Saratoga Springs, NY
Tango Fusion Dance Company synthesizes latin dance, argentine tango, ballet, jazz, modern dance and theater by combining the styles and backgrounds of the company’s dancers. This mix creates fun, passionate, innovative movement that is both beautiful and evocative of Tango’s cultural origins.
Tango Fusion emerged in the dance world as a showcase created by Diane Lachtrupp. Tango Fusion went on to perform at the American Theater for Actors in Manhattan and received rave reviews from The New York Times. The Times reported, " Tango Fusion must be the happiest celebration of that dance to arrive in the city for a very long time...production values, music and imaginative staging were first rate." Tango Fusion's success continued to grow when it was invited to perform in New York City at the Town Hall Tango Fest and the Fifth Annual Tango Congress in Argentina.
Originally from Galway (NY), Diane Lachtrupp sold her NYC studio and relocated to Saratoga Springs with her husband Johnny Martinez. “In New York we produced the Tango Fusion show and now Johnny and I have time to develop the Tango Fusion Dance Company,” Lachtrupp explains enthusiastically.
In spring of 2006 Tango Fusion Dance Company premiered
in Saratoga Springs at the Saratoga County County Arts
Council. The show incorporated both new and local
professional talent and was a huge success, playing to
sell-out crowds. The Post Star wrote, “The fast- moving
program is ablaze with the dancers artistry, enthusiasm,
originality and touches of humor.” Following their Saratoga
debut, Tango Fusion Dance Company has been invited to
perform for Ballet Manchester’s summer series, TangoFest
NYC, Saratoga Performing Arts Center ‘s evening of Astor
Piazzolla, National Racing Museum’s Backstretch Latin
Festival and the 2007 and 2008 SaratogaArtsFest, which
features regional, national and international performers.
Tango Fusion Dance Company's 2007 spring season’s show
“Encuentros Intimos” was held at the John Houseman Theatre
(HMT) of the Saratoga Performing Arts Center. The 2008
spring show, Nocturna, was performed on May 3rd and 4th at
the Saratoga Music Hall and May 16th at the Charles Wood
Theater in Glens Falls. Wendy Liberatore, award-winning
dance critic for the Schenectady Gazette wrote that the
2008 Spring Show was a "Must-See".
Contact:
Diane Lachtrupp at (718) 360-6447
info@tangofusiondance.com
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