Nicole Nau (born January 30, 1963) is a German dancer of

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and

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Life

Nau was born in

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, and after studying graphic design she first worked for advertising agencies before she settled in Argentina to be formally instructed as a professional dancer. In 1990 she had her first appearance in ''Café Homero'' to be followed by an engagement as a dancer in the opera ''Maratón''

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opera house in Buenos Aires. In 2002 she had her premiere with the

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''Orestes - Last Tango'', which was created in a co-production with the ''WMTF Festival of Holland''. It was here that she danced with

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for the first time who is her husband and dance partner now. Under direction of Luis Pereyra she dances in the company ''El Sonido de mi Tierra'' and produces several own productions, as the last one, VIDA. In 2007 they reopened as the artistic directors the renowned tango theater ''Café de los Angelitos'' in

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. In 2010 they are artistic directors at the ''Viejo Almacén'' and 2011 in ''Aqui Folklore''. She went on tour dancing through nearly all continents. Since 2016 Nicole Nau lives again in Germany where she runs her own stage productions. Nau does the

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for several

and Folklore Argentino productions. Nau has published her book ''Tanze Tango mit dem Leben'' (''Dance Tango with Life'') at Bastei Verlag Lübbe at Frankfurt Buchmesse, 11.10.2013. The second edition has been printed in January 2014 .

Books

* Nicole Nau: ''Tanze Tango mit dem Leben.'' Bastei Lübbe Verlag, Köln 2013, . * Nicole Nau-Klapwijk: ''Tango Dimensionen'', Kastell Verlag GmbH 1999, . * Nicole Nau-Klapwijk: ''Tango, un baile bien porteño'', Editorial Corregidor 2000,

Merits and tributes

* 1993: ''COMFER'', Comité Federal de Radiodifusión, awarded her and her former partner Ricardo for their cultural contribution, handed over by León Guinsburg * 2000: a

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of their own based on a photo taken by Máximo Parpagnoli, issued by the Argentinian postal service commemorating tango's 100. birthday (first issued on 11 November 2000). * 2001: a second

with the same photo and a new motif, issued by the Argentinian postal service on behalf of Japanese-Argentinian friendship on the occasion of the world stamp exhibition in Japan (first issued on 28 July 2001). * 2012: Tango Puro Argentino y Más has been declared as ''De Interés Cultural'' by Secretaría de Cultura de la Presidencia de la Nación, Ref.Expete.S.C.Nro 6020/12 *2014: Nicole Nau & Luis Pereyra Company is nominated as Member of the International Dance Council CID ,

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by CID Präsident Dr. Alkis Raftis * 2016: VIDA! ARGENTINO - El Sonido de mi Tierra has been declared as ''DE ALTO INTERÉS ARTISTICO Y CULTURAL'', Dirección General del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto el día 31 de mayo 2016, NOTA DICUL 273/2016

DVDs and CDs

* 2004: ''Curso de Tango & Folklore Argentino''. ICARO Producciones. Nicole Nau & Luis Pereyra * 2004: ''El Sonido de mi Tierra''. ICARO Producciones. Nicole Nau & Luis Pereyra * 2007: ''Bailando en Soledad Tango.'' DVD of the performance. Nicole Nau & Luis Pereyra * 2008: ''Secretos de la Danza.'' music of the Show, CD, Nicole Nau & Luis Pereyra * 2011: ''Tango Puro Argentino & Más'', Show, DVD, Nicole Nau & Luis Pereyra. Apollo Varieté Theater Düsseldorf. Guido Gayk * 2012: ''Tango Puro Argentino & Más - with extraordinary company'', DVD, Nicole Nau & Luis Pereyra and other artists. Theatre CCBorges. ICARO * 2012: ''El Sonido de mi Tierra'', DVD, Nicole Nau & Luis Pereyra. Extraordinary company, Theatre Lünen Stadttheater. CAMEO * 2012: ''Nuestro Tango'', Tutorial Video, DVD, Nicole Nau & Luis Pereyra. Guido Gayk

Selected appearances

* 1993: ''Maratón'', directed by Jaime Kogan, Teatro Colón, Argentine * 1994: ''Festival Cosquín'' 34 edition - Argentina * 1994: ''Festival

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* 1996: ''Tour with Dala Sinfoniettan'', Sweden * 1997: ''Japón ´97'', Japan * 1999: ''WMTF Festival Holland'', the Netherlands * 2003 - 2006: ''Viejo Almacén'', traditional tango theater * 2009: ''Argentinísima, los 40 años, Julio Márbiz'', choreography Luis Pereyra, Buenos Aires * 2011: ''Misa Criolla'' at the place of the Monumento a la Bandera,

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and

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. * 2011: ''Misa Criolla'' at the Plaza Mayor of

