Luis Bravo, Strand Theatre, London (GB) - 29 juin 1995

Luis Bravo created this show, Forever Tango, a series of tangos that illustrated the contextual range in which tango has been performed. So, Buenos Aires 1880 provided a snapshot of early tango, Mayoral & Elsa Marie danced it ballroom-style and Comme Il Faut, danced by Mina & Roberto Reis, showed how it was when it became the rage in Paris in the 1910s. Felicia was danced by Carlos Borquez & Ines. There was a fine tango orchestra. The show skilfully recreated the atmosphere of this genre and sustained the overall feeling of eroticism, fatalism, the dark side of relationships and society. Terrific. Reviewed by Clifford Bishop in The Independent, 27 June 1995.