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Archive Amanda Lorens: Tango in Transit Performed Saturday 19 August Penzance Town Centre
The tango is a dance that evolved in the brothels of Buenos Ares, in Argentina. Slow and intimate, it is undeniably erotic, and has been taken up all over the world. Amanda Lorens, herself an avid fan, invited friends and associates met through dancing to contribute to a piece called Tango in Transit that celebrated the dance, and helped outsiders gain a glimpse of the exhilaration that it can provide.
Inside a white transit van two dancers danced with each other to the sound of music. The audience was able to view them through small peep-holes drilled in the rear end wall of the van, but the dancers would not have been aware of them looking. Headphones were available to wear, and these provided an audio commentary on the experience of dancing, which were supplemented by a similar sound piece in the cabin of the van. This was an intriguing collage of descriptions by the dancers of their enthusiasm for dancing.
The work was vibrant, exotic and surreal situated as it was in a van on the sea-front, and it seemed to work on a number of levels. In particular there seemed to be an exploration of the boundaries of the body and how these can be and are extended: in this case through dance and vehicular travel. It also seemed to question the authenticity of cultural forms and national boundaries, and the extent to which these can be redrawn and reapplied in different contexts.
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