Miriam Larici has an international reputation as an extraordinary performer, instructor and choreographer. She was born in Matheu, a little town near Buenos Aires, Argentina. Introduced to the world of dance at the age of five, she trained in classical ballet, jazz, flamenco, acrobatic and tango. Her premiere performances included tours with several tango companies in Japan. In Argentina, she danced roles in the Broadway show 42nd Streetand the musical Me and My Girl, where she received standing ovations.

Larici’s first Hollywood movie was Mambo Kings. She continued to delight viewers on television programs in Argentina, Mexico, England, Canada, United States, Korea and Japan.
Hers was the signature image of the show Forever Tango. She became a Broadway star after performing two years at the Walter Kerr and Marquis theaters on Times Square.

She has danced in Japan, Korea, Portugal, London England, Italy, Spain, Indonesia, Bermuda Island, Mexico, and in the United States and Canada. She performed with Boston Pops Orchestra in “Evening at Pops” televised on PBS. Larici attained one of her childhood dreams when she danced at the Colon Theater in Buenos Aires in Forever Tango.

Larici’s partnership with Hugo Patyn exploded the tango world. They created their “World Tango Tour” in 2001. Together they garnered rave reviews in Atlantic City for their performance in Mambo Madness that summer. Larici and Patyn joined Mario and Daniel Celario in the delightful production of Laugh and Tango in Nevada and Windsor, Ontario, Canada from 2001 through 2003.  In 2002 they created the choreography for the Las Vegas show Follies Berger at the Tropicana Casino. In 2003 the pair was invited to perform at the Hollywood Bowl with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2004, they toured Japan twice with the stage productions Alma de Tango, directed by Gloria & Eduardo Arquimbau and Tango Spirit III directed by Ryota Komatsu.

In addition to creating a reputation as superb performers and choreographers, Larici and Patyn are producers. In September 2005 they opened their Tango and Fire in Buenos Aires.  In November of 2005, they produced for the first time their own tango festival in California—Festival Internationcional de Tango Argentino—expected to be repeated every year.