Thanks for the advice and support!
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Originally Posted by DavidJames Bearing in mind you'll be performing for the general public, I'd focus on the fact that it's a show, not an exhibition. |
That's what I was thinking - hang the technique and put together a rehearsed routine that looks like the real thing!
We're really not good enough for a demo. I think we're OK at the simple stuff but we don't do anything "flashy" and that is what we'll have to work on before doing a performance. We're going to need a really dramatic section. I think we're going to need lots of boleos, ganchos, some fancy lapis stuff (I can do a giro with a reasonable lapis but there's a thing I've seen where the guy kicks between the ladies legs as she takes the side step - could be very nasty if you get the timing wrong and balance in the turn is key), fast sacadas, barridas, counter-balance pivots, deep volcadas and a big lunge to finish. So, all the stuff I can't do! Ho hum.
Julie's got some fantastic AT dresses so she'll look great - she always does. I've got a 1938 double-breasted dark blue pinstripe 3-piece suit that is pretty damn sharp. If I combine that with a 1940s tie (red background with large blobs that look like fried eggs with blue yokes - you really have to see it), my trilby and the most outrageous black and red Tango shoes (black leather toe & heel, red nubuck through the centre) do you think it will be OK?
I heard a great version of La Cumparsita in Nijmegen - everyone recognises that immediately as the definitive Tango. Mind you, I haven't really liked it since I read a translation of the lyrics "and that friendly puppy who because of your absence did not eat, when it saw me all alone, the other day it also left me". Pathetic!