Nicole Nau Explained

Nicole Nau (born 30 January 1963) is a German dancer of Tango Argentino and Argentine folklore living in Argentina and Germany.

Life

Nau was born in Düsseldorf, and after studying graphic design she first worked for advertising agencies before she settled in Argentina to be formally instructed as a professional dancer. In 1989 she has been part for several months of the Argentine company acting in Toronto, Canada. In 1990 she had her first appearance as main dancer in Café Homero^[1] ^[2] to be followed by an engagement as a dancer in the opera Maratón^[3] ^[4] Teatro Colón opera house in Buenos Aires where she was designed to dance with bass Mario Solomonoff as double for the mezzo-soprano Ana Ruanova^[5] ^[6]

In 2002 she had her premiere with the tango opera Orestes – Last Tango, which was created in a co-production with the WMTF Festival of Holland.^[7] ^[8] It was here that she danced with Luis Pereyra for the first time who is her husband and dance partner now.

Under direction of Luis Pereyra she dances in the company El Sonido de mi Tierra and produces several own productions, as the last one, VIDA. In 2007 they reopened as the artistic directors the renowned tango theater Café de los Angelitos in Buenos Aires.^[9] In 2010 they are artistic directors at the Viejo Almacén^[10] and 2011 in Aqui Folklore.^[11]

She went on tour dancing through nearly all continents. Since 2016 Nicole Nau lives again in Germany where she runs her own stage productions.

In addition to Tango Argentino and Argentine folklore, her musical dance training includes classical dance (Studio Katja Krüger Wuppertal, Estudio Nadia Muzyka, Quilmes Buenos Aires), Jazz Dance (Ballett Studio Berger, Düsseldorf), Progressing Ballett Technic (Ballett Studio Regine Dieckhoff, Wuppertal), Flamenco (Rosa Montés & Alberto Alarcón, Essen), piano studies (Engelbrecht, Düsseldorf).

Nau does the costume design^[12] for several Tango Argentino and Folklore Argentino productions.

Nau has published her book Tanze Tango mit dem Leben (Dance Tango with Life) at Bastei Verlag Lübbe at Frankfurt Buchmesse, 11 October 2013. The second edition has been printed in January 2014 .

Since 2016 she produces in Europe and Argentina.

Books

Nicole Nau: Tanze Tango mit dem Leben. Bastei Lübbe Verlag, Köln 2013, .
Nicole Nau-Klapwijk: Tango Dimensionen, Kastell Verlag GmbH 1999, .
Nicole Nau-Klapwijk: Tango, un baile bien porteño, Editorial Corregidor 2000,

Merits and tributes

1993: COMFER, Comité Federal de Radiodifusión, awarded her and her former partner Ricardo for their cultural contribution, handed over by León Guinsburg
2000: a stamp of their own based on a photo taken by Máximo Parpagnoli, issued by the Argentine postal service commemorating tango's 100. birthday (first issued on 11 November 2000).^[13]
2001: a second stamp with the same photo and a new motif, issued by the Argentine postal service on behalf of Japanese-Argentine friendship on the occasion of the world stamp exhibition in Japan (first issued on 28 July 2001).^[14]
2012: Tango Puro Argentino y Más has been declared as De Interés Cultural by Secretaría de Cultura de la Presidencia de la Nación, Ref.Expete.S.C.Nro 6020/12
2014: Nicole Nau & Luis Pereyra Company is nominated as Member of the International Dance Council CID | UNESCO by CID Präsident Dr. Alkis Raftis
2016: VIDA! ARGENTINO – El Sonido de mi Tierra has been declared as DE ALTO INTERÉS ARTISTICO Y CULTURAL, Dirección General del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto el día 31 de mayo 2016, NOTA DICUL 273/2016

