Sedes

Fotografía

Within the framework of the activities to be held in Harrods, Fernando Dvoskin and Axel Alexander will be exhibiting their photographs of the 2008 edition of the Tango Festival. In addition, the book containing that material will be presented.

Installations

The world of comics and illustration found its way into the permanent exhibitions, with small displays of tango-related works by many renowned artists, including Nine, Sábat, Tute and Muñoz.

Products Fair

A tango-related Products Fair will be taking place in Harrods’s great hall, taking full advantage of its strategic point and huge windows facing Florida pedestrian street. This space, developed in collaboration with the General Direction of Creative Industries, attempts to appeal to the local community as well as to promote the internationalisation of the “tango product.” The CMD will carefully select manufacturers so that later on, from the Department of International Trade, an internationalisation strategy for this sector can be developed.

Milonga Las Morochas

By teachers from the most representative schools in Buenos Aires. Take part in the unique experience of dancing tango.

Free Lessons. The admission begins 10 minutes before the class.

Tango Salón

Bokova celebrates the lives of the tangueros and tangueras, old milongueros, local and foreign dancers of all ages, all of whom share stories of tango and love.
At the Confitería Ideal, there is an atmosphere of eternal romance, haunted by the old 20s orchestras and the melodies of the tango ensembles that echoed between its columns in the 40s and 50s, and the dreams of poets who were reinventing the world at their tables.

By Jana Bokova
Argentina, 2004, 70 min, colour.

Bandoneonaso - Generación 85-90

Alfredo Piro - Guitarra Negra - Homenaje a las milongas de Alfredo Zitarrosa

Fundación Tango Argentino

By teachers from the most representative schools in Buenos Aires. Take part in the unique experience of dancing tango.

Free Lessons. The admission begins 10 minutes before the class.

Karina Beorlegui - Los primos Gabino

Astor por Escalandrum

Milonga Porteño y Bailarín

By teachers from the most representative schools in Buenos Aires. Take part in the unique experience of dancing tango.

Free Lessons. The admission begins 10 minutes before the class.

El Torcán

Luis Cardei always had a smile on his face in spite of his haemophilia. Supported by the love of his mother, wife and son, he manages to overcome the ordeal. After thirty years of singing tango in bars and nightclubs, he finally fulfils his lifelong dream: to become a renowned Buenos Aires singer.

By Gabriel Arregui
Argentina, 2008, 105 min, colour.

Julio Pane

Tango y Cabaret - Casak - Del Mazo

A good deal of the heyday of the typical orchestras in the 1940s and 1950s went by in the semidarkness of cabarets, heering up those nights of tango and dance. From Chantecler to Tibidabo, a whole mythology was born, which later extended to the lyrics, the cinema, the low life of “Milonguita” and the memories of those who witnessed the activity of the two nightclubs. However, his legend still mystifies us. How was the everyday life of the tango musicians in the cabaret? Were families allowed? Which were the emblematic orchestras in each venue? Was the admission unaffordable? Focusing on the indissoluble relationship between tango and cabaret in the forties and fifties, this lecture coordinated by journalists Mariano del Mazo and Andrés Casak gathered the musicians and researchers who can shed light on a topic that is as fascinating as it is hazy. Juan Carlos Godoy will be livening up the occasion with his songs.

By Mariano del Mazo and Andrés Casak.

Tango Brujo

By teachers from the most representative schools in Buenos Aires. Take part in the unique experience of dancing tango.

Free Lessons. The admission begins 10 minutes before the class.

34 Puñaladas

Tanghetto, San Telmo Lounge, Hip Hop Mario Rizzo, Dj Inca

Fernando Galera y Vilma Vega

The connection between the partners and their command of the dance floor

How to handle the dynamics and shades of the music. Open and close embrace in the same sequence. Colgadas (hangers) and volcadas (tip-overs) from the close embrace.

By Fernando Galera and Vilma Vega

Payable lesson. Admisson at Harrods front desk.

Price: $60 (3 classes)

Clínicas de estilo orquestal: El Estilo Aníbal Troilo

The festival offers four clinics for the technical analysis of compositions for typical orchestras.
Form Monday 17 to Wednesday 19, always at 11am, the sessions will delve into the key features of the orchestras of Aníbal Troilo, Carlos Di Sarli and Osvaldo Pugliese, respectively; and the closing session, on Thursday 20, will focus on the analysis of the work of contemporary composers for different tango ensembles. The clinics will be held by Julián Peralta, and a group of students of the Escuela Orlando Goñi will play some exemplifying pieces.

