Guillermo Salvat is a world acclaimed dancer and choreographer. He started his dancing career when he joined the cast of the show Una Noche de Tango, by the world renown company TANGOX2, alongside Silvia Grynt. Since then he has performed and taught worldwide, in over 40 countries in the Five Continents.
With an extensive international experience in teaching, it outstands his participation in the most important international festivals in Europe, US and around the world, like the festivals of Rome, Genoa, Baden Baden, Torino, Vladivostok, Miami, NYC, Washington, San Francisco, Vancouver, Boston, Medellin… He has been selected to be judge in the US Championship in New York, the World Championship in Medellin, and the official World Championship in Buenos Aires.
As a performer and choreographer he achieved world recognition. He performed for international personalities like US president George W. Bush, rockstar Sting, and sport legend Diego Maradona.
He has been part of prestigious companies like TangoX2, Solo Tango, Tango & Fire, and he has participated as guest star in many productions, performing in the most prestigious stages around the world, such as the SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE, the KREMLIN THEATRE in Moscow, the BRANCACCIO in Rome, CANEÇAO in Rio de Janeiro, HK CULTURAL CENTER in Hong Kong, TROPICANA in Miami, the LUNA PARK in Buenos Aires, among many others. He has also directed and choreographed for numerous theatrical productions, like MASTERS OF TANGO (US), MAGIA DE TANGO (Colombia), ESTAMPAS PORTEÑAS (Australia and NZ).
In 2006 he created the show TANGO-A-TIERRA, which he also produced, directed and starred. It has been presented so far in Argentina, South Africa, Honk Kong, Russia, Ukraine, Chile, Brazil, and in 40 cities in 4 continents with extraordinary success.ARTISTIC EXPERIENCE
DANCER/PERFORMER
• Universal Exposition, ARGENTINEAN PAVILLION. Hannover,Germany (2000)
• Coliseo Tango. TEATRO COLISEO, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2001)
• Tangox2 Company “Una noche de Tango”. TEATRO ASTRAL Buenos Aires, Argentina (2001)
• Magia de Tango. TEATRO METROPOLITANO. Medellin, Colombia (2001 – 2004) Guest Star
• Estampas Porteñas. SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE (and others). Australia and New Zealand (2003) Soloist, Dance captain
• Esquina Carlos Gardel. Buenos Aires, Argentina (2003 to 2006)
• Tango Fantasy Festival. TROPICANA, Miami, US (2004) Soloist
• Solo Tango the Show. OKTYABRSKY CONCERT HALL. Saint Petersburg, Russia. CONGRESS HALL. Riga, Latvia. TEATRO LICEO. Buenos Aires, Argentina (2004, 2005) Soloist
• Tango & Fire. TEATRO COLISEO. Zarate, Argentina (2005)
• Piazzolla Puro. TEATRO BROADWAY. Buenos Aires, Argentina (2005) Soloist
• Sognando Tangos. TEATRO BRANCACCIO. Roma, Italy (2005) Guest star
• La Noche del 10. LUNA PARK. Buenos Aires, Argentina (2005)
• Universal Exposition, Main Stage. Nagoya, Japan (2005)
• Summit of the Americas. AUDITORIUM, Mar del Plata, Argentina (2005) Guest Star
• Esquina Carlos Gardel Tour. Brazil, Mexico, US, Japan, Russia, Rep Dominicana, Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras, Ecuador, Guatemala, Nicaragua (2005 to 2007) Soloist
• Tango-a-Tierra. Multiple theaters in Russia, Ukraine, Hong Kong, South Africa, Brazil, Chile and Argentina, like KREMLIN THEATRE (Moscow) NATIONAL ACADEMIC THEATRE (Odessa) CANEÇAO (Rio de Janeiro) TEATRO DE LAS ARTES (Santiago de Chile) HONG KONG CULTURAL CENTER, CENTRO CULTURAL BORGES (Buenos Aires) (2006 to 2017) First Dancer – Star• Rojo Tango. HOTEL FAENA. Buenos Aires (2006 to 2009)
• Passion of an Argentinean Tango. STATE THEATRE. Pretoria, South Africa (2007) First Dancer – Star
• Universal Exposition, ARGENTINEAN PAVILLION. Shanghai, China (2010) Guest Star
• Masters of Tango. AVENTURA ARTS AND CULTURAL CENTER. Miami, US (2010 – 2011) Guest Star, Dance captain
