This concert is the North Carolina Symphony debut of Celina Rotundo and Hugo Patyn.

Celina Rotundo and Hugo Patyn are Argentine tango dancers, instructors, and choreographers with a career of more than 20 years. Both have had extensive artistic training from an early age in ballet, Argentine folklore, music, Flamenco, and figure skating. When tango entered their lives, they had the influence of mentors including Osvaldo Zotto, Gloria and Eduardo Arquimbau, Nito and Elba, and Pedro Monteleone.

Rotundo and Patyn have danced, choreographed, and directed shows in the United States, Canada, Greece, Taiwan, Israel, Japan, Peru, Guatemala, Spain, Italy, Bermuda, Chile, Indonesia, Korea, and Portugal, among others. They teach classes and intensive seminars in Argentina and around the world.