maandag 20 september 2010

Brachen Siedlung Tangoshow & Salon3 oktober Arnhem

EN
In the context of the programme of Ruhr as Cultural Capital 2010, Doble Ocho persents a tangoproduction on three different locations in Holland and Germany in September & October. This special production is realized through a cooperation between German and Dutch tangodancers. On all three locations there will be a possibility to dance after the performance.

DU
Auf dem Kulturfestival Brachen-Siedlung präsentieren Arnheim und Nimwegen das Beste und Interessanteste, was die Gelderländische Grenzregion auf dem Gebiet von Kunst und Kultur zu bieten hat. Das Brachlandfestival findet an vier Wochenenden statt; das erste Wochenende in Nimwegen, danach zwei Wochenenden in Duisburg und abschließend ein Wochenende in Arnheim.


Uber die tango show„Verbindung“ ist das Leitmotiv im argentinischen Tango. Eine ausgezeichnete Metaphor für eine niederländisch-deutsche Zusammenarbeit. In dieser Vorstellung bewegt man sich gemeinsam, tauscht sich aus und werden die Grenzen von Sprache und Tanz erkundet. Nach der Vorstellung ist die Bühne frei für alle Tangueros und Tangueras aus den Niederlanden und Deutschland. Ein Tango DJ legt auf und es darf getanzt werden!

- Arnhem 3 oktober
tangoshow : 14.40 - 15.00
tangosalon 15.00 - 17.00
Locatie: Meijnerswijk 5
NEXT show & salon Duisburg Landschaftspark 26 sept
15.00 - 18.00 free entrance
Arnhem, 3 october 15.00 - 18.00 Meinerswijk




www.doble-ocho.com/brachensiedlung.htm

zondag 19 september 2010

Orquesta Tipica Ciudad Baigon extra concert in Eindhoven 10-10-10

Ciudad Baigon

21st century. A new generation. A need slowly seeping through. The concept of Tradition starts to work no longer as a mirror, but as a bridge towards the unexplored. This formula brought about real team work, which forged the Typical Tango Orchestra: a formation responsible for The Golden Age of Tango Music. Henceforward, the task was to perceive the new society and to produce accordingly. Also, to explore urban folklore and arrive at two mandatory instances: to create the nonexistent and to boost what was already in existence, in the pursuit of excellence. To discover that social language in constant distortion; the same language that meanders generating new forms.

To discover the intangible logic which hangs to every breeze. And as a consequence, our first request: Permiso (Excuse me) - the first Tango composed by Ciudad Baigón : our opening gesture; and as an aftermath, our first album Ciudad Baigón. Then came the strategies to inaugurate new audiences; to perform street tango in Buenos Aires (with a piano on the sidewalk, literally!) Soon after that came our first encounter with the lands of origin: twelve musicians experiencing their initiation rites around Europe: Paris, Prague, Berlin, Milan, Zürich.

And on return, the big question: what..s going on with Tango today? And the answer opens up new projects: the era of rush without a substance must come to an end. We must find the pillars of tradition but ignore traditionalism; and generate concept. Integrate. Investigate the city..s past history. And then, the breakthrough: Destierro –our second album; and the same idea lives on in new tango after tango. We find out who we are; we arrange tango masterpieces, challenging the established culture; we celebrate each revival.

And then, we revisit them over and over again.Origin of western music, finishing line after over a century of blending Europe and America. And from then on, the last rung (rather the first of our extended, new phase): to conceive a new space for this current, this generation; to inaugurate the Ciudad Baigón nights. To develop this concept and impregnate it with life. In short, to conjugate Tango in the present tense.

start salon 17.00
start concert : about 19.00
entrance : 5 euro
Location : Scala, Eindhoven, Kanaalstraat 6





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donderdag 9 september 2010

Tangosalon en optreden tijdens Nijmeegs Uitfestival 10-12 september


Doble Ocho presenteert een tangodansproductie met vier dansparen uit Nederland en Duitsland tijdens het Nijmeegse Uitfestival 10-12 sept A.S. In het kader van Brachen Siedlung - een rondreizend Kunst- en Cultuur Festival - zal er om 15.00 uur een tango optreden plaatsvinden in het Hunnerpark (achter het Valkhofmuseum) met aansluitend rond 15.30 een gratis tangosalon.

Optreden: 15.00 - 15.20 uur
Salon: 15.30 - 17.30 uur
Toegang is gratis

Voor meer informatie, locatie, volledige programma: klik hier

Doble Ocho presents a tangoproduction with four dancecouples from Holland and Germany during the Uitfestival in Nijmegen. In the context of Brachen Siedlung - a traveling cultural festival - there will be a tangoperformance with an open air tangosalon afterwards. The performance will start at 15.00h in the Hunnerpark (behind the Valkhof Museum).