Parakultural

By teachers from the most representative schools in Buenos Aires. Take part in the unique experience of dancing tango.

Free Lessons. The admission begins 10 minutes before the class.

Ana María Schapira

Tango milonguero

Simple and complex figures will be studied. Their technique. Movement around the dance floor. The embrace and the connection between the partners. Rhythm and musicality.

By Ana Schapira.

Payable lesson. Admisson information at Harrods front desk.

Price: $25 (1 class)

Crepúsculo Rojo

The lives of Michel (Bruno Putzulu), Clara (Marisa Paredes) and David (Féodor Atkine) are marked by a tumultuous past in Buenos Aires which now, in Paris, brings their paths together. This “other side of the world,” that haunts the characters’ present, has left a different mark on each one of them. The stories of the three characters are tragically intertwined without them noticing it.

By Edgardo Cozarinsky
France/Spain, 2003, 90 min, colour.

Tango y Box - Osvaldo Príncipi

Boxing is the sport that has been most related to tango throughout the history of the city of Buenos Aires. It is nearly a century-long relationship that has placed the stars of the ring in the annals of tango history. Moreover, many tango aces hit the ring: among them are Celedonio Flores and Cátulo Castillo, whose skills were registered in many a chronicle. These tangos, made into “video clips,” will be watched and discussed in the 90-minute lecture given by specialised journalist Osvaldo Príncipi. The lecture will provide the opportunity to recall –with official bibliography–
different anecdotes of outstanding tango figures and to evoke, by means of archive material, the close bond between tango and boxing. How did boxing found a place in tango lyrics? Are people aware of the fact that the two disciplines have a shared vocabulary? What is the ranking of favourite tangos with boxingrelated lyrics and how where their authors’ inspired to write them? These are some of the topics to be discussed.

By Osvaldo Príncipi

El Yotivenco

Leopoldo Fedrico. El inefable bandoneón del tango

Orquesta Leopoldo Federico

Fernando Galera y Vilma Vega

The connection between the partners and their command of the dance floor

How to handle the dynamics and shades of the music. Open and close embrace in the same sequence. Colgadas (hangers) andvolcadas (tip-overs) from the close embrace.

By Fernando Galera and Vilma Vega

Payable lesson. Admisson at Harrods front desk.

Price: $60 (3 classes)

Clínicas de estilo orquestal: El estilo Di Sarli

The festival offers four clinics for the technical analysis of
compositions for typical orchestras. Form Monday 17 to Wednesday 19, always at 11am, the sessions will delve into the key features of the orchestras of Aníbal Troilo, Carlos Di Sarli and Osvaldo Pugliese, respectively; and the closing session, on Thursday 20, will focus on the analysis of the work of contemporary composers for different tango ensembles. The clinics will be held by Julián Peralta, and a group of students of the Escuela Orlando Goñi will play some exemplifying pieces.

El Motivo

By teachers from the most representative schools in Buenos Aires. Take part in the unique experience of dancing tango.

Free Lessons. The admission begins 10 minutes before the class.

Gabriela Elías

Milonga con traspié

Communication between the partners: clarity in leading the partner and sensitivity to the lead. Rhythm and musicality. Embellishments and cadencia (cadence).

By Gabriela Elías.

Payable lesson. Admisson information at Harrods front desk.

Price:$20 (1 class)

Notas de Tango

This mixture of documentary and fiction tells the story of a
filmmaker who intends to make a film on tango and with this in mind sets about looking for an actor to play the leading role, while working in its preproduction and carrying out a research work including interviews with musicians, dancers and film critics.

By Rafael Filipelli
Argentina, 2000, 88 min, colour

Ricacosa - Morgare - Leyton

Olga Besio

By teachers from the most representative schools in Buenos Aires. Take part in the unique experience of dancing tango.

Free Lessons. The admission begins 10 minutes before the class.

Cantaré hasta el final, de Héctor Negro

Rodolfo Mederos Trío

Fernando Galera y Vilma Vega

The connection between the partners and their command of the dance floor

How to handle the dynamics and shades of the music. Open and close embrace in the same sequence. Colgadas (hangers) and volcadas (tip-overs) from the close embrace.

By Fernando Galera and Vilma Vega

Payable lesson. Admisson at Harrods front desk.

