Argentine Tango Blog

Marcelo Solis dancing Argentine Tango with Mimi in the San Francisco Bay Area

To dance well in Argentine Tango

June 17, 2022

To dance well, that is to say: to DANCE, we will have to organize our lives in that direction; I will not be able to dance well if my life develops away from that goal. Indeed, if what I long for is, for example, to make money, then my life will be oriented in that direction, in the direction of abstractions (money is an abstraction), very far from my actual body.

Marcelo Solis dancing Argentine Tango with Lola at Milonga Parakultural, Salón Canning, Buenos Aires 2022. Photo Monteleone.

What is dancing Argentine Tango?

April 23, 2022

Dancing Argentine Tango is to propose answers to the question "How to live?"

"Uno" by Juan D'Arienzo y su Orquesta Típica with Héctor Mauré in vocals, 1943.

March 27, 2022

Discépolo's work aroused interest in the field of thought. The Spaniard Camilo José Cela included him among his preferred popular poets and Ernesto Sábato had no doubt in identifying himself with his pessimistic philosophy.

How to become a good dancer –and keep getting better.

March 26, 2022

I like to share with you my experience and advice. So let's start with these exercises.

"Nos encontramos al pasar" by Lucio Demare y su Orquesta Típica with Horacio Quintana in vocals, 1945 (English translation of the lyrics).

January 15, 2022

"We meet as we pass You are the same, the same as yesterday, There is anxiety in your eyes And the same gray of dusk."

"El distinguido ciudadano" by Carlos Di Sarli y su Orquesta Típica, 1952.

January 7, 2022

Carlos Di Sarli’s reputation for musical elegance got him his nickname El Señor del Tango (The Gentleman of Tango).

"Boedo y San Juan" by Carlos Di Sarli y su Orquesta Típica with Roberto Rufino in vocals, 1943.

January 6, 2022

In 1943, Roberto Rufino returned with Di Sarli after a tour in Chile, and on December 17 of that year, the tango Boedo y San Juan was recorded, the last recording of Di Sarli-Rufino.

"Champagne Tango" by Juan D'Arienzo y su Orquesta Típica, 1938.

January 4, 2022

In his spare time, Manuel Aróztegui devoted himself to learn music: guitar, mandolin and violin. Finally he chose the piano.

Marcelo Solis dancing Argentine Tango with Mimi at Escuela de Tango de Buenos Aires virtual classes.

Why do I dance Argentine Tango?

December 27, 2021

I dance Tango because it provides me a sublime experience of joy and wisdom.

Marcelo Solis Argentine tango teacher posing with a bandoneon.

"Tango (Voz De Tango)" by Ricardo Tanturi y su Orquesta Típica with Alberto Castillo in vocals, 1942.

December 11, 2021

Among the artists of a very long career in our popular music, Sebastián Piana had stood out by the hierarchy and the sustained inventiveness of his oeuvre as a composer of amazing classics.