La CarmenTango Passion, love, obsession and..... tango    La CarmenTango       An international premiere from Argentina, La  CarmenTango, takes the world’s most loved story of passion, obsession, and revenge and sets it in Buenos Aires circa 1900.  With thirty musicians from the Pan American Symphony Orchestra, guest musicians from Argentina  and the Bowen McCauley Dance Company, CarmenTango, combines tango dance and ballet to bring audiences a unique and cutting-edge show unlike any Carmen ever seen by U.S. audiences. Straight from Buenos Aires, choreographer Alicia Orlando, and tango composer Raul Garello, team up to depict the well-known Carmen themes with novel characters typical of the Buenos Aires docks at the turn of the last century. With Alicia Orlando, Claudio Barneix and Lucy Bowen McCauley as principal dancers. Saturday, March 6, 2010 at 8 PM   GW Lisner Auditorium 730 21st Street NW Washington DC For directions to the theater click here   Tickets: $25, $35, $45. Tickets on sale now by calling (240) 242-8032 or TicketMaster  at (301) 808-6900 and the Lisner Box Office           For more information or tickets call (240) 242-8032

The Pan American Symphony and Maestro Sergio Buslje  bring to the Washington area a host of talented musicians,  and dancers from Argentina and Uruguay to present the hottest tango show to hit the area in years. Cafetín de Buenos Aires   Saturday May 8, 2010 at 8 PM   Lisner Auditorium   730 21 Street NW