TANGO BUENOS AIRES Comes to the Harris Center, 1/8-10

Tango Buenos Aires has become one of Argentina's great cultural exports, known throughout the Americas, Europe and the Far East as the most authentic and uncompromising representative of the Tango. It is this excitement, passion and technical prowess that comes to Harris Center for the Arts in Folsom the early part of 2015 as the "Song of Eva Perón" is presented.

The "Song of Eva Perón" is a Tango dance and music presentation inspired by the most important feminine character in Argentinian history, Eva Perón. Tracing her epic life -- from her ascent to fame in the 1930s to her death in 1952 -- this is a sparkling and poignant spectacle that is not to be missed.

TANGO BUENOS AIRES: Song of Eva Perón will be performed Thursday, January 8, 2015 at 7:30 pm; Friday, January 9, 2015 at 7:30 pm; and Saturday, January 10, 2015 at 7:30 pm. Tickets are priced at $35-$59; Premium $69; 10% Discount on Thursday, January 8th SINGLE TICKETS! Tickets are available online at www.harriscenter.net or from the Harris Center Ticket Office at 916-608-6888 from 10 am to 6 pm Monday through Saturday, and two hours before show time. Parking is included in the price of the ticket. Harris Center is located on the west side of Folsom Lake College campus in Folsom, CA, facing East Bidwell Street.

The "Song of Eva Perón" presents the flowering of a humble and beautiful woman. Starting from nothing but propelled by the influence of the Tango, which she first heard while growing up in the slums of Buenos Aires, Eva attains stardom and blooms to be Argentina's First Lady. Her story brought her worldwide acclaim and still resonates with her millions of admirers. The "Song of Eva Perón" is the tale of this mythical figure put into traditional Tango dance and music from Buenos Aires.

Tango Buenos Aires was created for the "Jazmines" festival at the famous Buenos Aires cabaret Michelangelo by renowned composer and tango director Osvaldo Requena. The company met with tremendous success and was immediately added to the season of the General San Martin Municipal Theatre.

The company traveled to the United States in order to represent Argentina at the Latin- American Festival, which took place at the Delacorte Theatre in New York City's Central Park. This event was followed by an extensive tour throughout the United States, along with trips to Mexico, Puerto Rico and El Salvador, and then by a return to the United States via Miami and San Francisco. The group appeared on NHK television in Tokyo, and it completed 62 performances throughout Japan, as well as a CD recording for Sony entitled Quejas de Bandoneón.

Its success continued over the next few years as the company undertook lengthy tours of the principal cities of Argentina, travels to Berlin and Frankfurt, Germany, to Granada, Spain for the International Tango Festival, and to Madrid for performances at the Teatro de la Villa and at the National Auditorium. The company also undertook a Latin American tour, appearing in Quito and Guayaquil in Ecuador, in Mexico, and ending in Los Angeles.

Later Tango Buenos Aires participated in the International Festival in Adelaide, Australia, and at the New Zealand Festival. The company also traveled to Southeast Asia, giving performances in Singapore and Kuala Lupur, Malaysia, and Bangkok, Thailand. Under the patronage of the President of Argentina, the company introduced the Tango to Indonesia for the first time ever.

Tango Buenos Aires has completed extensive travel in Argentina, Spain (Granada, Madrid and Andalucia), Finland and Chile (Vitacura, Santiago, Vina del Mar and Valparaiso). It toured Malaysia, Japan and China. In Beijing, the company hosted a series of unprecedented master classes and residencies with Chinese dancers at the Dance University of Beijing, teaching the origin and evolution of the Tango and further international understanding and cooperation.

Tango Buenos Aires toured the United States for its first Coast-to-Coast tour during the 1998-99 season to great critical and popular acclaim, appearing in cities including Los Angeles, Houston, Dallas, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Ft. Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, Miami, Atlanta, Washington, DC, New York, Boston, Cleveland, Louisville, Detroit, Chicago, Minneapolis, Lincoln, Toronto, and San Juan, Puerto Rico.

In June 1999, the renowned pianist Cristian Zárate succeeded Mr. Requena as music director, and Pablo Mainetti, the world's greatest bandoneon player, joined the orchestra. In 2005 Julian Vat, Argentina's most prolific composer and leading musician assumed the title of Music Director. The company returned to North America in 2003 for a two and half month tour of the Unites States. Due to the extraordinary success of this tour the Company returned in the fall of 2007 and winter of 2011 for a two month coast to coast tour of the United States. Tango Buenos Aires returns again in January through March 2015 to undertake a two and half month Coast to Coast tour of the United States and Canada.

The Harris Center for the Arts at Folsom Lake College is a $50 million facility built with a combination of state, regional, local and private funds. Harris Center has three intimate theaters, an art gallery, a recording studio, elegant teaching spaces, plenty of safe parking and all the other amenities of a state-of-the-art performing arts venue. The Harris Center presents touring artists from around the world; partners with the best regional arts organizations, and supports productions by FLC students and faculty.

The Harris Center for the Arts (formerly Three Stages) is named to honor Brice Harris, Chancellor Emeritus of the Los Rios Community College District, for his many contributions to the capital region, including the vision and leadership he provided in opening this regional arts center.