CAL PERFORMANCES PRESENTS PROGRAM Sunday, November 17, 2013, 7pm Nuit Blanche Zellerbach Hall (2010) Artistic Directors, Unión Tanguera Esteban Moreno and Claudia Codega Unión Tanguera Choreography and Artistic Direction Claudia Codega and Esteban Moreno with Jorge Crudo and Rolan Van Löor of Modos Vivendi Dancers Lucila Cionci Claudia Codega Rodrigo “Joe” Corbata Claudia Jakobsen Jorge Crudo Esteban Moreno Rolan Van Löor Original Music Pedro Onetto Musicians Pedro Onetto, piano Marta Roca Alonso, violin Camilo Ferrero, bandoneón Guillermo Monteleone Guillermo Ignacio Varchausky, double bass Nuit Blanche Sound Alain Penet Scenography and Lighting Gonzalo Córdova Costumes Sofia Di Nunzio Unión Tanguera’s Nuit Blanche is supported La Maison de la Danse de Lyon, Ville de Lyon, Lyon City, Direction régionale des affaires culturelles de Rhône Alpes, Karavan Théâtre/Ville de Chassieu, and L’Association Tango de soie, Lyon. Lighting Management Gonzalo Córdova Sound Engineer Polo Talnir Company Manager Rayma Salas Representation Elsie Management, Laura Colby, Director Cal Performances’ 2013–2014 season is sponsored by Wells Fargo. 14 CAL PERFORMANCES CAL PERFORMANCES 15 ABOUT THE ARTISTS nión tanguera seeks to reformulate the artistic, and pedagogical work of teaching tan- Utheatrical expression of tango by incorpo- go, in workshops, shows, and through a learning rating elements of contemporary dance while method on DVD. respecting the purity of the traditional social dance. Prior to Nuit Blanche, Unión Tanguera Rolan Van Löor (dancer, co-creator) studied created and toured Efecto Tango (2005), Tango dance at the Teatro Colón National Opera Vivo (2006), and Buenos Aires hora 0 (2008). School, Teatro San Martín Modern Dance Unión Tanguera has been supported by Tango School in Buenos Aires, and with Steve de Soie, a school and home for tango in Lyon, Paxton and Nancy Stark Smith at Contact since 2006, and has formed many important Improvisation in New York City. He studied partnerships with various funding institutions drama with Carlos Gandolfo at the Actor Studio in France, including La Maison de la Danse de Teatro, C. Moreira (Lecoq technique), Julia Lyon. (Both Efecto Tango and Tango Vivo were Varley and Eugenio Barba of the Odin Théâtre co-produced with Lyon’s Maison de la Danse.) (Montreal), and the Ana Itelman Choreographic They are presently creating work for the Opera Investigation Group in Buenos Aires. He has of Lyon and the City of Chassieu. danced with companies in Germany, Spain, France, Switzerland, and Argentina, including Unión Tanguera was borne from Co-Artistic Nucleo Danza, the Teatro San Martín Ballet, Directors and Dancers Claudia Codega and Ana Maria Stekelman, Susanne Linke Folkwang Esteban Moreno’s commitment and willpower Tanzstudio Company, and Tanzfabrik. He has to document, teach, and bring to the stage pro- also worked with Noemi Lapzeson’s Vertical Guillermo Monteleone Guillermo foundly real Argentine tango. Originally from Dance Company, the Dominique Bagouet Argentina, Ms. Codega and Mr. Moreno have Company, the A7-Danse Company, the uit blanche (“Sleepless Night”) ex- worked together since 1990, where their first Philippe Découflé Company, and with the plores the night, when alcohol and isola- N steps were created together in the Villa Urquiza Hamburg Ballett of John Neumeier (Ópera tion bring people together…and tango as the neighborhood in Buenos Aires. Ms. Codega Garnier) in the revival of Pina Bausch’s Nur-Du. only way to let the bodies express themselves. trained in ballet, contemporary dance, jazz, He has worked with the Company Quart’zart It opens on a scene in a cabaret-milonga (tan- and composition (with the renowned Argentine of Catherine Berbessou, with Coline Serrau and go nightclub) at the end of a traditional tango choreographer Ana Maria Stekelman). She per- Laura Scotzzi at L’Opéra national de Paris, in show, during the moment when the perform- formed as a contemporary dancer in various the- The Rake’s Progress at the Théâtre des Champs- ers return to their lives as milongueros, blending aters, finding tango in 1990. Mr. Moreno gradu- Élysées, the Atelier of the Carolyn Carlson with their audience. A woman and a man im- ated from the National College of Technical Company in Paris, and with the Philippe Genty provise in a confined, almost pitch-black area, Education with a degree in electronics and Company. In 1997, he founded the company while the rhythmic and cyclic bandoneón (the began a career graphic design. He discovered Modos Vivendi in Paris with Jorge Crudo and essential instrument of tango) music plays in tango in 1988 through courses at the Centro has since been creating and teaching with this the background. Cultural Gral San Martín, and at Centro company in collaboration with the quartet La Out of this intimacy and necessity arises the Cultural Fortunato Lacamera. His immersion Tipica and Che Tango with Paula Estrella. true-to-life, contemporary