Tango shows - Tango places, Buenos Aires

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These guys are phenominal. They did a 3 month seminar in La Manufactura Papelera in San Telmo and we were lucky enough to be here to attend most of the classes. If you are a serious tango dancer and Gustavo and Giselle are teaching in BA, you must take there classes.

20peso for 3 hour class
partner recommended
check the website for schedule
http://www.gustavoygiselle.com/

Dress Code: none but people dress well

El Beso is a traditional tango salon. Locals dress up smartly and all tango customs apply here. It’s a bit stuffy but very interesting to watch the old style tango. It´s a really show just watching the customs of asking one to dance.

Classes offered most days of the week and before all the milongas.

Tuesday-Sunday

Dress Code: Dress well here, it´s serious business.

This is a huge venue that is always packed full of people. Dancers tend to be beginners but classes are offered to Intermediates, and Advanced as well. The dances feel like wedding parties.

Classes of tango, milonga, rock, and salsa
Tuesday- Sunday

– Tel 4774-6357 or 4779-0030
info@lavirutatango.com – www.lavirutatango.com

Dress Code: People look nice here but there is no dress code.

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El Motivo has the best of the new tango generation neo tango instruction. Their classes are based upon techniques learned from Gustavo Naveira and Fabian Salas. The level of dancing at the Practicas and Milongas are high.
Mondays 6:30pm Seminars with Advanced/Intermediate
Tuesdays 8pm beginners
Tuesdays 9pm intermediate 1
Thursday 7:30pm intermediate 2
Saturday Milonga 11pm/ every second Saturday with live orquestra
Monday Practica 8:30pm
Thursday Practica 9pm
Private Classes available

Valencia Batiuk 155 641 7993
Dina Martinez 4923 9283
Luciana Valle 4771 7483
elmotivotango@hotmail.com

Villa Malcom

Dress Code: Dress is very alternative and very casual

We had time for two tango shows while in Buenos Aires, Cafe Tortoni was the better of the two shows that we saw. Tango shows range from the small clubs like this one to the Las Vegas style glitz of the shows like Senor Tango, I wanted to see a more intimate show so we booked here for an 8:30 show on a Friday night. We were able to book by stopping by, they were booked for Thursday but had availiability for the next evening.

They have you get there about 1/2 hour early to get seated and get your drinks, the crowd seemed to be a mix of visitors and locals. There's also a snack menu, we got a cheese and sausage platter that was ample enough that we didn't have dinner.

The entire show is in Spanish, the singing, the banter, but even for us with a limited knowledge of Spanish, we could get the gist of the performance. The music here was more what I think of as classic tango music than the other show we saw, the singer alternated with the pair of dancers who were sexy and incredibly talented.

The show is performed in very tight quarters, you will likely be very cozy with your neighbors and I was sure that the female dancers was going to impale one of the musicians with her stillettos! Even the small round tables are set up for 3 or 4 people, we ended up with a solo traveler at our table

Dress Code: No real dress code, the local folks all seemed to be dressed very nicely (suits on men, dress slacks and glittery tops on the women), the tourists were a bit more casual.

Many Tango street preformers come out after dark and can be found in all the nicer areas of the city. We saw many of them with huge crowds around them which is to be expected in the homeland that dance. The street preformers are not bad and if you are only kind of interested in seeing Tango it is much cheaper than seeing a show.

We asked our hotel about a nice tango show to go see on David's birthday and they steered us to Q 1920, they said it wasn't a Las Vegas glitzy show like Senor Tango but that it was more intimate and that the food was better than most tango shows because they were attached to El Querundi restaurant.

Our evening started off on the wrong foot when all the tango show patrons had been picked up and we were still in the lobby, our hotel hadn't made our reservations. They called us a taxi and assured us we wouldn't get the worst seat in the house, "I'm a good friend with the hostess" our concierege says. Well, I'd hate to see what his enemies do to him, we did indeed end up with the worst table in the house.

We then take a look at the menu and there's only one option for dinner and we're eyeing the door looking for the escape route. But then our waiter brings over the real menu (the first one was from the large company function there that night) and there's several choices so we decided to stay.

The food was good but I really can't say much for the show, seemed to be just one notch above a high school talent show and none of the performers seemed to be excited to be there.

Cafe Tortoni is one of the oldest cafes in Buenos Aires. Time seems to have stopped when you're there, as they preserve the furniture, lamps,atmosphere, an even the waiters! in the way it was when this place was opened, in 1858. What made this caf? so important was the fact that it was frequented by artists, writeres and such.
There are excellent tango shows in a small room (which in my opinion makes the experience more cosy and personal) they have at the back, higly recommendable. Book a table beforehand! And check their webpage for timetables, as sometimes you only get musicians and singers and no dancers.
Ticket price: 25 pesos (around 8 US dollars)