Nicole Nau (born 30 January 1963) is a German dancer of Tango Argentino and Argentine folklore living in Argentina and Germany.
Life
Nau was born in Düsseldorf, and after studying graphic design she first worked for advertising agencies before she settled in Argentina to be formally instructed as a professional dancer. She studied classical Ballet with Teatro Colon dancer and primaballerina Nadia Muzyka and Graciela Bertotti
In 1989 she has been part for several months of the Argentine company acting in Toronto, Canada. In 1990 she had her first appearance as main dancer in Café HomeroMempo Giardinelli: Mempo Giardinelli: Vorhang auf für die Leidenschaften der Porteños. Fotos by Christopher Pillitz. In GEO Special, Cover and page 28ff., 3 June 1994John J. Putman: Buenos Aires, making up for lost time. In National Geografic Band 186, no. 6, page 84ff. December 1994 to be followed by an engagement as a dancer in the opera MaratónWebsite: opera Marathon, Jaime Kogan, Teatro Colón 1990 Teatro Colón opera house in Buenos Aires where she was designed to dance with bass Mario Solomonoff as double for the mezzo-soprano Ana Ruanova
In 2002 she had her premiere with the tango opera Orestes – Last Tango, which was created in a co-production with the WMTF Festival of Holland.Review of zu Orestes – Last Tango, Diego Fischermann: Traducir personajes a música, in Página 12, Argentine daily paper, 7 February 2002 (Spanish) It was here that she danced with Luis Pereyra for the first time who is her husband and dance partner now.
Under direction of Luis Pereyra she dances in the company El Sonido de mi Tierra and produces several own productions, as the last one, VIDA. In 2007 they reopened as the artistic directors the renowned tango theater Café de los Angelitos in Buenos Aires.Review of Café de los Angelitos – El Tango with a short biography of Nicole Nau, Virginia Kirst: Neueröffnung des Café de los Angelitos. Argentinisches Tageblatt, page 5. 7 April 2007. (German). In 2010 they are artistic directors at the Viejo Almacén and 2011 in Aqui Folklore.
She went on tour dancing through nearly all continents. Since 2016 Nicole Nau lives again in Germany where she runs her own stage productions.
In addition to Tango Argentino and Argentine folklore, her musical dance training includes classical dance (Studio Katja Krüger Wuppertal, Estudio Nadia Muzyka, Quilmes Buenos Aires), Jazz Dance (Ballett Studio Berger, Düsseldorf), Progressing Ballett Technic (Ballett Studio Regine Dieckhoff, Wuppertal), Flamenco (Rosa Montés & Alberto Alarcón, Essen), piano studies (Engelbrecht, Düsseldorf).
Nau does the costume designRezension von Anne Kathrin Reiff, RGA, Secretos de la Danza, costume design for several Tango Argentino and Folklore Argentino productions.
Nau has published her book Tanze Tango mit dem Leben (Dance Tango with Life) at Bastei Verlag Lübbe at Frankfurt Buchmesse, 11 October 2013. The second edition has been printed in January 2014 .
Since 2016 she produces in Europe and Argentina.
Books Nicole Nau: Tanze Tango mit dem Leben. Bastei Lübbe Verlag, Köln 2013, . Nicole Nau-Klapwijk: Tango Dimensionen, Kastell Verlag GmbH 1999, . Nicole Nau-Klapwijk: Tango, un baile bien porteño, Editorial Corregidor 2000, 2025: Der Klang meiner Erde, Nicole Nau & Luis Pereyra, PalmArtPress Verlag, Berlin. Book 300 pages
