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Georgina Vargas

Georgina Vargas is a tango dancer and teacher who met Oscar Mandagarán in 2006 and became his dance partner [2]. After Mandagarán died in Buenos Aires on 20 March 2025, she continued the school they had run together [2]. A video listing records her dancing with a number of other partners .

2006: 112008: 112009: 202010: 392011: 12012: 12013: 62014: 82015: 42016: 22019: 52020: 32022: 642023: 552024: 122025: 72026: 2
2006’10’202026
performances filmed, by the year danced· our videos

2006: 11, 0; 2008: 11, 0; 2009: 20, 0; 2010: 39, 0; 2011: 1, 0; 2012: 1, 0; 2013: 6, 0; 2014: 8, 0; 2015: 4, 0; 2016: 2, 0; 2019: 5, 0; 2020: 3, 0; 2022: 64, 0; 2023: 55, 0; 2024: 12, 0; 2025: 7, 0; 2026: 2, 0

  1. 225 of Georgina Vargas’s 251 filmed performances (89%) are with Oscar Mandagaran, 2006–2024.

    How we know

    Each filmed Occasion once, with the partner the video credits; a partner is named when they share at least half of them.

Georgina Vargas is a tango dancer associated with the school Tango de Buenos Aires, which she ran with Oscar Mandagarán [2]. According to the school's own history page, she met Mandagarán in 2006 and became his partner [2].

Mandagarán died in Buenos Aires on 20 March 2025, and Vargas continued their school after his death [2]. In 2026 she taught an intensive seminar in Buenos Aires with Carlos Estigarribia .

Beyond her partnership with Mandagarán, a video listing records Vargas dancing with several other partners, including Daniela Pucci, Carlos Costa, Miguel Pereiro, Alejandro Aquino, Carlos Estigarribia, John Zabala, Marcelo Almirón and Gustavo Saenz . The available sources do not give dates or further context for most of these partnerships .

Career

The history page of Tango de Buenos Aires states that Vargas met Oscar Mandagarán in 2006 and became his partner [2]. The page is published by the school associated with both dancers [2].

According to the same page, Mandagarán died in Buenos Aires on 20 March 2025, and Vargas continued the school they had shared [2]. The school's main website lists an intensive seminar in Buenos Aires in 2026 that she taught with Carlos Estigarribia .

Partners

Dance partners recorded for Vargas in a video listing include :

  • Oscar Mandagarán [2]
  • Carlos Estigarribia
  • Daniela Pucci
  • Carlos Costa
  • Miguel Pereiro
  • Alejandro Aquino
  • John Zabala
  • Marcelo Almirón
  • Gustavo Saenz

The listing does not give dates for these partnerships . Only the partnership with Mandagarán, which began in 2006, and the 2026 seminar with Estigarribia are dated in the dossier sources [2].

References

How Tangopedia works

  1. 2.Historia · tangodebuenosaires.com

How they dance

From TangoTube's videos · our data

Filmed

2006–2026

What they dance

  • Tango 67%
  • Vals 17%
  • Milonga 16%

Orchestras they dance to most

Cities filmed in

  • Paris16 videos
  • Buenos Aires12 videos
  • San Francisco10 videos
  • New York8 videos
  • Alicante5 videos
  • Pescara5 videos

Career

Titles, partnerships and events, newest first

  1. 2026First filmed with · Carlos Estigarribia
  2. 2023Filmed at · England International Tango Festival
  3. 2019First filmed with · Carlos Costa
  4. 2008Filmed at · Portland Tango Festival
  5. 2006First filmed with · Oscar Mandagaran
  6. 2006First filmed with · Gustavo Saenz

What we don't know yet4 of 5 known

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Data: recordings, facts and sources

Partnered with8

Oscar Mandagaran — partnered with Georgina Vargas

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Alejandro Aquino — partnered with Georgina Vargas

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Partnered with Daniela Pucci

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Carlos Estigarribia — partnered with Georgina Vargas

Single source

John Zabala — partnered with Georgina Vargas

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Marcelo Almirón — partnered with Georgina Vargas

Single source

Partnered with Carlos Costa

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Gustavo Saenz — partnered with Georgina Vargas

Single source

Notes3

Meets Oscar Mandagarán and becomes his partner.2006

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Mandagarán dies in Buenos Aires on 20 March; she continues their school.Mar 20, 2025

Single source

Teaches an intensive seminar in Buenos Aires with Carlos Estigarribia.2026

Single source

Era1

Era electronic-festival2006–2026

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Partners

Danced together in TangoTube's videos · our data

Who danced with Georgina Vargas, year by yearWhat they dance to

Events

Where they were filmed, most first · our data

Timeline

  1. 2006Meets Oscar Mandagarán and becomes his partner.

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  2. Mar 20, 2025Mandagarán dies in Buenos Aires on 20 March; she continues their school.

    source

  3. 2026Teaches an intensive seminar in Buenos Aires with Carlos Estigarribia.

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Most watched videos

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Connected

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