Teik-Kim Pok shows you how to dance a tribute to Tank Man (the “Unknown Rebel”), choreographed by Jane McKernan. The Tank Man Tango dance event, produced by Deborah Kelly, is ocurring around the world to commemorate the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
More information on the Tank Man Tango here. Our own tribute to Tank Man is here.
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Tags: China, Dance, Tank Man, Tiananmen Square
June 5, 2009 at 3:55 pm
Updates:
Aukland, Belgrade,Brussels, Dunkerque, Richmond, Singapore,
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and here.
Bristol UK performance here.
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Tucson Tank Man Tango story here.
Attempts to ban the Singapore performance failed.
Weimar Tank Man Tango story here.
June 5, 2009 at 6:45 pm
Finally a dance that I can do and make a political statement. Great site. I’ll be back.
June 5, 2009 at 7:32 pm
Mark wrote: Finally a dance that I can do and make a political statement
I think we could get a great turnout in DC for this next June if we speed up the dance a bit so it looks more like this. We’ll have to pay a nickel for each shopping bag, of course.
January 19, 2016 at 7:04 am
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