Che, Tango
Tango opens a wound in the heart where passion, loneliness, nostalgia, anger, impotence and anxiety come out. Che, Tango wrestles with the ideas of waiting, exploration and introspection and explodes with expressions of crying, laughing and trembling. Through real and fantastic characters, Lenzu’s contemporary dance tells a personal vision of Argentina.
"Che Tango is a story of where I came from and where I am going, in order to understand who I am,” says Lenzu. One woman searching for her identity. It is an intimate discussion with the public as one would talk to a friend.
This one-woman show was premiered in New York in 2001, and performed in 2002-2004 in Italy, London and Argentina.
TANGO INTERIOR
Photography by Todd Carroll
This body of work focuses on Tango as it is danced in the milonga clubs of Argentina. A far cry from the comic stylized dancing Rudolph Valentino popularized for Hollywood in the 1920’s, Argentine Tango is a visible cultural expression of the porteòos and their social fabric. Carroll captures the cultural encounter that celebrates the intense passion and playful characteristics of today’s Tango in Argentina. This body of work has been exhibited together with Anabella Lenzu’s Che, Tango, to present a full experience in the world of Tango. The documentary style of Carroll’s photographs complements Lenzu’s personal search and discovery, which harmonize perfectly together in the bittersweet music of Tango.
Todd Carroll invites you to view a selection of work at www.toddcarrollphotography.com
