Word: orezzoli
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...tango. Not the basic dance you learned at Arthur Murray. This is the tango that got its start in the bordellos of Buenos Aires a century ago and even today seems almost shocking in its arrant sensuality. "The tango expresses something deep in our personalities," says Héctor Orezzoli, who conceived the revue along with his friend Claudio Segovia. "The dance is tortuous, complicated, intricate, mysterious, rough, but also sophisticated and full of humor and irony...
Segovia and Orezzoli visited dance halls and clubs all over Argentina to find the best tango teams. Five of the seven couples chosen are married. "In the American tango, everyone does it the same way," says Choreographer Copes, 54, who also dances in the show. "But in Argentina, everyone feels different. It's like love between a couple: some are sweet, some sensuous, some fighting." He has been dancing with his own partner, María Nieves, 48, for 32 years, during nine of which they were husband and wife. Even after their divorce, they-continued working together...
...that rare feeling of a genuine emotional encounter between male and female that probably best explains the show's success. "The thought of going to New York was frightening," says Orezzoli. It was a little bit of a kamikaze decision." On such decisions are fortunes made. The Broadway run, originally scheduled for five weeks, has been extended at least through New Year's, and after New York, Tango will make an extensive North American tour. The dancers want the whole world to love those crazy steps. "The tango is the star of the show," asserts Elvira Santa Mar?...