“Pura maña” by Alfredo De Ángelis y su Orquesta Típica, 1943.
Pedro Maffia
Bandoneonist, leader, composer, teacher (28 August 1899 – 16 October 1967)
It is not known what secret gift made Pedro Maffia find in the core of the bandoneon sounds that nobody had discovered before.
Maffia was who delivered the bandoneon needed by this popular genre so to leave behind the playful Guardia Vieja and turn serious, concentrated, fairly dreaming and frequently sad.
As composer, very few were like him. Among his great tangos, stands out “Pura maña”
“La piba de los jazmines” by Ricardo Malerba y su Orquesta Típica with Orlando Medina in vocals, 1943.
Ricardo Malerba
Bandoneonist, leader and composer (24 August 1905 – 29 June 1974)
He was lucky to live, in his beginnings, in the tango ambience of the late twenties, to travel to Europe and take part of a bohemia that shaped him artistically. His orchestra was known either for the quality of its sound or the swinging attributes of its rhythm.
Among his compositions these stand out “La piba de los jazmines”
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Argentine Tango dancing by Blas Catrenau & Luciana Guido
Dancing milonga and tango at Cachirulo milonga for Luciana’s birthday, February 25, 2012.
Blas Catrenau
He started dancing tango in his early youth among other young men at the practice studio of Crisol and Verné. At the early ‘90s, he started organizing “milongas” himself. From 2003 to 2009 he leaded “La Milonguita”, one of the most famous “milongas” in Buenos Aires. In 2002 he won the First Metropolitan Tango Championship in Buenos Aires. In 2003 he obtained the Tango Teacher degree released by Buenos Aires City Government. He was then authorized to teach at the Centro Educativo del Tango de Buenos Aires (CETBA), created by Masters and Dancers Gloria and Rodolfo DINZEL. His passion for dancing as well as the harmony he shares with his partners, and the gracefulness of his movements, capture and celebrate the essence of traditional TANGO.
Luciana Guido
She was Blas’ dance partner for several years. She was born in Buenos Aires. She studied with maestros milongueros and then techniques for women with many tango teachers. She taught at the “Escuela de Tango de Buenos Aires” and for a year and half, in Paris. Much of her international career as a teacher and dancer was developed in Europe. Due to her interest in popular culture, she took the postgraduate course “Social and Political History of the Argentine Tango” (FLACSO Virtual, 2014). She was recently co-director of the thesis “Barrio de tango, luna y misterio …”, based on the relationship between the neighborhood and tango lyrics.
Argentine Tango dancing by Néstor La Vitola & Enriqueta Kleinman
Dancing to Pugliese in Ann Arbor, MI on 17 May, 2008.
Néstor La Vitola
A great milonguero from Buenos Aires, who loves Pugliese’s music, and shows this love when he dances to it.
Enriqueta Kleinman (1953-2014)
Enriqueta has danced tango for over 17 years. She had taught group and private classes in Buenos Aires and all over the world. She was an expert in Salon Tango – Milonguero Style, Tango Waltz and Milonga.
