Nicole Nau

Nicole Nau (born January 30, 1963 in Düsseldorf) is a dancer of Tango Argentino and Argentinian folklore.

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Life

After studying graphic design Nau first worked for advertising agencies before she settled in Argentina to be formally instructed as a professional dancer. In 1990 she had her first appearance in Café Homero[1][2] to be followed by an engagement as a dancer in the opera Maraton[3][4]Teatro Colón opera house in Buenos Aires. From 1989 to 2001 Nicole Nau danced with her first dance partner under the pseudonym Ricardo & Nicole.

In 2002 she had her premiere with the tango opera Orestes - Last Tango, which was created in a co-production with her former partner and WMTF Festival of Holland.[5][6] It was here that she danced with Luis Pereyra for the first time who is her life companion and dance partner now.

In co-operation with Luis Pereyra she produced El Sonido de mi Tierra, Bailando en Soledad, Secretos de la Danza, El Color de mi Baile and Tango Puro Argentino y Mas. In 2007 they reopened as the artistic directors the renowned tango theater Café de los Angelitos in Buenos Aires[7]. In 2010 they are artistic directors at the Viejo Almacén and 2011 in Aqui Folklore[8].

She went on tours through Argentine, Chile, Bolivia, Germany, Japan, Russia, the Netherlands, Austria and Switzerland as well as to Great Britain and Canada.

Nau does the costume design[9] for several Tango Argentino and Folklore Argentino productions.

Books

Merits and tributes

DVD and CD

Appearances (in selection)

Own productions (in selection)

External links

References

  1. ^ Mempo Giardinelli: Mempo Giardinelli: Vorhang auf für die Leidenschaften der Porteños. Fotos by Christopher Pillitz. In GEO Special, Cover and page 28ff., 3rd June 1994
  2. ^ John J. Putman: Buenos Aires, making up for lost time. In National Geografic Band 186, no. 6, page 84ff. December 1994
  3. ^ Este país es un lugar ideal para un artista in La Nación 25th January 2002 (Spanish)
  4. ^ Website: opera Marathon, Jaime Kogan, Teatro Colón 1990
  5. ^ Review of zu Orestes – Last Tango, Diego Fischermann: Traducir personajes a música, in Página 12, Argentinian daily paper, 7th February 2002 (Spanish)
  6. ^ Review of Orestes – último Tango!. René Vargas Vera: Orestes último Tango tendrá su estreno en Holanda, in La Nación. Argentinian daily paper. 10th March 2002 (Spanish)
  7. ^ Review of Café de los Angelitos – El Tango with a short biography of Nicole Nau, Virginia Kirst: Neueröffnung des Café de los Angelitos, Argentinisches Tageblatt, page 5. 7th April 2007 (German)
  8. ^ Review of Aqui Folklore, Teatro Astral, Carolina Quiroga, UADAV: Talento, Tradicion y Arte bien Argentino
  9. ^ Rezension von Anne Kathrin Reiff, RGA, Secretos de la Danza, costume design
  10. ^ Philatelistic description of the stamp on the website of Correo Argentino (postal service; Spanish) 2000
  11. ^ Philatelistic description of the stamp on the website of Correo Argentino (postal service; Spanish) 2001
  12. ^ Homepage of the opera Maraton, Teatro Colon
  13. ^ René Vargas Vera: En Holanda Ricardo y Nicole son Gardel, La Nación, Argentinian daily paper. 30th December 1998 (Spanish)
  14. ^ Juan Garf: Buenos Aires. Die Stadt, die alles hat. In: GEO Special 5 October/November 2006, page 134
  15. ^ Program Argentinísima – los 40 años, Teatro Broadway.
  16. ^ Review of the argentine Newspaper Página 12: Con la voz de un distinguido
  17. ^ Review by Eduardo Menescaldi for the argentine newspaper El Sol de Quilmes: Zamba Quipildor presenta la Misa Criolla y Navidad Nuestra en Monte Grande
  18. ^ Review at the official website of Justo Daract La Segunda que fué de primera
  19. ^ Tom Noga: Tango!. In: Frankfurter Rundschau, culture page, 19th August 2004, page 30, 31 (German)
  20. ^ Rezension El Sonido de mi Tierra, Teatro Empire, Gabriel Plaza: Los origenes de la música, La Nación, 19. June 2003 (Spanish)
  21. ^ Review of Bailando en Soledad, Anne-Kathrin Reiff, RGA: Seele des Tanzes ... Bailando en Soledad – Tango. 29th August 2006 (German)
  22. ^ Review of Secretos de la Danza, Anne-Kathrin Reiff: Tango und Folklore im Teo Otto Theater. 20th November 2007 (German)
  23. ^ Review of El Color de mi Baile, Lena Kismer: Gestatten mein Name ist Tango! 2009 (German)
  24. ^ Review of El Color de mi Baile, Daniel Sousa: Paisajes y ritmos, La Prensa, 14. September 2009 (Spanish)
  25. ^ Nicole Nau, artistic direction and dancer: website of Café de los Angelitos, Buenos Aires
  26. ^ Review of Café de los Angelitos, el Tango! Daniel Sousa: Noche de Tango entre ángeles, La Prensa, 2. Juli 2007 (Spanish)
  27. ^ Review Tangos en El Viejo Almacén, Enrique Honorio Destaville: La nueva Etapa para la Revista Noticias
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