** 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. 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 Homero to be followed by an engagement as a dancer in the opera Maratón 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. 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. 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 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.

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Merits and tributes

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Selected appearances

Selected own productions