Mabel Rivero
Choreography
In her choreographic work, Mabel Rivero brings together soundscape, space, and the technical and expressive qualities of the dancers.
Her choreographic language becomes central when movement serves as the narrative support of an idea.
She creates choreographies for film, theatre and television, interpreting the aim of each project and translating it into an artistic proposal suited to its context.
Mabel Rivero
Trajectory
Her work as a choreographer began in 1988 with the founding of the dance company The Jazz Group.
That same year, she directed the opening and closing choreographies of the First Fashion Designers’ Congress and the closing gala of the II National Conference on Morphological Sciences, both held in her hometown, Rosario.
Since then, she has developed an extensive body of choreographic work, exploring different formats and contexts through creation, research, and the observation of movement.
Mabel Rivero
A Career in choreography
The Cut Arts Centre: DUOLOGUES
29TH APRIL 2023 – 6pm
Tango Dance Performance with Mabel Rivero and Michael Lavocah
The Covid-19 pandemic raised questions about how we work. After long periods of solo and home working for the majority of workers, we began to understand the importance of regular small-scale communications that occur in a shared working environment.
The exhibition, Duologues?, focuses on artistic collaboration, bringing together four collaborative artist duos. These are artists who have committed to working collaboratively, despite, or perhaps because of, the particular challenges and benefits.
Location: The Cut, Halesworth IP19 8BY – Suffolk, England
Dancers: Michael Lavocah, Mabel Rivero
Costumes: Maria Reyna Carvajal
Soundscape and technical support: Michael Lavocah
Choreographic direction: Mabel Rivero
The Criminalist – The Dance of Death
Season 12, Episode 9 (60 mins)
In this episode of the TV series, the world of the tango becomes a stage for suspense, desire and mystery. In an environment where art, intimacy and fiction intertwine, dance emerges as a form of expression and a space for relationships, revealing the intensity and complexity of these connections.
The participation of Mabel Rivero as a dancer and choreographer introduces a performative dimension in which movement merges with the audiovisual narrative.
Cast:
Christian Berkel: Bruno Schumann, Timo Jacobs: Jan Michalski, Sylvana Krappatsch: Lydia Krenz, Oli Bigalke: Frank Borsig, Suzan Anbeh: Lara Solovjev, Johanna Polley: Verena Kleinefeldt, Götz Schubert: Rainer Bürkle, Michael Ihnow: Anatol Levin, Antonia Holfelder: Inge Tschnernay, Sylvia Rohrer: Ashley Shannigan, Mabel Elena Rivero: Agnes Cevera.
Director: Filippos Tsitos | Screenplay: Christoph Busche | Producers: Benjamin Schacht, Claudia Schneider, Thomas Höbbel | Production company: Monaco Film GmbH | Music: Stefan Schulzki | Cinematography: Ralph Netzer | Editing: Dimitris Peponis
TANGONALE 2013
19–21 July 2013, ufaFabrik Berlin
Tango performance with Mabel Rivero — Sunday 21 July, 17:00, Open-air stage
Berlin, alongside Buenos Aires, is one of the major tango capitals of the world. Over three days, artists from different disciplines explore the many connections between Berlin, Argentina and tango. Readings, performances, concerts, film and milongas shape the programme.
Choreography: Mabel Rivero
Voice: Norbert Staab
Costumes: Julio Cesar Astorga / Mabel Rivero
Texts: Julio Cortázar
Translation: Camila Hildebrandt
viktoriastraße 10-18
12105 Berlin - Tempelhof
Si Supieras Vida Mía: “Naranjo en Flor”
The ladies’ boutique “Si Supieras Vida Mía” organised an original event with a tango theme entitled “Naranjo en Flor” – the central theme of its 2009 autumn/winter collection.
The performance by the group of artists from Rosario created a lively atmosphere at the well-attended event, which was attended by customers, friends and artists associated with the boutique. An unconventional event with a distinctly theatrical character: an artistic intervention that took over every area of the shop.
Dancers: Patricia Mateos, Gabriela Marinelli, Mabel Rivero, Fabiana Capitani, Martín Lorenzo and Ezequiel Merlo
Stage direction: Mabel Rivero
Ganovenball – Veins of the Earth
Within the context of Haus der Sinne in Berlin, this artistic project proposes an immersion into the underground as a space of perception and experience.
Inspired by urban atmospheres and cultural resonances between Rosario and Berlin, the basement becomes a living territory: a network of corridors, sounds and actions where the audience is invited to move through and inhabit the work. Through performative interventions, music and staged situations, the space reveals what sustains itself without being seen, activating a sensory experience where the visible and the hidden intertwine.
