this last type it is common to see men
and women seated separately at individual tables.
The way to invite a woman to dance is with a flick of the head, a cabaceo. When
a man and a woman’s eyes meet, the man makes this gesture as an invitation.
All the tangos danced in this number are improvised and demonstrate how the
tango is danced in the milongas in Buenos Aires.
AMABLEMENTE (Amiably)
In 1930 Ivan Diez wrote the sonnet Amablemente in the local dialect, lunfardo. The
great singer Edmundo Rivero, fascinated by the irony and the cruelty of this poem,
set it to music in 1963.
“He found her in the flat and in the arms of another…
But with finesse without indignation
He said to the pigeon: you can leave,
The man is never guilty in cases like this.”
This number, inspired by the tango of the same name, tells of betrayal by a
woman and her fate in the ancient tango justice.
ANCLAO EN PARIS (Anchored in Paris)
In 1931 Enrique Cadícamo wrote for the music of Guillermo Barbieri the tango,
Anclao en París.
Immortalized by the voice of the great Carlos Gardel, this poem is testimony of a
glorious period for tango, when in the French capital there were to be found a
great many Argentine artists.
“Drawn by the nomadic Bohemian life
I am, Buenos Aires, anchored in Paris
Covered in troubles, pressed by demands,
I conjure you from this country far.”
This number, inspired by the tango of the same name, tells of the adventures of an
Argentine immigrant in the Paris of the 1920s: he, a tango dancer, finds himself performing in shows dancing a tango so different to that danced in the dance halls
in Buenos Aires…
LOS GUARDIOLA
Marcelo Guardiola and Giorgia Marchiori, known artistically as Los Guardiola, are
the major representatives of Buenos Aires TangoTeatro. Their shows have been
seen in theatres and milongas around the world.
Marcelo Guardiola is an actor, dancer, musician and theatre director.
Born in Buenos Aires, in 1999 he created the theatre investigation, TangoTeatro, the
objective of which is the creation of a new form of show which integrates the
music, the dance and the poetry of the tango.
In 2003 he begins to work together with Giorgia Marchiori, dancer, actress, choreographer and Doctor of Philosophy, forming the duo Los Guardiola.
In 2004, in Buenos Aires, they received the diploma Milongueros-bailarines: Nueva
Generación (Milongueros-dancers: New Generation).
In 2011, for the originality and distinctive us of tango in theatre, they have had to
honour to be invited to the VIII Holstebro Festuge (VIII Holstebro Festive Week),
organized by the Odin Teatret / Nordisk Teaterlaboratorium (Odin Theatre /
Theatre Laboratory), Holstebro, Denmark, and directed by Eugenio Barba.