Tango into Casualty! Fans of the BBC’s ‘Casualty’ series on BBC1 will be aware of a Tango theme that has been played out over the last few episodes by 2 of the show’s stars Abs and Tess played by James Redmond & Suzanne Packer. A Reading based Argentine Tango Club called Tango Nirvana were asked to help the actors prepare their dancing some 6 weeks ago at the BBC’s studios in Bristol. Tom Nickson assisted by Tracey Tyack-King spent a few hours with the actors teaching them to dance this passionate dance from Buenos Aires. Tom said, “The time we had with the actors was very limited as shooting time was continually changing. However, our goal was to make them ‘look’ like they could dance, which we successfully managed to do.” Tracey added, “both the actors who play Tess and Abs were incredibly professional, and in a very short space of time were able to do a convincing job of dancing as well as acting out the script”. Tango Nirvana also supplied the music for the dancing performed by one of the top Tango Bands in the UK called Los Mareados. The band will be playing live at one of Tango Nirvanas events later in the year. Tango Nirvana hold regular classes in the Reading area and teach the authentic Salon style of Argentine Tango that is based on lead and follow. If you would like to know more about their classes and events please visit their web site at www.tangonirvana.co.uk