Ástor Piazzolla, the visionary Argentinian composer, band leader and bandoneon virtuoso who created the revolutionary nuevo tango style in the 1950s, is being celebrated around the world today, March ...

Astor Piazzolla occupies a unique position in modern musical composition. His work is as “popular” in its origins as jazz or blues, though it is frequently heard on classical-music stations—where his ...

Tango Buenos Aires, a high-energy tango dancing company that has traveled the world and will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Pabst Theater. Bring together the choreography of one world-renowned ...

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 ...

Historically, the tango has been at least as resistant to change as church music — odd, given that the former was born in the whorehouses of Argentina, the one place you’d think anything goes. Not so, ...

Tanghetto, a new wave electro-tango dance band from Buenos Aires, Argentina, will perform Saturday, July 7, at Bearsville Theater, 291 Tinker St., Woodstock. There will be a champagne meet and greet ...

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 ...

PRINCETON, New Jersey -- The romantic beats of tango have made their way from the streets of Buenos Aires, Argentina to Princeton, New Jersey. "Argentine tango has music that is very passionate and ...

Although nominally a musical, “Tanguera,” the dance spectacle briefly on display (through Oct. 18) at City Center, is more a showcase of all that thrills and excites about expert tango dancing — leggy ...