Performance: 15.00 - 15.20 uur
Salon: 15.30 - 17.30 uur
Free entry

More information: click here

donderdag 2 september 2010

EN LAS SOMBRAS, multi media Tango show at the Castle Amerongen

On 16 September 2010 tango dancer Christiane Palha and (on special invitation) tango dancer Esteban Moreno will present at Castle Amerongen (the Netherlands) a special tribute to tango music and dance, titled: EN LAS SOMBRAS.
This special evening will be the start of a new bimonthly tango tradition at the recently restored castle.
The special combination of music, dance and film offers a highly esthetical and involving story, highlighting the passionate essence of the tango. Guided by the captivating music of amongst others Astor Piazzolla the traditional mystery and improvisations of the tango are shown. The live video projections are inspired by the Argentine poem ‘EN LAS SOMBRAS’ (Manuel Meaños, 1936).
Dancers Christiane Palha and Esteban Moreno combine in cooperation with Gustavo Beytelmann, Andre Heuvelman, Santiago Cimadevilla, Micha Molthoff and video maker Altin Kaftira their artistic qualities, resulting in an evening of synergy and serendipity. With her beauty, history, nature and style Castle Amerongen with her premises offers the perfect location for this special event.

LINEUP:

Dance:
Christiane Palha (Brasil)
Esteban Moreno (Argentina)

Musicians:
Gustavo Beytelmann : piano
Andre Heuvelman : trumpet
Santiago Cimadevilla : bandoneon
Micha Molthoff : violin

website : click here

zondag 22 augustus 2010

Doble Ocho presents in september 2010: a Tangoproduction during Ruhr 2010 Cultural programme

In the context of the programme of Ruhr as Cultural Capital 2010, Doble Ocho persents a tangoproduction on three different locations in Holland and Germany in September. This special production is realized through a cooperation between German and Dutch tangodancers. On all three locations there will be a possibility to dance after the performance. For more information: click here

Nocturna in Café Ada

After several shows in Holland and playing at the Berlin tangofestival, Nocturnos, winner of the Concurso del Ocho 2010, will play at Café Ada in Wuppertal on the 4th of September. The concert starts at 20.30 and afterwards there’s a open-ended milonga. The entrance fee is 8 euros (incl. milonga) For more information concerning the group and music of Nocturna:click here and the programme in ADA, click here

VIDEO Nocturna plays in Int. Tangofestival Berlin 2010

Norteños in the Toonzaal

On the 2nd of October Norteños plays at the Toonzaal in Den Bosch. This tango-ensemble has strongly evolved after winning the Concurso del Ocho encouragement prize. The ensemble has been extended with new, enthousiastic musicians and built out their repetoire. Inspired by the first vocal tango’s (the tango canciones) from the years ’20 till ’50, they will play their beautiful oeuvre to listen and dance to at the opening of the tangoseason in Musiccentre De Toonzaal.
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woensdag 7 april 2010

Nocturna wins Doble Ocho Concurso


foto: Michel Oehlen order photos of doble ocho from Michel Oehlen here

Trio Tango Nocturna won the 3rd Concurso del Ocho, the international Tango Music Competition held in Nijmegen on march 12th. The Encouragement price was given to NORTENOS.


Nocturna was immediately invited by a delegation of Cafe Ada from Wuppertahl to perform there later this year, and also the INTERNATIONAL TANGOFESTIVAL BERLIN send Hauke Juranek to invite the Trio Nocturna. As result of a coorperation with these international festivals, the winner has the oppertunity to play on these festivals when the organisation agrees and when the winner fits in the festival programme. Also negociations with the Sitges festival may lead to a performance in Spain later in july.

Nocturna will perform on the openingnight of the Berlin festival on may 19th/ See their website here


Nocturna (‘of the night’) is the title of a fast milonga from the Argentinean tango repertoire. The music of Trio Nocturna is in an original way based on this repertoire. The trio consists of Charlotte Dupuis (voice, violin) Mirek Walton (guitar, piano) and Boris Franz (double bass). The repertoire of Trio Nocturna includes new arrangements of tango classics (e.g. of A. Piazzolla en S. Piana) and contemporary compositions by Mirek and Boris. The diversity of influences is audible on the debut album of the trio: Milonga del norte (February 2009). The members of the trio graduated from various conservatories and each has a diverse musical backround. Their strong musical connection comes forward in poetic, quite dance-able, joyous and melancholic tangomusic.