• Real Tango. TEATRO BRADESCO. Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2017) Star
• Piazzolla Suite, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. HONG KONG CULTURAL CENTER. Hong Kong (2017) Star
• Black and White. BOSTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS. Boston, USA (2019) Guest star
• Once Upon a Tango. COLONY THEATRE. Burbank, USA (2020) Guest star
• Alto Tango. TEATRO EMPIRE. Buenos Aires, Argentina (2022) First Dancer
DIRECTOR AND CHOREOGRAPHER
• ESTAMPAS PORTEÑAS. Australia and New Zealand (2003)
• MAGIA DE TANGO (guest choreographer). Medellin, Colombia
(2004)
• TANGO-A-TIERRA. Argentina, Russia, Ukraine, Hong Kong, Brasil, Chile (2006 – 2017)
• PASSION OF AN ARGENTINEAN TANGO. South Africa (2007)
• MASTERS OF TANGO. USA (2011)
• TANGO IDEAL (choreographer, producer). Argentina (2014, 2015)
• REAL TANGO. Brazil (2017)
• PIAZZOLLA SUITE (choreographer). Hong Kong (2017)
• ALTO TANGO (artistic director and choreographer). Argentina (2022)
CINEMA
• FERMIN (GLORIAS DEL TANGO). Dancer, Choreographer, Actor. Argentina (2013)INSTRUCTOR
Major International Festival:
• INCONTRO INTERNAZIONALE DI TANGO. Roma, Italy (2000, 2004)
• TANGOFANTASY. Miami, USA (2004 to 2011)
• C.I.T.A. Buenos Aires, Argentina (2005)
• TORINO TANGO FESTIVAL, Turin, Italy (2005)
• NYC TANGO AND FILM FEST. New York, USA (2007, 2013, 2014)
• BOSTON TANGO FESTIVAL. Boston, USA (2007, 2019)
• BADEN BADEN TANGO FEST. Baden Baden, Germany (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2018)
• FESTIVAL BRAVO. Genoa, Italy (2010, 2018)
• KALININGRAD TANGO FEST. Kaliningrad, Russia (2011)
• FESTIVAL DE MEDELLIN. Medellin, Colombia (2011, 2012)
• ATUSA (Oficial US Tango championship). San Francisco, USA (2012, 2013)
• WASHINGTON TANGO FESTIVAL. Washington, USA (2014)
• FLORIDA TANGO FESTIVAL, Fort Lauderdale, USA (2015)
• TANGO MAYA FEST. Cancun, Mexico (2019)
Workshops and special seminars all over the world:
US, Canada, Italy, Germany, UK, France, Russia, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Indonesia, Australia, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina.
Staff coaching in Ballroom studios:
• HUDSON DANCE STUDIO. Edgewater, NJ
• METROPOLITAN STUDIO. Stanford, CT
• DANCE HEADQUARTERS, San Diego, CA
JUDGE
• Official WORLD TANGO CHAMPIONSHIP, Buenos Aires, Argetnina
• US Championship, NYC
• Official US Championship, San Francisco
• World Championship, Medellin, Colombia
• South Florida Championship, Fort LauderdaleCOMPLEMENTARY EDUCATION
English
British Lyceum, Buenos Aires
Studio School, Cambridge, UK (1994). Eurocentres, Brighton, UK (1996).
Level: Native
Italian
Self taught. Level: Native
French
University of Buenos Aires (1995, 1997). Level: Intermediate
Music
Guitar and music theory. Tempo Institute, Buenos Aires
Guitar, harmony and music theory. Sadem School, Buenos Aires
Drums and percussion, with Javier Herrleim, Buenos Aires
Dance
Ballet, with Monica Souto. Buenos Aires (2000-2004)
Tango, with the most relevant tango Maestros in Buenos Aires, including
Gabriel Angio, Natalia Games, Gustavo Naveira, Alejandra Mantiñan,
Roberto Herrera, among many others.
Guillermo Salvat is also a multi-instrumentalist musician, singer, music
producer and composer. He has performed with the band Selling
Broadway and his own soloist project in venues in Argentina, like the
SONY THEATRE, the CC BORGES and THE CAVERN (Buenos Aires),
also the US, Colombia and Peru, like the HARD ROCK CAFE in Bogota,
Medellin, and Lima. He occasionally played percussion in the Tango-a-
Tierra tours around the world.
He has recorded and collaborated with acclaimed musicians like Javier
Herrlein, Javier Weintraub, Ruben Jurado, Nicolas Enrich, Candela
Cibrian, Matias Rubino, Julian Caeiro, and producers Santiago Beer and
Daniel Ovie (4 times Grammy winner)
He has released independently two albums with original songs.