“Lovely Lightness”LA NACION (Argentina)

"Marcelo Guardiola andGiorgia Marchiori converttango into a mime in dancewhich evokes all the attributes of a genuine Marcel Marceau"VEINTITRES magazine

(Argentina)

"A unique style of unitingtango with theatre"QATAR TRIBUNE (Qatar)

“A show to admire, wheredance, mime and music areconverted into one thingonly"LA STAMPA (Italy)

"Storytelling with deepbeauty"LUNA TEATRAL Magazine

(Argentina)

"A surprising show which leaves the public spell-bound…"LA CAZUELA, Magazine

(Argentina)

With the auspices of the Argentine National Academy of Tango

Mimes, dancers and actors, Marcelo Guardiola and Giorgia Marchiori, known artistically as “Los Guardiola”, project us into the fantastic world of their dancedpantomime where comedy and tragedy merge into the rhythm of tango.

Los Guardiola Tango Show is a spectacle of mime and dance made up of numbers inspiredby the lyrics of celebrated tangos.Beginning with resources from the Italian Commedia dell'Arte, French pantomime and Argentine tango, the performers, unique in their ability to stage the work, immerse the public a tragicomic atmosphere replete with poetry.As on a magical carousel turning to the music of tango the most extravagant charactersare paraded to tell of the loves, vices and virtues of the eternal Human Comedy.Suitable for all audiences.Authors and performers:Marcelo Guardiola and Giorgia MarchioriChoreography:Giorgia MarchioriDirection:Marcelo GuardiolaPhotography: Gustavo Cilla

Among the most contemporary tango artists, Marcelo Guardiola and Giorgia Marchiori areone of the most loved and admired couples: their shows have run in theatres and festivals allover the world. Marcelo Guardiola is an actor, dancer, musician and stage director. Born inBuenos Aires, in 1999 created a form of theatrical research called “TangoTeatro”, which proposes a new typology of entertainment which stages poetry through mime and dance.Giorgia Marchiori, born in Rome, is a dancer, an actress, choreographer and Doctor of Philosophy. In 2003 begins her artistic collaboration with Marcelo Guardiola establishing theduo, “Los Guardiola” whose originality consists of telling stories through the marriage of mimeand dance. In 2004, for their work as tango dancers par excellence, they receive the Diplomaof Honour New Generation (Nueva Generación) being declared as of Cultural Interest by theSecretary of Culture, of the Argentine Presidency (Secretaría de la Cultura, Presidencia de laNación). In 2011, for the original and distinctive use of tango in theatre, they are part of the VIIIHolstebro Festuge, Denmark, organized by the Odin Teatret, directed by Eugenio Barba.In 2016 the Argentine National Academy of Tango (Academia Nacional del Tango de la República Argentina) awards them institutional auspices as “Artist of Tango who advancetango-culture”. Authors and performers of all their shows, in 2016 premiere "Los GuardiolaTango Show" in the celebrated theatre Teatro Maipo in Buenos Aires.They have carried their wordless art to the following countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Denmark,England, France, Italy, Qatar, Russia, Slovenia, Spain and Switzerland.

PRESSLOVELY LIGHTNESSLos Guardiola, with resources coming from theCommedia dell’Arte – masks, mime, refinedcostume details in black and white – pay tribute to the tango of the first half of thetwentieth century”Moira Soto, LA NACION (Argentina)

Marcelo Guardiola and Giorgia Marchioriconvert tango into a danced mime whichevokes all the attributes of a genuine MarcelMarceau.Norma Dumas, VEINTITRES, Magazine (Argentina)

Los Guardiola Tango Show is surprising spectacle which leaves the public spellboundbefore the perfection of the wordless conver-sation in which each dancer says everythingthere is to be said with each movement, eachstep, each gesture…Nuria Gómez Belart, LA CAZUELA, Magazine (Argentina)

PURE TALENTLos Guardiola display on stage magic and seduction which assures for the viewer themost genuine enjoyment before the talent ofthis artistic couple.For these two great artists the tango has someof the irony and much of the poetry, of sensitivity, which they convey in each

movement, in each form, in each scene…Scenic writing where everything flows in complete harmony, storytelling with deepbeauty”. Azucena Ester Joffe y María de los ÁngelesSanz, LUNA TEATRAL, Magazine (Argentina)

A unique style of uniting tango with theatre.QATAR TRIBUNE; (Qatar)

A show to admire, where dance, mime andmusic are converted into one thing only.LA STAMPA (Italy)

From a show with Marcelo Guardiola andGiorgia Marchiori you come away with anopen mind and a crowded heart.The extraordinary sensitivity and talent ofthese two artists lead on to get right to theheart of the question and into the viewer’sheart, through a purity in style, fruit of rigourand enquiry: unique in the staging of theirwork, Marcelo Guardiola and Giorgia Marchiori are two artists with the precision ofmime, the grace and bearing of dancers andthe one-step-removed-from-the world qualityof puppets, to say with their bodies that whichis not permitted to say in words, in harmonywith all, result of daily practise on a life-longroute in research and experimentation.Carlo D'Andreis, TANGOIN / ROMA (Italy)

The boisterous Guardiola, Marcelo and Giorgia, excellent presences in the internationalworld of tango, in addition to mimes andclowns, launch us into Tango Teatro, a dimensionin space which only relates to itself.UT MAGAZINE, RIVISTA D'ARTE E FATTI CULTURALI (Italy)

An original artistic offering which with a selection of lovely tangos tells tales in the styleof the most anthological silent movies. To see,to laugh, admire and applaud.Silvia Rojas, LA MILONGA ARGENTINA (Argentina)

“They use mime with subtle gestures, precisemovements and widely varied postures topresent versions of tango-based stories.”Tito Palumbo B.A. TANGO (Argentina)

They dance tango with absolute mastery, express pantomime with clarity only visibleunder the midday sun, they bear so much humour, so much creativity that the audiencebursts into applause. Michelángelo TardittiDESDE EL PIE (Argentina)

Based on the tango of the 1920s, Los Guardiola not only dance them but interprettheir lyrics converting each one into a tingpiece of theatre. Outstanding dancers andno lesser mimes, possessors of impeccabledexterity, they immerse us into the tragic-comic scene filled with poetry.María Antonacci García, DESMENUZARTEMEJOR (Argentina)

If anyone thinks that they are only going tosee a pair of tango dancers, they would bewrong; if they think that they are going to seea theatrical show, they would also be wrong.It is much more than that. Marcelo and Giorgia develop throughout their performanceall of their art, in which is just one more ingredient.Diego Rivarola, RADIO LA 2X4 (Argentina),

An unforgettable show which tours beautifultraditional compositions from our tango repertoire.Marcelo Guardiola and Giorgia Marchiori areactors, mimes and dancers and the best isthat they blend all together in a creativitypacked presentation where emotions andrunning high.Cheeky and comical together, they make our

imagination soar and they remind us thatmere gesture can transmit so much more!They bring to life a dozen or more charactersduring their show: a carrousel on which theyparade the most varied of archetypes of thetango scene.Los Guardiola show us that it is possible tomake an original show through the medium of“2x4”Eugenia Ali, RADIO LA 2X4 (Argentina)