When you hear the word “tango,” several thoughts probably come to mind: It’s dance music. It’s played by men. And it’s strictly a Latin genre. San Francisco pianist Sumi Lee challenges all three ...

WASHINGTON — Standing under multicolored lights in a Columbia Heights studio, the tango instructor told her students to find a partner and practice the dance’s basic position, an intimate embrace ...

The Lord of the Strings concert series takes the stage for Opus 7 of 12, Dancing to the Strings — a once-in-a-lifetime collaboration between master violinist Wai Mizutani, pianist Xiao-Long Chen and ...

A Japanese couple outdanced the Argentines and more to win the traditional salon category at the Tango Dance World Championship. A Japanese couple outdanced the Argentines and more to win the ...

This past June, the International American Ballet presented Tango Metamorphosis, a performance blending traditional tango with contemporary ballet and live music. The event, held at the Consulate ...

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 ...

In Luis Bravo's experience it takes three to tango. In the dance extravaganza Forever Tango, Bravo is an integral part of each couple's performance. And he invites the audience to share in what is ...

After years of feeling excluded from the elegant Argentine dance, gay and trans partners are bringing more creativity to its traditionally male and female roles. The elegant and sensual Argentine ...

New York choreographer Kate Weare has long had a fascination with Argentine tango and the inextricable duality it represents. In “Drop Down,” a duet she created in 2006 and presented in 2012 at the ...

Buenos Aires is a city that lives and breathes tango. The dance form is an integral part of the city's culture and history. For those who wish to experience tango like a local, milongas are the best ...