In their new music and dance show, Tango Siempre's jagged notes fizzed far more than any orange-flavoured drink.
The stylish, enthusiastic quintet, comprising accordion, violin, piano, drums and double bass, started proceedings with a kicking solo. To call their music just tango would be to do it a disservice.
The musicians' moody and exciting repertoire had elements of jazz and blues and influences from many places. Some pieces saw me slumped in a Parisian bar at 3am, while during others I was Evita strutting around the Buenos Aires dance halls.
Four Latin American-born dancers brought the tango pieces to life but something vital was missing from their polished whirling and strutting.
Although tango is traditionally an intimate and rather contrived dance form, the adoption, at times, of a more inclusive, relaxed style would have kept my mind from wandering, periodically, into the arms of some sleazy punter in a bar midway between France and Argentina.
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