Tango is:
an unpredictable face-to-face between a man and a woman; a unique and privileged moment; a spontaneous dialogue in a game for two, full of tenderness and violence; a solemn challenge to our creativity.
Our work is dedicated to finding this tango, where two bodies are united in space. They seem to float while they move together in harmony, intense and timeless, and finally appear to blend in the same perception of the rhythm and the music.
Text : Gisela Graef-Marino
Gisela and Sergio/Dance
1995-97: touring in Europe with “Gomina”. 1998-2005: film Tango with the “Grand Orchestre of Juan José Mosalini”, then world tour (USA, Canada). Choreographers and dansers in “Tango, la elegia de quienes ya no estàn”, “Maria de Buenos Aires”, with “I Flamminghi” and “Solisten van Vlaanderen”. Soloists in many shows: Sexteto Veritango, Buenos Aires, Tango Ensemble, Quintet Tiempo Sur, Tanguisimo and Piacevole. 2001: Festival “Buenos Aires Tango”, Paris (Palais de Chaillot). In 1997, they founded the association “Estacion Tango” and created their own school in Brussels. As teachers and dansers in Europe and in the USA, they will celebrate 11 years of a shared quest in April 2006.
Ever since they met in 1995, they developed a style founded on a quest for harmony, the expression of fluidity. They organise their research around the notions of harmony, sensuality and balance.
From 1995 to 1997, they went on tour with the “Gomina” band across Europe.
In 1998 they performed in the film Tango of Juan José Mosalini (Meyer Production), which led onto numerous tours abroad (Switzerland, Turkey).
From 1998 to 2004, they went on a world tour with the “Grand Orchestre de Juan José Mosalini”:
• in France (Dunkerque, “Le Bateau-feu”, May 2002)
• in Switzerland (Muttenz, “Festival Tango vivo”, January 1998)
• in Germany (Blumenhof Festival, September 2000)
• in Turkey
• in the USA (Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, and in Canada).
Their talents as choreographers and dancers were also very well received in Tango, la elegia de quienes ya no estan, accompanied by the Flanders orchestra “I Flamminghi and Solisten Van Vlaanderen”. The show was produced in The Netherlands and Belgium.
From 2000 to 2004, they worked as dancers and choreographers for the show María de Buenos Aires, staged at the Ghent theater by Rudolph Werthen with the Flanders orchestra “I Flamminghi and Solisten Van Vlaanderen”, with whom they went on a tour in Israel and in London.
They also went on tour with same show with the Juan José Mosalini’s orchestra in Greece, Italy, Germany and France (Avignon, Opéra-Théâtre, March 2004)
From 1998 to 2005, they were invited as soloists by various ensembles :
• Juan José Mosalini’s orchestra – Brussels
(Palais des Beaux-Arts, 1998)
• Sexteto Veritango – Denmark, Germany
(Bensheim, 1998)
• Buenos Aires Tango Ensemble – Germany
( “Altstadtfest”, 1999)
• Quintet Tiempo Sur – France
(Ville d’Avray, February 2002)
• Tanguísimo – France
(Boulogne, February 2003)
• Piacevole – Brussels
(Flagey Theater, October 2005)
They were also invited to take part in :
• the “Buenos Aires Tango” Festival from 04 to 27 May 2001 in Paris (Palais de Chaillot)
• the “Noche de la Pasión” in Belgium (Ghent, 1996, 2000)
• the 5th Festival of Montpellier Tangosud ( 2006)
• the 2nd Tango Festival in Brussels (2006)
In 1997 they founded their association “Brussel Tango”, which later became “Estación Tango” as well as their own tango school in Brussels.
They are invited to teach tango all across Europe, North Africa and the United States.
From 1995 onwards they have developed a style based on the quest for harmony, fluidity, sensuality and balance.
Gisela Graef-Marino
Very early trained in dance at the Escuela municipal de Música y Danza de Santiago (Chile), she continued her learning of classical and modern dance in Munich, New York and Paris.
She then trained in New York, in particular at the School of Alvin Ailey, and in Paris, where she became a modern jazz teacher, while following a theatrical training at Cours Florent and at the Ecole du mime Marceau (in 1980, she participated in the school’s first performance, La Prohibition).