Merits and tributes 1993: COMFER, Comité Federal de Radiodifusión, awarded her and her former partner Ricardo for their cultural contribution, handed over by León Guinsburg 2000: a stamp of their own based on a photo taken by Máximo Parpagnoli, issued by the Argentine postal service commemorating tango's 100. birthday (first issued on 11 November 2000).Philatelistic description of the stamp on the website of Correo Argentino (postal service; Spanish) 2000 2001: a second stamp with the same photo and a new motif, issued by the Argentine postal service on behalf of Japanese-Argentine friendship on the occasion of the world stamp exhibition in Japan (first issued on 28 July 2001).Philatelistic description of the stamp on the website of Correo Argentino (postal service; Spanish) 2001 2012: Tango Puro Argentino y Más has been declared as De Interés Cultural by Secretaría de Cultura de la Presidencia de la Nación, Ref.Expete.S.C.Nro 6020/12 2014: Nicole Nau & Luis Pereyra Company is nominated as Member of the International Dance Council CID | UNESCO by CID Präsident Dr. Alkis Raftis 2016: VIDA! ARGENTINO – El Sonido de mi Tierra has been declared as DE ALTO INTERÉS ARTISTICO Y CULTURAL, Dirección General del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto el día 31 de mayo 2016, NOTA DICUL 273/2016
DVDs and CDs 2004: Curso de Tango & Folklore Argentino. ICARO Producciones. Nicole Nau & Luis Pereyra 2004: El Sonido de mi Tierra. ICARO Producciones. Nicole Nau & Luis Pereyra 2007: Bailando en Soledad Tango. DVD of the performance. Nicole Nau & Luis Pereyra 2008: Secretos de la Danza. music of the Show, CD, Nicole Nau & Luis Pereyra 2011: Tango Puro Argentino & Más, Show, DVD, Nicole Nau & Luis Pereyra. Apollo Varieté Theater Düsseldorf. Guido Gayk 2012: Tango Puro Argentino & Más – with extraordinary company, DVD, Nicole Nau & Luis Pereyra and other artists. Theatre CCBorges. ICARO 2012: El Sonido de mi Tierra, DVD, Nicole Nau & Luis Pereyra. Extraordinary company, Theatre Lünen Stadttheater. CAMEO 2012: Nuestro Tango, Tutorial Video, DVD, Nicole Nau & Luis Pereyra. Guido Gayk
Selected appearances 1989: Music Hall Theatre, direction Rimolo & Mr. Young 1993: Maratón, directed by Jaime Kogan, Teatro Colón, ArgentineHomepage of the opera Maraton, Teatro Colón 1994: Festival Cosquín 34 edition – Argentina 1994: Festival Villa Allende with Susana Rinaldi 1996: Tour with Dala Sinfoniettan, Sweden 1997: Japón '97, Japan 1999: WMTF Festival Holland, the Netherlands 2003–2006: Viejo Almacén, traditional tango theaterJuan Garf: Buenos Aires. Die Stadt, die alles hat. In: GEO Special 5 October/November 2006, page 134 2009: Argentinísima, los 40 años, Julio Márbiz,Program Argentinísima – los 40 años, Teatro Broadway. choreography Luis Pereyra, Buenos Aires 2011: Misa Criolla at the place of the Monumento a la Bandera, Rosario Argentina. Choreography, Dance and Percussion. Artists: the tenor Zamba Quipildor and Luis Lima.Review of the Argentine Newspaper Página 12: Con la voz de un distinguido 2011: Misa Criolla at the Plaza Mayor of Monte Grande Argentina. Choreography and Dance. Live transmission on TV by the Argentine channel C5N. Artists: Zamba Quipildor and the Oscar winner Soledad Villamil.Review by Eduardo Menescaldi for the Argentine newspaper El Sol de Quilmes: Zamba Quipildor presenta la Misa Criolla y Navidad Nuestra en Monte Grande 2011: 7 Festival Internacional de Tango in Justo Daract, San Luis, Argentina. Choreography, dance and artistic director for the Viejo Almacén. Live transmission by the Argentine Television Channel 26. Artists: Hugo Marcel and Nelly Vázquez.Review. Justo Daract La Segunda que fué de primera. 2012: Festival de la Chacarera, Santiago del EsteroNuevo diario Santiago del Estero 2012: Carabajalazo in the City Center Rosario 2012: SWR 3 Germany, Menschen der Woche, Frank Elstner 2012: Performance in Laferrere with Chaqueño Palavecino, live on TV C5N 2012: Tango Puro Argentino y más! in Rio Turbio 2013: Festival Cosquin with Claudio Pereyra CordobaPilar Diario 2013: Festival Cosquin Interpretation Vidala para mi Sombra with Oscar El Chaqueño Palavecino CordobaCarlos Paz Vivo 2013: Viejo Almacen in Buenos Aires, special guests in the running since February 2013 2013: Das Traumschiff, show on MS Deutschland 2013: DAS! Abendmagazin, NDR TV Live Show 27 September 2013LIVE Show and Talk with Nicole Nau, Bettina Titjen, DAS! NDR 2013: Tour 2013 El Sonido de mi Tierra – The great dance of Argentina. Premiere 29 September 2013 2014: Presentation of the book of Nicole Nau Tanze Tango mit dem Leben in the German embassy, Buenos Aires Deutschen Botschaft Buenos Aires. The event was organized by ambassador Graf Bernhard von Waldersee and his wife Gräfin Katerina von Waldersee. 2014: Tour in Europe VIDA 2015: Tour in Europe VIDA, World Forum Amsterdam 2016: Bayerischen Filmpreis, with actors as Bruno Ganz, Till Schweiger, Uschi Glas 2022: Teatro Astral, Buenos Aires VIDA
