Merlo Nights, a series of independent theater encounters, is held every three months in the beautiful village of Merlo in the Province of San Luis in Argentina. Laura Veiga is a dancer and performer, and she has been the artistic director of Merlo Nights since 2003. Like many other artists from Buenos Aires, Laura moved to Merlo and decided to settle and work there.

Laura talked with KadmusArts about what it is like to organize a cycle of independent theater in a small village in the central region of Argentina, how the public reacts to experimental plays, and why she prefers to support independent productions rather than commercial theater.

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Noches Merlinas, un ciclo que reúne compañías de teatro independientes, se lleva a cabo cada tres meses en la hermosa villa de Merlo, Provincia de San Luis, Argentina. Laura Veiga es intérprete y bailarina, y ha estado a cargo de la dirección artística de Noches Merlinas desde 2003. Al igual que muchos artistas de Buenos Aires, Laura decidió instalarse y trabajar en Merlo.

En esta entrevista con KadmusArts, Laura nos cuenta cómo fue organizar un ciclo de teatro independiente en un pueblo pequeño en el centro de la Argentina; cuál es la reacción del público frente al teatro experimental, y por qué prefiere el teatro independiente al comercial.

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La Plata, the capital city of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, is holding the second edition of the International Tango Festival of La Plata from September 14-16, 2007.

Carolina Pizzo is a professional tango dancer and the general director of the festival. In an interview with KadmusArts, Carolina talked about how she became involved with tango dance, and how she decided to organize a tango festival in La Plata, only 32 miles away from the city of Buenos Aires. She also discussed the difference between “milonga” or traditional tango dance and new or electronic tango, and explained why the tango embrace has such a haunting effect upon people all around the world.

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La segunda edición del Festival Internacional de Tango Ciudad de La Plata se llevará a cabo en la ciudad de La Plata -capital de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina- del 14 al 16 de septiembre de 2007.

Carolina Pizzo es bailarina profesional de tango y está a cargo de la dirección general del festival. Carolina habló con KadmusArts sobre sus comienzos en el baile de tango, y nos contó cómo surgió la idea de organizar un festival en La Plata, a sólo 52 kilómetros de la ciudad de Buenos Aires. También habló sobre la milonga o tango tradicional y el tango electrónico o nuevo, y nos explicó por qué el abrazo de tango es algo tan fascinante para los extranjeros en todo el mundo.

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Carolina Simón is the General Director of the Tango Dance World Championship, which has been held in Buenos Aires since 2003. In its fifth edition, which took place on August 16-26, 2007, the championship attracted more than 100.000 visitors, and more than 450 couples came to compete from 154 different cities from around the world.

Carolina talked with KadmusArts about the structure of the championship, the jury, and the shows and activities that took place druring the event. She also discussed the importance of making the promotion of tango a state policy, with the goal of preserving Argentina’s national heritage. Finally, she talked about upcoming tango events in Argentina, such as Tango Day in December 2007 and the Buenos Aires Tango Festival in February 2008.

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