Midnight Tango

Synopsis

Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace star in Midnight Tango at the Aldwych Theatre from January.

Having dazzled television audiences for six series of the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing with their stunning Tango routines, Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace have created their own live show, Midnight Tango, a breathtaking evening bringing to life all the drama, sensuality and elegance of this most exciting of dance forms.

Set in a late-night bar in downtown Buenos Aires,  Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace will be joined in Midnight Tango by ten of the finest Tango dancers in the world. Between them, they will take the audience on a journey into the heart of this intoxicating city, as danger and excitement, joy and jealousy, pain and passion combine into a spectacular and explosive evening.

Midnight Tango is directed by Olivier Award-winning choroegrapher Karen Bruce, who has choreographed for both Strictly Come Dancing and So You Think You Can Dance on BBC 1. Her theatre credits include Pacific Overtures (Donmar Warehouse) and Footloose (West End and UK Tour).  

The live music for Midnight Tango will be provided by top tango band, Tango Siempre, featuring vocalist Guillermo Rozenthuler.

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Our Review:

1 February 2012

There has been a creditable tradition of dance triumphing in West End houses for commercial runs. Cats put dance as the chief story-telling mechanism of a British musical. More recently, Kate Prince’s sensational Into the Hoods and more recently Some Like It Hip-Hop have brought street dance to the service of classic stories.

In the decades in-between, Tap Dogs, Hot Shoe Shuffle and Fosse have enjoyed successful runs. Midnight Tango, sadly, falls far short of its predecessors. Nobody doubts that Flavia Cacace and Vincent Simone can dance brilliantly and deserve all of their numerous accolades. Everyone likes a bit of Argentine passion. But with no narrative to give it purpose or visual variation to give it surprise, the relentless repetition of the same signature steps, however brilliantly executed, suffers diminishing returns.

The disappointment is not for lack of talent in the enterpri...

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Latest User Review

Jim - 1 May 2012:

Saw the show in Woking tonight. Disappointing even at provincial theatre ticket prices. Passion was missing even from the normally dynamic duo. Some of the dancing was very loose and limp. Choreography was mostly dull. Band was good, though. ...

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