I met Adrian Heathfield in Chicago, 2000 at the performance group Goat Island's summer school where I was the Teaching Assistant and he was the Researcher in Residence.
In 2001 we played with making an evening length performance together. These two videos are the result of our summer of 2001 rehearsals.
This is a mini endurance performance of smiling mouths stretching over the length of John Lennon's song. Sad, pathetic, funny, hopeful...
Two hands become two people swaying in a nostalgic breeze.
"most dances are for people who are falling in love.The tango is for those who have survived it, and are still a little angry about having had their hearts so mishandled...:
Sally Potter, director of the filmTango Lesson