Dancers: Mariana Guerrero, Mónica Juárez, Martín Bosso, Ariel Cuñado, Valeria Cantares
Concept, realisation and organisation: Mabel Rivero, Thomas Henschel & Compagnie des Artistes et Fous
Saturday, 22 August 2009 Ystader Str. 10 – Prenzlauer Berg
Mabel Rivero, Thomas Henschel & Compagnie des Artistes et Fous
2017
Por una cabeza (C. Gardel). Choreography of the tango performed in the series Der Kriminalist: Totentanz (XII, 9), dir. Filippo Tsitos. ZDF.
2014
Moriana. Narrative choreography based on texts by Julio Cortázar. Literaturhaus Salzburg. Salzburg.
2013
The Time (Hugo Díaz). Tangonale Summer Festival. UfaFabrik, Berlin.
2011
No Two Without Three. Jazz and tango choreographic fusion. Tango Safari, Arezzo.
2009
That Is You (R. Tanturi). Cantango Orchestra. Berlin Philharmonie, Berlin.
2008
I Believe in the History of My Feet. Dance theatre based on texts by J. G. Ballard. Totnes.
2003
Arriving. Contemporary dance and tango choreographic fusion set to music by A. Piazzolla. First Bettembourg Tango Festival. Bettembourg.
1998
Saludos. Choreography to tangos by D. Federico. Youth Tango Orchestra of Maestro Domingo Federico. First European Tour: Amsterdam, Bremen, Karlsruhe, Freiburg, Zurich.
1996
Dos de la zona. Choreography and dance based on Mabel Rivero’s Release technique. Mateo Booz Municipal Theatre, Rosario.
Duo. Choreography on release technique and costume. Representation of Release. Fourth Dance Festival, Teatro Parque de España, Rosario.
1995
Minutes of Silence. Choreography and dance based on release technique. Mabel Rivero. Bernardino Rivadavia Cultural Center, Rosario.
Styles. Neoclassical choreography to music by J. S. Bach by A. M. Jaime, A. Nuñey, and M. Rivero. Provincial Ballet Nigeria Soria. Bernardino Rivadavia Cultural Center, Rosario.
Witness. Contemporary dance choreography. Acid Jazz performance by Marcela Cejay and Mabel Rivero. First Contemporary Dance Encounter. Provincial Cultural Center of Rosario.
Fugaz. Contemporary jazz choreography. Saulo Benavente Theatre, Rosario.
A Chorus. Contemporary jazz choreography. El Círculo Theatre, Rosario.
1994
Sintonías. Contemporary tango choreography to music by A. Piazzolla by Victoria Colosio and Mabel Rivero. El Círculo Theatre, Rosario.
…And to Top It Off, a Woman II (neither comedy nor musical). Choreography based on Latin American dances. Direction and staging by Miriam Cubelos. Café del Arte, Rosario.
1993
The Max. Jazz dance choreography. First Dance Festival. Teatro Parque de España, Rosario
1992
Heartbeats. Jazz dance choreography to music by Q. Jones. The Jazz Group. Auditorio Fundación Héctor I. Astengo, Rosario.
1991
Encounters (Tribute to Moira Chapman). Jazz dance choreography set to music by C. García, A. Wollenweider, J. M. Jarre, and G. M. Ballet masters: Moira Chapman, Mabel Rivero. The Jazz Group. Municipal Museum of Fine Arts, Rosario.
Magic Walk. Jazz dance choreography. The Jazz Group. Tribute to Dance Festival. Municipal Museum of Fine Arts, Rosario.
1990
Will They Be Societies?. Jazz dance choreography set to music by Q. Jones. The Jazz Group. Patio de la Madera Theatre – First Biennial of Creativity – Rosario Imagina.
Halves. Choreography based on jazz dance studies. Mabel Rivero. El Círculo Theatre, Rosario.
1989
42nd Street. Jazz dance choreography to music by “The Manhattan Transfer,” collab.: M. Furks. Performance by M. Furks and M. Rivero. Dance Week of the National Dance School of Rosario, Sala Lavardén, Rosario.
The Day After. Jazz dance choreography to music by Q. Jones. The Jazz Group. Patio de la Madera Theatre – First Fashion Designers Encounter.
1988
Dynamics. Jazz dance choreography. The Jazz Group. Amphitheatre of the Faculty of Dentistry, Rosario.