'Tanguera: The Tango Musical' Comes To NYC

Tanguera: The Tango Musical blurs the line between traditional dance and traditional musical theater, and makes its New York debut at New York’s City Center from October 7 to 18th.

Tanguera premiered in 2002 in its birthplace of Buenos Aires and played a record-breaking run of 18 months. More than just a dance piece, Tanguera tells the story of Giselle, a young immigrant who comes to Buenos Aires and is tricked into the underworld of prostitution.

Giselle must choose between the criminal nightclub owner Gaudencio and the harbor worker Lorenzo, who she met when she first arrived. Giselle ultimately becomes the reason for a deadly knife fight between these two rivals. Tanguera, though, is not just about this love triangle, it tells the tale of the creation of the Argentinean tango and the language is dance itself.

Tanguera’s story is told visually, with high adrenaline choreography complete with precise leg movements, racy turns, lifts, and jumps. Tanguera is an entirely new concept for tango in that traditionally, tango productions have involved an orchestra, one or two singers and six dancing pairs.

In Tanguera, dance is used to propel the story, and the show is cast with performers who not only can dance, but can also act. The dance, though central, is a vehicle for the plot, as it was in such Broadway musicals as "Contact" and "Moving Out."

For tickets and show information, visit www.nycitycenter.org.