DVDs and CDs

2004: Curso de Tango & Folklore Argentino. ICARO Producciones. Nicole Nau & Luis Pereyra
2004: El Sonido de mi Tierra. ICARO Producciones. Nicole Nau & Luis Pereyra
2007: Bailando en Soledad Tango. DVD of the performance. Nicole Nau & Luis Pereyra
2008: Secretos de la Danza. music of the Show, CD, Nicole Nau & Luis Pereyra
2011: Tango Puro Argentino & Más, Show, DVD, Nicole Nau & Luis Pereyra. Apollo Varieté Theater Düsseldorf. Guido Gayk
2012: Tango Puro Argentino & Más – with extraordinary company, DVD, Nicole Nau & Luis Pereyra and other artists. Theatre CCBorges. ICARO
2012: El Sonido de mi Tierra, DVD, Nicole Nau & Luis Pereyra. Extraordinary company, Theatre Lünen Stadttheater. CAMEO
2012: Nuestro Tango, Tutorial Video, DVD, Nicole Nau & Luis Pereyra. Guido Gayk

Selected appearances

1989: Music Hall Theatre, direction Rimolo & Mr. Young
1993: Maratón, directed by Jaime Kogan, Teatro Colón, Argentine^[15]
1994: Festival Cosquín 34 edition – Argentina
1994: Festival Villa Allende with Susana Rinaldi
1996: Tour with Dala Sinfoniettan, Sweden
1997: Japón '97, Japan
1999: WMTF Festival Holland, the Netherlands^[16]
2003–2006: Viejo Almacén, traditional tango theater^[17]
2009: Argentinísima, los 40 años, Julio Márbiz,^[18] choreography Luis Pereyra, Buenos Aires
2011: Misa Criolla at the place of the Monumento a la Bandera, Rosario Argentina. Choreography, Dance and Percussion. Artists: the tenor Zamba Quipildor and Luis Lima.^[19]
2011: Misa Criolla at the Plaza Mayor of Monte Grande Argentina. Choreography and Dance. Live transmission on TV by the Argentine channel C5N. Artists: Zamba Quipildor and the Oscar winner Soledad Villamil.^[20]
2011: 7 Festival Internacional de Tango in Justo Daract, San Luis, Argentina. Choreography, dance and artistic director for the Viejo Almacén. Live transmission by the Argentine Television Channel 26. Artists: Hugo Marcel and Nelly Vázquez.^[21]
2012: Festival de la Chacarera, Santiago del Estero^[22]
2012: Carabajalazo in the City Center Rosario
2012: SWR 3 Germany, Menschen der Woche, Frank Elstner
- 2012: Performance in Laferrere with Chaqueño Palavecino, live on TV C5N 2012: Tango Puro Argentino y más! in Rio Turbio
2013: Festival Cosquin with Claudio Pereyra Cordoba^[23]
2013: Festival Cosquin Interpretation Vidala para mi Sombra with Oscar El Chaqueño Palavecino Cordoba^[24]
2013: Viejo Almacen in Buenos Aires, special guests in the running since February 2013
2013: Das Traumschiff, show on MS Deutschland
2013: DAS! Abendmagazin, NDR TV Live Show 27 September 2013^[25]
2013: Tour 2013 El Sonido de mi Tierra – The great dance of Argentina. Premiere 29 September 2013
2014: Presentation of the book of Nicole Nau Tanze Tango mit dem Leben in the German embassy, Buenos Aires Deutschen Botschaft Buenos Aires. The event was organized by ambassador Graf Bernhard von Waldersee and his wife Gräfin Katerina von Waldersee.
2014: Tour in Europe VIDA
2015: Tour in Europe VIDA, World Forum Amsterdam
2016: Bayerischen Filmpreis, with actors as Bruno Ganz, Till Schweiger, Uschi Glas
2022: Teatro Astral, Buenos Aires VIDA^[26]

