{"id":1448,"date":"2017-05-16T15:02:37","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T15:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tango-on-a-visit-film.de\/?page_id=1448"},"modified":"2025-01-27T22:01:39","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T22:01:39","slug":"directors-statement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tango-on-a-visit-film.de\/en\/directors-statement","title":{"rendered":"DIRECTOR\u2019S STATEMENT"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>DIRECTOR\u2019S STATEMENT<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-100 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/tango-on-a-visit-film.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Irene_Schueller_Portrait_neu_web-e1495119108738-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tango-on-a-visit-film.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Irene_Schueller_Portrait_neu_web-e1495119108738-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tango-on-a-visit-film.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Irene_Schueller_Portrait_neu_web-e1495119108738.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t<!-- @page { margin: 2cm } P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } --><br \/>\t<\/style><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-GB\">When I started shooting the documentary in 2013, I was dancing tango on a regular basis. I was dancing pretty much every day, or whenever I found a milonga. As a foreigner in Berlin, and before in Beijing, tango was my only trusted friend. I knew where I could go and what I could do to socially integrate. In Buenos Aires, I had taken so many private lessons that my dancing skills were slowly starting to meet my own demands. That feeling of being able to be creative with the music and with the right dance partner was simply amazing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-GB\">But tango also kept raising new questions. Whose arms did I keep finding myself in? How did I actually feel there? Was that longing for expression and oneness compatible with actually enjoying oneself? Would I be able to just have fun, and learn to cut out those moments of frustration? <\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">I realised that these questions\u00a0were not exclusive to myself\u00a0and were in fact typical \u201ctango questions\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In addition, I wondered more and more whether I, as a German, understood Tango at all. Does it make sense to give yourself over to a strange melancholy that is not mine? I was sure though, that the sadness of the music was transferred to us dancers.<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-GB\">All the films about tango I\u2019d seen until then seemed to look at completely different issues. It appeared to me that the strong, but conflicting emotions of joy and suffering experienced by the non-professional tango dancer had been somewhat neglected. Despite the scene being huge worldwide. And that\u2019s the story I wanted to tell.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-GB\">I had been a captivated observer of the protagonists in my film for a long time before making it, so I was delighted when they agreed to be involved. For all five of them, a life without tango was unimaginable. They cherished their passion in a way that really touched me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-GB\">Since I wasn\u2019t attempting to paint a portrait of the five people as individuals, I took some of their statements out of context and alienated them for the benefit of the story as a whole. I hope that by watching this film, viewers will be encouraged to reflect upon and discuss their own emotions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here you find more information on my art: <a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240725034452\/http:\/\/www.irene-schueller.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.irene-schueller.de<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DIRECTOR\u2019S STATEMENT When I started shooting the documentary in 2013, I was dancing tango on a regular basis. 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