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Tango Art is a piece that takes the tango as its inspiration. It deconstructs the dance, revealing
it as a physical language game, concerned with the politics of negotiation. The dancers utilise
cd mini-disks, occasionally "interrupted" by the powerful audible sound of the tango. This
Argentine dance is similar to jazz in that itallows for considerable improvisation. Its synchronised
movements provide the performers with a springboard to explore the concept of lead and follow
in all aspects, prompting repercussions in those areas of desire concerned with enslavement
and domination - areas such as commanding and obeying, mirroring and opposing, leading
and following. These are explored in spoken language as well as in movement. The exciting
results provide material that is both amusing and thought-provoking.

The piece is performed by Anthony Howell, Lorna Stewart and Jenny Sayer.  It lasts approximately  25 minutes, and is followed after an interval by a session where the performers invite the audience  to learn the basic technique of this sensual dance!

Recent performances of Tango Art:
 

     Chisenhale Dance Space, November 2002
 

     Student Cultural Centre, Belgrade, Serbia, April 2003
 

     Montenegro Cultural Centre, Podgorica, Montenegro, April 2003
 

     London Irish Centre, June, 2003
 

     Manchester University, John Thaw Studio Theatre, October 2003
 

     The Place, London, January, 2004
 

     Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, May 2004  - as part of the Fierce Festival.
 

Anthony Howell and Lorna Stewart have also been performing with Tango Volcano
at the Bloomsbury Theatre, London and at the Haverhill Festival.  

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