Selected own productions

2002: Orestes – Last Tango, tango opera, choreography: Oscar Araiz, a co-production with WMTF Festival Holland
2004–2005: El Sonido de mi Tierra,^[27] ^[28] Choreografy Luis Pereyra – – Europe (e.g., Tonhalle Düsseldorf, Königliches Tropeninstitut Amsterdam (KIT), Teo Otto Theater Remscheid, NDT The Hague)
2006: Bailando en Soledad,^[29] choreography Luis Pereyra – Europe, Argentine
2007: Secretos de la Danza,^[30] choreography Luis Pereyra, Dramaturgy Julio López – Europe, Argentine
2009: El Color de mi Baile,^[31] ^[32] choreography Luis Pereyra – Europe, Argentine
2007–2010: Theatre Café de los Angelitos – El Tango, artistic direction,^[33] ^[34] choreography Luis Pereyra – Buenos Aires
2010–2011: El Viejo Almacén Artistic Direction^[35] -Argentina
2011: Tango Puro Argentinogira por Europe
2011: Aqui!!! Folklore Teatro Astral, Buenos Aires Argentina. Co Dirección Artística con Luis Pereyra. Artistas: Cuti & Roberto Carabajal, El Chaqueño Palavecino, Suna Rocha, Zamba Quipildor, Leopoldo Federico, Mario Alvaréz Quiroga, Julia Elena Dávalos. Una creación de Julio Márbiz^[36]
2012: Tango Puro Argentino on board of the cruise ship MS Deutschland, Traumschiff. Artists: Carlos Galvan
2012: Cronica TV – Argentinisima La Peña de Martin Marbiz Artistic Direction of the TV Programm since 18 March 2012
2012: Tango Puro Argentino y más! artistic direction, costume design and dance. Premiere in the Centro Cultural Borges, Buenos Aires on 17 June 2012^[37] Further Tour through Europe, as Berlin Tipizelt, Theaterhaus Stuttgart, Konzerttheater Coesfeld
2013: El Sonido de mi Tierra artistic direction, costume design and dance. Premiere in Teatro Sala Siranush, Buenos Aires 9 February 2013^[38]
2013: Viejo Almacén, artistic direction since June 2013
2014: Festival Cosquin Edition 54. Presentation with the own company El Sonido de mi Tierra.
2014–2015: Tour through Europe with the own production VIDA, in over 70 venues, such as Musical Dome Köln, Colloseum Essen, Philharmonie München, Theaterhaus Stuttgart, World Forum The Hague, Kampnagel Hamburg
2017: Tour in Europe with "VIDA! ARGENTINO". Derniere at Folies Bergère, Paris.
2018: Tour in Europe "Vida!", Deutschland, Belgium, Netherland, Austria
2018: Tour in Europe "Tanze Tango mit dem Leben", Germany, Switzerland
2019: Tour in Europe "Vida!", Germany, Austria, Switzerland. 25 years Futuro Si at Tonhalle Düsseldorf^[39]
2019: Tour in Europe "Se dice de mi", Germany, TV Programme in Austria and Germany^[40]
2022: VIDA Tour in Argentina, Germany, Austria, Switzerland^[41]

