Argentine Tango School

Juan Carlos Thorry. Music at Escuela de Tango de Buenos Aires.

“Vida querida” by Osvaldo Fresedo y su Orquesta Típica, vocals by Ricardo Ruiz.

Juan Carlos Thorry

Singer, actor, composer and lyricist
(June 28, 1908 – February 12, 2000)

“My relationship with Tango is old, intimate, and sentimental. I was a young kid, and then my old man, who used to play guitar, taught me some accompaniments (dominant and tonic chords) with which I began my Argentine-Tango-Classes-San-Francisco-Bay-Area-Buenos-Airesearly «two-four» songs. Which melody would I have learned first? I remember, through the distant time, the counter line of “La cumparsita (Si supieras),” the one that says: «Si supieras, que aún dentro de mi alma…» And then, years later, «Buenos Aires, la reina del Plata…» or «Rechiflao en mi tristeza…» when I became acquainted with Carlos Gardel. My first long trousers, the end of my high school studies, and the time I entered the university are closely linked to my early experiences at dance halls. We danced to venues called then cabarets, which later became boites, nightclubs, and boliches. There we held a contest of twists and turned dancing with the best players of the period: Aníbal Troilo, Juan D’Arienzo, Osvaldo Fresedo, Osvaldo Pugliese, Edgardo Donato, Alfredo De Angelis, etc. They caressed our adolescent dreams with the most famous melodies.” Continue reading at www.todotango.com.

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Marcelo Solis

I was born in Argentina. Through my family and the community that saw my upbringing, I have been intimately involved with the culture of Tango all my life, and have been an Argentine Tango dance performer, choreographer and instructor for over 30 years. I profoundly love Tango dancing, music, and culture, particularly that of the Golden Era. I am a milonguero.

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