Tango in the Gardens - 2002 Yerba Buena Gardens Festival

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2002 Press Releases

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Barbara Webb
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Tango in the Gardens
An Afternoon of Authentic Argentine Tango Music and Dance at Yerba Buena Gardens

Date: Sunday, October 6, 2002
Time: 1-5 P.M.
Place: Yerba Buena Gardens Esplanade, Mission Street between 3rd & 4th Streets in downtown San Francisco
Admission: Free!!!

Pack a picnic and bring your family and friends to Yerba Buena Gardens on Sunday, October 6th for an entire afternoon of Argentine Tango music and dance. Tango in the Gardens offers something for every one-kids, friends, music-lovers and dancers alike! This free performance is part of the 2002 Yerba Buena Gardens Festival.

Tango in the Gardens begins with a concert by Tango No.9, San Francisco's own, critically acclaimed Tango quartet that is part chamber ensemble, part jazz combo, and totally Tango. Tango No. 9 will offer a wry, sophisticated program that mixes traditional Tango music for dancing with the jazzier Tangos of avant-garde composer, Astor Piazzolla. To make the event even more special, Argentine composer/arranger Norberto Vogel will play bandoneon, the accordion-like instrument that gives Tango its mournful, sensuous sound. Tango No. 9 will also play live sets for general dancing later in the afternoon.

Tango No. 9's concert will be highlighted by performances from some of the Bay Area's best Tango dancers, teachers and choreographers, including Buenos Aires native Nora Dinzelbacher and her partner, Edward Neil. Ms. Dinzelbacher has created group choreographies especially for this event. Other dancers include local Tango teachers and performers, David & Nancy Mendoza, and modern dancers José Navarrete, Debby Kajiyama, and Arnel Alcordo. Each couple will premiere original choreographies during their solo performances.

Following the performances, Nora Dinzelbacher will teach a short lesson for anyone in the audience who is interested in learning to dance Tango. Beginners can dance their newly acquired steps along with the seasoned Tango dance aficionados at the outdoor Milonga, or Tango dance, that follows. Live music by Tango No.9 will be augmented with recorded Tangos from the Golden Era.

Tango No. 9 is Musical Director Catharine Clune on violin, Greg Stephens on trombone, and Seth Asarnow on piano. This season they will be joined by very special guest, Argentine composer/ arranger Norberto Vogel on bandoneon. Their first CD, "all them cats in Recoleta" pushed the group beyond its "cult" status in San Francisco, thanks to its sensuous and inspired interpretations of "Nuevo" Tango. Tango No. 9 kicks off its 2002 West Coast tour with this performance at Yerba Buena Gardens. To find out more about Tango No.9, their upcoming tour, or to purchase their CD, visit their website at www.tangonumber9.com.

Norberto Vogel studied bandoneon in Argentina with Maestro Néstor Marconi. He is Chief of the Department of Musical Appreciation and of Technology Applied to Music at Escuela de Música de Buenos Aires. Mr. Vogel plays both piano and bandoneon, and has performed with Tango Bar, Señor Tango, and El Arrastre. Currently he is a member of several groups, including the instrumental trio Hombres de Tango, Milongueros Viejos, and the Quinteto Tipico de Buenos Aires. This year n Argentina, he has appeared at the Salon Dorado of the House of Culture, the Café Tortoni, recitals on the FM Radio "de la Ciudad", appearances on the TV Channel Sólo Tango, Confitería Ideal, El Living, Bambalinas Theatre, Petit Avenida, Pléyades, and Plaza Dorrego (San Telmo).

Nora Dinzelbacher A native of La Paz, Entre Rios, Argentina, Nora Dinzelbacher is widely credited as being the foremost teacher and promoter of Argentine Tango in the San Francisco Bay Area. Since 1998, she has organized and directed "Nora's Tango Week", an internationally acclaimed 10-day seminar that attracts the world's best teachers and dancers. Ms. Dinzelbacher can claim a long list of credits, including the Argentina Folk Ballet, which she joined in 1973 as partner to the company's Artistic Director, the late Raul Dinzelbacher. She also served as Artistic Director for her own troupe, the Argentine Tango Folk Ballet. She will perform with her partner, Edward Neale.

