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“Siete palabras” by Carlos Di Sarli y su Orquesta Típica, 1945.

Las siete palabras - tango de Prudencio Aragón. Escuela de Tango de Buenos Aires' music.Prudencio Aragón

Pianist and composer
(April 28, 1887 – November 4, 1963)

He was one of the figures of most significant importance in the early tango stage. He was regarded as a player with great precision and enormous rhythmical strength.

One of his achievements was terrific in his time and later for the tango researchers until the present: he said that his first tango: “El Talar”, a reasonably successful tune by that time, was composed when he was nine years old in 1895. Never was demonstrated anything to the contrary, and the doubts and conjectures never ceased. In case that was true, he would be the youngest composer in the history of Tango. Continue reading at www.todotango.com…

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“El bulín de la calle Ayacucho” by Anibal Troilo y su Orquesta Típica with Francisco Fiorentino in vocals, 1941.

“El bulín de la calle Ayacucho” by Anibal Troilo y su Orquesta Típica with Francisco Fiorentino in vocals, 1941.

José Servidio

Bandoneonist, leader and composer (18 March 1900 – 6 June 1969)

The lyrics of “El bulín de la calle Ayacucho” belong to Celedonio Flores and the music to the brothers José and Luis Servidio.

It has been a number with a wide popular acclaim.

The brothers used to sign together without caring whose part was more important.

So there were numbers entirely composed by Luis and other ones by José.

But when José was asked about “El bulín de la calle Ayacucho” he said it entirely belonged to him.

In 1923, Celedonio sent the lyrics of this new tango to José Servidio.

Referring to Negro Cele, José said: “We were friends since childhood. He lived on Velazco Street between Malabia and Canning. I composed the music in a couple of days. The apartment really existed on 1443 Ayacucho Street. It was a cozy little room in which we did not even miss mice.”

Read more about “El bulín de la calle Ayacucho” at www.todotango.com

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Presence

The physical presence of our partner, here and now, is an invitation that can either be accepted or refused, but is hard to postpone.

Marcelo Solis bailando tango con Lola en la milonga.Love is to demand improvement from each other.

Let’s do what we consider to be the best, in every moment, and do it in the most efficient way.

Let’s free ourselves from the actitudes which enclosed our bodies in a shell of prejudice, conformity and cowardice, a shell which made our body redundant.

Own it, care for it, use it, dance with it.

If we are not our body, it is at least a part of our world which remains present to us at all times.

Contemplate the continuity with ourselves, our body and the world with the other people in it.

Let’s be inspired to be productive, selecting creativity rather than inertia or anger. 

Words are an indispensable tool to determine our relationships to objects, both in the case of our interactions with things and in the interactions between people in relation to things (for instance: our belongings).

However, regarding interpersonal relationships, the objective word may be useless.

Challenge, creativity and embrace make most words superfluous.

Dance is a manifestation of our essential freedom of being, making existence beautiful.

Walking is at the root of our existence

Marcelo Solis bailando con LolaOur head is placed in an upright position, allowing for the development of powerful vision and an extraordinary brain; our arms and hands free from the task of locomotion, set to create new things and reshape the world.

Looking at your partner, making eye contact, is a very effective way to connect.

You walk towards your partner, already listening to the cadence of Tango music, which paces your steps.

Then, you offer your hand, full of sensitivity and dexterity. You embrace your partner: a stream of emotions flow.

You are dancing Tango.

Learn to dance Argentine Tango. Make your life a work of Art.

How to Tango

Marcelo-Solis-Enrosque. Argentine Tango dance classes for beginners, intermediate and advanced level. Argentine Tango dance Private lessons. one to one Argentine dance lessons. Argentine Tango dance lessons for couples. Argentine Tango Milongas and workshops.1– Let Tango call you, seduce you, charm you, bewitch you.

“Tango you are an enchanter
of those who listen to your sounds.
Tango you attract hearts,
with your sweet songs
and your bandoneons.”

2– Tango is embodied. You can see it. It is that person or that couple dancing, which lets you know -intuitively, but nevertheless as undoubtedly real to you as objective empirical knowledge- what Tango is.
You want to Tango because you want to be different from yourself. You know that you have not fully expressed all your capabilities. You have been exhausting yourself in many cul de sacs of life, never reaching a sense of self-approval with your achievements, never being satisfied with the recognition you receive from others: your boss, your colleagues, your friends or family.
When you see Tango, you can see it, you get a strong sensation of knowing what you could be.
You realize that it is not anything on the surface. It is in the deepest knots of your web of existence that Tango has to be rooted.
You must learn Tango from whom presented it to you. You must ask to that person or that couple who made you become electrified, amazed you and made you feel that you must dance Tango, to teach you, or to recommend to you someone from whom you need to learn it. Tango is not a commodity. You cannot get Tango like gas from a gas station. You do not look for an advertisement for tango lessons and go to the one that is closest to your home, the most convenient or the cheapest.

Néstor La Vitola & Mónica Paz dancing at Cachirulo milonga, October 2007.

3– Tango defies you, challenges you, faces you, shouts at you, demands from you, puts you through pain. Take it all. Be ready to feel uncomfortable, to have pointed out to you what you do not like about yourself and maybe always tried to ignore and hide. It will all float to the surface of Tango and you will need to deal with it face to face. Continue reading at Medium.com.