Price: $60 (3 classes)

Clínicas de estilo orquestal: El estilo Pugliese

The festival offers four clinics for the technical analysis of compositions for typical orchestras.
Form Monday 17 to Wednesday 19, always at 11am, the sessions will delve into the key features of the orchestras of Aníbal Troilo, Carlos Di Sarli and Osvaldo Pugliese, respectively; and the closing session, on Thursday 20, will focus on the analysis of the work of contemporary composers for different tango ensembles. The clinics will be held by Julián Peralta, and a group of students of the Escuela Orlando Goñi will play some exemplifying pieces.

Escuela Argentina de Tango

By teachers from the most representative schools in Buenos Aires. Take part in the unique experience of dancing tango.

Free Lessons. The admission begins 10 minutes before the class.

Mora Godoy

Tango for the stage

The creator of the multi-prize-winning musical Tanguera reveals her secrets for the stage. Trained as a ballet dancer at the Instituto Superior de Arte of the Teatro Colón, she continued her education in Russia. Back in Buenos Aires, Mora Godoy took part in the Modern Jazz Ballet and the company Tango x 2. In 2001, she premiered the musical Tanguera, which has been touring the world non-stop ever since. She has also directed the shows Tango fatal, Los Creadores, Tango Emoción and Tangorama. She was in charge of the choreographies of dancer Maximiliano Guerra for the shows Tangos Mirando al Sur (2001) and Tango Vertiginoso (2004). She has been directing her own tango school for ten years.

By Mora Godoy.

Payable lesson. Admisson information at Harrods front desk.

Price: $50 (1 class)

3 Minutos

3 Minutos interweaves the experiences of four women of Buenos Aires who do not know each other and lead very different lives from one another. During the unfolding of their day they confront problems and disappointments of a very personal nature. But for each one the moment arrives when they must put the day aside and escape into another world, to put on their tango shoes and go to the milonga to dance, to fulfil a desire, a need, even if it’s only for the few minutes that a tango lasts.

By Eva Baratta
Argentina/Italy, 2004, 76, colour.

Carolina Pizzo

By teachers from the most representative schools in Buenos Aires. Take part in the unique experience of dancing tango.

Free Lessons. The admission begins 10 minutes before the class.

Tangovía y el Archivo Digital del Tango

Adriadna Naveira y Fernando

By teachers from the most representative schools in Buenos Aires. Take part in the unique experience of dancing tango.

Free Lessons. The admission begins 10 minutes before the class.

Veneno de Tango, de Ramiro Gigliotti

Soledad Villamil: Morir de Amor

Malena Taber y Lucas Galera

Salon Tango: the walk and embrace

The lesson begins by focusing on the awareness of each dancer’s body as a means of acknowledging the partner and thus being able to function as a couple.

By Malena Taber & Lucas Galera.

Payable lesson. Admisson information at Harrods front desk.

Price: $20 (1 class)

Clínicas de estilo orquestal: Análisis de Orquestación de Nuevas Formas

The festival offers four clinics for the technical analysis of
compositions for typical orchestras.
Form Monday 17 to Wednesday 19, always at 11am, the sessions will delve into the key features of the orchestras of Aníbal Troilo, Carlos Di Sarli and Osvaldo Pugliese, respectively; and the closing session, on Thursday 20, will focus on the analysis of the work of contemporary composers for different tango ensembles. The clinics will be held by Julián Peralta, and a group of students of the Escuela Orlando Goñi will play some exemplifying pieces.

La Viruta

By teachers from the most representative schools in Buenos Aires. Take part in the unique experience of dancing tango.

Free Lessons. The admission begins 10 minutes before the class.

Carla Marano y Javier Antar

New tango: structure-technique-elements

Structure of the dance and techniques of movement. Rhythmic
sequences with possible combinations of sacadas, ganchos (hooks) and boleos. Synchronisation of both roles.

By Javier Antar and Carla Marano

Payable lesson. Admisson at Harrods front desk.

Price: $40 (2 classes)

Payable lesson. Admisson information at Harrods front desk.

Tango Deseo

“Cozarinsky goes back to his distant origins, the Porteño popular culture. But there is a present, that of the company Tangokinesis and choreographer Ana María Stekelman. The bodies of dancers move about a mysterious space, dancing to the rhythm of the orchestras of the city. The film opens with a dance lesson on classic techniques, but the warmth of tango and the sensuality of the dancers go some steps further. New horizons unfold in the enclosed world of this dance of obscure rituals. There are no words or reflections; only bodies, dancing, a camera and the fervour of the two dancers” (Néstor Tirri).

By Edgardo Cozarinsky
Argentina, 2002, 26 min, colour.

Carolina Rivero

By teachers from the most representative schools in Buenos Aires. Take part in the unique experience of dancing tango.

