He was a great pianist and composer who has left lasting tangos, in versions that we still listen to and like to dance, even though he did not know how to write music nor did he study it formally.
Read transcription at https://escuelatangoba.com/marcelosolis/history-of-tango-part-11-jose-martinez/
Escuchar en español https://soundcloud.com/user-9142993/historia-del-tango-parte-11-jose-martinez-el-gran-intuitivo

History Of Tango - Part 11- José Martínez. The Great Intuitive.

🎶 Discover the Art of Tango 🎶  

Dive into the world of Tango with this audio guide! Whether you're learning with your partner, dancing solo, or exploring lessons with two maestros, this episode reveals how to make the most of private lessons. 🌟  

💡 What you'll learn:  
- The benefits of private Tango lessons for couples and solo dancers.  
- Insights on working with expert maestros and mastering technique.  
- How group classes and cultural immersion in Buenos Aires can elevate your experience.  

Immerse yourself in the rhythm, culture, and passion of Tango. Perfect for beginners and seasoned dancers alike! 💃🕺  

👉 Ready to take your Tango journey to the next level? Hit play and let’s dance!  

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Choosing the Best Private Tango Lessons for You

"Considerations on the Value of Argentine Tango" explores the profound cultural, philosophical, and artistic essence of Tango. In this audio, dive into reflections on how Tango connects individuals to themselves, their partners, and a rich historical tradition. Perfect for Tango lovers seeking to deepen their understanding of this beautiful dance.

Considerations on the value of Argentine Tango

Exploramos el profundo valor del tango en nuestra vida cotidiana, su impacto emocional y su significado como patrimonio cultural. Reflexiones sobre su papel en la identidad y la tradición de Buenos Aires y Argentina. Entrá en la riqueza del tango y su conexión con el alma humana.

Consideraciones sobre el valor del Tango

🎶 Las letras de tango y su relación con el baile 🎶

Este audio inicia una serie de análisis sobre las letras de Tango y su influencia en la interpretación del baile. Reflexiono sobre si es necesario comprender las letras para bailar Tango y cómo la música y la poesía se entrelazan en esta expresión artística.

Dedicado a la memoria de mi hermano Carlos Daniel Solís (1967-2024). Que en paz descanse.

Exploro cómo los compositores han fusionado letra y melodía para intensificar la carga emocional de cada tango. A través del análisis de "Que me quiten lo bailao" (Miguel Bucino, 1942), examino cómo la lírica del Tango nos habla de vida, destino, pasiones y la aceptación del presente con alegría y sin remordimientos.

Escuchalo y acompañame en este viaje de exploración del Tango como un modo de vivir.

📌 Temas tratados:
✔️ ¿Es necesario entender las letras para bailar Tango?
✔️ La fusión entre música y poesía en el Tango
✔️ El baile como expresión de orgullo y maestría
✔️ Análisis de "Que me quiten lo bailao" y su significado en el Tango

¡Dejame tus comentarios y compartamos esta pasión!

🎧 Escúchalo ahora y sumérgete en la poética del Tango.

Las letras de tango y su relación con el baile

🎶 Exploring the Soul of Tango: Lyrics and Dance in the Dance of Passion 🎶

This audio marks the beginning of a series exploring Tango lyrics and their influence on dance interpretation. It delves into whether understanding the lyrics is necessary to dance Tango and how poetry and music intertwine in this art form.

Dedicated to the memory of my brother Carlos Daniel Solís (1967-2024). May he rest in peace.

Tango composers have always sought to harmonize lyrics and melody to enhance emotional depth. Through the analysis of "Que me quiten lo bailao" (Miguel Bucino, 1942), I explore how Tango lyrics reflect life’s extremes, the pursuit of desires, and an acceptance of fate with joy and defiance.

📌 Topics covered:
✔️ Is understanding the lyrics necessary to dance Tango?
✔️ The fusion of poetry and music in Tango
✔️ Dance as an expression of pride and mastery
✔️ Analysis of "Que me quiten lo bailao" and its meaning in Tango

Join me on this journey into the soul of Tango.

🎧 Listen now and immerse yourself in Tango’s poetic essence.

