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Tango Con*Fusión BIO

It used to “take two to tango,” but the women of Tango Con*Fusión bend the gender-related customs of this century-old dance. As collaborative artists they explore the idiom of Argentine Tango beyond its traditional boundaries. As professional performers and teachers of Argentine Tango, with varied backgrounds in contemporary and classical dance, they create a fusion of genres within their choreography. A couple’s dance morphs to a solo or collective interaction, leaders and followers exchange roles, and free movement is added. Some background beyond our official bio As women trained and versed in traditional Argentine Tango, we deeply respect traditional tango, cherish the experience of dancing with men, and love to lead. Our repertoire spans the spectrum from slick-haired classic to feather-ruffling experimental, with Argentine Tango as the imperative backbone of the work. We are 6 hard-working women who have devoted ourselves to growing the tango & dance community in the San Francisco Bay Area and (far) beyond for 16+ years ~ 7 of these as the collective Tango Con*Fusión.

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Our Track Record

Now in its 7th year, Tango Con*Fusión (co-founded in 2004) has performed: original choreography at the 12th Annual Congreso Internacional de Tango Argentino/Buenos Aires (the longest-running and largest international festival in the Argentine tango circuit) – March 2010 (which marked the first time an all-female company performed as featured performers at CITA); in two ground-breaking all-female tango stage shows with live music and international casts (Leading Ladies of Tango – December 2006, Herbst Theatre/San Francisco; and Glamour Tango – May 2009, Logan Square Auditorium/Chicago); at the 2nd International Queer Tango Festival/Buenos Aires, at the 1st and 2nd International Queer Tango Festivals/San Francisco, in the International Dance Festival/New York City, in a documentary on the international tango film festival circuit, on national television networks (Latin Eyes & Univisión), and in the prominent ballrooms and modern dance venues (i.e. WestWave Dance Festival at YBCA Theater – August 2008; the Down & Dirty Dance Series at Dance Mission Theater – January 2010) of the San Francisco Bay Area – at social dance parties; in choreographers’ showcases; in festivals bent toward education, cutting-edge tango and fashion. The company was recently invited to perform at the 1st International Queer Tango Festival/Mexico City (July 2011), and accepted into the San Francisco International Arts Festival 2012.