Last Tango in Compton - The Making of VW Polo Advert (UK)

The company is going to launch a massive social media activity, which includes making of and behind the scenes footage, to support the launch of the expressive advert, in which Argentinean Tango world champion Gasper Godoy and his partner Manuella Rossi, the world number two, are performing a hot dance to Roc C’s “Don’t Stop.” The spot dubbed “Last Tango in Compton” was directed by Jonathan Glazer, whose credits include the Guinness Surfer, Sony Paint and Levi’s Odyssey campaigns. 

 Song: "Don't Stop" by Roc C, featuring Oh No and Pok Dogg

 

Here's the commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ct_uX7X9Qfo

Queer Tango Article in the Washington Post

Photographer: Bonnie Jo Mount / The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/queer-tango-a-dance-class-where-anyone-can-lead-or-follow/2018/12/04/aa54eca2-f4ec-11e8-aeea-b85fd44449f5_story.html

Can Another Body Be Seen as an Extension of Your Own? Tango makes it into Scientific American

Scientific America/Mind

Can Another Body Be Seen as an Extension of Your Own?

Surprising results show the fluidity of the "body schema"

By Julie Sedivy on January 12, 2016

The relationship between a person’s notion of self-hood and the openness of their body schema to another human being hints that perhaps it’s no coincidence that tango, which takes entanglement to sublime heights, originated in a culture that orients toward interdependence.

They want $500 for me to post an excerpt for up to 12 months.

Fuck that noise.

Here is the link.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-another-body-be-seen-as-an-extension-of-your-own/

Tango the Forbidden Dance :: CBS News Sunday Morning

I'm not crazy about the tango competition aspects of this piece...but hey, it's free publicity for El Tango...