tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8391293127288856260.post8486326523573200509..comments2023-09-27T12:44:03.592+01:00Comments on MsHedgehog: Undead Tango at the Peacock, and scenes I'd like to seemsHedgehoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05719152265628932122noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8391293127288856260.post-76536173025548008842016-03-19T22:59:33.050+00:002016-03-19T22:59:33.050+00:00@JHK (Aus) - I haven't. Sounds like a much bet...@JHK (Aus) - I haven't. Sounds like a much better approach. I'll certainly have a look if the opportunity arises. msHedgehoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05719152265628932122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8391293127288856260.post-87816537893421540162016-03-18T00:44:44.089+00:002016-03-18T00:44:44.089+00:00Not sure if you've seen Cherkaoui's Milong...Not sure if you've seen Cherkaoui's Milonga, but it has been one of the few stage tango shows I've seen that has transcended the banality and cliches often found in these shows. Its main theme seemed to be human relationships and how we connect with each other at different levels - dynamics within a couple or friendships for example. And while tango movements are very suited for this theme, it also uses movements outside of tango to convey each scene in the most effective way. I had the sense that artistic vision came first and and choreography later, rather than a bunch of flash ganchos being the starting point for yet another "story" about tango and the brothel.<br />JHK (Aus)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8391293127288856260.post-85023808393331218282016-03-14T19:50:14.743+00:002016-03-14T19:50:14.743+00:00@Mamborambo: My proposal is that you have cause an...@Mamborambo: My proposal is that you have cause and effect the wrong way round. Everybody is interested in themselves, therefore a show that had something real to say about actual tango would be interesting to actual dancers. I am informed that Flamenco shows used to have this problem; the art got better and the audiences changed. Those two things happened together. The Flamenco festival at Sadlers' Wells is not crap. There is nothing inevitable about bad art. Shows, unlike social dancing, are art. Nothing forces art to be good, except the people who do it deciding to make it better. msHedgehoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05719152265628932122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8391293127288856260.post-81449218218695928562016-03-14T07:12:29.638+00:002016-03-14T07:12:29.638+00:00Very good points taken. Your imaginary dream show ...Very good points taken. Your imaginary dream show would be be the first I'd buy a ticket for, beeing a long time social dancer myself. Nowadays these shows obviously cater those who don't know, love & dance Argentine Tango. mgriffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07029139374062475703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8391293127288856260.post-835711692667917492016-03-14T00:38:23.323+00:002016-03-14T00:38:23.323+00:00Nice suggestions, but unfortunately no show choreo...Nice suggestions, but unfortunately no show choreographer has got the formula quite right yet. Innovation, especially in a genre that is as fossilized as tango, is especially artistically risky. And don't forget the hardcore dancers hardly spend money on watching live shows, making their expectation irrelevant commercially -- it is the stereotype-seeking ignorant man-in-the-street, with their palette shaped by Dancing with the Stars.Mamborambohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00311746129786154997noreply@blogger.com