Slouchos in Evita
Slouchos in Evita
dancinfan
Broadway Star Joined: 8/9/04
#0Slouchos in Evita
Posted: 4/21/06 at 1:10pm
What is the significance of the term "Sloucho" in the Evita dance ensemble? I know the two guys in white who frame Eva in Larry Fuller's original Buenos Aires choreography are called "slouchos," but I don't know if it's just a made-up term for how they move (like slouching gauchos) or if it has some other connotation. Anyone have any info for me?
Thanks in advance.
dancinfan
Broadway Star Joined: 8/9/04
misto625
Broadway Star Joined: 11/10/05
#2re: Slouchos in Evita
Posted: 4/21/06 at 5:10pmI had the same question after seeing the tour, so I asked one of the cast members and he said it was just a term that Larry Fuller made up to describe the character.
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gtothefloflo
Swing Joined: 11/26/07
#3re: Slouchos in Evita
Posted: 11/26/07 at 5:58amIt was made up by Larry and Hal Prince, it stands for/is a combination of the words sleazy and goucho. They were originally going to be just gouchos but apparently they decided to make them the two sort-of seedy men who try to pick up any new girl(Eva) in town (i.e. buenos Aires)
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Swing Joined: 5/15/07
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