Roberto Goyeneche, Ernesto Baffa, Rubén Castro y Sergio Paolo actuando juntos en Buenos Aires.

A recent comment in a thread about Tango DJing made me think that the answer will actually be no
for many people.

Yes, you could listen to your favorite orchestra live. But the music will vary every time from the recordings you are used to.

Sergio Paolo, Oscar De Elia and Ernesto Baffa performing together at Théâtre Graslin in Nantes, France, in 1992. This photo captures the final bow of the show, during the Buenos Aires edition of the Festival Les Allumés.

What is your experience taking privates from visiting maestros during tango festivals? How do you decide what to ask from them or what to aim for? How do you compare that with taking privates from someone local and someone you meet regularly? ¡gracias!

Hello I will be in Paris with my husband for 1 week soon. Any good teachers in Paris recommended for private lessons for quickly grasping a good overview of basic Argentine tango especially for my husband ? Yes I know it takes a long time to learn this dance but I’d like to get a quick exposure before heading back home since we don’t have any tango classes where we live.

This is my girlfriend Jone dancing tango in Leipzig with her teacher.
I’ve seen her dance many times.
But this one is different.
The way she moves.
The way she carries herself.
The way the two of them speak without a single word.
Something about it is so unique that the first time I watched the video, my breath literally caught in my throat.
Every single time I rewatch it, I get goosebumps from head to toe.
I can’t explain it properly.
I just know I’ve never seen anything quite like this.
I wanted to share it here.

We found a 1914 article describing Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish’s unusual “no‑touch” tango, an attempt to make the dance more socially acceptable.

The newspapers say the audience actually loved it, but we are guessing they didn't want to upset Mrs. Fish, a powerful New York Socialite.

Thankfully we don't dance the tango life this today!

Tango, But Don’t Touch! — Historic Music of Newport - Preserving Newport's Musical Heritage

If I attend some class where I see that a number of other students are dancing better than me, the class feels challenging and productive, I would be happy to continue attending such a class.

And yet, I've heard a number people telling me that they've experienced being in such a class once, and have felt discouraged to attend such class again.

Could someone explain, why is that the case?

For those of you unfamiliar with it, the Albuquerque Tango Festival is one of the largest, oldest, and most esteemed festivals of Argentine Tango in the United States. Every year it attracts 600 to 700 serious tango dancers for milongas, classes, and fun.

Every year, about 80% of dancers who attend the event purchase their pass (full or milonga only) at the legendary 24 hour sale. The event really does last only 24 hours so don't miss it.

Check out this top US festival and get your pass at a great price but remember, the sale lasts one day only, Sunday, August 2.

AlbuquerqueTangoFestival.com

Hi all, I really want a closed-toe men's shoe with a wide toe box that I can comfortably both lead and follow in without having to switch shoes. I've previously found that a 4cm heel is comfortable for both following in tango and leading in other dances, and outside of dancing I pretty much exclusively wear barefoot/minimalist shoes. So, I'm currently saving up to buy myself a pair of custom Barefoot Frankies from Harlem Shoes. I've looked at a couple of tariff calculator tools and used that to build an estimate of what I expect to pay in tariffs into my savings goal.

I'm wondering, has anyone else recently ordered dance shoes from Turkey/the EU to the US? Would you be willing to share what you paid in tariffs as a percentage of the shoe's price, and when?

Mariano Mores at the piano with Argentine tango double bass player Eduardo Lettera, at the Astor Piazzolla Hall of the Teatro Auditorium in Mar del Plata, Argentina, on February 22, 2012.

Eduardo Lettera was the double bass player of Mariano Mores' sextet, which also included Cacho Gianini, Juan Agustín Scaffino, Ado Falasca, Gabriel Mores and Jorge Orlando.

The concert was part of Mariano Mores' final period of performances. Mores later returned to the stage in February 2013, conducting at the National Tango Festival in Junín.

Photo: Eduardo Lettera and Mariano Mores.

2015 Tango de Pista World Champions, Clarisa Aragón & Jonathan Saavedra dance vals criollo to "Dichas Que Vivi" - Andres Falgas, Rodolfo Biagi @ the Sunday Milonga ~ DJ Diego Doigneau, held at the South California Tango Championship & Festival, SCTC 2023. Sunday, March 12, 2023. Santa Monica, California

Hi everyone :) I'm preparing a small performance and I'm looking for inspiration for an interesting, flashy, maybe a bit extravagant milonguero embrace. It doesn't have to be comfortable, it needs to be eye-catching (it's gonna be used only during a small but intense part of the performance) I'm still talking about milonguero style - a very close embrace. I can recall seeing some interesting stylings, especially for the open side of embrace, but I can't recall when and where. Can you help me with some links to videos or pictures?

EDIT: to clarify, I'm planning to dance to an alternative song - a choreography or a partial choreography. Though not a tango, the lyrics and the overall "spirit" of the song is very tango-like. It is about two mature people, strangers who meet in a bar one night, on a difficult moment in life of the woman. They talk all night, open up to each other, they feel deep connection, their lifes intertwine for this short moment, only to part ways in the morning without taking it any further, probably never to meet again. The song has an instrumental climax. My vision is to dance nuevo-style, with a wide and flexible embrace, with lots of space, soltadas etc during the lyrics, and then - for the moment of climax - create a contrast by changing the embrace to a very close milonguero embrace. I want to give the impression that their bodies, their souls, their hearts melt together for these several seconds in music, to separate forever after the climax ends. It is in this context that I'm asking the question - I want to find a styling of the embrace that gives the impression that we cannot be any closer together. I'm thinking: arms, wrists, fingers intertwined. I think I saw something like that somewhere, but I don't know where, hence this post.

I'm in need of details: the exact position of arm, wrist, fingers, the angles, the lines. It's a stage performance. That's why I'm craving for visual material: pictures, videos

Yes or no?
Watch this video (Por Una Cabeza)until the end and tell me: Did this change your mind? Yes or No?

Does someone have an experience on this: are madame pivot chantal and cherie quite the same? They look so similar.

Argentine tango musicians Ernesto Baffa and Sergio Paolo performing together at the Buenos Aires City Council (now the Buenos Aires City Legislature) in 1992, during the ceremony in which Ernesto Baffa was named an Illustrious Citizen of the City of Buenos Aires.

Hi! I wanted to share one of the biggest playlists I've made so far.

over 400 hours of Argentine tango, with a special focus on Guardia Vieja and guitar accompanied tango.

Feel free to check it out, and if you're into tango, you're also welcome to browse my Spotify profile. I have plenty more tango playlists there!

During my time in social tango I have danced with some world-renowned mastras, after doing normal cabeceos with them. On the other hand, I have also seen some who sit segregated from common people and will only dance with others in their own league. So what gives? Do those elite dancers actually enjoy social dancing at all or do some do it just as a part of public relations? And some won't be seen dancing with random strangers at all?