References

Mempo Giardinelli: Mempo Giardinelli: Vorhang auf für die Leidenschaften der Porteños. Fotos by Christopher Pillitz. In GEO Special, Cover and page 28ff., 3 June 1994
John J. Putman: Buenos Aires, making up for lost time. In National Geografic Band 186, no. 6, page 84ff. December 1994
http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=369196 Este país es un lugar ideal para un artista in La Nación 25 January 2002 (Spanish)
http://www.titoegurza.com.ar/OBRAS-13/MARATON-3.html#TOP Website: opera Marathon, Jaime Kogan, Teatro Colón 1990
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http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/espectaculos/6-1623-2002-02-07.html Review of zu Orestes – Last Tango, Diego Fischermann: Traducir personajes a música, in Página 12, Argentine daily paper, 7 February 2002 (Spanish)
http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=379672 Review of Orestes – último Tango!. René Vargas Vera: Orestes último Tango tendrá su estreno en Holanda, in La Nación. Argentine daily paper. 10 March 2002 (Spanish)
http://www.tageblatt.com.ar/archivo/2007/04/07-04-07.pdf 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. 7 April 2007 (German)
Web site: Viejo Almacén: la marca y poco más . 2024-01-04 . ambito.com.
Web site: Review of Aqui Folklore, Teatro Astral, Carolina Quiroga, UADAV: Talento, Tradicion y Arte bien Argentino . 2 December 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120425232835/http://www.argentinisima.com/teatro_astral.htm . 25 April 2012 . dead .
http://www.rga-online.de/archiv/archivsuchergebnis.php?userid=&publikation=2&template=artsuchneu&redaktion=2&artikel=108591221&archiv=1 Rezension von Anne Kathrin Reiff, RGA, Secretos de la Danza, costume design
http://www.correoargentino.com.ar/filatelia/2000/35.php Philatelistic description of the stamp on the website of Correo Argentino (postal service; Spanish) 2000
http://www.correoargentino.com.ar/filatelia/2001/13.php Philatelistic description of the stamp on the website of Correo Argentino (postal service; Spanish) 2001
http://www.titoegurza.com.ar/OBRAS-13/MARATON-3.html Homepage of the opera Maraton, Teatro Colón
http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=123102 René Vargas Vera: En Holanda Ricardo y Nicole son Gardel, La Nación, Argentine daily paper. 30 December 1998 (Spanish)
Juan Garf: Buenos Aires. Die Stadt, die alles hat. In: GEO Special 5 October/November 2006, page 134
http://elchaquenopalavecino.blogspot.com/2009/09/argentinisima-40-anos-teatro-broadway.html Program Argentinísima – los 40 años, Teatro Broadway.
http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/suplementos/rosario/12-31587-2011-12-08.html Review of the Argentine Newspaper Página 12: Con la voz de un distinguido
http://www.elsolquilmes.com.ar/notas/2148-zamba-quipildor-presenta-la-misa-criolla-y-navidad-nuestra-en-monte-grande Review by Eduardo Menescaldi for the Argentine newspaper El Sol de Quilmes: Zamba Quipildor presenta la Misa Criolla y Navidad Nuestra en Monte Grande
http://www.festivalinternacionaldetango.com/nota7.php Review at the official website of Justo Daract La Segunda que fué de primera
http://www.nuevodiarioweb.com.ar/notas/2012/1/9/definen-artistas-para-festival-chacarera-381307.asp, Nuevo diario Santiago del Estero
https://web.archive.org/web/20130723062606/http://pilaradiario.com/noticias/Es-un-escenario-que-tiene-una-magia-muy-especial_26686 Pilar Diario
http://www.carlospazvivo.com/espectaculos/13436-fiesta-popular-en-cosquin-con-el-chaqueno, Carlos Paz Vivo
http://www.ndr.de/fernsehen/sendungen/das/videos/dasx4001.html, LIVE Show and Talk with Nicole Nau, Bettina Titjen, DAS! NDR
Web site: Nicole Nau y Luis Pereyra, al rescate de la esencia de los ritmos autóctonos . 28 June 2022 .
Tom Noga: Tango!. In: Frankfurter Rundschau, culture page, 19 August 2004, page 30, 31 (German)
http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=504767 Rezension El Sonido de mi Tierra, Teatro Empire, Gabriel Plaza: Los origenes de la música, La Nación, 19. June 2003 (Spanish)
http://www.rga-online.de/archiv/archivsuchergebnis.php?userid=&publikation=2&template=artsuchneu&redaktion=2&artikel=108145922&archiv=1 Review of Bailando en Soledad, Anne-Kathrin Reiff, RGA: Seele des Tanzes ... Bailando en Soledad – Tango. 29 August 2006 (German)
http://www.rga-online.de/archiv/archivsuchergebnis.php?userid=&publikation=2&template=artsuchneu&redaktion=2&artikel=108591221&archiv=1 Review of Secretos de la Danza, Anne-Kathrin Reiff: Tango und Folklore im Teo Otto Theater. 20 November 2007 (German)
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http://www.cafedelosangelitos.com/home.htm Nicole Nau, artistic direction and dancer: website of Café de los Angelitos, Buenos Aires
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