Tango: Historias Breves featuring Dancer/Choreographer Guillermina Quiroga
Royce Hall at UCLA (340 Royce Drive Los Angeles, CA 90095)
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The last date listed for Tango: Historias Breves featuring Guillermina Quiroga was Thursday February 5, 2009 / 8:00pm.
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Humberto Capiro on Where to Park
Good amount of parking but one is closer to venue on same level
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Casual to dressy
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Not much food but beer and wine
Goldstar Member Reviews
Goldstar Member
Humberto Capiro
This program was supposed to tell stories thru tango with an influence of ballet and to some extent that was true. Unfortunately the development of the premise was lacking polish and the dancers were not great but more like adequate with the exception of Ms. Quiroga and a couple of the men. If you were lucky to have seen the great argentinian ballet dancer Julio Boca bring his Boca Tango show a few years ago you would have seen what this project should have been like.Written on Feb 06 2009
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More Information About Tango: Historias Breves featuring Guillermina Quiroga
Website
http://www.uclalive.org/Event.asp?Event_ID=553
Quotes & Highlights
- Learn more about tango legend Guillermina Quiroga at her website.
Description
Following their rapturously received, sold-out run in New York City in 2006, the internationally renowned Argentinean dancer Guillermina Quiroga and her thrilling company return to the U.S. in their first North American tour.
Best known in this country for her stunning work with the smash hits Tango x2, Forever Tango and Tango Argentino, the classically trained Quiroga is one of Argentina’s premier tango dancers, hailed by The New York Times for her “lyrical grace,” “incredibly deft, snappy footwork” and “spectacular feats (a leg held behind her head as she turned, astonishing backbends).”
Intertwined with some of Argentina’s best poetry, music, and sensuous dance, Tango, Historias Breves brings us closer to stories of life, love and passion and delves deeply into the fundamental role destiny plays. Quiroga and her partner Claudio Villagra will be joined by three couples and the group Los Cosos de al Lao, led by conductor and bandoneon player Gustavo Paglia.
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