REMARKABLE ELEGANCE !LA NACION / ARGENTINA

A UNIQUE STYLE WHERETANGO MEETS THEATREQATAR TRIBUNE / QATAR

AN ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT SHOW. ARTS IN THE CITY / FRANCE

TALENT AT ITSPUREST FORM !LUNA TEATRAL / ARGENTINA

THE ESSENCE OF TANGO !OMAN OBSERVER / OMAN

A WONDERFUL SPECTACLE WHERE DANCE, MIME AND MUSIC COME TOGETHER AS ONELA STAMPA / ITALY

THE INTERNATIONAL STARS OF TANGO Los Guardiola lead you into their fantasy world of «TangoTeatro», where tragedy, comedy, poetry and humour collide

SPONSORED BY THE ARGENTINE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TANGO

A MULTIDISCIPLINARY SHOW BY

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GIORGIA MARCHIORI

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A MULTIDISCIPLINARY SHOW OF SEVEN SCENES

Drawing from their expertise in commedia dell’arte, mime and Argentine tango, Los Guardiola use the universal and timeless language of movement to tell stories inspired by the world’s best-loved tangos.

Like a fairground carousel, the different faces of the soul of tango and characters from our endless human comedy – along with their loves, vices and virtues – pass before our very eyes.

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Among contemporary tango artists, Marcelo Guar-diola and Giorgia Marchiori, the duo known artisti-cally as Los Guardiola, are « one of the most original and best-loved couples » according to the Buenos Aires press. They have performed their shows in theatres and at festivals all over the world.

MARCELO GUARDIOLA is an actor, dancer, musician and theatre director. Born in Buenos Aires, he created a new theatrical form called « Tango Teatro » in 1999, a new approach to performing poetry through theatre and dance.

GIORGIA MARCHIORI is a dancer, choreographer,

actress and philosophy graduate. She began her artistic colla-

boration with Marcelo Guardiola in 2003, when they formed the

duo Los Guardiola.

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In 2004 they were awarded the « Nueva Genera-cion » diploma of honour in Buenos Aires for their contribution to tango dancing. For their original and distinctive use of tango in theatre, they were invited to the 8th edition of Holstebro Festuge in Denmark in 2011, organised by Odin Teatret and directed by Eugenio Barba.

In 2016 the Academia Nacional del Tango de la República Argentina became their sponsors in re-cognition of their work as « artists that champion Argentine tango culture through mime and tango lyrics ».

Los Guardiola write and direct all their shows. Their latest creation, Los Guardiola Tango Show, premiered in the famous Teatro Maipo in Buenos Aires in 2016.

Along with their show, « Los Guardiola - The Co-medy of Tango », which has been running in Pa-ris since 2017, Marcelo Guardiola and Giorgia Marchiori also wrote and performed their own choreographies of « Recital CanTango », a show created by the famous tenor Fabio Armiliato highlighting the connection between opera and tango. They also choreographed Luis Rigou’s latest original creation « Tango Secret », under the flute player’s artistic direction.

THEIR SHOW HAS TRAVELLED THE WORLDArgentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Italy, Oman, Qatar, Russia, Slovenia, Spain and Switzerland.

PRESS

REMARKABLE ELEGANCE. Drawing from the traditions of commedia dell’arte – masks, mime, immaculate black and white cos-tumes – Los Guardiola pay tribute to the tango of the early twentieth century. LA NACION / ARGENTINA

A WONDERFUL SPECTACLE where dance, mime and music come together as one.LA STAMPA / ITALY

TALENT IN ITS PUREST FORM. Audience members will be utterly captivated and seduced by the ma-gical duo of Los Guardiola. For these two wonder-ful artists, the tango is filled with irony, poetry and sensitivity, which they convey through every mo-vement, pose and scene. A perfectly harmonious performance and profoundly beautiful acting.LUNA TEATRAL / ARGENTINA

