Really? That wasn't my read on it at all. I don't think a few head/leg flicks and holds make a tango. Also, the posters seem to think the entire thing is a reimagination of a tango, which I don't see at all, and you don't describe it that way either (just the first part).
Well, it is a bit uneasy for me to explain in English but I’ ll try my best.
I guess as a PC fan, you’ve seen the videos of the pieces of the tango they had planned to dance last year. You will find many of the position and moves that are now in the first part of the Fauré FD. For exemple the face to face on the one step step sequence. In the first part, this is more than just flicks and holds, this is the way you input a rhythm on a melody which seems to be just a long lament.
In the others parts, you will find some typical holds of tango and for the first time, they stay together hand to hand all along ( except for the step sequence de caractère ( don’t remember the proper term)). They didn’t say they wanted to dance a traditional tango but to sort of dilute it in a dance more personal which transcribe the essence and spirit of the tango.
The tango’s dancers stories are portraying how far the woman agrees to let her go, how far the man agrees to let the woman take the lead, each one with its personal weapons and forces. This goes till the point where the 2 bodies find total harmony and complicity and the question of who leads and who is led is no longer pertinent.
I did my best . I hope you understand a bit more what I’ve tried to explain.
Concerning Gabriella, I really think she is a bit “en retrait” particularly in the first part. Of course in the last part it is less obvious. But I’m glad if you feel different.
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