Free Lessons. The admission begins 10 minutes before the class.

Dos encuentros con los principales coleccionistas de Tango

Fabiola Susman

By teachers from the most representative schools in Buenos Aires. Take part in the unique experience of dancing tango.

Free Lessons. The admission begins 10 minutes before the class.

Qué saben los pitucos, de Andrea Matallana

Tango Jazz Club: Franzetti - Marconi - Bergalli - Aslán

Jorge Manganelli y Jessica Grumberg

Social dance

The lesson will focus on the sensitivity and clarity of the message as the basis of improvisation and its application in salidas and sacadas which can be performed on the dance floor.

By Jorge Manganelli and Jessica Grumberg.

Payable lesson. Admisson information at Harrods front desk.

Price: $25 (1 class)

El tango brasileño, por Humberto Aruajo

However surprising, Brazilian tango exists and its charming history is closely related to the presence of African descendants in that country.
Humberto Araujo, a renowned saxophonist, arranger, researcher and, since a couple of months ago, Under-Secretary of Culture of Rio de Janeiro, will give a lecture on this fascinating subgenre, aided with music pieces.

By Humberto Araujo.
Moderator: Camila do Valle.

Estudio DNI Tango

By teachers from the most representative schools in Buenos Aires. Take part in the unique experience of dancing tango.

Free Lessons. The admission begins 10 minutes before the class.

Carla Marano y Javier Antar

New tango: structure-technique-elements

Structure of the dance and techniques of movement. Rhythmic sequences with possible combinations of sacadas, ganchos (hooks) and boleos. Synchronisation of both roles.

By Javier Antar and Carla Marano.

Payable lesson. Admisson at Harrods front desk.

Price: $40 (2 classes)

Tango Salón

Bokova celebrates the lives of the tangueros and tangueras, old milongueros, local and foreign dancers of all ages, all of whom share stories of tango and love.
At the Confitería Ideal, there is an atmosphere of eternal romance, haunted by the old 20s orchestras and the melodies of the tango ensembles that echoed between its columns in the 40s and 50s, and the dreams of poets who were reinventing the world at their tables.

By Jana Bokova
Argentina, 2004, 70 min, colour.

Ana Carla Romera

By teachers from the most representative schools in Buenos Aires. Take part in the unique experience of dancing tango.

Free Lessons. The admission begins 10 minutes before the class.

Fonografía

The history of phonography. Lost albums on extinct formats

Following last year’s experience, the other two gatherings of collectors will be coordinated by researcher and teacher Gabriel Soria, the vice presdent of the Academia Nacional del Tango (Tango National Academy). The collectors will be talking about their extensive experience in treasuring albums, and the audience will delight in the sound of historic pieces in their original formats. The first meeting will deal with the art of recording, with the guest presence of José Soler, a musician, violinist and recording engineer of the Odeón studio since the fifties. He was the technical engineer of the orchestras of Osvaldo Pugliese, Alfredo De Angelis, Aníbal Troilo, Roberto Firpo and Francisco Canaro. He will be recounting anecdotes about those years when the great classics were being recorded. The second session will feature the participation of Héctor Lucci, a collector of phonographic devices and cylinders, and Bruno Cespi, who boasts a massive collection of photographs and scores. Lost recordings on different formats will be played and discussed by them and a group of fellow collectors.

Dos encuentros con los principales coleccionistas de Tango

Martín y Regina

By teachers from the most representative schools in Buenos Aires. Take part in the unique experience of dancing tango.

Free Lessons. The admission begins 10 minutes before the class.

Tango 101 Discos, de Héctor Benedetti

Orquesta Típica Julián Peralta

Quinteto de la Asociación Tamgocontempo

De la parrilla al tango jazz - Experiencias de improvisación, por Pablo Aslán

Pablo Aslán is a double bass player. Settled in New York, he treads the paths of tango and jazz with equal competence. In a different way, improvisation is a common element to both genres and with this clinic, aimed at instrumentalists in general, Aslán offers a systematic approach with tools that bridge the gap between them.

By Pablo Aslán.

Milonga Sunderland - Carlos y Rosa Pérez

By teachers from the most representative schools in Buenos Aires. Take part in the unique experience of dancing tango.

Free Lessons. The admission begins 10 minutes before the class.

Milonga La Baldosa

By teachers from the most representative schools in Buenos Aires. Take part in the unique experience of dancing tango.

Free Lessons. The admission begins 10 minutes before the class.

