About Very Tango

This site is for all you tango addicts out there - tangueros¹ and milengueros² - a service for the global tango community, to provide music, history, terms, links, tutorials, tango humor... in short, Everything About Tango!

This website is constantly growing with new material - you are invited to come back often. The aim is to share the exploration of this beautiful culture we call tango.

If something is missing or needs changing?

If anything is missing or needs updating please let us know via the Contact page. This site is run voluntarily so please have patience.

Credit and Attribution

YouTube videos and most photographs on this website are sourced externally, and both ownership and grateful appreciation are attributed to these sources. Geotargetting is via the MaxMind service. Other than that, except where expressly stated, all material on this website has been authored by and belongs to Eran Braverman (with some assistance in ideas from Gabe Braverman). Other websites are welcome to LINK to any page on this www.verytango.com website, and may freely do so without requesting permission. Material may not be copied (reproduced) in another website or any other form without express permission. Please use the Contact page to clarify any matters. If you are looking for Melbourne Tango see the Melbourne Tango Calendar page.

What is tango?

Tango is sensual and passionate, enabling one to communicate to another through dance and music. For the vast majority of dancers it is not competitive and there are no levels to attain. It's danced not to an audience, but for oneself and the partner. Anyone, of any age, can learn the posture, the musicality, the steps - but the combination of these is completely improvised, so that no two dances are ever the same.

Tango can be learnt quickly, but takes a lifetime to master.

The addiction

Tango is more than exceptionally enjoyable – it is addictive:

• Every dance is a new experience, a new connection, a new encounter, with rediscovered magic
• The music that is danced to is simply sublime
• The challenge and motivation to become a great dancer is eternal
• It provides a ready-made social life, every day of the week, any city in the world
• It is a hobby that is exciting and exhilarating

This video describes tango - anywhere, anytime - so well, that adding it to the site was irresistible.

This video (and you must wait until you see the end of it) is a most beautiful Show Tango performance.

Sentada - Javier and Geraldine

¹ Tanguero: [tan-ge-ro] -n. person deeply passionate about any part of tango, such as its history or music [Fem. tanguera]
² Milenguero: [mi-len-ge-ro] -n. person whose life revolves around dancing tango and the philosophy of tango. A title given by other tango dancers to someone who has mastered the tango dance and embodies the essence of tango [Fem. milonguera].

Quote of the Day What worries? I am just here to dance! Tango is one of the great wonders of Argentina. -Alberto Pajesz

Today in Tango 1929, February 5 – GARDEL SINGS AT PARIS OPERA HOUSE 1913, February 4 – BIRTH OF SABINA OLMOS 1955, February 3 – PREMIERE “MERCADO DE ABASTO” 2002, February 2 – Dutch Crown Prince Weds Argentinean 1898, February 1 – BIRTH OF JUAN BAUTISTA GUIDO 1898, January 31 – BIRTH OF MARIA LUISA CARNELLI 1929, January 30 – PREMIERE OF “PANDORA’S BOX” 1926, January 29 – BIRTH OF ROBERTO GOYENECHE 1970 January 28 – BIRTH OF CARLA ALGERI 1988, January 27 – PREMIERE OF “TANGO BAR”   From: todayintango.wordpress.com   To become a Today In Tango author,   inquire on their site.

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