If you've wondered why the famous Argentine dance of tango has attracted numerous jazz artists from Gerry Mulligan to Wynton Marsalis, this stunningly passionate and informative overview of tango will ...

It is just as important to be well danced as it is to be well versed or well read. Robert Farris Thompson, Tango: An Art History of Love (Pantheon, 2005) Every Argentinian is proud of the tango. Yet, ...

On a sweltering evening in August several hundred people gathered in a ballroom on Capitol Hill in Seattle for an evening of exhibition tango dancing. The audience watched reverentially as ...

Listening to tango music enthralls the body into an emotional intensity that blends nostalgia, melancholy and raw passion.

Academy of Tango - Texas, Casa Argentina de Houston and the Department of International Studies at the University of St. Thomas host a conference focusing on the history of tango and its impact on ...

Astor Piazzolla occupies a unique position in modern musical composition. His work is as “popular” in its origins as jazz or blues, though it is frequently heard on classical-music stations—where his ...

Teatro Círculo continues its 30th Anniversary celebration with the world premiere of TANGO UNTANGLED, from April 12-21, 2024 created by Argentinian pianist Maurizio Najt, in a presentation of Jurukán ...

In “The Gods of Tango” (Alfred A. Knopf: 384 pp., $26.95), the third novel by Carolina de Robertis, a young girl named Leda takes a journey across the sea from the small Italian village of Alazzano to ...