El Torcán

Luis Cardei always had a smile on his face in spite of his haemophilia. Supported by the love of his mother, wife and son, he manages to overcome the ordeal. After thirty years of singing tango in bars and nightclubs, he finally fulfils his lifelong dream: to become a renowned Buenos Aires singer.

By Gabriel Arregui
Argentina, 2008, 105 min, colour.

Franco Luciani, Daniel Cortés y Horacio Avilano

Práctica con maestros de AMBCTA

By teachers from the most representative schools in Buenos Aires. Take part in the unique experience of dancing tango.

Free Lessons. The admission begins 10 minutes before the class.

Las Voces del Plata

Tute - Hernán Lucero: Atemporal

Quereme así piantao

Milonga Práctica

By teachers from the most representative schools in Buenos Aires. Take part in the unique experience of dancing tango.

Free Lessons. The admission begins 10 minutes before the class.

Milonga Abrazo Tango

By teachers from the most representative schools in Buenos Aires. Take part in the unique experience of dancing tango.

Free Lessons. The admission begins 10 minutes before the class.

Crepúsculo Rojo

The lives of Michel (Bruno Putzulu), Clara (Marisa Paredes) and David (Féodor Atkine) are marked by a tumultuous past in Buenos Aires which now, in Paris, brings their paths together. This “other side of the world,” that haunts the characters’ present, has left a different mark on each one of them. The stories of the three characters are tragically intertwined without them noticing it.

By Edgardo Cozarinsky
France/Spain, 2003, 90 min, colour.

Ayelén y Federico

By teachers from the most representative schools in Buenos Aires. Take part in the unique experience of dancing tango.

Free Lessons. The admission begins 10 minutes before the class.

Milonga de Apertura: Guillermo Fernández y su Orquesta Típica - Dj Tarantino

Claudio González y Melina Brufman

Claudio González & Melina Brufman stand out for their performances on the most prestigious stages worldwide. Their work on the great musicals such as Tanguera or Forever Tango enabled them to venture into very distinct styles. Their versatility is reflected in the choreographies they created for their shows, including Tango Elemento, Episodios Cifrados en Tango and Eternamente Tango, among many others. They are regular members of the company O Tango, with which they have toured Europe. As teachers, they took part in several international festivals, including the Tango Dance World Cup, in which they were also judges.

Notas de Tango

This mixture of documentary and fiction tells the story of a filmmaker who intends to make a film on tango and with this in mind sets about looking for an actor to play the leading role, while working in its preproduction and carrying out a research work including interviews with musicians, dancers and film critics.

By Rafael Filipelli
Argentina, 2000, 88 min, colour

Marta Antón y Manolo

Tango canyengue

With African roots, tango canyengue is the first tango to be danced. Its main characteristics are its musicality and playfulness.

By Marta Antón y Manolo.

Payable lesson. Admisson information at Harrods front desk.

Price: $40 (2 classes)

Escuela de Tango de Claudia Bozzo

By teachers from the most representative schools in Buenos Aires. Take part in the unique experience of dancing tango.

Free Lessons. The admission begins 10 minutes before the class.

Clase Magistral por Carlos Copello

Sequences of Antonio Todaro

Everything a tango dancer may wish for, Carlos Copello
accomplished it. He toured the world alongside the companies Tango Argentino, Esquina Carlos Gardel, Tango Pasión and Forever Tango; performed with Mariano Mores’s orchestra, the Sexteto Mayor and the Sexteto Tango; shot films under the direction of Robert Duvall, Wong Kar-Wai and Sally Potter; and shared the dance floor with Carmencita Calderón and Valeria Mazza. A disciple of Todaro, today Carlos Copello passes on his instructor’s
dance secrets. Todaro was a model of tango dance classicism, taking traditional tango to the limit of its technical possibilities without losing its very essence. He trained almost all currently established dancers.

By Carlos Copello.

Payable lesson. Admisson information at Harrods front desk.

Price: $50 (1 class)

Carolina Rivero

By teachers from the most representative schools in Buenos Aires. Take part in the unique experience of dancing tango.

Free Lessons. The admission begins 10 minutes before the class.

Catálogo del Tango

Ranging from essays to fiction, all the way up to poetry and historical research, there is an ever-growing number of tango-
related books. The Festival provides the framework for the presentation of precious titles.

