"Last summer the Mill City Summer Opera production of Maria de Buenos Aires included an invitation to have local social level tango dancers participate in the opera. That is how I met Fernanda Ghi. And to be honest, I expected that we would be “tango posturing” in the background and shadows. Easy peasy given my neurological and auditory issues.

     I was wrong, quite wrong in fact.

     Fernanda Ghi is a consummate professional dancer, artist, choreographer and teacher. Her instruction was immediately accurate while accommodating and inspirational. She laughed often. She never displayed anger. And, there wasn’t going to be any “posturing”.

     In spite of having a director from the New York Metropolitan Opera to stage Maria de Buenos Aires, Fernanda was the real director. It was amazing to watch. She taught everyone in the opera, including the Director, how to convey each moment. Piazzolla’s music and poetry became understandable to me.

     Fernanda made us actors as whores, lechers, revelers, friends, mourners and psychiatric patients. I was Fernanda Ghi’s bartender.

     This September, Fernanda is coming back to the Twin Cities for the benefit of our tango."