tangophilia blog

Jason Laughlin & Gulden Ozen will be dancing to Astor Piazzolla’s music ("Tango Etude" and "Oblivion") performed live by "The Free Spirits" of  the Raleigh Symphony Orchestra as a part of the American Dance Festival’s "Acts to Follow" series on Saturday June 30th, at 8pm, at Baldwin Auditorium, Duke University, East Campus.

Jason & Gulden have performed with members of the Raleigh Symphony Orchestra three times since 2000 and their continued collaboration has led to this performance of live music and improvisational tango as part of Acts to Follow. In 2006, Jason & Gulden appeared in Acts to Follow in a collaborative piece called “Intersection", an improvisational fusion of tango and modern dance, performed with Choreo Collective.

There’s more to Argentine culture than tango, of course, and the American Dance Festival is also featuring an Argentine Festival:July 5-7. From their website: The international explosion of modern dance has reached far into Argentina. This season ADF will present five works, including four U.S. premieres and one reconstruction, by some of Argentina’s most heralded young dance artists. Krapp, the dance theater company that made is first ADF appearance in 2004, presents OLYMPICA, a new work, that explores the complexities of success. Other works include Susana Tambutti’s highly acclaimed solo, The Stab (1985), Edgardo Mercado’s Plano Difuso (2006), Compañía Contenido Bruto’s Kevental (2006), and Gabriela Prado’s & Eugenia Estévez’s Llueve (2004). This festival within a festival will include two performances at 7:30 and 9:30 pm each evening.