Tango history, music, dancers...
Tango history and music
todotando.com - a unique collection of information about tango history, tango dancers, musicians and singers. This website was recognized as a resource of national importance by Argentinian government.
toTango.net - a large selection of restored tango music. Many of tracks in our collections came from this resource.
tangotunes.com - a company founded by tango enthusiasts to transfer Golden Age tango music from old shellac disks. They make a point of bringing the sound tone (high and low) as close to natural as possible. Out of principle, they do not perform noise suppression because it hurts the high frequency range of the recordings. They were able to obtain large collections from private collectors and have very rare recordings for sale (they call recordings "transfers").
Joe's Tango podcast - 150+ interviews with people involved in tango as teachers, performers, musicians, event organizers, and just social dancers with experience. This podcast is available on multiple platforms: just Google "Joe's Tango podcast" to get it.
Teachers and dancers
- El Adiós (Edgardo Donato) - San Francisco 2008
- Viejo Porton (Rodolfo Biagi) - San Francisco 2008
- El Acomodo (Edgardo Donato) - San Francisco 2008
- Fabian Salas & Lola Diaz 1/5 by Sivis'Art
- Fabian Salas & Lola Diaz 2/5 by Sivis'Art
- Fabian Salas & Lola Diaz 3/5 by Sivis'Art
- Fabian Salas & Lola Diaz 4/5 by Sivis'Art
- Fabian Salas & Lola Diaz 5/5 by Sivis'Art
Gustavo Naveira and Giselle Anne
Gustavo and Giselle are our most favorite teachers. Gustavo is credited for creating a new method of teaching tango with a clear structure, which helped to bring a revival of Argentine Tango in Argentina and the world. Gustavo and Giselle travel the world with their "Naveira Method" and regularly teach in their dance schools in Boulder, Colorado, and in Buenos Aires. Here is their website: Gustavo and Giselle
Here is a video of their recent performance after a series of workshops in Toronto.
These are some dances from Youtube:
Here are our reflections on studying with them for the first time in 2010:
Guillermo Merlo and Fernanda Ghi
Guillermo and Fernanda are extraordinary masters among a new generation of tango dancers. Currently based in Boston, they traveled the world and their dance skills and choreography are truly outstanding. We met them briefly but their impact on us was enormous. Here are some of their dances for you to enjoy:
We recall our experiences with Guillermo in the facebook post:
Update 2019: Unfortunately, this wonderful dance couple split and does not perform any more...
Fabian Salas
Fabian Salas is amazingly inventive dancer and teacher. He had several partners over his tango career.
Here are some of his wonderful performances with his current partner and wife, Lola Diaz:
We wrote a few lines about him in our facebook post:
Kara Wenham
Kara is our long-time teacher. She is a former student of Gustavo Naveira. She is currently based in Berlin, Germany. Watch her performances on Youtube - they are truly outstanding.
Alvaro and Liz on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/alvaro.caseres.108