The Old Lady's Tango ("I Am Easily Assimilated") from CANDIDE

The Old Lady's Tango ("I Am Easily Assimilated") from Leonard Bernstein's CANDIDE

Directed and Choreographed by Matthew Gardiner
Musical Direction by Murry Sidlin

Filmed March 17, 2007 at the Hartke Theatre located on the campus of The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC.

Cast:
The Old Lady - Dominique Donnarumma
Candide - Eric Gramatges
Cunegonde - Caitlin Budny
Spanish Trio - Jon Hand, Joseph Thanner, and Michael Weinberg
Dancers - Ashley Alden, Mark Chandler, Danielle Good, Stacey Jackson, Rachel Theresa Rose Marlowe, Karen O'Connell, Jase Parker, and PJ Schweizer

- I do love Latin rhythms, so here's one of my favorite musical numbers from Leonard Bernstein's classic operetta, which was my final mainstage show at CUA before graduating May 2007. I'm the one dancing all the way in the back once the instrumental section starts (blue outfit; hair in ponytail).

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• Assimilated
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• Bernstein
• Candide
• operetta
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• theatre
• Hartke
• Catholic
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• DC
• CUA
• Dominique
• Donnarumma
• Matthew
• Gardiner
• choreography

[pmurraymusic]

Dominique has a beautiful instrument; we were at CUA together around the same time. Great clip!!

[qyzuf]

very nice. brings forth the "jewishness" of it