Here are some images that I have collected over the years of Argentine Tango dance.

Interesting interview with Juan Topalian. He plays a live radio recording from 1947 of Di Sarli playing a version of "Nido Gaucho" where the first part is sung in Spanish and the second part in English.

He also discusses an outdoor milonga where the dance floor was the size of 20 basketball courts and where 10,000 people danced.

This week's tanda is a playful set by the Edgardo Donato with Horacio Lagos and Lita Morales singing.

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With it being Darwin Day, I thought I would tie that in with Tango, since the name of the tango group that I am a part of is Tango Evolution. 

Of course, Tango is always evolving, but I was thinking more on a day to day basis and the concept in evolution of: performance, feedback, revision. This is essentially how evolution through natural selection works. In Tango, we do something very similar: we try something (performance), we see how it works out (feedback) and then we make any necessary changes (revision)... and repeat.

We also have to constantly adapt to the music, to the other dancers on the dance floor and especially to our dance partners. Those that can best adapt are often the most successful dancers. 

Wonderful song.. some of these less well known orchestra's put out some very good music, but they are difficult to find. Antonio Rodio was a violinist, who played for several well known orchesta including Calo and Maffia. He formed his own orchestras in the 1940s and recorded 16 tracks including this one.

This week's tanda is an elegant set by the Carlos di Sarli with Alberto Podestá singing.

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