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and the

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winner

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. * 2011: ''7 Festival Internacional de Tango'' in Justo Daract, San Luis, Argentina. Choreography, Dance and Artistic Director for the Viejo Almacén. Live transmission by the Argentine Television Channel 26. Artists: Hugo Marcel and

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. *2012: ''Festival de la Chacarera'',

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* 2012: ''Carabajalazo'' in the City Center Rosario * 2012:

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Germany, Menschen der Woche,

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* 2012: Performance in Laferrere with Chaqueño Palavecino, live on TV C5N * 2012: ''Tango Puro Argentino y más!'' in

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* 2013: ''Festival Cosquin'' with Claudio Pereyra Cordoba * 2013: ''Festival Cosquin'' Interpretation Vidala para mi Sombra with Oscar El Chaqueño Palavecino Cordoba * 2013: ''Viejo Almacen'' in

, special guests in the running since February 2013 * 2013: ''Das Traumschiff'', show on MS Deutschland * 2013: ''DAS! Abendmagazin'', NDR TV Live Show 27.9.2013 * 2013: ''Tour 2013 El Sonido de mi Tierra - The great dance of Argentina''. Premiere 29.9.2013 * 2014: Presentation of the book of Nicole Nau ''Tanze Tango mit dem Leben'' in the German embassy, Buenos Aires Deutschen Botschaft Buenos Aires. The event was organized by ambassador Graf Bernhard von Waldersee and his wife Gräfin Katerina von Waldersee. * 2014: Tour in Europe ''VIDA'' * 2015: Tour in Europe ''VIDA'', World Forum Amsterdam * 2016: Bayerischen Filmpreis, with actors as Bruno Ganz, Till Schweiger, Uschi Glas * Teatro Astral, Buenos Aires VIDA

Selected own productions

* 2002: ''Orestes – Last Tango'', tango opera, choreography: Oscar Araiz, a co-production with WMTF Festival Holland * 2004 - 2005: ''El Sonido de mi Tierra'', Choreografy Luis Pereyra – – Europe (e.g., Tonhalle Düsseldorf, Königliches Tropeninstitut Amsterdam (KIT), Teo Otto Theater Remscheid, NDT The Hague) * 2006: ''Bailando en Soledad'', choreography Luis Pereyra - Europe, Argentine * 2007: ''Secretos de la Danza'', choreography Luis Pereyra, Dramaturgy Julio López - Europe, Argentine * 2009: ''El Color de mi Baile'', choreography Luis Pereyra - Europe, Argentine * 2007 - 2010: ''Theatre Café de los Angelitos - El Tango'', artistic direction, choreography Luis Pereyra - Buenos Aires *2010-2011: ''El Viejo Almacén'' Artistic Direction -Argentina *2011: ''Tango Puro Argentino''gira por Europe *2011: ''Aqui!!! Folklore''

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, Buenos Aires Argentina. Co Dirección Artística con

. Artistas: Cuti & Roberto Carabajal, El Chaqueño Palavecino,

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, Mario Alvaréz Quiroga, Julia Elena Dávalos. Una creación de Julio Márbiz *2012: ''Tango Puro Argentino'' on board of the cruise ship

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*2012: ''Cronica TV - Argentinisima La Peña de Martin Marbiz'' Artistic Direction of the TV Programm since 18.3.2012 * 2012: ''Tango Puro Argentino y más! artistic direction, costume design and dance''. Premiere in the Centro Cultural Borges, Buenos Aires on 17 June 2012 Further Tour through Europe, as Berlin Tipizelt,

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, Konzerttheater Coesfeld * 2013: ''El Sonido de mi Tierra'' artistic direction, costume design and dance. Premiere in Teatro Sala Siranush, Buenos Aires 9 February 2013 * 2013: ''Viejo Almacén'', artistic direction since June 2013 * 2014: '' Festival Cosquin'' Edition 54. Presentation with the own company El Sonido de mi Tierra. * 2014 y 2015: Tour through Europe with the own production VIDA, in over 70 venues, such as

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, Philharmonie

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, World Forum

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* 2017: Tour in Europe with "VIDA! ARGENTINO". Derniere at Folies Bergère, Paris. * 2018: Tour in Europe "Vida!", Deutschland, Belgium, Netherland, Austria * 2018: Tour in Europe "Tanze Tango mit dem Leben", Germany, Switzerland * 2019: Tour in Europe "Vida!", Germany, Austria, Switzerland. 25 years Futuro Si at Tonhalle Düsseldorf * 2019: Tour in Europe "Se dice de mi", Germany, TV Programme in Austria and Germany

References

External links

Nicole Nau at www.tangofolklore.com

Nicole Nau at www.the-great-dance-of-argentina.de

Review of ''¡El tango!'': Pablo Gorlero, Técnica y espectacularidad, 29. Juli 2007
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Video Clip Café de los Angelitos - El Tango© 2007 - 2010 por Guido Gayk y Nicole Nau & Luis Pereyra

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