Edward Neale has been partnering and studying with Nora Dinzelbacher since 1999. He has made three pilgrimages to Buenos Aires to study with such Tango Maestros as Juan Carlos Copes, Maria & Carlos Rivarola, Gloria & Eduardo, Nito & Alba Garcia, Fabian Salas, Claudia Mendoza & Luis Castro, and many more. He has performed with Ms. Dinzelbacher at "Celebration Tango" the gala ball that culminates Tango Week at the Marines Memorial Auditorium, at the Broadway Studios, and various other Bay Area Tango Events.

David & Nancy Mendoza are a husband and wife team, who have been teaching, performing, and choreographing authentic Argentine Tango and Salsa in the San Francisco Bay Area for nearly a decade. The Mendoza dance the "Milonguero" or salon style Argentine Tango, which stresses spontaneity, individual feelings, and effortless communication between partners, over staged choreography. Some of their most memorable public appearances include: "Hispanic Film Festival," San Jose Civic Center; "An Evening of Dance and Tango," in conjunction with the California Composer Consortium, San Joaquin Delta College; Tango #9 CD release party, El Valenciano; Folk Dance Festival, Stockton; Festival de la Familia, Sacramento; "Summer in the Park," Concord; "Totally Tango," Falkirk Mansion, San Rafael, "The History of Tango," Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, and "Tribute to Tito Puente," Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco.

Debby Kajiyama Debby Kajiyama has been performing and choreographing in the Bay Area since 1994. She has worked with Asian American Dance Performances, June Watanabe in Company, and Sue Roginski/Stephanie Schaaf. Her most recent appearances are with Krissy Keefer/Dance Brigade and Dandelion Dance Theater, with whom she has toured both nationally and internationally. Kajiyama has studied Argentine Tango with Nora Dinzelbacher, and worked with dance partner José Navarrete for the past three
years, exploring Tango and Danzón, as well as producing, choreographing, and performing social dances and physical theater.

José Navarrete is a native of Mexico City. Navarrete has collaborated with Tango No. 9 since 1999, when they performed the score for his evening of Tango and modern dance theater, Two Tangos and a Kiss at Theater Artaud. Since then, Navarrete and dance partner Debby Kajiyama have performed with Tango No. 9 as part of their concerts in San Francisco and in Los Angeles at the Conga Room. Navarrete has also performed with Joanna Haigood's Zaccho Dance Theater, June Watanabe In Company, Pearl Ubungen Dancers and Musicians, Shakiri/Rootworkers, Della Davidson Dance Company, Left Coast Dance Company, and Sara Shelton Mann. He has toured nationally, performing at such venues as Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Boston's Dance Umbrella, Dancing in the Streets in New York, and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.

Arnel Alcordo first worked with José Navarrete in "Dos Gardenias," which was performed at the 3rd Annual Lesbian and Gay Dance Festival. It was this collaboration that eventually brought opportunities to work with Navarrete on same sex tango. Arnel has also performed with Steamroller, Pearl Ubungen Dancers and Musicians, Kimiko Guthrie, Ching-chi Yu, Lizz Roman, and Unbound Spirit Dance Company. He is a devout student of Iyengar Yoga under the guidance of Betty Roi and Sabine Kuehner.

For more information please contact, Catharine Clune of Tango Number9 at 415-863-1718 or Nancy Stevens Mendoza of dndance.com at 415-467-7892.

Free artistic and cultural programming in Yerba Buena Gardens is made possible through the generous support of the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency, Arts International, the San Francisco Marriott, KTB Management Group, the Four Seasons Hotel, the San Francisco Foundation, the Zellerbach Family Fund, the Fleishhacker Foundation, and other sponsors.

Yerba Buena Arts & Events is located at 760 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94103. Phone (415) 543-1718; Fax (415) 543-1755; e-mail: ybgf@ybgf.org
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