Inspired in Paris' Nuit Blanche, "La Noche en Vela"
(Sleepless Night or White Night), that will take place on Saturday March
26, 2011, from 7:00 pm until sunrise in Buenos Aires, will offer a
unique opportunity to walk, look, listen, participate, enjoy and
rediscover the city in one night through art and culture, in the same
way as happens every year in Paris, Madrid, Berlin, St. Petersburg or
Toronto.
"La Noche en Vela" will feature over 100 proposals in 60
artistic-cultural meeting points of Buenos Aires. Music, theater, dance,
video projections and monumental multimedia installations are the main
attractions. In addition, a hundred bars, restaurants and pizzerias in
the city will join the party extending their hours and offering special
menus.
"La Noche en Vela" will offer the magic of Elena
Roger and the excellence of the Moscow Symphony Orchestra at the
Obelisk. The folklore of Coplanacu Duo and a tango show in a vertical
stage. Monumental light installations at the Obelisk, the Faculty of
Law, the Planetarium and other buildings, followed by fireworks. A giant
video game and a Digital Zoo on Avenida de Mayo. Theater plays in the
Palacio Barolo and the Botanical Garden. A 3D Mapping projection on the
entrance of the cemetery of Recoleta. World music in the notable bars of
the city. Contemporary dance and experimental music in Plaza Francia.
And much more.
All these and many other activities will
be free of charge, and will make this an unforgettable night for the
Buenos Aires culture, celebrating the creativity of the artists, the
diversity of proposals and public participation of all ages.
The
hop-on hop-off tourist bus service of Buenos Aires will be available
during the "sleepless night". They will depart every half hour from the
corner of Florida and Avenida Roque Sáenz Peña.
"La Noche en
Vela" is part of "Tándem 2011", a cultural exchange program between
Buenos Aires and Paris. It starts in the Argentine autumn and ends in
the French fall. The opening in Buenos Aires is on the 26th of March
with this great celebration. All year long, writers, musicians, actors
will travel between these two cities in order to show their arts to
other audiences. As part of Tándem, for instance, Buenos Aires is the
guest city for the Book Fair of Paris.
Highlights of the Sleepless Night:
Elena Roger and The Earth Hour:
As part of the sleepless night, the Government of the City of Buenos
Aires and Wildlife Foundation adhere to the proposal of Earth Hour,
which invites cities across the world to turn off the lights of
buildings and iconic landmarks for one hour. In Buenos Aires, he event
will start with songs by the extraordinary Argentine artist Elena Roger,
at 8.15pm. At 8.30pm, after the countdown, the lights of the public
buildings will be switched off and a show of taikos, traditional
Japanese drums, will start. Simultaneously, people will be able to see
the performance Light Trip (fragments) by the company Babel that uses
laser, leds, dances and actors, within a live set of perceptions. At
9.30pm, the event finishes with fireworks.
Moscow Symphony Orchestra: Directed
by Argentine Jorge Uliarte, this orchestra will perform pieces from The
Swan Lake, The Nutcracker and Eugen Onegin, by Tschaikovsky, together
other compositions at 10:00pm at Plaza de la Republica (Obelisco).
Tango vertical stage: At
9:00 pm, singers and musicians Horacio Ferrer, Guillermo Fernández,
Pablo Agri, Julián Vat, Valeria Lima, Paula Parrondo, Víctor Nieva, Juan
Pablo Navarro and Lautaro Greco will take part in this performance of
light, dance and tango in the balconies of the “Casa de la Cultura” (Av.
de Mayo 500). As an opera of sensations, the windows will have special
lights set with intense colours while artists will perform tangos.
Open air tango and milonga: Starting
at 7pm and continuing until 7:00 am, on Corrientes and Callao, street
milonga, with lessons, exhibitions and concerts. At 8pm, tango
documentary movies; at 10.30pm, a lesson in charge of “Asociación de
Maestros, Bailarines y Coreógrafos de Tango Argentino”. María José
Demare Quinteto will offer a performance at midnight, and there will be a
homage to the milonga masters at 0.40am. Sexteto Milonguero will be on
stage at 1am, and at 2am there will a dance exhibition. Los Reyes del
Tango will play with the typical style of master Juan D'Arienzo at
2.30am, and one hour later, Mora Godoy will dance, followed by a free
milonga. Great closure with a tango breakfast at 5.30am
Saturday, March 26th, 2011, 7:00 pm to Sunday, March 27th, 2011, 7:00 am.
Click here for the complete schedule of activities.
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