Exploring the Soul of Tango: Lyrics and Dance in the Dance of Passion

🎧 Clases de Tango en Buenos Aires – Por qué un método único no funciona
En este episodio, exploramos por qué el tango no puede enseñarse con un método estandarizado. Reflexiono sobre la importancia de una enseñanza personalizada, que respete el ritmo, el cuerpo y la historia de cada persona. Ya sea en clases particulares o en grupos reducidos, el tango se transmite mejor cuando se escucha y se acompaña, como en el abrazo mismo.

Ideal para quienes quieren aprender tango desde una perspectiva auténtica, profunda y humana.

Por Qué un Método Único No Sirve: La Importancia de la Enseñanza Personalizada en el Tango

🎙️ Why One-Size-Fits-All Doesn't Work in Argentine Tango
In this audio article, we explore the deeply personal nature of learning Argentine Tango and why a standardized teaching method fails to capture its essence. Tango is not about memorizing steps — it's about connection, presence, and self-expression. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced dancer, discover how personalized classes and small group settings can help you find your unique voice through the dance.

📍 Based in Buenos Aires
🕊️ Experience authentic tango learning rooted in tradition and individuality
📧 Contact: marcelo@escuelatangoba.com

The Case for Personalized Argentine Tango Instruction

In this audio reflection, I share some thoughts that have been growing in me through years of dancing and teaching Argentine Tango.

What does it mean to truly dance for yourself, even in a shared embrace? In this piece, I talk about the personal nature of dance—how each of us brings our own presence, expression, and responsibility to the moment, no matter our role.

I also explore how Tango invites not just connection, but collaboration, respectful challenge, and joy.
I hope these words inspire you to meet the dance from within.

🖋️ Written and narrated by me, Marcelo Solis
📍 I teach in Buenos Aires and the Bay Area. You can register for classes here: https://escuelatangoba.com/
🌐 Read the original blog post: https://escuelatangoba.com/marcelosolis/dancing-is-yours-alone-no-matter-your-role/

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Dancing Is Yours Alone — No Matter Your Role

En este audio comparto una reflexión muy personal sobre el Tango, nacida de años de bailar, enseñar y observar cómo cada persona se encuentra consigo misma a través del abrazo.
¿Qué significa realmente bailar para uno mismo, más allá del rol del que lleva y del que sigue? ¿Cómo se combinan la expresión individual, la colaboración y el desafío respetuoso en una danza que es siempre compartida?
Te invito a escuchar esta lectura de mi artículo y a reflexionar conmigo sobre lo que hace único al Tango cuando lo vivimos desde adentro.
🖋️ Escrito y narrado por mí, Marcelo Solis 📍 Clases de Tango en Buenos Aires y el Área de la Bahía de San Francisco 🔗 Leé el artículo completo: https://escuelatangoba.com/buenosaires/el-baile-es-algo-que-solo-vos-podes-hacer-por-vos-mas-alla-del-rol/ 🔗 Reservá tu clase: https://escuelatangoba.com/
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El baile es algo que solo vos podés hacer por vos

De chico soñaba con ser todo. Hoy bailo Tango, y en esta danza descubrí una forma de ser muchas cosas a la vez. En este texto reflexiono sobre el deseo humano de convertirse en algo más, sobre la muerte, la elección, y cómo el Tango puede ser un camino de transformación.

🎙️ Narrado por Marcelo Solis
📝 Leé el artículo completo en mi blog: https://escuelatangoba.com/buenosaires/ser-todo-por-que-me-comprometi-a-bailar-tango/
💃🏻🕺 Reservá tu clase de Tango: https://escuelatangoba.com/marcelosolis/tango-classes/ways-to-learn-argentine-tango/

Por Qué Me Comprometí a Bailar Tango

As a child, I dreamed of becoming everything. Today, I dance Tango—and in this art form, I found a way to live many lives at once. This is a personal reflection on desire, mortality, choice, and how Tango might be a path to becoming more fully ourselves.