Selected own productions 2002: Orestes – Last Tango, tango opera, choreography: Oscar Araiz, a co-production with WMTF Festival Holland 2004–2005: El Sonido de mi Tierra,Tom Noga: Tango!. In: Frankfurter Rundschau, culture page, 19 August 2004, page 30, 31 (German) Choreografy Luis Pereyra – – Europe (e.g., Tonhalle Düsseldorf, Königliches Tropeninstitut Amsterdam (KIT), Teo Otto Theater Remscheid, NDT The Hague) 2006: Bailando en Soledad,Review of Bailando en Soledad, Anne-Kathrin Reiff, RGA: Seele des Tanzes ... Bailando en Soledad – Tango. 29 August 2006 (German) choreography Luis Pereyra – Europe, Argentine 2007: Secretos de la Danza,Review of Secretos de la Danza, Anne-Kathrin Reiff: Tango und Folklore im Teo Otto Theater. 20 November 2007 (German) choreography Luis Pereyra, Dramaturgy Julio López – Europe, Argentine 2009: El Color de mi Baile,Review of El Color de mi Baile, Daniel Sousa: Paisajes y ritmos, La Prensa, 14. September 2009 (Spanish) choreography Luis Pereyra – Europe, Argentine 2007–2010: Theatre Café de los Angelitos – El Tango, artistic direction,Nicole Nau, artistic direction and dancer: website of Café de los Angelitos, Buenos Aires Review of Café de los Angelitos, el Tango! Daniel Sousa: Noche de Tango entre ángeles, La Prensa, 2. Juli 2007 (Spanish) choreography Luis Pereyra – Buenos Aires 2010–2011: El Viejo Almacén Artistic DirectionReview Tangos en El Viejo Almacén, Enrique Honorio Destaville: La nueva Etapa para la Revista Noticias -Argentina 2011: Tango Puro Argentinogira por Europe 2011: Aqui!!! Folklore Teatro Astral, Buenos Aires Argentina. Co Dirección Artística con Luis Pereyra. Artistas: Cuti & Roberto Carabajal, El Chaqueño Palavecino, Suna Rocha, Zamba Quipildor, Leopoldo Federico, Mario Alvaréz Quiroga, Julia Elena Dávalos. Una creación de Julio Márbiz 2012: Tango Puro Argentino on board of the cruise ship MS Deutschland, Traumschiff. Artists: Carlos Galvan 2012: Cronica TV – Argentinisima La Peña de Martin Marbiz Artistic Direction of the TV Programm since 18 March 2012 2012: Tango Puro Argentino y más! artistic direction, costume design and dance. Premiere in the Centro Cultural Borges, Buenos Aires on 17 June 2012 Further Tour through Europe, as Berlin Tipizelt, Theaterhaus Stuttgart, Konzerttheater Coesfeld 2013: El Sonido de mi Tierra artistic direction, costume design and dance. Premiere in Teatro Sala Siranush, Buenos Aires 9 February 2013 2013: Viejo Almacén, artistic direction since June 2013 2014: Festival Cosquin Edition 54. Presentation with the own company El Sonido de mi Tierra. 2014–2015: Tour through Europe with the own production VIDA, in over 70 venues, such as Musical Dome Köln, Colloseum Essen, Philharmonie München, Theaterhaus Stuttgart, World Forum The Hague, Kampnagel Hamburg 2017: Tour in Europe with "VIDA! ARGENTINO". Derniere at Folies Bergère, Paris. 2018: Tour in Europe "Vida!", Deutschland, Belgium, Netherland, Austria 2018: Tour in Europe "Tanze Tango mit dem Leben", Germany, Switzerland 2019: Tour in Europe "Vida!", Germany, Austria, Switzerland. 25 years Futuro Si at Tonhalle Düsseldorf 2019: Tour in Europe "Se dice de mi", Germany, TV Programme in Austria and Germany 2022: VIDA Tour in Argentina, Germany, Austria, Switzerland 2024: Tour in Europe VIDA Show https://buehnenlichter.de/vida-die-showsensation-aus-argentinien-2024/http://www.cultivosdequilmes.com/2023/11/el-sonido-de-mi-tierra-con-vida-para-el.html