The dance is spectacular - smoldering sexuality, clean, elegant, amazingly intricate movements as the couples glide, smooth as silk, into effortless lifts and daring endings to the numbers. There is a beautiful, slow, adagio number with the woman in tights instead of the flashy slit skirts of the rest of the show, and there are two comic dances, one in each half. A great, thrilling dance show, in full Tango mystique, with emotionless faces and smoldering eyes, where men are men and women are women - and don't they know it.
Then there is the rest of it. I thought a show called "Forever Tango" would be essentially a dance performance. Foolish me. In the course of the two-act, two hour and ten minute production, seven orchestral numbers and two renditions of songs by a solo singer make up at least half of the evening. I did enjoy solos by the pianist and the first violinist, but four accordions and strings grew tiresome (the friend I was with loved it all). So, with patience, you'll see some of the most exciting dance in town.
Ended:
August 2004
Country:
USA
State:
New York
City:
New York
Company/Producers:
Jack Utsick Presents / BACI Worldwide, LLC
Theater Type:
Broadway
Theater:
Shubert Theater
Theater Address:
225 West 44th Street
Phone:
(212) 239-6200
Running Time:
2 hrs, 15 min
Genre:
Dance Revue
Director:
Luis Bravo
Review:
Technical:
PR: Richard Kornberg.
Critic:
Richmond Shepard
Date Reviewed:
August 2004
