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Tango Buenos Aires
Presented by Tango Buenos Aires at
The Long Center for the Performing Arts
January 6, 2011
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Have you ever been to Argentina and experienced The Tango? If you're like most people, the best illustration you have of Argentina's Tango comes from Dancing with the Stars. Well, now's your chance (and your audiences!).
January 6th, for one night only, Tango Buenos Aires comes to the Long Center.
Tango Buenos Aires displays the authentic and uncompromising representation of the Tango under the musical direction of world renowned composer, Emilio Kauderer.
Since 1987, Tango Buenos Aires has become one of Argentina’s great cultural exports, known throughout the Americas, Europe and the Far East as the most authentic and uncompromising representative of the Tango. Tango Buenos Aires shows how the dance has evolved into modern times by introducing the audience to a scholastic dance as well as a social dance whose performers represent the emotional connotations of love, passion, and seduction.
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Venue Info
The Long Center for the Performing Arts
701 West Riverside Drive
Austin, TX 78704
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Tickets:
Ticket prices start at $29.
Info Phone: www.thelongcenter.org
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Dates & Times
Dates:
January 6, 2011
Times:
The show will be at The Long Center January 6 at 8:00 p.m.
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Event Name: Tango Buenos Aires
"Technically Terrific Tango"
Review
posted by:
Joni McClain
from Austin TX,
Jan 10, 2011
Tango Buenos Aires and the Argentine Tango is not your Gomez and Morticia tango. The program notes remind us the tango was an "ill famed dance, being very fashionable in dance halls and cabarets, and...
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Tango Buenos Aires and the Argentine Tango is not your Gomez and Morticia tango. The program notes remind us the tango was an "ill famed dance, being very fashionable in dance halls and cabarets, and also the choreography called for the couple to hold each other very close."
The Argentine tango is a dance created by the people, danced in bars, brothels and halfway houses. So I admit, from my seat I just didn't feel the earthy, fiery, angst-y aspect of this "dance of the people," and it left me longing for a more passionate delivery from the dancers.
Tango Buenos Aires did deliver beautifully on all the technical aspects of the Argentine Tango. These dancers are terrific athletes, executing moves with supreme precision and grace. They delivered slick, polished performances that were enjoyable.
The five piece band seemed to have stolen the show though, and in true Austin "Music Capitol of The World" fashion, it was the band, and not the dancers, who received a standing ovation.
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Event Name: Tango Buenos Aires
"Fire...Seduction...Love!"
Review
posted by:
Ronda Dale Kirk
from Spicewood (Austin) TX, USA,
Jan 09, 2011
Even if you don’t speak Spanish, tango clearly expresses passion and the exotic flavors of its mixed-up origins. The troupe, 10 dancers, needed few props or costume changes since the dazzling...
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Even if you don’t speak Spanish, tango clearly expresses passion and the exotic flavors of its mixed-up origins. The troupe, 10 dancers, needed few props or costume changes since the dazzling onstage action put the audience in a positive mood that elicited loud and approving shouts of Ole! and Bravo!
Five musicians provided the beautiful music of about two dozen composers, surely the great masters of the authentic and nimble melodies that power the dances and the dancers. Unfortunately, the program notes failed to identify them or the dancers! Info on Choreographer Susan Rojo and Music Director Emilio Kauderer, the history of these great Argentine exports – dance and company? Sure, but nothing on the showcased artists. Harumph!!
I suspect area dance studios got a lot of calls this weekend as the hypnotic effects of the tango lingered with patrons. Those who missed the one-night stand, best check their 2½ -month coast-to-coast U.S. tour schedule. Houston, 1/28-29; Ft. Worth 1/31.
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Event Name: Tango Buenos Aires
"Tango Buenos Aires -- !QUE BUENO!"
Review
posted by:
Preston Kirk
from Spicewood (Austin) TX,
Jan 09, 2011
An executive for Univision, one of the show’s sponsors, predicted during pre-show patter that this world-renowned, Argentine tango company and its five-piece orchestra will “leave (you) a bit...
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An executive for Univision, one of the show’s sponsors, predicted during pre-show patter that this world-renowned, Argentine tango company and its five-piece orchestra will “leave (you) a bit richer in your soul.” How prescient! How right! The five couples not only conveyed the “Fire & Passion,” but provided flawless footwork and absolutely mesmerizing dance moves in a two-act, 24-part story of Rosaura and Mateo and their friends at the “milonga” or dance hall. Fortunately, knowledgeable patrons near me were able to translate the dance titles, which helped tell the story sequences. Roughly, some were, “Prepare Yourself,” “A Slow Fire,” “Blind Rooster,” “Young Flirt,” “Come from Afar,” “I Remember,” “The Firefly,” “The Dizziness.” “A Tango for Your Absence,” “My Refuge,” “Triumphal,” “The Butterfly,” “Melancholy,” et al. With precision and unison, the dancers spun, kicked, lifted, “fought” and did the splits, their characters dueling with unbridled sensuous looks and sexy moves. (more)
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Event Name: Tango Buenos Aires
"Traditional Tango"
Review
posted by:
Zelda Austen
from Austin, Texas,
Jan 06, 2011
To an American used to the inventive use of tango by such choreographers as Jerome Robbins, Twyla Tharp and George Balanchine, the Argentine troupe seemed at first stiff and a bit trite. When I...
