Tango Argentino...The Dance of the Millenium Friday, January 21, 2000 7:30 pm Maddox Theatre, Clark Arts Center Rockford College, Rockford, Illinois
For information and tickets call 815-963-3341. The Rockford Dance Company is pleased to present an exciting music and dance concert, "Tango Argentino...The Dance of the Millenium". Guitarist Michel Belair, flutist/dancer Jacques Saint-Cyr from Montreal, and dancer/choreographer Maria E. Castello will present a program dedicated to Argentine Tango. The artists have performed together since 1997 at numerous festivals throughout the U.S. and Canada. A native of Buenos Aires, Maria Castello has created a performance that mixes music, dance and theater in a potpourri of Argentine tango's history. From the Tango Duel on the streets of Buenos Aires where men gather to create new dance figures, through Milonga from which tango evolved to its form in the brothels, to the complexity of Piazolla's music, the tango continues to change and perpetuate the history of its country. It is the history of a popular dance that has been transformed and has expanded all over the world. Following the performance join Maria and Jacques in a fun-filled evening of social dance, hors d'oeuvres, and a cash bar.
