TANGO METROPOLIS

Idea original: Daniel Binelli - Pilar Alvarez - Claudio Hoffmann

Arrangiamenti e direzione musicale Daniel Binelli

Artista invitata: Polly Ferman (pianoforte)

Orchestra Hyperion Ensemble

Direzione e Coreografie Pilar Alvarez - Claudio Hoffmann - Marijò Alvarez

Ballerini

Claudio Hoffmann Pilar Alvarez

Marijò Alvarez Fabiàn Irusquibelar

Veronica Vidàn Estanislao Herrera

Judit Aberastain Fernando Jimenez

Alejandra Barboza Omar Caceres

Noelia Solderas Orlando Farias

Vestuario Maria Sanz

Luci Anibal Corrado

Scenografia Tristan Mur / Anibal Corrado

Bandoneon Daniel Binelli

Hyperion Ensemble:

Violino Valerio Giannarelli - Contrabbasso Danilo Grandi - Chitarra Nicola Toscano - Piano Gloria Clemente - Flauto Bruno Fiorentini

TANGO METROPOLIS è un moderno e innovatore Musical di Tango. Affascinante e magico, realizza un percorso dagli inizi del tango sino all'attualità. Presenta i multiformi personaggi della noche porteña, a volte ostili, a volte intriganti. Humour, nostalgia e scene sensuali che ricreano lo stile, i sentimenti, le atmosfere e i colori di cento anni di Tango: le tipiche 'carreras' al Jockey club; storie d'amore, incontri e disillusioni; momenti intensi di passione e seduzione. Il bandoneon diventa il protagonista assieme ai ballerini, modulando con le sue note melanconiche, forti, i movimenti delle coppie: la grazia del Candombe, l'eleganza e la sensualità del Tango, la nostalgia della Milonga, il romanticismo del Vals, il temperamento e la forza del tango contemporaneo. Tango Metropolis is a highly innovative tango show created by Daniel Binelli, Pilar Alvarez, and Claudio Hoffmann. Set on the eve of the new century and looking ahead to it, Tango Metropolis adds new musical and choreographic forms of tango, dynamically and theatrically expressed, to the themes of the traditional repertoire. In the first part of the show, Tango Metropolis presents a variety of street characters emerging from the depths of thenight driven by an intimate desire for assertiveness in a hostile city. Besieged by vertigo, chaos, insecurity and a relentless quest for hope, they dance with all the force, vigour, expressiveness and mystery of avant-garde music contained in the beat and rhythm of Buenos Aires Later, a succession of humorous, nostalgic, sensual, and saucy scenes looks back over the styles, feelings, atmospheres, and colours of a hundred years of existence. The hippodrome, the races and the Jockey Club provide the setting for unforgettable moments played with irrepressible humour, flexibility, and magic by their main characters, in a tribute to the favourite personages and musical themes of the salons of yesteryear. In the second half, Tango Metropolis and its cosmopolitan streets portray love stories, encounters and farewells filled with intense moments of passion and seduction, using the language of tango. The bandoneon, the instrument that symbolizes the tango and permeates its history, delivers a a stream of harmonies and sounds which propel the bodies into a maelstrom of dance where the artists can express the whole range of their interpretative skills

Stage Design: Tristán Mur • Lighting: Anibal Corrado/ Jesús Escosa • Sound engineer: Pellio Perez Olaskoaga • Costumes: María Sanz • Ballet Consultant: MargaritaTerragno • Tango Consultant: Pablo Pugliese • Folklore Consultant: Mario Bustos • Photographer: Carlos Vizzotto/ Tetsu Maeda • Production Assistant: Gustavo García Mendy • Stage Manager: Diego Perezagua

COMMENTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL PRESS

Daniel Binelli unfolds his genius as a composer, silencing all talks about the musical atrophy of tango. Flanked by four great musicians, this extraordinary bandoneonist displays his unique and recognizable style as a musical creator, filled with energy and strength. The quintet of musicians (Daniel Binelli, Polly Ferman, Julio Graña, Cesar Angeleri, and Martín Keledjian) gives us magnificent musical moments, and provides the perfect setting for the development of the show. Pilar Alvarez, Claudio Hoffmann, and Marijo Alvarez, in charge of the choreography, surprise us by introducing elements that break away from the sad and melancholy side of tango, showing how versatile this language can be. Ten incredible dancers, powerful performers, flawlessly dominate the stage, taking the technique to a new level.' • El Mundo, Caracas 'The works of Daniel Binelli have become one of the most original proposals of our time.' • Pagina 12, Buenos Aires 'Daniel Binelli's bandoneon magic, a brilliant artist absolutely worthy of taking the place left by the unforgettable Piazzolla.' • La Sicilia, Italia 'Mr. Binelli´s relationship with his bandoneon is a dance in itself.' • The Wall Street Journal, New York 'Sometimes there is as much music in one bandoneon as there is in an entire opera, especially when the one playing is Daniel Binelli.' • Ledrok, Canada 'Brilliant opening by the duo of Pilar Alvarez, fine and flexible between the solid hands of Claudio Hoffmann.' • Le Figaro, France . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .