Press Reviews

• "La Salida", French Tango Magazine, #50 (Oct 06), pg 36 | show/hide snippet

  This is a very courageous, well documented and lively film, entirely produced, directed and financed by Debora herself.

  For 86 minutes, she shares with us her passion for the tango and its music and dancers Julio Luque, Veronique Guide and musician Marcelo Raigal who we met at Tarbes in 2004. Filmed in various sites, she lets the tangueros she meets along the way express their views too. The film exudes strong emotions despite a playful tone. Debora treats us to delightful moments with these professional dancers that we love and who, we’re pleased to say, will join us again at Kérallic at the end of the year.

  Francine Piget

• "El Farolito", Parisian Tango Magazine, Oct 2006 Issue, pg 14 | show/hide snippet

  EncanTango, in other words « this tango that I love», this tango that is danced in Paris, in Madrid, in Buenos Aires, in Cuba, in Genève or in Agen, universal and intimate. This is the tango that Debora Blake offers us in her documentary movie « EncanTango ». Through interviews with amateur and professional dancers, she presents an authentic look at the tango world, far from the clichés and closely aligned with the emotions and experiences of the dancers. With humor and passion, she draws us into the magic of the dance alternately filming the aficionados and professionals Julio and Véronique. She shows the difficulty of learning to dance, the tenacity of its students along with the codes that one encounters in the milongas. She touches upon the artistic trajectory of Julio and Véronique by way of their exacting pedagogy, their creativity and their collaboration with the Rayuela tango orchestra. When Debora Blake discovered the tango 6 years ago, it was love at first site. She immersed herself in the tango realm, traveling and dancing and meeting others like her in the milongas. The tango thus became a personal quest: show those who have yet to discover it what the tango truly is and prove the universality of the experience. The goal has been reached because this movie, filmed and edited by Debora Blake, speaks to us all of this diversity of which the tango is made, of the shared experience one lives during a dance, of this freedom to express sentiments in the steps that become one with the music.

  EncanTango was shown on August 31 during the Summer Tango University festival organized the association, Le Temps du Tango from August 31 to September 3.

  Sophie Nobécourt

• "ToutTango", French Tango Magazine, #11 (Apr-May-Jun 07), pg 44 | show/hide snippet

  Debora Blake's passion for the tango has led her to not only direct but also shoot, edit, translate and produce this amusing little documentary. Her equipment may have been limited, but her will was not. The goal: show how diverse the tango is by interviewing unknown aficionados, professional dancers (Julio Luque and Veronique Guide) or musicians from the Rayuela orchestra... We can bet that those who know nothing about tango with glean a clearer idea, overlooking the occasionally awkward edit or shot. This is not a Hollywood production. It's an enjoyable and interesting film perfectly accessible for the general viewing public.

• "La Salida", French Tango Magazine, #49 (June 06), pg 38 | show/hide snippet

  Debora Blake has just produced a documentary film on the tango, a project that she attacked with passion. She got the idea during a workshop in Prayssac led by Julio Luque and Véronique Guide. Thoroughly impressed by their work, she decided to put them at the center of the project. She also interviewed amateurs in tango salons [across Europe] and the musicians of Rayuela Tango Orquesta, one of Julio's projects which La Salida also reviewed last year. We can congratulate Debora. Her first film is first-rate although produced with her personal means. You'll be able to see it in Paris in late August at the Summer Tango University Festival.