Nau was born in Düsseldorf, 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 1989 she has been part for several months of the Argentine company acting in Toronto, Canada. In 1990 she had her first appearance as main dancer in Café Homero[1][2] to be followed by an engagement as a dancer in the opera Maratón[3][4]Teatro Colón opera house in Buenos Aires where she was designed to dance with bass Mario Solomonoff as double for the mezzo-soprano Ana Ruanova[5][6]
In 2002 she had her premiere with the tangooperaOrestes – Last Tango, which was created in a co-production with the WMTF Festival of Holland.[7][8] It was here that she danced with Luis Pereyra 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 Buenos Aires.[9] In 2010 they are artistic directors at the Viejo Almacén[10] and 2011 in Aqui Folklore.[11]
She went on tour dancing through nearly all continents. Since 2016 Nicole Nau lives again in Germany where she runs her own stage productions.
In addition to Tango Argentino and Argentine folklore, her musical dance training includes classical dance (Studio Katja Krüger Wuppertal, Estudio Nadia Muzyka, Quilmes Buenos Aires), Jazz Dance (Ballett Studio Berger, Düsseldorf), Progressing Ballett Technic (Ballett Studio Regine Dieckhoff, Wuppertal), Flamenco (Rosa Montés & Alberto Alarcón, Essen), piano studies (Engelbrecht, Düsseldorf).
Nau has published her book Tanze Tango mit dem Leben (Dance Tango with Life) at Bastei Verlag Lübbe at Frankfurt Buchmesse, 11 October 2013. The second edition has been printed in January 2014 .
Since 2016 she produces in Europe and Argentina.
Books
Nicole Nau: Tanze Tango mit dem Leben. Bastei Lübbe Verlag, Köln 2013, ISBN978-3-404-60756-3.
Nicole Nau-Klapwijk: Tango, un baile bien porteño, Editorial Corregidor 2000, ISBN950-05-1311-0
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 stamp of their own based on a photo taken by Máximo Parpagnoli, issued by the Argentine postal service commemorating tango's 100. birthday (first issued on 11 November 2000).[13]
2001: a second stamp with the same photo and a new motif, issued by the Argentine postal service on behalf of Japanese-Argentine friendship on the occasion of the world stamp exhibition in Japan (first issued on 28 July 2001).[14]
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
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
2013: Viejo Almacen in Buenos Aires, special guests in the running since February 2013
2013: Das Traumschiff, show on MS Deutschland
2013: DAS! Abendmagazin, NDR TV Live Show 27 September 2013[25]
2013: Tour 2013 El Sonido de mi Tierra – The great dance of Argentina. Premiere 29 September 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.
2002: Orestes – Last Tango, tango opera, choreography: Oscar Araiz, a co-production with WMTF Festival Holland
2004–2005: El Sonido de mi Tierra,[27][28] Choreografy Luis Pereyra – – Europe (e.g., Tonhalle Düsseldorf, Königliches Tropeninstitut Amsterdam (KIT), Teo Otto Theater Remscheid, NDT The Hague)
2006: Bailando en Soledad,[29] choreography Luis Pereyra – Europe, Argentine
2007: Secretos de la Danza,[30] choreography Luis Pereyra, Dramaturgy Julio López – Europe, Argentine
2009: El Color de mi Baile,[31][32] choreography Luis Pereyra – Europe, Argentine
2007–2010: Theatre Café de los Angelitos – El Tango, artistic direction,[33][34] choreography Luis Pereyra – Buenos Aires
2010–2011: El Viejo Almacén Artistic Direction[35] -Argentina
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[39]
2019: Tour in Europe "Se dice de mi", Germany, TV Programme in Austria and Germany[40]
2022: VIDA Tour in Argentina, Germany, Austria, Switzerland[41]
References
^Mempo Giardinelli: Mempo Giardinelli: Vorhang auf für die Leidenschaften der Porteños. Fotos by Christopher Pillitz. In GEO Special, Cover and page 28ff., 3 June 1994
^John J. Putman: Buenos Aires, making up for lost time. In National Geografic Band 186, no. 6, page 84ff. December 1994