go to the Nocturna website here

dinsdag 26 januari 2010

Juan Carlos Caceres in Nijmegen, march 13

CONCERT
SATURDAY MARCH 13

JUAN CARLOS CACERES
Murga Argentina


place : Mirror Tent Centre Nijmegen ( Koningsplein)
admission : 15 euro
time : start concert 20.30

Possessed by a strong magnetic tellurism, Cáceres was always to be found within the limits of the hurricane’s eye. He arrived in Paris – was it mere chance? – in May 1968. He was not looking for a beach under the cobblestones, but he found one. In Buenos Aires, where he was born, he had been the factotum of the Existentialist Scene. Student of Fine Arts during day time, trombonist at night, agitator, a force of nature, he became the attraction of the mythic Cueva de Passarato, a jazz club and epicentre of revolutionary trends. There converged beatniks, upper class chicks and future Maoist guerrillas, often combined in a single individual.

Cáceres, a tsunami of magma and champagne, was the man in charge. Until one day he answered the calling. In Paris he played with the artist Marie Laforêt, founded the bands Malon and Gotan, painted, produced shows, taught History of Art and did research on the roots of the River Plate’s music. Today he still lectures on the subject, but, above all, he composes and sings, with a lion’s voice, the most relevant pieces that mark the rebirth of tango, candombe, murga and milonga. Caceres is inspired, impetuous, passionate and fiery at this. This youngster, born in the 40s, is the reference for creators in and out of Argentina and Uruguay. The River Plate, the widest river in the world, separate these two countries, that once were one. Cáceres drinks these rhythms that Cáceres brings from the past, to move the present and point to the future.

Modernism is found in the beginnings.



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Tanghetto Concert & Tanguerilla VJ show at Doble Ocho 2010



For the 2010 Fusion Night we present one of the best Venues of Nijmegen, a very special location that is hard to get in Nijmegen: the Waalzaal of the Nijmegen theatre just adjacent to the Keizer Karel square. This venue seems to be made for tango with a brilliant dancefloor and fashionable design. It is the perfect place for the first full live concert of a tangoband on the thursday of Doble Ocho history: TANGHETTO. They will play danceable sets and a lot of stuff from their new album. This is not only the result of their recognition and popularity in Europe and the rest of the world, but also in Argentina. The concert is supported by VJ visuals on stage. But not only on stage.



VOLKER MARSSCHAUSSEN will present his TANGUERILLA experience at Doble Ocho Fusion night 2010. The tanguerilla merges lights, music and roomfilling, interactive videoprojections with up to 6 projectors at max. 40m screens to an immersive audiovisual tango production. The tanguerilla is far away from being an exhausting art event, it has preserved the melancholical essence of the tango flavored with contemporary musical ingredients hosted by DJ-VJ Volker.

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zondag 10 januari 2010

DIVERSI-TREE

3D Animation about the project 'DIVERSI-TREE', a social community LIGHT Artwork in the centre of Nijmegen from 12-14 march 2010, celebrating the 200 years excistence of the Republic of Argentine. Hands of Participants will be scanned and projected into the DIVERSI-tree that will virtually grow on the font wall of the LUX building in Nijmegen. The 1 euro fee for each participant will be directed to children street programme in Buenos Aires. The Art work will have it;s climax and end on sunday march 14 with an impressive Light Show covering the whole front of the LUX building.

woensdag 6 januari 2010

Nijmegen starts new year in tango style


The new-year's reception of the city of Nijmegen was presented with the theme ; It takes 2 to tango ! Slowly but surely, the tango becomes more well known in Nijmegen to the general audience (it is already for more than 20 years very well known in the tango world) due to the Doble Ocho Tangofestival and this is supported by the city of Nijmegen, that recognizes the fact that Tango has also an economic value for the city of Nijmegen with the many national and international visitors to tango El Corte, Doble Ocho, and other initiatives.

Tangodancers made a little show on the main stage where Major Thom de Graaf held his newyears speach. Quinteto Tango Extremo played also on stage making the link to the Doble Ocho tangofestival in Nijmegen that will take place from march 17-21, with the kick off on march 17 with this Quinteto Tango Extremo and their theatre tour : Carnaval de Buenos Aires: mixture of Tango, Jazz and film ! On the main stage, on music by GOTAN PROJECT, the Artemiev duo performed their famous Tango trapeze act high above the heads of the spectators, and after this show, the Best Citizen of Nijmegen of 2009 was presented and honoured.
Tango Extremo and the dancers on the main stage

After the main presentations, the crowd headed for the drinks and the snacks and a tango salon started in another room, again with Live music from quinteto Tango Extremo. More than 30 couples crowded the floor and the room was filled with dancers and spectators.