tango. As the dancers in tango led to his work in Ciclos, directed by dance, they weave in and out of sensual abra- Alicia Orlando, where he met Ms. Codega. Having studied in the Teatro Colón National zos (hugs), alongside hatred, desire, loneliness, Since representing Argentina in the Opera School and in the Teatro San Martín hope, despair, friendship, passion, love, misap- Universal Exposition of Seville (1992), Modern Dance School of Buenos Aires, Jorge prehension, celebration, and defeat. Ms. Codego and Mr. Moreno have been invited Crudo (dancer, co-creator) then modern dance For the conception and parts of the choreog- to the most important tango festivals around ballet in the Teatro San Martín under the di- raphy of Nuit Blanche, Union Tanguera worked the world. They are part of a generation that has rection Of Oscar Araiz. Later, he danced for in collaboration with the company Modos been credited with recovering tango as a social many well known international companies, Vivendi (directed by Rolan Van Löor and Jorge dance and have been integral in creating the among them the Black Swan Company in Crudo). Nuit Blanche has toured Italy, Austria, ambiance for its current popularity. Ms. Codego Brazil. In France, he worked with the Grand France, and the Netherlands, and has been seen and Mr. Esteban continue their formative, Théâtre Ballet de Reims, Andy Degroate’s by over 10,000 spectators. 16 CAL PERFORMANCES CAL PERFORMANCES 17 ABOUT THE ARTISTS ABOUT THE ARTISTS Red Notes Company, with Bob Wilson in The French, and in 2003 he obtained a grant of the at Southern Methodist University’s Meadows working with an illustrious list of artists that in- Magic Flute performed in L’Opéra National de Antorchas Foundation to specialize in that mu- School of Arts. Three years later, she received cludes Leopoldo Federico (with whom he won Paris. He has worked with Paco Décina in the sic. His activities as a composer, musical arrang- her diploma in violin. As a violinist, Ms. Roca the Latin Grammy Award in 2009), Gustavo Post-Retroguardia, Abou Lagraa in La Baraka, er, and instrumentalist have taken him to col- has been part of such groups as the Strings del Beytelmann, Julio Pane, Néstor Marconi, Kevin Carlotta Signa in Company Al Dente, Serge laborate with such artists as Kevin Johansen and Plata Quartet, Ensemble Nox (specializing in Johansen, Bibi Ferreira, Lidia Borda, and Vale Ambert in Les Alentours Rêveurs, and Pedro to create music for theater shows, interviews, 20th- and 21st-century music), and the Roca- Tango. Mr. Varchausky is the founder of the Pauwels in the Pepau dance companies. Since and films. Mr. Onetto is also the musical direc- Wiman violin and piano duet. She also collabo- nonprofit organization TangoVia Buenos Aires, 1997, Mr. Crudo and Rolan Van Löor share the tor and pianist for the group Karavanah. rated in the National Symphonic Orchestra, the whose mission is to preserve, promote and devel- artistic direction for the choreographic creation Chamber Orchestra of La Plata, the Modern op the art of tango, and co-host of the tango ra- of the company Modos Vivendi. In the mean Camilo Ferrero (bandoneón) studied ban- Dance Course of the Teatro San Martín, CETC, dio show Ayer hoy era mañana at La 2x4, Buenos time, Mr. Crudo is teaching and creating the doneón with Julio Pane, Néstor Marconi, and Lyric Buenos Aires, and Juventus Lyrica. She Aires’s tango station. fusion of modern dance and Argentine tango. Daniel Binelli, and harmony and composition has recorded CDs with the Meadows Wind with Polo Gutierrez and Daniel Jauregui. He Ensemble, the String Trio Arizcuren, Ensemble Gonzalo Córdova (scenography and lighting de- Lucila Cionci and Rodrigo “Joe” Corbata spent two years in the Popular Music School of Nox, and Camerata Bariloche. At the same time, sign) is a writer, lighting designer, and techni- (dancers) are dancers and choreographers. Avellaneda. Currently, he studies with Diego Ms. Roca explores other styles of music, includ- cal director for theater, dance, and opera. He They have participated in major tango shows Schissi. Since 1996, Mr. Ferrero has been the ing tango and jazz. She has been a violinist in studied scenic lighting history in the National and festivals across Europe, Asia, and the first bandoneón player and arranger in the the Hypnofon Orchestra and has also collabo- University Institute of Art in Argentina and has Americas. Recently, Ms. Cionci danced in the Orchestra El Arranque, with which he has rated in recordings for films and documentaries. worked in Buenos Aires since 1990. He has toured opera Carmen at London’s Coliseum Theatre made six recordings and participated in inter- She was the musical producer and violinist in throughout Europe, Canada, South America, in Covent Garden, directed by Sally Potter. national tours. He has also worked in the tango the music composed by Pablo Grinsztajn for and the United States with the shows Tango Mr.