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“TANGO THROUGH THE SENSES”
ANA VICTORIA MORALES - DUBLIN, September 2007
This photographs are part of a serie called “Tango through the senses”
In them I represent not only tango images, but also how I believe it manifests and reveals through our senses.
The tango is more than what you can see at simple view…the tango is the sensation that runs through the dancers bodies, is the graze of the legs, the crossing of the looks, the hand that guides and carries on, the atmosphere that surrounded them, the involve silence , the thousand life stories of its lyrics, the voice so characteristic of its singers, the poetry wrap up in the music, the dialog of the seduction, the bitter taste of the treachery’s tears, the caress of the shoes on the floor, the romance of the hands with the bodies, the interruption of the advance in the “corte” (cut), the anticipation of the brusque movement of one “quebrada” (brake), the touch face to face, the thirst of the dancers, the melancholic thought that can be danced, as Dicépolo said, the expectation and the admiration of the viewers, the mysterious ray that nest in her hair, the memory of our childhood, the aroma of the bodies after lot of dancing, the sudden movement of the skirts, the loudness of the orchestras...
This photographs are a part of an emotional look to the most representative music of Argentina, my beloved country that I miss so much and that I feel so close every time that I enjoy tango through my senses.
ANA VICTORIA MORALES - DUBLIN, September 2007
This photographs are part of a serie called “Tango through the senses”
In them I represent not only tango images, but also how I believe it manifests and reveals through our senses.
The tango is more than what you can see at simple view…the tango is the sensation that runs through the dancers bodies, is the graze of the legs, the crossing of the looks, the hand that guides and carries on, the atmosphere that surrounded them, the involve silence , the thousand life stories of its lyrics, the voice so characteristic of its singers, the poetry wrap up in the music, the dialog of the seduction, the bitter taste of the treachery’s tears, the caress of the shoes on the floor, the romance of the hands with the bodies, the interruption of the advance in the “corte” (cut), the anticipation of the brusque movement of one “quebrada” (brake), the touch face to face, the thirst of the dancers, the melancholic thought that can be danced, as Dicépolo said, the expectation and the admiration of the viewers, the mysterious ray that nest in her hair, the memory of our childhood, the aroma of the bodies after lot of dancing, the sudden movement of the skirts, the loudness of the orchestras...
This photographs are a part of an emotional look to the most representative music of Argentina, my beloved country that I miss so much and that I feel so close every time that I enjoy tango through my senses.
“AHOGANDO LAS PENAS” (DROWNING THE SORROW)
Alcohol has a very strong relationship with the Tango.
In the lyrics of tangos and milongas, usually the man drinks: to forget a woman, to calm a fury, to forgive a betrayal, to become friends with sorrow or just to have a nice time and enjoy the dance.
There is a multitude of songs where the poets describe this relationship between the varón and alcohol.
The first time I attended a Tango class in Ireland I saw many of the participants entering the class with a pint of beer. They left their pints on a narrow shelf against the wall and they drank for refreshment and pleasure between the songs.
During a break in my dancing, I saw a glass of beer sweating due to the heat of the room, and I saw in that glass the reflection of a couple dancing and I though it was the perfect composition to give that Irish touch to the tango.
Alcohol has a very strong relationship with the Tango.
In the lyrics of tangos and milongas, usually the man drinks: to forget a woman, to calm a fury, to forgive a betrayal, to become friends with sorrow or just to have a nice time and enjoy the dance.
There is a multitude of songs where the poets describe this relationship between the varón and alcohol.
The first time I attended a Tango class in Ireland I saw many of the participants entering the class with a pint of beer. They left their pints on a narrow shelf against the wall and they drank for refreshment and pleasure between the songs.
During a break in my dancing, I saw a glass of beer sweating due to the heat of the room, and I saw in that glass the reflection of a couple dancing and I though it was the perfect composition to give that Irish touch to the tango.
"CURVES OF THE TANGO"
This extract from a tango called “Veneno” (Poison) inspired this photograph.
Music and lyrics by María José Demare.
This extract from a tango called “Veneno” (Poison) inspired this photograph.
Music and lyrics by María José Demare.
VENENO (POISON) Music and lyrics: María José Demare
“…Tus piernas eran un ancla para mí,si supiera en que veredas andarán,te mandaría un gorrión que te contaraque soy un barco a la deriva sin tu amor…”
“…Your legs were an anchor for me,
If I knew in which paths they were now
I would send a sparrow to tell you
That I am a drifting boat without your love…”
“…Tus piernas eran un ancla para mí,si supiera en que veredas andarán,te mandaría un gorrión que te contaraque soy un barco a la deriva sin tu amor…”
“…Your legs were an anchor for me,
If I knew in which paths they were now
I would send a sparrow to tell you
That I am a drifting boat without your love…”
“MILONGA SENTIMENTAL”
My favourite milonga, the “Milonga Sentimental”, inspired this photograph.
I cannot imagine taking a still picture of a couple dancing a milonga, since it would be an antithesis of this dance form. For this reason I let the movement of the dancers form the main character of the photograph.
My favourite milonga, the “Milonga Sentimental”, inspired this photograph.
I cannot imagine taking a still picture of a couple dancing a milonga, since it would be an antithesis of this dance form. For this reason I let the movement of the dancers form the main character of the photograph.
“IRISH TANGO”
This picture found inspiration from the man that dances tango.
I was learning to dance tango (I have never done it before). One of my classmates, a very experienced dancer, asked me to join him. The way he put his hand to my back and guided me through the dance, caught my attention. I felt the power of the dance in that touch and I realized how important this physical communication is when two people are dancing tango.
The connection between the two dancers is essential in making the dance something spiritual and full of life.
In this photograph, the hand pressed against the woman’s back is guiding while dancing, and represents for me all the feelings and the stories of those varones compadres, told a thousand times over in the lyrics of the tangos and milongas.
This picture found inspiration from the man that dances tango.
I was learning to dance tango (I have never done it before). One of my classmates, a very experienced dancer, asked me to join him. The way he put his hand to my back and guided me through the dance, caught my attention. I felt the power of the dance in that touch and I realized how important this physical communication is when two people are dancing tango.
The connection between the two dancers is essential in making the dance something spiritual and full of life.
In this photograph, the hand pressed against the woman’s back is guiding while dancing, and represents for me all the feelings and the stories of those varones compadres, told a thousand times over in the lyrics of the tangos and milongas.
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