Javier "Cardenal" Domínguez

Zapatos Rojos - Dj Tarantino

Laura Roatta

Laura Roatta graduated from the Instituto Superior de Arte of the theatre Teatro Colón and was a member of that theatre’s permanent troupe of dancers, under the direction of renowned national and international choreographers. The leading dancer of the Modern Jazz Ballet, Laura toured Argentina and the world alongside Julio Bocca. She teaches at the Dance Workshop of the Teatro San Martín and has participated as a judge in international competitions, including the Grand Prix de Laussane in Argentina. The deputy choreographer of Tanguera, she choreographed and directed, alongside Margarita Fernández, Hernán Buenos Ayres, featuring Hernán Piquín, and the film Aniceto, directed by Leonardo Favio. At present she runs her own contemporary dance company, Pies Desnudos.

3 Minutos

3 Minutos interweaves the experiences of four women of Buenos Aires who do not know each other and lead very different lives from one another. During the unfolding of their day they confront problems and disappointments of a very personal nature. But for each one the moment arrives when they must put the day aside and escape into another world, to put on their tango shoes and go to the milonga to dance, to fulfil a desire, a need, even if it’s only for the few minutes that a tango lasts.

By Eva Baratta
Argentina/Italy, 2004, 76, colour.

Marta Antón y Manolo

Tango canyengue

With African roots, tango canyengue is the first tango to be danced.
Its main characteristics are its musicality and playfulness.

By Marta Antón y Manolo.

Payable lesson. Admisson at Harrods front desk.

Price: $40 (2 classes)

Escuela de Tango de Carlos Copello

By teachers from the most representative schools in Buenos Aires. Take part in the unique experience of dancing tango.

Free Lessons. The admission begins 10 minutes before the class.

Clase Magistral por El Pibe Sarandí

Milonga

Traditional Milonga and milonga con traspié. Posture, orientation and combination of movements.

By El Pibe Sarandí

Payable lesson. Admisson at Harrods front desk.

Price: $30 (1 class)

Olga Besio

By teachers from the most representative schools in Buenos Aires. Take part in the unique experience of dancing tango.

Free Lessons. The admission begins 10 minutes before the class.

Anita Co

Narcotango, Otros Aires, Hip Hop Mario Rizzo, Dj Inca

Tango Deseo

“Cozarinsky goes back to his distant origins, the Porteño popular culture. But there is a present, that of the company Tangokinesis and choreographer Ana María Stekelman. The bodies of dancers move about a mysterious space, dancing to the rhythm of the orchestras of the city. The film opens with a dance lesson on classic techniques, but the warmth of tango and the sensuality of the dancers go some steps further. New horizons unfold in the enclosed world of this dance of obscure rituals. There are no words or reflections; only bodies, dancing, a camera and the fervour of the two dancers.” (Néstor Tirri)

By Edgardo Cozarinsky
Argentina, 2002, 26 min, colour.

Luis Solanas

Improvisation

The quest for the personal language starting from the space, the music and circular and linear displacements. The process of creation. Spontaneity.

By Luis Solanas.

Payable lesson. Admisson at Harrods front desk.

Price: $20 (1 class)

Escuela de Tango La Esquina

By teachers from the most representative schools in Buenos Aires. Take part in the unique experience of dancing tango.

Free Lessons. The admission begins 10 minutes before the class.

Johana Copes y Aurora Lúbiz

Women technique

Johana Copes and Aurora Lúbiz toured the world with their dance, later to become renowned teachers. They are regarded as specialists in the needs, problems and solutions for female tango dancers. Their regular lessons on techniques for women are widely esteemed in the tango milieu, and most of the dancers of the new generation were trained by them. On this occasion, they offer two advanced level lessons with the following schedule: for the first lesson, techniques of balance, pivots, ochos (eights), turns and quality of movements; the following day, technique of embellishments.

By Johana Copes and Aurora Lúbiz.

Payable lesson. Admisson at Harrods front desk.

Price: $50 (2 classes)

Charla Juan Carlos Copes

Specialised journalists offer a historical perspective on two fertile universes associated with tango: those of the cabaret and boxing. There will be plenty of anecdotes, enlightenment
and sensitive analysis.

Martin Ojeda

By teachers from the most representative schools in Buenos Aires. Take part in the unique experience of dancing tango.

Free Lessons. The admission begins 10 minutes before the class.

