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Reviews "TangoMujer, an all-female troupe of five dancers, broke down stereotypical barriers in their performance...The tango vocabulary provided much of the action-gleeful, sensual, disturbing, angry. It was supplemented by theatrical gestures, something at which the TangoMujer women surprisingly excelled."
"TangoMujer was unusually successful at making something new of an old dance, focusing with intelligence and affection on the tango rather than the updating and updaters. Modern-dance trained, the women succeeded in weaving the two forms with wit and imaginationÉ After TangoMujer had performed, traditional tango looked even richer and more colorful."
"The Boulder Theatre played host to a tango rebellion last night, courtesy of the Colorado Dance Festival. In their first U.S. concert outside Manhattan, the five fiery women of internationally-acclaimed TangoMujer showed that single-gender tango can be just as entertaining and provocative as mixed-couple dancing, as well as uniquely sensual."
"It no longer takes two to tango. That tradition bites the dust with TangoMujer. The 2-year old company, on its first U.S. tour, has basically reshaped the century-old Argentine model. This new, contemporary tango doesnŐt rely on the sensual embrace and often dark, violent passion. It has expanded to include situation comedy, mime and storytelling, modern dance and - nearly unheard of in a dance that demands a partner - expressions of solitude. Still, it's tango, with signature highly stylized movements."
"So, you think you know tango. Well, you don't. Not unless you have spent an evening with TangoMujer. At an intoxicating performance in the Boulder Theatre on Friday, under the auspices of the Colorado Dance Festival, the five dancers nimbly brushed aside all the stereotypes we Americans have formed about this Argentine dance. The passion, humor, longing, loving, and hating or one person for the other becomes the choreographic material for a procession of intriguing works. Yes, it is extremely sensual, but not in a woman-woman way, or even in a man-woman way. The inherent sexiness of the dance is the star here. The playfulness and the hot embraces never appear odd or uncomfortable. It all looks so natural that, in fact, the presence of a man onstage would seem totally wrong."
TangoMujer Article by Rebecca Shulman
© TangoMujer 2001
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