At the same time, she performed in various theater companies (Beauty and the Beast, at the Eden Théâtre), dance (Le théâtre nu – dance and mime), in various operettas at the Châtelet theater (Petroushka, with Rudolph Nureyev, and The Merry Widow, directed by Alfredo Arias). She also demonstrates her talents as a choreographer in New York Blues, staged at the Palais des Glaces (Paris) with the dancers of Mudra Afrique.
In 1983, she was among the precursors of Argentine tango in Paris, at the “Trottoirs de Buenos Aires”.
Her talents as a dancer and choreographer led her to co-direct “Libertango” (1985). Thus began a long collaboration with dancer and choreographer Jorge Rodriguez. In 1986, she danced in Argentina Story with the Company “Danza Teatro” of Argentina at the Espace du Marais (Paris).
She then founded and co-directed, with Jorge Rodriguez and Leonardo Sanchez in the musical direction, the tango troupe “Gomina”, composed of Silvana Deluigi and Sandra Rumolino (singers), Roberto Tormo and Mauricio Angarita (double bassists), Daniel Cabrera and Juan José Mosalini junior (bandoneón), Leonardo Sánchez (guitar and arrangements). For a year, at
“Paths of Buenos Aires”, the troupe presents “Como un tango”. The success was such that the troupe set up “Aguantango” and went on tour from 1987 to 1997 in Europe to present the two shows.
At the same time, she danced in “Revolver”, a show in tribute to Carlos Gardel, at the María Podestá theater, in Buenos Aires.
She was invited by Pablo Verón to become his partner in the show Fous de folies, directed by Alfredo Arias at the Folies Bergères (Paris), from 1993 to 1994.
In 1995, she met Sergio Molini. Together, they have created a style of their own, imbued with sensuality and fluidity, which they teach throughout Europe.
Sergio Molini
He made his debut at the Escuela Clasica y Moderna de Juan Carlos Abraham (Argentina).
In 1985, he met Jorge Donn, who invited him to join the “Mudra International” school in Belgium, directed by Maurice Béjart.
He danced in the shows of the “Ballet du XX° siècle” directed by Maurice Béjart as well as other ballets, including the “Ballet Municipal del Teatro San Martin” (Buenos Aires), directed by Ana Maria Steckelmann and Oscar Araiz. A choreographer, he directed “La Reina de la noche” at the Juan de Vera Theater (Argentina) and “Los inmigrantes de ningun lugar” in 2001 in Argentina.
In 1995, he met Gisela Graef-Marino and joined the “Gomina” troupe. Since then, they have been dancing together and have created a style imbued with sensuality and fluidity, which they teach throughout Europe.
Originally from Argentina, he made his debut at the Escuela Clásica y Moderna de Juan Carlos Abraham (Argentina). In 1985, he met Jorge Donn while on tour in Argentina, who invited him to join the “Mudra International” school in Belgium, directed by Maurice Béjart, where he studied for two years.
From 1986 to 1991, he was hired in Argentina and Belgium by various classical and modern dance companies, for his talents as a dancer and choreographer.
As a dancer, he takes part in shows organized by the “Ballet du XXe siècle” directed by Maurice Béjart, the
“Ballet Royal de Wallonie”, the “Ballet de la Universidad de Mendoza” and the “Ballet Municipal del Teatro San Martin” (Buenos Aires), directed by Ana Maria Steckelmann and Oscar Araiz.
In 1995, he participated in the short film “Keer uw boot omen bid”, screened in the program “Lolapelicula”, on TV1 in 2001.
In 1998, he danced in “Tango with one or two dancers”, (choreography by Carla Foris, Lille)
In 2001, he was particularly noted for his choreography of “La Reina de la noche” at the Juan de Vera Theater (Argentina) and “Los imigrantes de ningun lugar” (Argentina).
In 1995, he met Gisela Graef-Marino and joined the “Gomina” troupe. Since then, they have been dancing together and have created a style imbued with sensuality and fluidity, which they teach throughout Europe.