Il Tango Delle Vite Strappate, catalogo della mostra
Lontane Americhe, Italy, 2004.
"Muchas
Gracias"
Ringrazio sentitamente i seguenti personaggi
che hanno incorraggiato e arrichito la mia ricerca, aiutandomi
nella realizzazione della mostra.
... ed il mio caro amico ballerino e coreografo Walter
Perez, 'El Profesor', con cui ho riso e pianto ballando
i miei migliori tango.
(Carmen
Gallo)
The
Star-Ledger, Monday, Oct. 7, 2002.
"Blissful
betrayal: Fusion Tango delights with dance's seduction and
treachery"
...The directors of Fusion Tango, Sandra Antognazzi
and Walter Perez, organized their program cleverly.
...The choreographers reduced the tango to its essential geometry
-- the triangle. Antognazzi and Perez
dance a series of varied love duets, alternating with
musical numbers. Throughout the show, Pablo Pugliese
appears intermittently to tempt one partner, then the other."
...The duets cover a lot of territory. In "La Cumparsita,"
a predatory tango, Antognazzi's leg wraps around
Perez like a hook. "Flores del Alma," in contrast,
is a graceful ballroom dance with gliding lifts and
none of the dirty stuff.
Another
number might be described as "tango-in-cheek." This "Tango
Frances" has the dancers stumbling with mock awkwardness.
She flops in his arms, then rejects his clumsy overtures.
He takes advantage, and gets his just desserts.
"Ojos Negros" presents a dance of seduction , with smooth,
sliding passages. Perez draws his fingers lightly
along Antognazzi's bare arm, and thrills her with
the suddenness of a dip. Gradually, he becomes more
demanding, until the duet ends in a passionate clinch.
Perez
and Antognazzi, however, aren't the only dance partners.
He and Pugliese hide behind sunglasses for a secret
tango of their own.
... The program culminates in a number in which all three
dance together, but happily this frankness does not resolve
anything. The romantic mischief that ensues whenever
the orchestra strikes up a tango is sure to continue.
Back
Stage, February 22, 2002
"All
That Tango"
Karina
Romero and Walter Perez dance fluidly with
one another and create the show's most heart throbbing moment
when, at the end of their first dance together, he, consumed
with passion, falls fervently to the ground at her feet.
o:p>
Newsday,
Friday, June 8, 2001
"The
Universal Language of Tango and Romance"
Classic tango pairings -- featuring
Acuna with Parma, Forquera with Juarena,
and Perez with Karina Romero-- are
sprinkled throughout, as partners move in graceful precision,
accented by deep dips, high kicks and the insinuation of an
erotic embrace.
..."All That Tango", "Todo Tango" in Spanish, will make you
want to dance, provided you're not too intimidated by the
passion and elegance of the nimble cast at Thalia.
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