It's romantic. It's sexy. It's tango.

Pablo Aslan's Avantango, a group of dancers and musicians that perform traditional tango, will serve up some spice tonight at 7:30 at the State Theatre.

"While I still do traditional tango, this is my own take on it," Pablo Aslan, creator and bassist for the show, said. "Obviously there's something in there that drives people crazy."

Aslan arrived in New York from Argentina in 1990. Avantango was a "more experimental group" that began in New York when Aslan combined a tango troupe with a traditional dance band. The company is still based out of New York.

"The music has some unusual quality. It is complex; it is deep, and I think you hear that and a lot of people react to that. It's a very passionate element," he said.

This is the first show of its kind to be performed at the State Theatre, Programming Manager Joe Apfelbaum said.

"It's not like elevator jazz; the jazz musicians are really good," Apfelbaum said. "It's real jazz with that sort of flavor and the tango is the dance. It's all designed for lovers."

Tango is a simple dance, Karen Stoner, a dance instructor at Central Pennsylvania Dance Workshop, said. "The steps are not complicated; the fun, fancy stuff is what complicates it. It's a bold dance; it can be very exciting," she said.

Aslan said Avantango attracts a diverse audience.

"There's a lot of dance in the show, so traditionally audiences are people who like to see the dancing, but I think that also people who like jazz, good instrumental music and great musicians [will] get something too. It's for a very wide audience," he said.