🎙️ Narrated by Marcelo Solis
📝 Read the full blog post here: https://escuelatangoba.com/marcelosolis/to-be-everything-why-i-committed-to-being-a-dancer/
💃 Book your Tango class: https://escuelatangoba.com/marcelosolis/tango-classes/ways-to-learn-argentine-tango/

Why I Committed to Being a Dancer

We would like to tell you about the early life of Francisco Canaro. According to Tango historian Orlando Del Greco “In this name, all the Tango is summarized”.

History Of Tango 7 - Origins Of The Orquesta Típica – Francisco Canaro

Firpo was one of the greatest musicians of Tango, of complete musical erudition, nevertheless, maintained his work within the purest traditional school. He is one of the first evolutionists of Tango as a director, interpreter and composer. In those initial days of the “Orquesta Típica”, he definitively established the piano in the tango orchestra.

History Of Tango 8 - Roberto Firpo And The Acceptance Of The Piano In The Orquesta Típica

In 1909, when Eduardo Arolas composed “Una noche de garufa”, he had not yet acquired a formalized musical education. He was 17 years old.
Still, in his first composition, all the elements of his style are present, bursting out into the world, for the amusement of all of those who, like me, love Tango. This quality cannot be attributed to any other Tango composer. None of his colleagues had a defined style during their first compositions, and would need many years to develop it. Arolas’ works have such advanced characteristics, that they will keep forever surprising Tango lovers wondering how, what inspiration, and from which source Arolas extracted them. Read the complete article at http://escuelatangoba.com/marcelosolis/history-of-tango-part-9-eduardo-arolas-the-evolution-of-tango-music/
If you prefer to listen it in Spanish https://soundcloud.com/user-9142993/historia-del-tango-parte-9

History of Tango – Part 9: Eduardo Arolas. The evolution of Tango music. Chapter 1

History of Tango – Part 9- Eduardo Arolas. The evolution of Tango music. Chapter 1

Between 1913 and 1916, Arolas' musical composition and production showed evident improvement due to his musical studies, and the achieved experience of his profession. He consolidated his fame, taking his orchestra to the level of the most prominent ones, leaving the neighborhood cafés, playing on Corrientes Street and at the luxurious places of Palermo neighborhood, in the interior of Argentina, and in Montevideo. Read the complete article at http://escuelatangoba.com/marcelosolis/history-of-tango-part-9-eduardo-arolas-the-evolution-of-tango-music/
Also in Spanish at https://soundcloud.com/user-9142993/historia-del-tango-parte-9-eduardo-arolas-la-evolucion-de-la-musica-del-tango-capitulo-2/s-WrHr4

History of Tango - Part 9- Eduardo Arolas. The evolution of Tango music. Chapter 2

The composition cover artwork for the song “Lágrimas” deserves a special mention because of Arolas’ self-portrait. Dedicated to the mother of his colleague and violinist Tito Roccatagliata, combined a delicious rhythmic first part with a deeply emotional second part. Read the complete article at http://escuelatangoba.com/marcelosolis/history-of-tango-part-9-eduardo-arolas-the-evolution-of-tango-music/
Versión en español https://soundcloud.com/user-9142993/historia-del-tango-parte-9-eduardo-arolas-y-la-evolucion-de-la-musica-del-tango-capitulo-3

History of Tango - Part 9 - Eduardo Arolas. The evolution of Tango music. Chapter 3

In 1919 he was hired to play at the Montevideo’s Carnaval celebrations, at the head of a big orchestra. Back in Buenos Aires, he engaged in a tour through the province with a trio in which Julio De Caro played the violin. Then he played at Maxim’s and Tabarín cabarets downtown. From this moment on, there were only a few more occasions in which Arolas played in Argentina. His moral and physical collapse had begun. He moved his home permanently to Montevideo. Read the complete article at http://escuelatangoba.com/marcelosolis/history-of-tango-part-9-eduardo-arolas-the-evolution-of-tango-music/
Escuchalo en español en https://soundcloud.com/user-9142993/historia-del-tango-parte-9-eduardo-arolas-y-la-evolucion-de-la-musica-del-tango-capitulo-4

History of Tango – Part 9- Eduardo Arolas. The evolution of Tango music. Chapter 4

