Brooklyn Center Opens Dance Series With Tango Fire!

Amontage of scenes from "Tango Fire."

Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College kicks off their popular World of Dance Series on Sunday, November 5, 2006 at 2 pm, with Argentinean dance company, Estampas Porteñas in Tango Fire featuring a quartet of brilliant young musicians and ten torrid dancers offering a journey through the history of Tango - the world's most alluring and exciting dance. Don't miss the North American debut of the hottest Tango Company in Buenos Aires!

Estampas Porteñas was founded in Buenos Aires in 1996 by the distinguished Argentine ballerina and choreographer, Carolina Soler. In its first year, Estam-pas Porteñas toured China performing over 60 successful shows. On its return to Argentina, the company performed at the Cultural Centre General San Martin enjoying popular and critical acclaim. In the same year, the company created and performed Musica en Buenos Aires commissioned by the Government as a gift to the city. Estampas Porteñas has performed at festivals around the world including the Caribbean Festival, the Havana Festival of the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba, Recoleta Viva Festival in Buenos Aires and the Beloruss Festival. The Company toured Australia and New Zealand in both 2003 and 2005, including sold out performances at the Sydney Opera House. In August 2005, the show Tango Fire was presented at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. During 2006, Estampas Porteñas performed Tango Fire in South Africa, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the United Kingdom.

At the age of six in Lima, Peru, Artistic Director Carolina Soler commenced her studies in dance at the Lima Municipal Ballet. In 1972 she entered the Choreartium Association Ballet, where she perform-ed as a soloist and principal ballerina before completing her studies with masters such as Alexander Plissetky, Annel Vourenjuvry, Victori Roma and Yele Krnic - recording successes as a soloist in Swan Lake, Raymonda, Coppelia and Interplay and as principal in Suite en Blanc , Paquita , Hansel & Gretel , Nocturnal and Giselle . Awarded a scholarship in Buenos Aires she studied with Olga Ferri, Gloria Kasda, Rodolfo Fontn and Esther Knavaia and undertook a partnering course with Ricardo Novich. In 1978 she joined the resident ballet of the Teatro Colon where she had the opportunity to perform all the major works of the classical repertoire, winning plaudits as a prima ballerina in Aurora's Wedding, Swan Lake, Coppelia, Don Quixote, Romeo & Juliet, Dvo?k's Serenade and Emilia. She also danced for the Choreographic Workshop, working with Julio Lpez and Rodolfo Olguin; performed with the Argentine Ballet and the Modern Jazz Ballet, touring nationally and internationally with the companies. Her interest in tango began when she performed Tango Dance with Raul Garello, resulting in the 1996 formation of Estampas Porteñas.

For more information or to order tickets, go to: BrooklynCenterOnline.org, call the Box Office at 1-718- 951-4500 from Tuesday - Saturday, 1 PM - 6 PM. The Walt Whitman Theatre is on the campus of Brooklyn College (one block from the junction of Flatbush & Nostrand avenues and the No. 2 Train to Brooklyn College).