Share

Festival: Tango Buenos Aires Festival y Mundial

By Sarah Bons

Tango is loved the world over, but if you’re looking for a city to host a competition for the world’s greatest dancers, there’s really only one candidate: Buenos Aires. Every August, Argentina’s capital draws thousands of dancers, musicians and enthusiasts from around the world for the Tango Buenos Aires Festival y Mundial from August 17 to 27.

Competition hopefuls compete in one of two categories: Tango de Pista (salon tango) or Tango Escenario (stage tango). While the salon tango competition is stricter and more traditional, dancers in the stage...

Read this article on the Americas Quarterly website. | Subscribe to AQ.

Related

When Latin America Took the “Talking Cure”

An exhibition in London traces the history of psychoanalysis in the region, from dream-interpreting radio shows to Freud’s Peruvian connection.

Why Was Argentina’s 2001 Default So Contentious?

A new book retraces the 15 years of grueling litigation that followed but doesn’t emphasize the contractual changes it provoked.

Explore