Juan Vattuone

Sexteto Milonguero - Dj Tarantino

Leonardo Cuello

Leonardo Cuello is a dancer of tango, ballet and Argentine folklore. He took part in the companies Tangokinesis, Tanguera and Tango Emoción, and shared the stage with Eleonora Cassano as leading figures of the play La Duarte. Leonardo was also in charge of the choreography of the show Cinderella-Tango Club for Eleonora Cassano. He was artistic director of Intra Circo and Innovacinco, for which he created Tigrou. He set up his own company, La Compañía de Leonardo Cuello, giving birth to Melancólico, Spiritual, Urbano, Diamante and Nobleza de Arrabal, under the umbrella title of Quintaescencia. He is a teacher and a choreographer at IUNA (Instituto Universitario Nacional del Arte - National University Art Institute) and gives seminars on choreography and tango in many countries. He also carries out assistance and artistic collaboration for dance companies from Argentina and abroad.

Tango Salón

Bokova celebrates the lives of the tangueros and tangueras, old milongueros, local and foreign dancers of all ages, all of whom share stories of tango and love.
At the Confitería Ideal, there is an atmosphere of eternal romance, haunted by the old 20s orchestras and the melodies of the tango ensembles that echoed between its columns in the 40s and 50s, and the dreams of poets who were reinventing the world at their tables.

By Jana Bokova
Argentina, 2004, 70 min, colour.

Clase Magistral por Miguel Ángel Zotto

Giros and enrosques (turns and twists)

Miguel Zotto is one of the most important dancers of his generation. He took part in Tango Argentino and later founded, alongside Milena Plebs, the company Tango x 2, a landmark of the 1990s that gave rise to a cliché-free style that was exported to the whole world: a “for export” style of which the full-blooded Porteños approve. With an over twenty-year career, the company keeps growing and captivating audiences worldwide. Zotto’s dancing is elegant and playful, two features of Buenos Aires men which, when delivered moderately, characterise the good tango. This is an ideal opportunity to learn from a great artist who rarely gives lessons.

By Miguel Ángel Zotto.

Payable lesson. Admisson at Harrods front desk.

Price: $50 (1 class)

Escuela de Tango Mora Godoy

By teachers from the most representative schools in Buenos Aires. Take part in the unique experience of dancing tango.

Free Lessons. The admission begins 10 minutes before the class.

Johana Copes y Aurora Lúbiz

Women technique

Johana Copes and Aurora Lúbiz toured the world with their dance, later to become renowned teachers. They are regarded as specialists in the needs, problems and solutions for female tango dancers. Their regular lessons on techniques for women are widely esteemed in the tango milieu, and most of the dancers of the new generation were trained by them. On this occasion, they offer two advanced level lessons with the following schedule: for the first lesson, techniques of balance, pivots, ochos (eights), turns and quality of movements; the following day, technique of embellishments.

By Johana Copes and Aurora Lúbiz.

Payable lesson. Admisson at Harrods front desk.

Price: $50 (2 classes)

Cristina Sosa y Daniel Nacucchio

By teachers from the most representative schools in Buenos Aires. Take part in the unique experience of dancing tango.

Free Lessons. The admission begins 10 minutes before the class.

Jesús Hidalgo

Quinteto Pirincho

Milena Plebs

Milena Plebs was a member of the companies Grupo de Danza Contemporánea del Teatro San Martín and Tango Argentino. She founded the Compañía Tango x 2 alongside Miguel Zotto, giving birth to the shows Tango x 2, Perfumes de Tango and Una Noche de Tango. Milena choreographed the Operita María de Buenos Aires, a show for the Centro Piazzolla Tango and the documentary video Milena Baila el Tango… Con Ezequiel Farfaro, and was awarded the prizes María Ruanova 91, Trinidad Guevara 94 and Premio Gino Tanni. She has been a columnist for El Tangauta magazine since 2007. In 2008, she presented the choreography Sintonías at the festivals Festival Rojas Danza 2008 and V Festival Cambalache. She also devotes her time to teaching and researching on the origin, history and evolution of the tango dance.

El Torcán

Luis Cardei always had a smile on his face in spite of his haemophilia. Supported by the love of his mother, wife and son, he manages to overcome the ordeal. After thirty years of singing tango in bars and nightclubs, he finally fulfils his lifelong dream: to become a renowned Buenos Aires singer.

By Gabriel Arregui
Argentina, 2008, 105 min, colour.

Escuela de Tango de Mayoral y Elsa María

By teachers from the most representative schools in Buenos Aires. Take part in the unique experience of dancing tango.

Free Lessons. The admission begins 10 minutes before the class.

Daniela Inés Peez Klein y Juan Miguel

Musicality and expression for dancers

The exploration of the concept of musicality and its expressive possibilities: rhythm as a trigger for choreography, counterpoint as a discourse possibility and the importance of orchestration and harmony.

