Presented with community partner Vancouver Latin American Cultural Centre
Social Tango Project
October 24-26, 2024 | 8pm
Vancouver Playhouse (600 Hamilton Street)
Running time: 70 minutes (no intermission)
Agustina Videla (Argentina)
A shy and hesitant woman takes a step into a new world and is swept off her feet by the seductive, sinuous dance form known as tango. Her journey is a celebration of human connection brought to vibrant life by live musicians and a singer, along with evocative multimedia projections.
Born in the bordellos and the working class arrabales of Buenos Aires, tango has evolved and changed with successive artists, surviving government blacklists and cultural suppression to re-emerge as a vital life force, electric with passion and pleasure.
In milongas (sites where tango is performed) disparate groups of people come together in an embrace of sensuality, beauty, and connection. Choreographer Agustina Videla invites dance lovers around the globe to experience an evening of this incendiary, immersive dance, sharing the value of social dance, and inspiring individuals to join the dance floor.
Social Tango Project offers a space for spontaneous eruptions of music and joy, transforming each venue where the work is performed into a timeless place where the past and present sidle up to each other in an evocative mix of reverberating symmetry and silken melancholy.
"A journey into the heart of Tango” – La Nación Newspaper
“The tango can be debated, but it will always enclose—like everything truthful—a secret.” – Jorge Luis Borges
“An evening in the heart of Buenos Aires… in Vancouver!” – Agustina Videla
Agustina Videla
Tango dancer, teacher and choreographer. Agustina Videla began her career in the show that represented Argentina at the Universal Exhibition in Lisbon (1998). From then on, she toured to give classes and exhibitions in the main cities of the United States, Canada and Europe.
In 2013 she took over the artistic direction of Social Tango Project, and has travelled the globe cultivating communities of tango devotees.
In 2019 she co-directed her first dance short film, “Being” with more than 20 nominations in international dance-film festivals. In 2020 she published a book related to motherhood and human relationships. In 2021 she was the artistic director of a TV series dedicated to dance and philosophy broadcasted for public television in Argentina.
She co-directs the film “El tango, esos minutos de revancha” currently in post-production.
Top image: Agustina Videla, Social Tango Project © Paola Evelina.