A UNIQUE STYLE where tango meets theatre.QATAR TRIBUNE / QATAR

The haunting rhythm of the tango cavorts with the dance and mime of Los Guardiola in an absolutely magnificent show. Poetry meets comedy, nostalgia and tragedy in seven breathtaking and playful scenes. You will fall under its spell.ARTS IN THE CITY / FRANCE

THE DAZZLING LOS GUARDIOLA are international tango stars, actors, mimes and clowns. They introduce us to TangoTeatro, a new form of tango that speaks for itself.UT MAGAZINE, RIVISTA D’ARTE E FATTI CULTURALI / ITALY

The performance of Los Guardiola is THE ESSENCE OF TANGO !OMAN OBSERVER / OMAN

After a show by Marcelo Guardiola and Giorgia Marchiori, you feel both the freedom and despair of the human condition. The ex-traordinary sensitivity and talent of these two artists allows them to directly target the heart of the matter and the hearts of viewers with a purity of style borne of meticulous and en-lightened dedication to their art. Marcelo and Giorgia are unique in their ability to perform their work with the precision of mimes, the grace and elegance of dancers, and the quir-kiness of marionettes. They use their bodies to convey what words cannot say, in complete harmony – the result of a lifetime’s experi-mentation and examination of their subject matter. TANGO IN ROMA / ITALY

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THEY DANCE THE TANGO WITH COMPLETE MASTERY, and perform mime with such cla-rity, humour and creativity that the audience can only erupt into thunderous applause.DESDE EL PIE / ARGENTINA

Marcelo Guardiola and Giorgia Marchiori trans-form the tango into dance and mime, evoking the qualities of an authentic Marcel Marceau performance. REVISTA VEINTITRES / ARGENTINA

If audiences think they’re about to watch a couple of tango dancers, they’re wrong. If they think they’re about to watch a play, they’re also wrong. It’s much more than that. Over the course of the show, Marcelo and Giorgia put on a complete artistic performance in which the tango is just one ingredient. DIEGO RIVAROLA, RADIO LA 2X4 / ARGENTINA

AN UNFORGETTABLE SHOW that draws inspira-tion from classic compositions from the tan-go repertoire. Marcelo Guardiola and Giorgia Marchiori are actors, mimes and dancers. Their biggest strength is their ability to com-bine all these disciplines into a show full of creativity and emotions laid bare. They are funny and bold. They make our imaginations soar and remind us that body language can communicate so much. They assume the roles of a dozen characters over the course of the show: a revolving carousel featuring a va-riety of archetypes from the world of tango. EUGENIA ALI, RADIO LA 2X4 / ARGENTINA

A REMARKABLE SHOW THAT CAPTIVATES THE AUDIENCE through its fluency in a language without words, in which the two dancers communicate through every movement, eve-ry step, every gesture. LA CAZUELA / ARGENTINA

Wonderful interpretations of tango stories. BUENOS AIRES TANGO / ARGENTINA

AN ORIGINAL ARTISTIC VISION that tells its story like classic silent films through a series of the most beautiful tangos. A must-see show that will make you laugh, appreciate and applaud. LA MILONGA ARGENTINA / ARGENTINA

Based on 20th century tangos, Los Guardio-la do more than dance: they perform words and transform them into a short plays. Dis-tinguished dancers, accomplished mimes and masters of flawless artistic movement, they propel us into a tragicomic world filled with poetry. DESMENUZARTE / ARGENTINA

THE SYNERGISTIC PERFORMANCE OF THE LOS GUARDIOLA DUO, who are virtuosos in each of the arts, is a masterclass in fluidity and dex-terity. FROGGY’S DELIGHT / FRANCE

- THE BARREL ORGAN

In 1929 Roberto Torres wrote for the tango Organito del Suburbio by Antonio Bonavena.

This scene, inspired by the tango of the same name, pays homage to the first instrument to popularise the tango in the streets of Buenos Aires: the barrel organ. The street musicians who played the barrel organ – the organ grin-ders – now only exist in the memory of the tangos dedicated to them.

