Polly Ferman to Bring GLAMOURTANGO to Le Poisson Rouge This Fall

Uruguayan pianist/producer Polly Ferman returns with her stunning GlamourTango, an all-female multi-media music and dance show that pays homage to the women who quietly wrote the pages of Tango from the very beginning. Musicians, vocalist and dancers from Argentina and Uruguay.

The Poisson Rouge production will include, for the first time in the U.S., guest dancers Vidala Barbosa and Romina Levin, who have appeared with GlamourTango in performances in Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay. One night only, Sunday October 23, 7 PM, at Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street.

In GlamourTango, Polly Ferman has created and produced a stylish production of tango music and deance from South America's Rio de la Plata region. GlamourTango was prremiered in Uruguay in 2008 and has since been performed throughout South America, China, and in numerous U.S. cities including Chicago, Milwaukee, New York and San Francisco.

The all-female cast of musicians, vocalist and dancers, which hail mainly from Argentina and Uruguay, perform irresistible tango music by Astor Piazzolla, Horacio Salgan, Anselmo Aieta, Pintin Castellanos, Rosita Quiroga, Enrique Mendizabal, Daniel Binelli, and more.

IF YOU GO:

Polly Ferman's
GLAMOURTANGO
A Celebration of Women in Tango

Sunday October 23 at 7 PM (doors open at 6 PM)
Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street (between Thompson & Sullivan Streets)
Tickets: $25; $20 for standing room (two-item minimum for seated viewers)
Reservations: www.lpr.com

Music Director: Polly Ferman
Choreographers: Mariana Parra
Projections: Federico Bongiorno
Musicians: Polly Ferman - piano, Ina Paris - violin, Iris Ornig - double bass, Yael Acher - flute
Singer: Mariela Marco
Dancers: Mariana Parma, Karina Romero, Valeria Solomonoff, and four guest dancers from Buenos Aires

A leading interpreter of music of the Americas, Uruguayan born, New York based pianist Polly Ferman captivates audiences with outstanding performances of works by Latin American composers. Her numerous recordings constitute one of the most extensive collections of Latin American repertoire for piano. Ferman's tours as soloist have included appearances with orchestras around the world, including the Chicago, San Francisco, Sacramento, Indianapolis, Tokyo, Philippines, Jarkov and Argentine National Symphonies, as well as recital stages at Carnegie Hall, Tokyo's Takemitsu Hall, London's St. Martin the Fields, and Buenos Aires' Teatro Colon.

For more, visit www.glamourtango.com.