When Daniella Pucci is asked if she has a degree in classical ballet, she immediately responds: no, in engineering! If an automation engineer dancing the tango seems unusual, imagine a professional so successful in her career that she even taught at the famous Massachusetts Study and Research Center at the Institute of Technology (MIT), in Boston, in the United States (USA) ? This is the story of the former Unicamp student who, after five years without coming to the campus where she graduated, returned in the role of dance teacher (see about her trajectory here).
Instead of the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering (FEEC), the auditorium of the Institute of Arts. Daniela presented, together with her husband Luis Bianchi, a lecture-show telling about the development of tango. The event "The History of Tango" was on Thursday night (19), with the presence of teachers, former colleagues and the tango community in Campinas. Bianchi says that he was moved along with Daniela when, still in the car, they walked through the streets of the campus. “She saw how the university changed; It was a way to learn more about her story.”
"It was exciting. I've already seen my advisor and now I've met some of my professors. It's very exciting to be able to come back here. It was a remarkable and fundamental time in my life”, highlighted Daniela. The couple began the talk in the 19th century, with the roots of tango, including the insertion of the bandoneon, which is the instrument that symbolizes the rhythm, the various styles, composers and orchestras up to the present day. The explanations were interspersed with dance presentations that illustrated the information.
The couple has performed and given tango lessons in several countries around the world, including Muslims. “Women with their faces covered have already participated in our tango events,” said Daniela. For the couple, tango is a language that is now “spoken” almost all over the world. According to Luis and Daniela, like them there are several couples who travel the globe promoting traditional Argentine dance and music.
At the end of the performance, when everyone was invited to go on stage and dance “La Cumparsita”, at least ten couples were formed. Dancing in circles, to the sound of Carlos Gardel, they were able to better understand why Daniela left the MIT she dreamed of after entering the first Hug.
