΄Le Tablao de Tango΄, 11th SEVEN Festival 2024 …the Ionian Islands festival!
CORFU. At the Old Fortress on Tuesday 23 July at 21:30.
Le Tablao de Tango is a French creation and production that brings together the best Argentine soloists in a repertoire of classic tango songs, from Carlos Gardel to Piazzolla, for an intimate and authentic journey to the heart of Argentine music.
Three exceptional musicians - Franco Luciani (harmonica), Chino Laborde (vocals), and Raul Kiokio (guitar) - internationally recognised and often invited as soloists by orchestras, play together here for the enjoyment of artistic excellence and the recreation of early tango. As in a cabaret of yesteryear, they meet tango and flamenco dancer Alexia Theodorou, a Greek who lived for many years in Buenos Aires and is now based in Seville, who combines flamenco dance with tango music in a unique performance that highlights the traditions and passions of both Latin America and Spain.
A table, some chairs, and glasses of wine: a simple setting for an immediate and unprecedented encounter between the artists and the audience around tango, which is considered and experienced as comparable to blues, fado, or rebetiko. The theatrical intoxication of the singer, who distills the poetry of lost paradises, nostalgia, and disappointed loves throughout the performance, intoxicates the dancer, who expresses all the splendour of tango through flamenco dance like a body that burns and later is reborn exactly from its own ashes!
Since May 2022, Tablao de Tango has performed to sold-out audiences on the biggest national stages in France (Philharmonie de Paris, Théâtre de la Ville, etc.), as well as in Spain, Italy, and Portugal at world music festivals, jazz clubs, and other venues. The album "Alcohol y desamor," released in the spring by Sony, has received excellent reviews and has been nominated for various awards.
Production: EPTA, Arts Centre / Friends of EPTA
Doors open at 20:30. Presale 12€, Door 15€
For information call 6974 064575
Presale at Speedex Courier Corfu (Koulinas area) and at Grand Opticon shop (18 Mantzarou)
ELENI KORONAKI
