After performing in such distant lands
as Belarus, South Africa and Australia, the exciting, decade-old
Argentinean tango dance company, Estampas Portenas, is finally
coming to Brooklyn.
Founded in Buenos Aires by highly acclaimed Argentine ballerina
and choreographer Carolina Soler, the 10-member Estampas Portenas
("Made in Buenos Aires"), is presenting "Tango
Fire" tomorrow night at Brooklyn Center for the Performing
Arts at Brooklyn College.
"Tango is very sensual dance, very attractive for me,"
says Soler, 49, who was a prima ballerina in Buenos Aires’s Teatro
Colon. "[It is] more sensual than ballet."
"Tango Fire" includes full-company pieces and unique
duets (pictured) for each of the five gorgeous couples and is
interspersed with performances by singer Diego Fama and the piano-bandoneon-strings
quartet, Quatrotango.
The two-hour extravaganza showcases a range of tango styles and
rhythms, including the highly intimate, lyrical "milongas."
"Only ’milongas’ is boring," says Soler. "You
need to put a show on stage. The company [has] very young people
and they have a lot of energy."
Call it ’energy’ or call it hot-blooded passion, the sultry moves
of these Argentines are not to be missed.
Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts presents Estampas Portenas
in "Tango Fire" on Nov. 5 at 2 pm at the Walt Whitman
Theatre, 2900 Campus Rd. at Hillel Place on the campus of Brooklyn
College in Midwood. Tickets are $15, $30, $35. For tickets, call
(718) 951-4500 or visit www.brooklyncenteronline.org.