Nació el 13 de agosto de 1884 en Las Flores, una localidad que eventualmente se convertiría en uno de los barrios de Buenos Aires. A una temprana edad fue enviado por sus padres a la casa de unos parientes que vivían en la capital, en el barrio de Barracas, para cursar la escuela primaria. En esta casa comenzó también su aprendizaje musical, estudiando guitarra con un pariente.
Continúa en capítulo 2 en https://soundcloud.com/user-9142993/historia-del-tango-parte-10-agustin-bardi-el-compositor-para-el-futuro-del-tango-capitulo-2-obra
Leer transcripción en http://escuelatangoba.com/buenosaires/historia-del-tango-parte-10-agustin-bardi-el-compositor-para-el-futuro-del-tango/
Listen in English at https://soundcloud.com/user-9142993/history-of-tango-part-10-agustin-bardi-the-composer-for-the-future-of-tango-chapter-1-life
Temas:
“Tinta verde” por Osvaldo Fresedo y su sexteto, 1927.
“Tinta verde” por Juan Carlos Bazán y Roberto Firpo, 1915.
“De madrugada” por Genaro Expósito y su Quinteto, 1913.
“Divinidad” por Roberto Firpo.
“Chacabuco” por Carlos Macchi “Hernani”, Julio De Caro y Federico Lafémina, 1925.
“Vicentito” por Vicente Greco y su Orquesta, 1912.
“Tinta verde” por Anibal Troilo y su Orquesta Típica, 1938.
“El rodeo” por Osvaldo Pugliese y su Orquesta Típica, 1943.
“La última cita” por Ángel D’Agostino y su Orquesta Típica, canta Ángel Vargas, 1944.
“Lorenzo” por Francisco Canaro y su Orquesta Típica, 1927.
“Pico blanco” en la pianola de Horacio Asborno, rollo del sello “Pampa”.
“Independiente club” por Alfredo Gobbi y su Orquesta Típica, 1948.

Historia del Tango

Historia del Tango - Parte 10: Agustín Bardi. El compositor para el futuro del Tango. 1 - Vida.

He was born on August 13, 1884 in Las Flores, a town that would eventually become one of the neighborhoods of Buenos Aires. At an early age he was sent by his parents to the home of relatives living in the capital, in the Barracas neighborhood, to attend primary school. In this house he also began his musical education, studying guitar with a relative.
See transcription at http://escuelatangoba.com/marcelosolis/history-of-tango-part-10-agustin-bardi-the-composer-for-the-future-of-tango/
Listen to chapter 2 in https://soundcloud.com/user-9142993/history-of-tango-part-10-agustin-bardi-the-composer-for-the-future-of-tango-2-work

History of Tango

History of Tango - Part 10: Agustín Bardi. The composer for the future of Tango. Chapter 1: Life

José Martínez fue un gran pianista y compositor que ha dejado tangos perdurables, en versiones que todavía escuchamos y nos gusta bailar, a pesar de que no sabia escribir música ni la estudió formalmente.
Leer la transcripción en https://escuelatangoba.com/buenosaires/historia-del-tango-parte-11-jose-martinez/
Listen to in the English language at https://soundcloud.com/user-9142993/history-of-tango-part-11-jose-martinez-the-great-intuitive/s-4utVdRNfvUL

Historia del Tango - Parte 11: José Martínez. El gran intuitivo.

At Escuela de Tango de Buenos Aires, we are committed to preserving and promoting the rich and vibrant art of Tango.
Established in 2011, our institution is headquartered in Buenos Aires, the heart of Tango, with additional San Francisco Bay Area branches, extending our passion for this dance across continents.
Tango, born in the late nineteenth century from the socially and economically marginalized communities of the Rio de la Plata, is more than just a dance—it’s a profound cultural expression. It encapsulates its people’s history, emotions, and stories, evolving continuously while staying rooted in its origins.

As a living entity, Tango thrives in the interplay between tradition and innovation.

At our school, we honor this legacy by offering a space where dancers of all levels can immerse themselves in the authentic spirit of Tango, cultivating both skill and connection in a supportive community.

Join us in keeping the art of Tango alive, vibrant, and ever-evolving.

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