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Midnight Tango Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace

By Eric Page
Jun 21, 2011 - 9:44:40 AM
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Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace have dazzled television audiences for six series of the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing with their Tango routines. Now they have created their own live show – Midnight Tango – a choreographed dance evening bringing all the drama, sensuality and elegance of this most exciting of dance forms to the stage. The set is a late night bar in downtown Buenos Aires and with a supporting company of some of the finest Tango dancers in the world, Midnight Tango, explores one night in this bar, in the heart of this intoxicating city. As danger and excitement, joy and jealousy, pain and passion all combine in a clever dance narrative this show builds to an enjoyable ending.

The first half was technically perfect but strangely passionless and I was worried that this most ardent and sensual of dances was going to disappear under a lot of toe tapping ego massage, but with the help of the excellent supporting company of dancers the first half closed well with some furious angry dancing and a soft touch of melancholy. With some gentle comedic moments and a loose easy plot this was a show to sit back and take it, not to concentrate on too much.  I had an Argentinean with me who commented that Simone was perhaps not quite macho enough a dancer for the Tango but thought that Cacace was superb with elegant poise and authentic posture.

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The second half was much stronger and there were some brilliant dances, the high point for me a dance between Simone and Cacace where they reconciled after their previous angry split, it was beautiful and they won me over at this point, the rest of the audience were in rapture and there were a lot of fans in. This couple certainly inspire a loyal following and the second half was a reward for their devotion.

The band were excellent and the songs right for the show, although some of the music was more tangoesque than Tango, but perhaps this reinterpretation is what folk want now.  

Overall is was a tight, well choreographed show, which would certainly work much better in a more intimate venue than the cavernous Brighton Centre and there were a few moments of breathtaking footwork which even impressed me.

One performance left today so book now.

Brighton Centre
Kings Road
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