TANGO & CANDOMBE

A musical for the entire family in the universal languages of LIVE Music and Dance!
Discover the African Roots of TANGO in Music, Song & Dance.

Music Composed-Arranged & Directed by
Música Compuesta-Arreglada y Dirigida por 
EMILIANO MESSIEZ

with / con
The Dancers / Los Bailarines
GUILLERMINA QUIROGA & MARIANO LOGIUDICE
ANALIA CARREÑO & LUIS RAMIREZ
MILTERI TUCKER & BILLY T “EL NEGROLO”

The Singers
La Cancionista JULIETA RADA
El Cantor ACHE REY

and The Musicians / y Los Músicos
Piano EMILIANO MESSIEZ
Bandoneon LEANDRO RAGUSSA
Guitar / Guitarra FEDERICO DIAZ
Violin SERGIO REYES
Doublebass / Contrabajo CARLOS PINO

Candombe Drummers
ARTURO PRENDEZ
ARIEL “CHINO” BENATAR
FABRICIO TEODORO

Created, Produced, Designed & Directed by ANGEL GIL ORRIOS

TANGO and CANDOMBE have been designated by UNESCO as Argentina and Uruguay‘s
Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

CANDOMBE, also known as Tango Negro, is an African-derived rhythm that has been an important part of Uruguayan culture for over 200 years. It is what survives of the ancestral heritage of Bantu culture, brought to Uruguay by enslaved Africans. During colonial times, they called their drums tangó, and used this term to refer to the place where they gathered to perform their Candombe dances; by extension, the dances themselves were also called tangós. Candombe music uses three drums called “repique”, “chico” and “piano”. TANGO developed simultaneously in Montevideo, Uruguay, and Buenos Aires, Argentina. Although typically regarded as the creation of Italian and Spanish immigrants, the tango’s music and the dance movements associated with it were deeply influenced by African dance and music.