It takes two to tango

Hola Bloggers,

I have just sat an exam and I am waiting for the results ....so I thought I would let you all know about the Tango show last night whilst I am waiting.

The Tango house was a really big building in a residential area of the city. It looked pretty old so I guess it was an original Tango venue. It was very impressive inside and all done out like a kind of village - you know the type, you often get them in museums. The Tango stage was a big raised circle in the middle of the venue - kind of like the village square if you are buying into the old indoor village theme. The audience were seated on large round tables of ten in the "stalls" or up in the circle on smaller tables. Fortunately, we took up two of the big tables right by the stage in the stalls.

Before the Tango even started we were all made suitably happy with a lovely meal, wine and banter from the waiters. We opted for the traditional seating plan of boy girl boy girl on our table to ensure everyone mixed and met new people ........or was it to ensure that the boy who suggested this got two girls beside him? I suspect the later! Anyway, it worked and I think we all enjoyed the arrangement.

To mark the commencement of the Tango, that we were now awaiting with real excitment, two horses came trotting passed the tables and up on to the stage. They were riden by native indian looking chaps, who were then joined by some gauchos in traditional get up (ponchos) and a mock fight between the two groups ensued. All very amusing but certainly original!

Once the Tango started, no one said a word at the table other than things like "oh my God" "wow" and " how the hell?". There were lots of different types of Tango being shown, ranging from traditional to very modern. The tempo was differnet for every dance also, some extremely fast and some much slower. It really is amazing how they kick their legs underneath the legs of their partners. I couldn´t help thinking that there must be a lot of men in severe pain in Argentina due to an ill timed step by their Tango partner!

A lot of the dances were very acrobatic and women were thrown around shoulders more than once. There were splits in mid air, people swinging in from the circle on ropes and all sorts of incredible moves. Actually some of the dances were a little x rated. I wouldn´t have called them dances at all I would say that they were more acurately decsribed as acts foreplay!

It seems compulsory to have brilcreamed hair and a moustache to dance the Tango (if you are a man, no comment as to the state of the females´ moustaches).

The whole show was ended with a rendition of ..........wait for it ........yes you´ve guessed it .....Don´t cry for me Argentina. Obvioulsy this was in Spanish, not the English version. Two great singers belted it out whilst all of the dancers circled them, each holding a ribbon decorated as the Argentian flag and looking their most serious possible. Very dramatic, a little funny, but enjoyable all the same.

So that was Tango. Try it if you dare. Boys I suggest you wear your cricket box - you´ve been warned!

Oh by the way, its a very comfortable 27 or 28 degrees every day here without fail. Perfecto!

S xx