This Saturday in San Francisco, at the Yerba Buena Gardens complex, there will be a short display of a tango-art performance, followed by dancing for any tangueros present. (The event is free.)
The event is a charitable effort by the San Francisco Art Dealer's Association to support the "Robin Hood Fund" - financial support for low-income people who lost friends or jobs in New York. Starting at approx. noon, there will be a short series of performances of various kinds. At 12:30 -12:45, four members of the Peninsula Tango Society will conduct an enactment of an artform developed by Mr. Guillerma Alio of San Telmo, Buenos Aires. Some of you may have seen him perform this in the Bay Area a year or so ago. We will use our feet, and tango music, to interpretively "paint" canvases that are taped to the floor. After this performance, the organizers and sound people are happy to have open tango dancing for anyone who wishes to dance (recorded music). This should run until about 3 pm. Location is at Yerba Buena Center near the water scupture (via the Mission St. entrance, opposite the S.F. MOMA). If anyone feels like coming, you are welcome; any donations to the Fund would of course be welcome too. Thanks. Steve Hoffman
