Tanz im August - El Baile

presented by

Mathilde Monnier & Alan Pauls

El Baile

Tango is the soul of Argentina. It is timeless, popular and mercurial; being simultaneously a practice and an art form. In their new piece, French choreographer Mathilde Monnier and Argentinian writer and journalist Alan Pauls explore the special significance of the tango. Commencing in 1978, when Argentina hosted the Football World Cup under the yoke of the military junta, in El Baile, they recount the history and present of both the country and the dance, combined with the childhood memories and life stories of their virtuosic dancers from Buenos Aires.

At the festival

August 2017

German premiere

Magazin im August Article
"Pas de deux in Buenos Aires"

Concept & Choreography Mathilde Monnier, Alan Pauls
Dramaturgy Véronique Timsit
With Martin Gil, Lucas Lagomarsino, Samanta Leder, Pablo Lugones, Ari Lutzker, Carmen Pereiro Numer, Valeria Lucia Polorena, Lucia Garcia Pulles, Celia Argüello Rena, Delfina Thiel, Florencia Vecino, Daniel Wendler
Set & Costume Design Annie Tolleter
Lighting Design Eric Wurtz
Sound Olivier Renouf
Musical Advice Sergio Pujol
Assistance Choreography Marie Bardet
Rehearsal Assistance Corinne Garcia
Artistic Collaboration Anne Fontanesi
Executive Production Nicolas Roux
With the benevolence of Jean-François Guéganno. We thank Yann Lorvo, Hélène Kelmachter, Lucie Haguenauer, Diana Theocharidis, Evelyne Loew, Natalia Uccello, Cecilia Kuska
Production Le Quai, Centre Dramatique National Angers, Pays de la Loire
Coproduction Chaillot - Théâtre National de la Danse, Théâtre de Namur, Teatro San Martín - Complejo Teatral de Buenos Aires, Théâtre-Sénart Scène Nationale, Festival Montpellier Danse 2017, La Bâtie - Festival de Genève
Supported by Institut Français, Drac Occitanie

Duration 90 min

With kind support of the Goethe Institut and the Institut français.

Tanz im August presented in the Haus der Berliner Festspiele.