FOR fans of the tango dance, this show is a feast of flying feet, thrilling music, and glamorous costumes.
This Argentinian company features four excellent musicians on piano, bass, accordion and violin, ten terrific dancers, and a vocalist.
Unfortunately, there is no story-line, no introductions, explanations or anecdotes, and all the songs are in Spanish with no translations.
For tango aficionados, there is dazzling and detailed footwork combined with athletic and balletic moves.
For the average theatre-goer, it all looks and sounds repetitive and monotonous.
The dancers - the men in gangster suits and greased hair, the women in matching dresses - may be technically perfect, but their frozen facial expressions and rigid demeanour reveal no real passion or chemistry between the couples in a dance which should exude simmering sensuality. The show is short - two 45-minute sets - and although competent, has a tired feeling of going-through-the-motions.
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