Tango Fire

For people who never see "Forever Tango" (Argentinean Tango show first hit broadway in 1997), "Tango Fire" maybe very entertaining. But for tango fans like me and most of my classmate, it was a little disappointed last Friday evening in Kravis Center. The company is very young (dancers and musicians in their 20s-30s instead of 30s-50s). All dances are very fast, very energetic, too loud, too eager to please the audience. I kept expecting one classic till the end, but it never happen. Since, all the movements is so acrobatic with non-stop hi-kicks\spins\lifts , the show was over in a flash of flame (maybe that's how they got the name), but the essence of tango; the music tempo, dark mood and poise were all lost. Traditional Argentine tango (don't confused with ballroom tango) relies heavily on improvisation and connections between dancers, it can only happen in a reasonable pace. Passion supposed to be smolder, not fire, if you want to burn forever.