Tango Resources

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About Tango

Sotango
Visit this site to learn more about tango! There is a great short film about social tango by Yelizaveta Nersesova. If you are new to tango, this will give you a sense for the dance through the words and images of a wide variety of dancers. The film documents and shares the extensive and profound impact of social tango on people’s lives around the world. 
sotango.world

​The Heart of Tango
What is argentine tango? What makes it different form other dances? The core factors that define tango as a personal dance are examined in this film by american filmmaker Johnny Robinson.

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​Joe's Tango Podcast
This is an amazing resource for all students of tango! Here you'll find Joe's interviews with world-class Argentine tango instructors, event organizers, musicians, and DJs. The conversations are candid, insightful, and provide yet another inspirational learning tool for tango students of any level.
wisconsin-tango.com/podcast

​Patricio & Eva Tango Youtube Channel
Excellent instructional videos for dancers of all levels.

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Tango Space Youtube Channel
​A channel with a wide variety of short, interesting instructional videos.

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​Twenty-Two Tango Steps: Pronunciation and what they are!
Video by Argentine teachers/dancers Miriam Larici and Leonardo Barrionueovo. They have a great Youtube channel!

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A Guide to Tango Terminology​
An alphabetical index of tango terms. 
www.tejastango.com/terminology.html

​Todo Tango, Tango Music and History Resource​
​todotango.com/english

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​Veronica Toumanova,  Dancer, Teacher, Writer
Highly recommended by Angela! Insightful and inspiring essays on many aspects of tango. You can read the essays on her website, facebook, or buy her book on Amazon or Kindle.
verotango.com/essays
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​​Tango Embrace--An Act of Beauty

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Tango/Milonga Etiquette
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If you plan to do any social dancing, please make sure that you are knowledgable about tango etiquette! This is very important as the codes of the milonga exist to create a safe and fun environment for all dancers. This is essential knowledge if you plan to attend any milonga. Below are a few nice articles provided by instructors Clint Rauscher & Shelley Brooks and Arizona Tango & Liz Haight/PT Tango. Please let us know if you have any questions, we'd be happy to discuss them with you.
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• Codes of Argentine Tango​  (on this website click on the More webpage and a drop down of articles will appear)
• Tango Etiquette Part 1: General Milonga Etiquette​
• Tango Etiquette Part 2: Dance Floor Etiquette (Floorcraft)​

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Tango Music

​Tango Orchestras
Listening to tango music and becoming familiar with the different orchestras is a big part of learning tango. Honestly, just playing tango music and dancing around your house by yourself can really improve your dancing by helping you to really feel and hear the music. I didn't have a partner the first few years I was learning tango, and I would do this all the time. I think it really helped with my dancing. Lead or follow, you don't even have to be doing tango moves, just walking and playing around.

If you do not have any tango music of your own, you can use Pandora or Spotify to listen to a large selection of tango music. Enter in any of these orchestras and enjoy:  Carlos Di Sarli, Juan D'Arienzo, Edgardo Donato, Enrique Rodriguez, Ricardo Tanturi, Miguel Caló, Rodolfo Biagi, Osvaldo Pugliese, Gotan Project, Romantica Milonguera.
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Todo Tango, Tango Music and History Resource​
​www.todotango.com/english/
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The Music: Milonga, Tango, Vals

Insight To Tango
A video series exploring the origins of Argentine Tango music: who actually created it and when? Here are the people and stories. 

​Romantica Milonguera--a modern tango orchestra with a lot of fun music videos!

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Where to Tango

Tacoma, WA
​backstreettango.com

Seattle, WA
allseattletango.com
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Port Townsend, WA
tangopt.com

​Portland, OR
portlandtango.com