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Learn to dance at Escuela de Tango de Buenos Aires

Looking for things to do in Buenos Aires?

If you visit Buenos Aires, even for a short time, you can’t leave without taking Argentine Tango classes.

Get an introduction to the secrets of the romantic Argentine dance at Escuela de Tango de Buenos Aires, an institution dedicated to promoting and preserving the art of Tango, very well located in the Congreso area (Balvanera), close to “Subte” (underground) terminals, at the very center of the city, counting on a staff integrated by the very best Maestros, who will inspire and instruct you in group classes as well as private lessons.

You would like also going to a milonga (Argentine Tango dance party) where you will see the best Tango show: the milongueros (people who regularly dance since decades) dancing passionately in their own environment. Escuela de Tango de Buenos Aires assist you in making it a pleasant experience.

The city of Buenos Aires is a work of art. It would be wonderful to guide you through its neighborhoods: Palermo, Congreso, La Boca, Puerto Madero, San Telmo and end walking on Florida Street at downtown. Please contact us.

 

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Lito Bayardo con su guitarra.

“Duelo criollo” por Carlos Di Sarli y su Orquesta Típica con Jorge Durán, 1946.

Lito Bayardo

Guitarrista, cantor, compositor y letrista
(3 marzo 1905 – 7 marzo 1986)

Este artista rosarino, se encontró con la música de adolescente, cuando los estribillistas estaban por asomar en las orquestas y, todavía, los hermanos De Caro no habían hecho la aparición renovadora que causaría otro momento de inflexión, el definitivo, en la historia musical del tango.

Cuando más de medio siglo después le preguntaron sobre el tango actual, dijo: «Ha surgido una nueva teoría modernista que se basa en un tango cerebral, pero retorcido. Se ha subestimado la labor de los consagrados de la primera etapa para dar paso a una música de técnica endurecida y antipopular. Entre los músicos que lo interpretan hay grandes valores, pero han desvirtuado el ritmo del verdadero tango». Leer más.

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Ricardo Tanturi. Argentine Tango music at Escuela de Tango de Buenos Aires

“Pocas palabras” by Ricardo Tanturi y su Orquesta Típica with Alberto Castillo in vocals (1941)

Ricardo Tanturi: El caballero del tango

Pianist, leader and composer
(27 January 1905 – 24 January 1973)

The turn for records came in 1937 with an unforgettable piece recorded for Odeón, containing the instrumental version of “Tierrita” tango by Agustín Bardi, and “A la luz del candil”, with music written by the talented Carlos Vicente Geroni Flores, cruel lyrics by Julio Navarrine, and sang by Carlos Ortega. But Tanturi’s great success would come in 1939 when he incorporated Alberto Castillo, a great attraction for the public. Castillo, with his perfect tune, master ability in the use of pitches and mezza voce, seduced the audience in many possible ways: with his exaggerated gestures, his masculine elegance and neat hair style, his gynecologist degree (obtained in 1942) and that sometimes intimate sometimes lively mood, all of which made a show of each and every tango. Continue reading.

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