Dancer · Choreographer · Teacher

CynthiaFattori

For me, dancing is a declaration of the soul — a discipline of life, an expression of freedom and love for my roots.

Tango · Folklore · CircusBuenos Aires, ARInternational tours
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Buenos Aires, AR
Cynthia Fattori — retrato
Terri & Galindo · Buenos Aires
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A life in motion

"Dancing is a demonstration of my feelings, a discipline of life, an expression of freedom and love for my roots, my country and my convictions."

I was born in Argentina and started folklore at the age of six. I joined Ballet Brandsen as a professional dancer, never letting go of my Santiago del Estero roots — every summer I traveled there to train with dancer Carlos Saavedra. In parallel, I studied classical concert guitar at the Thibaud Piazzini Conservatory from age nine until seventeen.

With Ballet Brandsen I had the chance to perform as a leading figure in numerous productions — alongside Mercedes Sosa, Horacio Guarany, Mariano Mores, and in one of the final tributes to Osvaldo Pugliese at Teatro Colón. We toured throughout Latin America: Brazil, Chile, Peru, Uruguay, Paraguay and Mexico. As a soloist I was invited by Juan Saavedra to the Chacarera Festival in Santiago del Estero.

Tango

I started tango at sixteen and trained with the most recognized dancers and milongueros of the time: Julio Balmaceda and Corina de la Rosa, Vannina Vilouzs, Gustavo Naveira, Graciela González, Chicho and Lucía, and Tete. My technique blends the traditional milonguero style with modern figures, preserving what is essential — the embrace, balance, the integrated fusion of the couple, and the musicality of each orchestra. I have led seminars in Buenos Aires at Club Almagro, Galería del Tango, Torcuato Tasso and La Viruta.

From 2001 to 2004 I was based in New York, where I regularly taught folklore and tango workshops, traveling to other cities in the US and Canada. During those years I shared the stage with dancers including Diego di Falco, Junior Cervila, Roberto Reis, Pablo Verón, Omar Vega, El Tete and Pablo Pugliese.

Teaching

I have been dancing and teaching tango for more than twenty years. In my classes I like to combine technique with pedagogical and sensory tools, to reach an expression that is genuine and free of stereotype. The goal is freedom of movement and full emotional surrender — perception, sensation and interpretation from a personal viewpoint. I want my students to find their footing in the music and in their own connection, and from there to discover their own dance and artistic independence.

A few years ago, in this continuous search as artist and teacher, I added other disciplines: theatre, aerial silks, percussion, boleadoras. All of that training opened the possibility of creating my own shows.

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Sentires

A piece from home · 2021

Sentires was born from the need to express during the pandemic — a piece made from the warmth and intimacy of home, the place where the experiences that build and unbuild us take shape: fears, loves, the desire for freedom.

It is a physical and metaphorical space where actors, musicians and dancers — moved by their muses and emotions — invite us into the intimacy of their soul through their creations, in the language of Argentine dance and music.

It is the first show of the Bailar y Vivir project. It has been presented in Vancouver and other cities around the world. The goal is for the audience to consciously enter into contact with the work — turning a moment of reality into emotion, beauty and message.

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On stage

Over recent years, together with Ernesto Terri and Bien de Rioba Producciones, we created and directed shows where tango, circus and folklore meet — staged in Argentina and across Europe.

Sentires

2021

A piece created during the pandemic — an invitation into the artist's inner world. First show of the Bailar y Vivir project.

Vancouver · international tour

Amador

Tango, circus and folklore. A full-scale show with musicians, dancers, trapeze artists, jugglers and clowns.

Teatro 25 de Mayo · Brussels · Rosso Art Tango Festival, Italy

Mudanzas

2011

Tango, music and acrobatics — a meeting of stage languages.

Festival de Tarbes, France

Buenos Bailes

2014 · 2015

Urban acrobatic tango across ten simultaneous stages. Productions for Audi Forum and Autostadt (Volkswagen).

Audi Forum & Autostadt, Germany
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What I teach

More than twenty years teaching tango and folklore. I combine technique with sensory tools so each student can find their own dance.

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Tango

Traditional milonguero style open to the modern. Work on the embrace, balance and musicality. Couples and individuals.

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Argentine folklore

Zamba, chacarera and other traditional dances with Santiago del Estero roots. Pañuelo work, footwork, body percussion.

Interested in a class, workshop or residency in your city? Write to me — I travel regularly across Europe, the Americas and Asia.

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Images

Cynthia Fattori in a black dress, window-lit portraitCynthia Fattori in the dressing room, black-and-white portrait beside a mirror with bulb lightsArt montage: Cynthia Fattori before a graffitied door, framed by flamesCynthia Fattori in a floral dress against red bleachersBlack-and-white close-up portrait of Cynthia FattoriCynthia Fattori reclining, with stage makeup and feathersCynthia Fattori smiling on a Buenos Aires balcony, wrapped in a colorful shawlCynthia Fattori dancing with a shawl in an old Buenos Aires house, black and whiteCynthia Fattori dancing Argentine folklore barefoot, black skirt and kerchief raisedCynthia Fattori with a lace mantilla reflected in an antique mirror, black and whitePortrait of Cynthia Fattori on a balcony, with handcrafted necklace and shawlCynthia Fattori at the mirror with a veil, black and whiteProfile of Cynthia Fattori beside the green shutters of a Buenos Aires houseCynthia Fattori with shawl and black skirt in the gallery of an old houseCynthia Fattori on a Buenos Aires balcony in a red shawl, eyes loweredCynthia Fattori leaning on balcony shutters, gazing upwardCynthia Fattori by a glass door in a long black dressCynthia Fattori dancing with a large red shawl spread overheadSunlit portrait of Cynthia Fattori on the balcony, with patterned shawlCynthia Fattori seated in a wicker chair on the balconyBlack-and-white portrait of Cynthia Fattori wearing a hatCynthia Fattori dancing zamba with a kerchief in a plaza, before an audienceCynthia Fattori seated in front of a street muralCynthia Fattori on the coast, black-and-white portraitSepia portrait of Cynthia Fattori with CF monogramCynthia Fattori on a seaside pier, dress in the wind, black and whiteSunlit close-up of Cynthia Fattori with eyes closedCynthia Fattori on the street beside a classic Cadillac, black and whiteProfile of Cynthia Fattori against a floral shawl, black and whiteCynthia Fattori dancing Argentine folklore in a Buenos Aires square, before an audience
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Write to me

For classes, bookings, artistic projects or Sentires licensing, write to me directly. I reply within a few days.