TANGO BAR at KnJ Theater in Union Square

Nuevo Tango Arts launches the 2nd PIAZZOLLA100: The New York Tango Festival with "TANGO BAR," an opening night tango show featuring 9 dancers and musicians of the Cuartetango Music & Dance Co. and a special appearance by 8 members of the Peridance Contemporary Dance Company at the KnJ Theater in Union Square, NYC on June 18th, 2026.

“TANGO BAR” is where love, dreams, stories, politics, and conversations about how to fix the world converge, a coffee place but much more - the heart of the Porteño culture. Let the magical spirit of Buenos Aires, its tango music, dance, and song take you there…..

Performed by the PBS and Lincoln Center featured company - Cuartetango Music & Dance, under the direction of Leonardo Suarez-Paz, 4th generation tango artist and mentee of Astor Piazzolla, the 2xLatin Grammy nominated Cuartetango string quartet, and Grammy-winning bandoneonist Rodolfo Zanetti. Starring Tony-Award winning tango dancer and choreographer Guillermo Merlo with Jairelbhi Furlong, and multidisciplinary tango artists Leonardo & Olga Suarez-Paz. The evening will showcase excerpts from “The Rites of Love,” written for Cuartetango by Leonardo Suarez-Paz, whose compositions have been hailed as “superb” and “harmonically sophisticated” (Gramophone, UK) and choreographed for New York's Peridance Contemporary Dance Company (PCDC) by its Artistic Director, Igal Perry - the "blessedly inventive" (NY Times) choreographer and a powerhouse of expressive and innovative dance since 1983.

JUNE 18 only, 2 SHOWTIMES! Senior & Studet Discounts. Tickets $25 - $45

6:30 PM SHOW TICKETS

8:30 PM SHOW + WINE RECEPTION

CAST

Artistic Director, Leonardo Suarez-Paz, Co-direction & choreography - Olga Suarez-Paz, PCDC Artistic Director & choreographer - Igal Perry, Peridance Contemporary Dance Company (PCDC),Cuartetango Music & Dance Company & the 2xLatin Grammy nominated Cuartetango string quartet: Violin 1/voice - Leonardo Suarez-Paz, Violin 2 - Francisco Salazar, Viola - Jon Weber, Violoncello - Danny Miller, Bandoneon - Rodolfo Zanetti, Tango Dance: Guillermo Merlo & Jairelbhi Furlong, Leonardo & Olga Suarez-Paz, Actor/Musician - Niccolo.

THANK YOU

PIAZZOLLA100: The New York Tango Festival and this presentation of “TANGO BAR” is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) A special thank you to PIAZZOLLA100 Opening Night Sponsors: WXBrands Wines & Trapiche Malbec, TOMASI design