Stream of Dance Festival
​Artist Bios and Credits

SOD#8  &  SOD#9   
QUARTANGO

Quartango

QUARTANGO SOD#8
QUARTANGO SOD#8
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Adult                                 $ 30 
Students, Seniors            $ 25
U of R Students                free
Children under 18             $ 5

Stream of Dance #8  | Join us in Celebrating International Dance Day with 
​QUARTANGO
Sunday April 29   3:00 pm

Stream of Dance #9  
​QUARTANGO
Monday April 30   10:00 am

Co-presented by Regina Musical Club (RMC) and New Dance Horizons in partnership with Conseil culturel fransaskois. 
Both performance offer an opportunity for everyone to join in dance with one of the works performed by Quartango. 
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Please note the last Tango Class of this season at NDH Studio is on Tuesday April 17th at 7pm (Drop in: $ 15).
While the Monday April 30 performance is designated for French speaking schools, there will be a few extras seats reserved for public.

Please find more information on here:  http://reginamusicalclub.ca/quartango/
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Join New Dance Horizons in Residence at the Mackenzie Gallery on April 29th, in celebration of INTERNATIONAL DANCE DAY!
Featuring guest Argentine Tango teacher Dayle Schroeder in an introductory Argentine Tango Lesson 1:30 to  2:30 pm. This special FREE
Tango Lesson will be followed by a concert of live tango music with QUARTANGO on Sunday, April 29th at 3pm and Monday April 30th at 10 am.

Dayle Schroeder: Born and raised in Saskatchewan, Dayle Schroeder started dancing at a young age, training in ballet, jazz, tap, contemporary, hip hop, and musical theatre. Dayle was introduced to Argentine Tango after moving to Calgary, and her passion for the dance grew from there. Performing and teaching the Tango quickly became Dayle’s love. Her training has taken her to Sydney, Australia, and Buenos Aires, Argentina. Dayle has been a key member of Regina’s Argentine Tango group, continuing to teach and perform throughout the years. ​

​Virtuosity, musicality, elegance, sensuality and humour: Quartango’s music evokes deep emotions
Comprising four highly accomplished musicians, bound by their shared passion for the tango and driven by an unceasing desire to make a close connection with their audience, Quartango offers a performance filled with subtle nuances and a blend of colours that reflects both the classics and modernity and the effervescence of the milonga.
Acclaimed excellence
Quartango’s awards include three Opus Awards from the Conseil québécois de la musique, notably 2007/2008 Artist of the Year, a Félix Award and a Juno nomination. The ensemble also continues to delight critics and audiences alike: “The Montréal group heated things up with a concert that was nothing short of brilliant. It was dramatic. It was elegant. It was everything tango music should be,” wrote Kelly-Anne Reiss for the Regina Leader-Post following a concert.
Quartango has performed all over Canada as well as on the international stage, from Ankara and Tokyo to Taipei, Paris and New York, where they shared the stage at Carnegie Hall with the New York Pops. More recently, they performed in Guatemala and with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Maestro JoAnn Faletta. “With elegantly flawless arrangements full of sensuality and wry humour, this group of classically trained musicians infuses the tango with a fascinating mixture of pathos and heat … The story these four musicians tell on Astor Piazzolla’s Adios Nonino is breathtaking. The violin and bandoneon are like plaintive lovers, with the piano narrating the scene as the double bass wickedly plays the devil’s advocate. I swear it’s palpable,” said Harold McNeil, news staff reviewer for The Buffalo News.
Radio-Canada and the CBC have broadcast many Quartango concerts and the group also appeared on the CBC Television program Opening Night. As well, Quartango appeared in and provided original music for the soundtrack of the film Macadam Tango, which aired on Radio-Canada television and TV5.
Quartango has recorded seven CD, several of which have been honored with awards. Their latest recording, Encuentro, was released in the fall 2013. Encuentro has been nominated at the ADISQ gala on fall 2014, won an OPUS at Quebec Music Council as well as a JUNO award in 2015 for the instrumental album of the year!
Quartango sheds new light on the music of the tango, elevating it to an international level.

Programme will include pieces selected from the list below :
 
Blue rondo a la Turk                                     (Dave Brubeck)****             
Taconeando                                                    (Pedro Maffia)***                 
Holà Montreal                                               (Fred Waring)*                        
Oblivion                                                          (Astor Piazzolla)****
Tico Tico                                                         (Zequinha de Abreu)*
Première neige sur le cinema Figaro            (Stéphane Aubin)  
Panuelos                                                         (Stéphane Aubin)  
Que Nadie sepa mi Sufrir (La foule)            (Ángel Cabral)*                       
Nocturna                                                        (Julia Plaza)**** 
La boîte à Clairette                                         (Stéphane Aubin)              
Milonga Celtica                                              (Richard Hunt)                         
La cumparsita                                               (Gerardo M. Rodriguez)        
Tango impossible                                           (Lalo Schifrin)**                     
Rouge                                                             (Stéphane Aubin)  
Noche en el Rosedal                           (Richard Hunt)                         
Les nuits de Montréal                                    (Émile Prud’homme)*           
Milonga de Natashquan                                (Stéphane Aubin)              
 
 
*Arrangement Stéphane Aubin
**Arrangements Antoine Bareil
***Arrangement Jonathan Goldman 
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Helmut Lipsky, violin
Mélanie Bergeron, bandoneon
Philip Chiu, piano
René Gosselin, doublebass