雙人探戈：《夢幻舞神》的情色書寫

Tango Duet: Writing the Erotic Tango Lesson

法國哲學家巴代伊為第一位專書論述「情色」的理論家，論點精闢之處在於著墨流竄於欲望隙縫、穿梭於死亡邊界的神聖情色，而其踰越死亡、欲望的邏輯推演更顯博大精深。探戈為親密伴侶溝通的情色舞蹈，身體舞動時心靈也與對方靈魂共舞，相戀的愛人在彼此身上喚起相同的欲望，猶如自我與他者的神聖探索關係。英國女導演莎莉．波特在其半自傳電影《夢幻舞神》，以阿根廷探戈檢視情色內在本質與「主體」相生相滅，所衍生不受牽絆、自由瀟灑「他者」的弔詭辯證。爬梳巴代伊神聖情色理論，本文演繹《夢幻舞神》中「我非你」、「我和你」與「我是你」三種主體與他者遞變關係，並討論神聖情色與「獻祭」、「死亡」及「踰越」的界限。全文重點可分為三：一、探討「神聖」及「世俗」時空的踰越，比較探戈主戲與時尚戲中戲《憤怒》的交錯關係；二、著墨探戈「引領」與「追隨」的主從文化，解析性別凝視策略與神聖情色的差異；三、試圖就模特兒之死、巴黎探戈表演及《雅各與天使博鬥》畫作等具象徵意義的「獻祭」儀式，解讀情色的神聖性。本文透過欲望與主體/他者對談的機制，建構情色分析系譜，解析南美探戈文化內在的神聖情色特質。

As the first writer to explore the meaning of eroticism, George Bataille delves into an intricate relationship between eroticism and sacredness. Detailing sacred eroticism as an inner aspect of the human being, Bataille connects it to a basic model for discussing a rupture of desire bordering on transgression and death. Sally Potter’s The Tango Lesson presents the erotic desire which is so close to the path of destruction and betrayal turning sensual pleasure into one of ruin and degradation associated with unfettered freedom to admit the value of otherness. As an intimate partner dancing form, Argentine tango has woven body and soul into one holy entity that reflects dancers’ erotic desire. Strikingly similar to Bataille’s sacredness of eroticism, Potter’s film brings out a serial connection between self and otherness which constitutes three basic frames of the study: “I ain’t thou”; “I and thou”; “I am thou.” Three imperative issues are to be addressed: 1) the potential transgression of divided time-zones between the “profane time” and “sacred time” interweaves an intricate relationship between the major tango film and the film-within-a-film Rage ; 2) the lead-follow dynamic in Argentine tango is explored in the settings of gender politics, gaze strategy, and sacred eroticism; 3) three rituals of sacrifice, namely the death of models, Paris tango performance, and the painting of Jacob Wrestling with the Angle are related to the discussing topic of sacredness. Potter and Bataille are erotic on various levels; by contrasting and comparing these levels, the readers more easily understand the truth of sacred eroticism.