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To an American used to the inventive use of tango by such choreographers as Jerome Robbins, Twyla Tharp and George Balanchine, the Argentine troupe seemed at first stiff and a bit trite. When I really started to pay attention, I could see that while this was not inventively choreographed, it represented a very dignified, complicated and controlled kind of dancing. All the action between the man and woman is in the feet; while the bodies are held upright, the feet and legs perform an intricate conversation. Indeed, being also used to the louche tango of American movie musicals, I was surprised at how courtly and decorous this is. Passionate yes, but dignified. There were six couples, the women exquisite in a variety of lovely costumes, the men smouldering and yet stately. A five piece orchestra (bass viol, guitar, accordion, violin and piano) performed two wonderful solos. The audience roared appreciation; I hope we see more dance troupes from other places in Austin.
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Event Name: Tango Buenos Aires
"Technically Terrific Tango"
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posted by:
Joni McClain
from Austin TX,
Jan 10, 2011
Tango Buenos Aires and the Argentine Tango is not your Gomez and Morticia tango. The program notes remind us the tango was an "ill famed dance, being very fashionable in dance halls and cabarets, and...
Expand
Tango Buenos Aires and the Argentine Tango is not your Gomez and Morticia tango. The program notes remind us the tango was an "ill famed dance, being very fashionable in dance halls and cabarets, and also the choreography called for the couple to hold each other very close."
The Argentine tango is a dance created by the people, danced in bars, brothels and halfway houses. So I admit, from my seat I just didn't feel the earthy, fiery, angst-y aspect of this "dance of the people," and it left me longing for a more passionate delivery from the dancers.
Tango Buenos Aires did deliver beautifully on all the technical aspects of the Argentine Tango. These dancers are terrific athletes, executing moves with supreme precision and grace. They delivered slick, polished performances that were enjoyable.
The five piece band seemed to have stolen the show though, and in true Austin "Music Capitol of The World" fashion, it was the band, and not the dancers, who received a standing ovation.
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Event Name: Tango Buenos Aires
"Fire...Seduction...Love!"
Review
posted by:
Ronda Dale Kirk
from Spicewood (Austin) TX, USA,
Jan 09, 2011
Even if you don’t speak Spanish, tango clearly expresses passion and the exotic flavors of its mixed-up origins. The troupe, 10 dancers, needed few props or costume changes since the dazzling...
Expand
Even if you don’t speak Spanish, tango clearly expresses passion and the exotic flavors of its mixed-up origins. The troupe, 10 dancers, needed few props or costume changes since the dazzling onstage action put the audience in a positive mood that elicited loud and approving shouts of Ole! and Bravo!
Five musicians provided the beautiful music of about two dozen composers, surely the great masters of the authentic and nimble melodies that power the dances and the dancers. Unfortunately, the program notes failed to identify them or the dancers! Info on Choreographer Susan Rojo and Music Director Emilio Kauderer, the history of these great Argentine exports – dance and company? Sure, but nothing on the showcased artists. Harumph!!
I suspect area dance studios got a lot of calls this weekend as the hypnotic effects of the tango lingered with patrons. Those who missed the one-night stand, best check their 2½ -month coast-to-coast U.S. tour schedule. Houston, 1/28-29; Ft. Worth 1/31.
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Event Name: Tango Buenos Aires
"Tango Buenos Aires -- !QUE BUENO!"
Review
posted by:
Preston Kirk
from Spicewood (Austin) TX,
Jan 09, 2011
An executive for Univision, one of the show’s sponsors, predicted during pre-show patter that this world-renowned, Argentine tango company and its five-piece orchestra will “leave (you) a bit...
Expand
An executive for Univision, one of the show’s sponsors, predicted during pre-show patter that this world-renowned, Argentine tango company and its five-piece orchestra will “leave (you) a bit richer in your soul.” How prescient! How right! The five couples not only conveyed the “Fire & Passion,” but provided flawless footwork and absolutely mesmerizing dance moves in a two-act, 24-part story of Rosaura and Mateo and their friends at the “milonga” or dance hall. Fortunately, knowledgeable patrons near me were able to translate the dance titles, which helped tell the story sequences. Roughly, some were, “Prepare Yourself,” “A Slow Fire,” “Blind Rooster,” “Young Flirt,” “Come from Afar,” “I Remember,” “The Firefly,” “The Dizziness.” “A Tango for Your Absence,” “My Refuge,” “Triumphal,” “The Butterfly,” “Melancholy,” et al. With precision and unison, the dancers spun, kicked, lifted, “fought” and did the splits, their characters dueling with unbridled sensuous looks and sexy moves. (more)
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Event Name: Tango Buenos Aires
"Traditional Tango"
Review
posted by:
Zelda Austen
from Austin, Texas,
Jan 06, 2011
To an American used to the inventive use of tango by such choreographers as Jerome Robbins, Twyla Tharp and George Balanchine, the Argentine troupe seemed at first stiff and a bit trite. When I...
Expand
To an American used to the inventive use of tango by such choreographers as Jerome Robbins, Twyla Tharp and George Balanchine, the Argentine troupe seemed at first stiff and a bit trite. When I really started to pay attention, I could see that while this was not inventively choreographed, it represented a very dignified, complicated and controlled kind of dancing. All the action between the man and woman is in the feet; while the bodies are held upright, the feet and legs perform an intricate conversation. Indeed, being also used to the louche tango of American movie musicals, I was surprised at how courtly and decorous this is. Passionate yes, but dignified. There were six couples, the women exquisite in a variety of lovely costumes, the men smouldering and yet stately. A five piece orchestra (bass viol, guitar, accordion, violin and piano) performed two wonderful solos. The audience roared appreciation; I hope we see more dance troupes from other places in Austin.
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