- THE EM IGRANT

In 1928 Vicente Martínez Cuitiño wrote for the tango Tanita de la Proa by Salvador Me-rico.

This scene tells the story of a young Italian woman who travels to Buenos Aires by boat and meets a local Argentine.

- THE BACHELOR PAD

In 1924 Carlos Lenzi wrote for the famous tango A Media Luz by Edgardo Donato.

The Bachelor Pad is performed on a box. The box is a metaphor for a bulin, an apartment used for sexual encounters inspired by the famous apart-ment in Buenos Aires on the second floor of 348 Avenue Corrientes.

- THE FALL

In 1924 Robert Cayol wrote for the tango Noches de Colón (The Colón Theatre) by Raul de Los Hoyos.

Inspired by the tango Noches de Colón, The Fall tells the story of the rise and fall of a Bue-nos Aires dandy in the 1920s who went from a nobleman to a beggar.

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- TO EACH THE IR OWN TANGO

In 1942 Marvil wrote for the tango Asi se bai-la el Tango by Elias Randal.

This scene features a dance between a milon-guero (salon tango dancer) and a ballroom tango dancer. As they embrace, two similar yet distant worlds collide...

- BETRAYAL

In 1930 Iván Diez wrote the poem Amable-mente (Kindly). The great singer Edmundo Rivero put the words to music in 1963.

Inspired by the tango of the same name, the scene explores the vindictiveness of men against free women.

- PAPER HEART

In 1929 Alberto Franco for the tango Corazòn de Papel by Catulo Castillo.

Poetic and dreamlike, this dance and mime performance is loosely based on the tango Corazòn de Papel and takes viewers on a jour-ney to a fantasy world.

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Musique et Toile is a non-profit association founded in 2001 by Philippe Dupouy, graduate of ISG (Higher Institute of Manage-ment, Paris 16) and of ESCP Eu-rope (Higher Business Institute of Paris, Paris 11).

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Musique et Toile hopes to offer to the general pu-blic the possibility of discovering the very rich re-pertory of film music in different ways, from mu-sicals to cinema presentations, as well as concerts.

Since 2001, Musique et Toile has produced and organized over 4,000 performances (concerts and shows, in France and abroad). The association also offers its services for cinema and music festivals, as well as to companies and associations for concerts and events, with a choice of over 50 different film music themes and a wide choice of artists, from the solo pianist to a symphony orchestra.

Musique et Toile also offers more than 60 themed conferences for cinema, workshops, debates and film analysis with the participation of several spea-kers.

Since September 2013, Musique et Toile produces and organizes a monthly themed film music concert

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in Paris by the Ciné-Trio, composed of a pianist, a violinist and an oboist. The trio plays unique arran-gements of famous film music with over 400 titles in their repertory. Musique et Toile also produces and manages the OCP (Orchestre Cinématographique de Paris). The orchestra includes up to 80 professional musicians and mainly performs for events. The orchestra has participated in several studio recordings for short and full-length films.

Since 2014, Musique et Toile has produced various theatrical and musical presentations at the OFF Festival in Avignon, on ten occasions: « Dans la peau de Marguerite Dupré », « La Boîte à joujoux », « Isa Fleur, la cantatrice chaude », « Docteur Jekyll, psychanalyste », « Naturellement Belle », etc.

Finally, Musique et Toile has diversified its activi-ties and offers production and/or administrative services on behalf of artists and troupes that do not have an administrative structure: drafting contracts, pay slip management, determining pro-duction budgets, etc.

For nearly ten years, the association has managed all the shows produced by the Pierre Cardin House at Maxim’s Restaurant and museum in Paris.

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Philippe Dupouy MUSIQUE ET TOILE

150 rue Saint-Maur75011 PARIS (FRANCE)

Tel. +33 (0)6 62 35 04 15philippe@musique-et-toile.fr

www.musique-et-toile.fr

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