Tango music may have its origins in African slave drummers from Uruguay. April 12, 2013— -- If you think it's difficult to drink water while walking, or text while walking, or do anything except ...

It's easy to envision tango. Two dancers draped over one another, nose to nose, intertwining legs, quick stepping, spinning, dipping and almost pulsating with unbridled sensuality. It's just about the ...

Led and choreographed by Germán Cornejo, one of today's most influential tango artists, Tango After Dark comes to Québec for ...

Tango music has influenced many nations as it travels around the world. Tango My Passion, an episode of the Musical Discoveries series produced by Dr. Monika Krajewska, is a short documentary tracing ...

In this activity students will listen to and analyze characteristics of tango music, especially rhythm, and experiment with variations in tempo. Caeli Smith and Christoper O'Riley on stage at Carnegie ...

Nomad Tango presents three nights of extraordinary tango in celebration of Argentine tango. The shows, in celebration of Nomad tango’s fifth season in Santa Barbara, will be performed on August 3, ...

If you go to a milonga, or social dance, to do tango dancing in Buenos Aires, you’ll likely be doing it to live music. In western Massachusetts? No so much. Now, though, Western Mass Tango, which has ...

Since the late 19th century, Jewish immigrants in Argentina have had a love affair with the tango. From playing guitar, piano and accordion to writing music, singing and dancing, Jews have had a close ...

Alex Krebs had always expected to go to graduate school. But after earning degrees in physics and music from Reed College in 1999, he took a break. He started studying Argentine tango. Those lessons ...

"The first thing to know about tango," says pianist Polly Ferman, "is that it is city music." From Buenos Aires and Rio de la Plata, where it all began, to Paris, where it flourished for a time, to ...

For Astor Piazzolla and his “Le Grand Tango” work, it’s a little like the old TV commercials for Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups: Hey, you got chocolate on my peanut butter! You got peanut butter on my ...