Workshops with Pablo Veron

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Sara Thomsen, puresarat@hotmail.com, (206) 354-5266

          “The best dancer in the world,” according to the Paris newspaper Liberation, Pablo Veron is the creator of a unique style of tango that won him the respect of dancers of all generations.  Having inherited the tango tradition from the great Argentine masters he is recognized both in Argentina and worldwide as having been instrumental in the rebirth of this mysterious, sensual and sometimes whimsical dance. The weekly magazine Time Out New York said “Pablo Veron has God’s feet.”

Pablo started his professional career in 1986, when he was still very young, performing in musical comedies produced in Argentina, including Evita, Cabaret and Sweet Charity. He then began to travel with his troupe "Tap 42" and participated in several dance festivals and television shows across America.

 

  In 1988 he starred in the film Cipayos, directed by Jorge Coscia. The following year, Pablo charmed Parisians with Tango Argentino. This show won a Tony Award and was applauded around the world for its captivating magic. The cast of Tango Argentino included the most prominent artists of tango music and dance at that time and was presented on important stages around the world.

 

  In 1991, Pablo began teaching tango and moved to Paris. In 1992 he was invited by Alfredo Arias to create the choreography for the play Mortadela in which he also performed. In 1993, the play won a Molière— the most important theater award in France— for « Best Performance ».  In 1994-95, Pablo worked once more with Mr. Arias as choreographer of Fous des Folies. He also performed in this show, dancing both tango and tap.

 

 In 1996 Pablo was invited to dance in La Gran Noche de Tango in Amsterdam; soon after he performed in Les Trottoirs de Marseille, in Marseilles, France. Well-known British filmmaker Sally Potter, a former dance student of his, partnered him in this show. Together they gave birth to an idea: making a film about tango. That same year, again working with Alfredo Arias, Pablo performed in the Bal de la rose, presented in Monte-Carlo. A year later, he participated in Cabaret Coconuts, at the Montreal Casino.

 

 By then, Sally Potter had developed the concept for her tango film. She asked Pablo to create the choreography and act as well as dance in the film. Entitled The Tango Lesson, this feature film epitomizes the collaboration between Potter and Veron and displays their talent and passion for tango. It charmed the public and, in 1997, won the prize for best film at the International Film Festival of Argentina. Pablo also received the Annual Sadaic Prize from the Argentina Society of Authors and Composers. This award recognizes the contribution of artists who have made their national repertoire known abroad. In 1998, Pablo won the American Choreography Award for Outstanding Achievement in Motion Pictures.

 

  In early 1999, Pablo performed for the presidents of Argentina and the United States at the White House, in Washington D.C.  He was also invited by the Philharmonic Orchestra of Oslo to choreograph and dance at the premiere of the Philharmonic Tango Concert. As well, he was invited as guest artist to stage the revival of Tango Argentino on Broadway, to celebrate the inauguration of the Gershwin Theatre.

 

  In 2000, Pablo choreographed and danced in a presentation of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Stockholm. That same year, he was awarded the prestigious prize of the Guggenheim Foundation.

  In 2001, Pablo performed in the film The Man Who Cried, directed by Sally Potter and starring Johnny Depp, John Turturro, Kate Blanchet and Christina Ricci. And he was invited to tap dance with the orchestra of ‘’The King of Mambo’’ Tito Puente in Philadelphia. He also acted in the film The Cup, produced by and starring Robert Duvall.

In 2002, he choreographed and danced in the film Assassination Tango, written and directed by, and starring, Robert Duvall. That same year he also performed at the National Building Museum, in Washington D.C.

 In 2003 Pablo gave numerous master classes and performed at the most important tango festivals around the globe. He choreographed and directed a show in Montreal exploring, along with other artists, the fusion between tango, Argentine folk dance, gypsy music, tap dance, hip-hop, body percussion and flamenco. He was also invited to perform as solo dancer at the festival Tango Via, in the Theatre National de Chaillot, in Paris.

 June 2004 marked the premiere of the successful contemporary multimedia play, Tanghost, in Oslo’s National Theatre, Norway, which Pablo choreographed, and in which he danced and acted. Later that year he went on tour with the play. He was also invited by the Kammerakademie of Potsdam, Germany for the Season Opening Concerts, to perform in Tango Sinfonico.  

  In 2005, he was one of the guest artists of the celebrated Montreal event, Le Gala des Étoiles, which spotlights principal dancers from around the world.    He choreographed and danced in two productions of the Cool Opera Festival in Stavanger, Norway:  Antigone  and  One.Nine.Zero,Five- Must It Matter? In March of that year, Roxane Butterfly, one of the best tap dancers of the world, invited him to dance a duo that was filmed and projected in her show Hoofalogies in the Duke Theatre on 42nd Street.

Pablo Veron has just finished his third world tour with Tanghost, a show that has been presented in the most prestigious theatres of Europe and Asia.

 

  Proud to share his talent and experience, Pablo continues to teach tango all over the world.