Video: The London Tango Workshop Film by Romano Viazzani.

The Romano Viazzani Ensemble will open their Spring Concert Season with a concert at St James’ Church in Sussex Gardens, London, England on April 20th, 2024.

The concert venue is “a stunning church in the Gothic Revival-style of the 19th century and has a wonderful acoustic so is regularly used for concerts and recording.”

Accordionist Romano Viazzani has recently released a London Tango Workshop film based on his London tango (ballet), directed by Mike Figgis and funded by the Arts Council England.

The Ensemble will play a selection of music from their London Tango album, some traditional Argentine tango and one or two new arrangements. For this concert they will be joined by the wonderful soprano Luciana Di Bella.

This film is a short documentary which, it is hoped will lead to further funding in order to make a nine minute fantasy tango ballet film based on The Romano Viazzani Ensemble’s recording of London Tango (Ballet).

It documents the two-week studio workshop where choreography and characters were explored, the results of which were put to a small invited audience.

A version with audio description for the visually-impaired is available, as is a version with Italian subtitles.