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'''''Swango''''' is a dance [[revue]] conceived and choreographed by Mariela Franganillo and Robert Royston, with a script by [[Rupert Holmes]] and a potpourri of tango and swing music. |
'''''Swango''''' is a dance [[revue]] conceived and choreographed by Mariela Franganillo and Robert Royston, with a script by [[Rupert Holmes]] and a potpourri of tango and swing music. |
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The original production played in the [[off-Broadway]] Swing 46 jazz club in 2002<ref name=tvv/> and moved to the Helen Hayes Theatre in [[Nyack, New York]] in 2003. It received mixed reviews. In both productions, Franganillo and Royston played the lovers.<ref name=tvv>Seibert, Brian. [https://www.villagevoice.com/2002/09/03/dance-4 "Swinging Summer"], ''[[The Village Voice]],'' September 3, 2002</ref><ref name=tnt>[ |
The original production played in the [[off-Broadway]] Swing 46 jazz club in 2002<ref name=tvv/> and moved to the Helen Hayes Theatre in [[Nyack, New York]] in 2003. It received mixed reviews. In both productions, Franganillo and Royston played the lovers.<ref name=tvv>Seibert, Brian. [https://www.villagevoice.com/2002/09/03/dance-4 "Swinging Summer"], ''[[The Village Voice]],'' September 3, 2002</ref><ref name=tnt>[https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/15/nyregion/theater-review-in-swango-this-time-opposites-don-t-attract.html "In ''Swango'', This Time Opposites Don't Attract"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', June 15, 2003</ref> It played at theatres in [[White Plains, New York]] and [[Queens, New York]] in 2005.<ref>Parks, Steve. [http://www.mysteryofedwindrood.com/theatre/050513_NewsdayRaveReview.htm "In lively competition, swing vs. tango rocks"], ''Newsday'', May 13, 2005</ref> |
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==Plot== |
==Plot== |
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Revision as of 12:42, 5 November 2023
Swango is a dance revue conceived and choreographed by Mariela Franganillo and Robert Royston, with a script by Rupert Holmes and a potpourri of tango and swing music.
The original production played in the off-Broadway Swing 46 jazz club in 2002[1] and moved to the Helen Hayes Theatre in Nyack, New York in 2003. It received mixed reviews. In both productions, Franganillo and Royston played the lovers.[1][2] It played at theatres in White Plains, New York and Queens, New York in 2005.[3]
Plot
A Romeo and Juliet-type story loosely based on the 1957 play West Side Story: a girl from the Argentine Tango world meets a boy from the West Coast Swing crew. A bartender narrates the conflict as the two groups compete to take over a new dance club in a converted warehouse. When the lovers come together, they create the fusion of Tango and Swing suggested by the title.[4]
References
- ^ a b Seibert, Brian. "Swinging Summer", The Village Voice, September 3, 2002
- ^ "In Swango, This Time Opposites Don't Attract", The New York Times, June 15, 2003
- ^ Parks, Steve. "In lively competition, swing vs. tango rocks", Newsday, May 13, 2005
- ^ An interview with the choreographers of Swango