Lucía Mazer (born May 12, 1978 in

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ...

, Argentina) is an Argentine dancer of

Argentine tango Argentine tango is a musical genre and accompanying social dance originating at the end of the 19th century in the suburbs of Buenos Aires. It typically has a Time signature, or rhythmic time signature, and two or three parts repeating in pat ...

. She is regarded as one of the most influential partners of

tango nuevo Nuevo tango (''New tango'') is both a form of music in which new elements are incorporated into traditional tango music, and an evolution of tango dance that began to develop in the 1980s. Dance Origins Prior to the 1990s, Argentine tango was t ...

founder

Mariano Frúmboli Mariano "Chicho" Frúmboli (born 21 September 1970) is an Argentine tango dancer. He is regarded as one of the founders of tango nuevo, and he is best known for his musicality and creativity while improvising. Early life Frúmboli's father wa ...

and as being one of the leaders of the first transformation of woman's role in tango.

Career

She began dancing tango in 1996 at the "taller de extensión de tango danza de la universidad del tango" and soon she met Alejandra Arrue y Sergio Natario who became her strongest influence during her beginnings. *She partnered with Fabián Salas from 1997 to 1999. *With

from 1999 to 2003 and later on they worked together during 2007 *During 2004 and 2005 she partnered with Ezequiel Fárfaro and they toured again during 2010. *During 2011 and 2012 she worked with Gonzalo Orihuela.

Personal life

She lives in

Patagonia Patagonia () is a geographical region that includes parts of Argentina and Chile at the southern end of South America. The region includes the southern section of the Andes mountain chain with lakes, fjords, temperate rainforests, and glaciers ...

and has kept a low profile since 2011 while taking care of her two children.

Video clips

Tango Ritual Tango is a partner dance and social dance that originated in the 1880s along the Río de la Plata, the natural border between Argentina and Uruguay. The tango was born in the impoverished port areas of these countries from a combination of Arge ...

(2007)

References

Argentine Tango - Dance Research Centre Argentines, Argentinians or Argentineans are people from Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical, or cultural. For most Argentines, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their ...

(2008)

External links / sources

Interview in la Gazzetta Tango

(2009)
Video performing with Chicho FrumboliPersonal BlogArticle about Fabian Salas that mentions her
(2009)

Notes and references

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