Iñaki Urlezaga Ballet Concierto

A Premier Dance Company from Argentina

October 15 thru 17

Internationally-renowned dancer and choreographer, Iñaki Urlezaga, cultivated his solo career in Europe as a principal dancer for the Royal Ballet Theatre and the Dutch National Ballet.  He founded his own company, Ballet Concierto, in Argentina in 2000.  Urlezaga’s gifted troupe maintains a strong international presence in locales as varied as the Shanghai Otago Festival of the Arts, the Teatro de Madrid in Spain and the Tempo Festival of Dance in New Zealand.  The Thai periodical, The Nation, exclaims: “It was easy to see why the Iñaki Urlezaga Tango Group is touted as one of Argentina's leading dance companies. Performing to a full house at the Thailand Cultural Centre . . . the group's one-and-a-half hour show brought the house down with standing ovations and encores . . . "  In the fall, Ballet Concierto will bring their unique brand of Argentinean expression to New York City for the first time with a compelling program of tango and classical dance  The Artistic Director of Ballet Concierto is Lilian Giovine and the Principal Dancers are Founder Iñaki Urlezaga, Franco Cadelago, Eliana Figueroa and Macarena Gimenez (in Combate).