By Daniela Inés Peez Klein and Juan Miguel Expósito.

Payable lesson. Admisson at Harrods front desk.

Price: $20 (1 class)

Horacio Godoy

Different tango styles

The aim of the lesson is to differentiate between the diverse tango styles, going back to the golden age of tango and its grand orchestras, all of which applied to the milonguero dancer.

By Horacio Godoy.

Payable lesson. Admisson at Harrods front desk.

Price: $20 (1 class)

Jose Manrique y Natalia

By teachers from the most representative schools in Buenos Aires. Take part in the unique experience of dancing tango.

Free Lessons. The admission begins 10 minutes before the class.

Esteban Riera

Clase Magistral por Juan Carlos Copes

Tango lesson

An illustrious milonguero and acclaimed figure of the stage tango, Juan Carlos Copes is not only a dancer and choreographer but also an established teacher. The secrets of his style, his characteristic figures and his unique choreographic language have drawn the attention of the followers of the genre for decades. In his own words: “There is no person in the world, and there will never be, who holds the truth about tango-dance, for, as it is a means of expressing feelings, it cannot take a specific shape. For that reason I do not like being called a teacher. One can get to be a guide for those who feel tango and wish to dance it, regardless of their age. In that case then, one can help, lead and support that passion for something so noble, so pure, so Argentine.” Among his innumerable students are Robert Duvall, Liza Minelli, Julio Bocca and Eleonora Cassano.

By Juan Carlos Copes.

Payable lesson. Admisson at Harrods front desk.

Price: $50 (1 class)

Crepúsculo Rojo

The lives of Michel (Bruno Putzulu), Clara (Marisa Paredes) and David (Féodor Atkine) are marked by a tumultuous past in Buenos Aires which now, in Paris, brings their paths together. This “other side of the world,” that haunts the characters’ present, has left a different mark on each one of them. The stories of the three characters are tragically intertwined without them noticing it.

By Edgardo Cozarinsky
France/Spain, 2003, 90 min, colour.

Adriadna Naveira y Fernando

By teachers from the most representative schools in Buenos Aires. Take part in the unique experience of dancing tango.

Free Lessons. The admission begins 10 minutes before the class.

María Estela Monti

Marcelo Boccanera - Liliana Cassini

Ayelén y Federico

By teachers from the most representative schools in Buenos Aires. Take part in the unique experience of dancing tango.

Free Lessons. The admission begins 10 minutes before the class.

Agrupación Sentir en Tango

Notas de Tango

This mixture of documentary and fiction tells the story of a
filmmaker who intends to make a film on tango and with this in mind sets about looking for an actor to play the leading role, while working in its preproduction and carrying out a research work including interviews with musicians, dancers and film critics.

By Rafael Filipelli
Argentina, 2000, 88 min, colour

Estudio La Mariposita de San Telmo

By teachers from the most representative schools in Buenos Aires. Take part in the unique experience of dancing tango.

Free Lessons. The admission begins 10 minutes before the class.

Teté Rusconi y Silvia Ceriani

Musical variations

“If we close our eyes we can listen better.” This phrase summarises the aim of the lesson, which will be dealing with simple sequences and their combination in the rhythm of the main orchestras of the 1940s: those of D’Arienzo, Troilo, Di Sarli and Pugliese.

By Teté Rusconi and Silvia Ceriani.

Payable lesson. Admisson at Harrods front desk.

Price: $30 (1 class)

Clase Magistral por María Nieves y Juan Manuel Fernández

Tango lesson

Rather than a conventional lesson on dance techniques, this will be the occasion for everyone to meet María. A unique opportunity to get to know the most improtant dancer nowadays. From the milongas and the slums all the way up to the most prestigious theatres worldwide, María Nieves, together with Juan Carlos Copes, laid the foundations of contemporary tango as art and entertainment… and they managed to do so without role models and without ever leaving the neighbourhood. In 1983, they put tango in the world’s spotlight as the leading couple of the show Tango Argentino. This did not happen by chance, but as a well-deserved recognition for an over 30 year career in Argentina, from their first, successful steps which in 1951 lead them to win a dance contest after being acclaimed by an audience of ten thousand and later on, in 1952, to the creation of the Conjunto Juvenil de Tango Moderno (Modern Tango Youth Ensemble), from which stemmed every tango company touring the world today.

By María Nieves and Juan Manuel Fernández

Payable lesson. Admisson at Harrods front desk.

Price: $50 (1 class)

Gran Milonga de cierre con Típica y Característica