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Man to Man (2024)

Director: Juliet McMains    

Featuring: Lucas DiGiorgio & Juampy Ramírez

Music: Hugo Díaz | 3m 56s 

Man to Man
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This portrait of professional tango dancers Lucas DiGiorgio and Juampy Ramírez challenges narrow conceptions of masculinity that are prevalent in tango iconography. Set to the classic tango “Mano a Mano” (Hand to Hand) as performed by Hugo Díaz, the piece transforms the meaning of the phrase “hand-to-hand” from hands hitting each other in combat to hands holding each other in tenderness, an embrace that hovers on the ambiguous edge of desire.

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Faces of Contemporary Tango

Funded in part by the Floyd and Delores Jones Endowed Professorship in the Arts

University of Washington

© 2023 by Juliet McMains. 

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