Escuela de Tango de Buenos Aires - Marcelo Solis

Escuela de Tango de Buenos Aires - Marcelo Solis Argentine Tango artist-guide from Buenos Aires. SF · San Jose · Lafayette · Online. Start with a class or private lesson ↓

Helping beginners, couples & social dancers find presence, musicality, connection & elegance. 30+ years of authentic lineage. Argentine Tango lessons and workshops with Marcelo Solis, focused on connection, musicality, and real social dancing in Buenos Aires tradition.

Tangos, milongas & valses #334 is ready for attentive listening and practice.The playlist brings together 42 recordings...
09/13/2026

Tangos, milongas & valses #334 is ready for attentive listening and practice.

The playlist brings together 42 recordings in 11 tandas: 36 tangos, three milongas at tracks 13-15, and three valses at tracks 24-26. The tango tandas alternate vocals and instrumentals, balancing rhythmic energy, melodic expression, and emotional contrast while preserving a coherent character within each tanda.

Listen for the range from Adolfo Carabelli, Ricardo Tanturi, Angel D'Agostino, Carlos Di Sarli, Miguel Calo, Juan D'Arienzo, Rodolfo Biagi, Alfredo Gobbi, Anibal Troilo, Enrique Rodriguez, and Osvaldo Pugliese. Let the changes in pulse and feeling inform your embrace, your self-control, your improvisation, and the conversation with your partner.

Listen, save the playlist, and keep the PDF nearby during practice.

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1HuZSi7qiQ0fD6zgVcDQWH?si=7b2806ffd01d470c
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/tangos-milongas-valses-334/pl.u-e98MP6qczoJY6b
Playlist PDF: https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:US:069fdd13-2a57-42ad-b589-3dae3b8372c5

Interested in classes or private lessons in the Bay Area, or remote training? https://escuelatangoba.com/marcelosolis/tango-classes/

Musical freedom depends on physical organization.Posture, balance, walking, and pivots are not separate technical achiev...
09/13/2026

Musical freedom depends on physical organization.

Posture, balance, walking, and pivots are not separate technical achievements. They allow the dancer to receive information, wait without collapsing, change direction, and communicate an intention without tension or urgency.

In Listening with the Whole Body, we will return to these foundations as conditions for hearing and responding more clearly. The aim is not to manufacture a musical effect, but to make the body available for choice.

Join us Sunday, October 4, from 2:00-4:00 PM Pacific Time, in person in San Francisco or live online. No partner is required.

Learn to listen to Tango with your whole body: https://escuelatangoba.com/marcelosolis/listening-with-the-whole-body-tango-musicality-workshop/

I invite you to Listening with the Whole Body: Musicality, Partnership, and Tango Culture.Musicality is not decoration p...
09/09/2026

I invite you to Listening with the Whole Body: Musicality, Partnership, and Tango Culture.

Musicality is not decoration placed on top of steps. It begins when the whole dancer becomes available to the music, to oneself, to a partner, and to the community around the dance.

During this workshop we will listen, move, work with partners, and talk about what makes a musical response possible: physical and emotional self-control, posture, balance, walking, pivots, improvisational structure, Tango culture, and social attention.

Sunday, October 4, 2026, 2:00-4:00 PM Pacific Time. Join in person at La Pista Tango School in San Francisco or participate live online. No partner is required.

Discover the workshop and reserve your place: https://escuelatangoba.com/marcelosolis/listening-with-the-whole-body-tango-musicality-workshop/

Tangos, milongas & valses #333 is ready.I selected these 43 recordings as a conversation between contrasting tandas: Lo...
09/08/2026

Tangos, milongas & valses #333 is ready.

I selected these 43 recordings as a conversation between contrasting tandas: Lomuto's instrumental clarity, Caló with Raúl Iriarte, Tanturi instrumentals, Demare's milongas, Di Sarli, Rodríguez with Armando Moreno, valses by Rotundo, Basso, and Troilo, then Biagi, De Angelis with Carlos Dante, Pugliese, and D'Arienzo with Alberto Reynal.

Each tanda keeps its own character. Listen in order with shuffle off so the shifts between instrumental and vocal, rhythmic and lyrical, can do their work. Juan D'Arienzo's instrumental "La Cumparsita" brings the traditional close.

Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4afpaEST7tTb3Gt67sHvf4?si=cf2d6a4f4e4f4a89&pt=4532d6fb0715babd472e2442f7a1364d
Listen on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/tangos-milongas-valses-333/pl.u-d2bMNmjsM3j61y
Download the playlist PDF: https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:US:76cbfeec-312b-450f-a2d9-8491d9642d5a

The PDF includes all 43 tracks, their orchestras, singers or instrumental status, rhythms, and the short description.

Save the playlist for your next attentive listen or practice session. For group classes or private lessons in the Bay Area, remote training, or possible training in Buenos Aires, send me a message.

Here is a new listening journey for dancers: “Tangos, milongas & valses #332.”Its 43 recordings form 11 contrasting tan...
09/03/2026

Here is a new listening journey for dancers: “Tangos, milongas & valses #332.”

Its 43 recordings form 11 contrasting tandas that travel back and forth through tango history. Instrumental and vocal performances alternate with rhythmic and lyrical orchestras, while tangos, milongas and valses from different recording periods keep the experience varied and engaging on the dance floor.

The orchestras include Juan D’Arienzo, Miguel Caló, Alfredo De Angelis, Pedro Laurenz, Lucio Demare, Aníbal Troilo, Francisco Canaro, Carlos Di Sarli, Edgardo Donato, Osvaldo Pugliese and Héctor Varela. The final selection is “La Cumparsita,” the traditional closing tango at a milonga.

Listen on Spotify or Apple Music and view or download the complete playlist PDF. For deeper study of tango music, musicality and dancing, information about Bay Area group classes, private lessons and online training is also available.

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/53uQpexlR1RZbs19anwgNJ
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/tangos-milongas-valses-332/pl.u-aZbgj16sPke8aX
Complete PDF: https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:US:7f17ba58-6a0d-44e0-a1e5-03389c1f26da
Classes: https://escuelatangoba.com/marcelosolis/tango-classes/

🇦🇷 Labor Day Tango Special!Celebrate the holiday with a special edition of the Argentine Tango Mentorship Program with M...
09/03/2026

🇦🇷 Labor Day Tango Special!

Celebrate the holiday with a special edition of the Argentine Tango Mentorship Program with Marcelo Solis.

This intimate small-group class focuses on technique, musicality, connection, and personalized feedback. All levels are welcome, including beginners. Attendance is limited to 10 couples.

Monday, September 7 • 8:00–9:00 PM
Purdance • 1530 Oakland Road, Suite 135, San Jose
$44 per individual • $66 per couple
Save 10% with promo code LABORDAYTANGO10

Reserve your place: https://app.danceable.ai/classes/6?date=2026-09-07&scheduleId=211&studentDate=2026-09-07

Tangos, milongas & valses #331 is a 43-track journey built for the dance floor, tanda by tanda.Vocal orchestras alterna...
09/02/2026

Tangos, milongas & valses #331 is a 43-track journey built for the dance floor, tanda by tanda.

Vocal orchestras alternate with instrumentals. Lyrical and melodic performances give way to more rhythmic ones; profound moods are balanced by lighter turns. Tracks 13–15 are milongas, tracks 24–26 are valses, and the rest are tangos.

The playlist closes, as tradition asks, with Juan D’Arienzo’s 1951 recording of La Cumparsita.

Listen on Spotify or Apple Music, save the playlist, and explore the complete track list in the PDF, including titles, orchestras, singers or instrumental designation, and rhythms.

Which tanda would you most like to hear on the dance floor?

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/260Pjc9TtdmnK53zLsHWxH
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/tangos-milongas-valses-331/pl.u-11zPjBYf8zeVLo
Complete 43-track PDF: https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:US:8223658f-8f6e-4e02-ab54-f06cbf7a4efe

What does it really mean to be a good Tango dancer?It is not simply the ability to perform impressive figures or reprodu...
08/31/2026

What does it really mean to be a good Tango dancer?

It is not simply the ability to perform impressive figures or reproduce the appearance of Tango. It is the capacity to remain organized, present, sensitive, and capable of choosing, even when balance, certainty, or expectation is disturbed.

This new article explores how self-command, technique, patience, attentive practice, resilience, restraint, connection, and belonging transform weakness into capacity.

Read the article or listen to the audio version:
https://escuelatangoba.com/marcelosolis/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-good-tango-dancer/

What qualities do you believe define a good Tango dancer?

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