Literature live: Fatal Tango

Reading by Wolfram Fleischhauer

5th May 2011

20:30 (doors 20:15)

Lehmanns Media

As part of the Third Hanover International Tango and Music Festival, Wolfram Fleischhauer will be reading from his popular novel Fatal Tango (Drei Minuten mit der Wirklichkeit), the cult book of the tango scene.

What starts as a dream-like love story soon develops into a nightmare.

The nineteen year-old Giulietta Battin, a ballet dancer at the Berlin Opera House, wants to find out what it is about contemporary tango that makes it so unsettling. This leads her to Damian Alsina, the enigmatic yet brilliant star dancer of a tango ensemble staying in Berlin. Without any obvious reason, Damian sabotages his own piece on stage and ruins the show. Days later he carries out an absurd attack on Giulietta's family and disappears to Argentina. Deeply hurt, but determined to find an explanation, Giulietta follows him to Buenos Aires. But it is as if Damian has disappeared into thin air. Giulietta begins a journey through the visible and hidden world of tango in Buenos Aires, in which Damian's enigmatic dancing style proves to be a hidden Ariadne's thread through a devilish labyrinth. The closer she comes to an answer, the more terrible it seems to be. And then all of a sudden someone else takes an interest in her search for clues - and they have quite different plans...

TANGO IMPULS presents tango in all its cultural forms

TANGO IMPULS brings the flair of Argentina and the Rio de la Plata region to Hanover. In addition to the night time tango experiences there will also be first class concerts, art exhibitions, recent Argentinian literature, film highlights and more. In numerous workshops for absolute beginners to experienced members of the public and master classes for (prospective) professionals, participants can rise to their musical or dancing challenge or fine tune their work. TANGO IMPULS is offering tuition with the world stars of tango over the final three days of the festival. The Tango Café invites you to dance in a relaxed atmosphere on the two final afternoons of the festival, where the artists will also be special guests.