Neotangology

Introduction

I am a scientist and an engineer. From as far back as I can remember I have had a love of finding out how things[…]

My First Tango

Some people learn to dance to keep fit. Others go to classes in order to meet people or to get out of the house once[…]

The Origin of Tango

Tango is ubiquitous. It appears in films, in literature, in television series, and in art all over the world, although the accuracy of how it[…]

When Tango Stopped

In the previous article we saw that the tango culture in Buenos Aires had been brought to an unexpected standstill in the mid 1950s due[…]

Tango Argentino – The Tango Revival

In about 1980 something remarkable happened in the world of tango, although it is very likely that no-one realised its significance until much later. Hector[…]

Tango Nuevo and Neotango

As tango began to return to prominence, slowly at first in the seventies and then faster from the eighties and beyond, the term tango nuevo[…]

Intangible Cultural Heritage

It is all very well making statements like “Neotango is the modern evolution of tango”, but some sections of the traditional tango community have been[…]

Milongas and the Codigos

The culture and traditions of tango and the cultural and societal values of the River Plate region from the early twentieth century are intertwined and[…]