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Club Almagro

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Nuevo plano de la ciudad de Buenos Aires (Guía Peuser del viajero), 1936 · BnF, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

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Opening and closing

Our venue records; each note says what the year counts

Closed
2000milonga closed 19 December 2000 when the club wanted the space for gym equipment

By decade

Dated moments, each with its source, and what we filmed

  1. 1950s

    1. 1956Osvaldo Centeno: Through the 1950s dances from 7 pm to 3 am every night in the downtown confiterías, cabarets and clubs; Club Almagro becomes his favourite.

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  2. 1990s

    1. 1994Ernesto Balmaceda: His brother (Julio Balmaceda, per his own family's documented history) is invited to teach at Club Almagro.

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    2. 1995Ernesto Balmaceda: His brother asks him to help teach beginner and intermediate classes at Club Almagro; Ernesto's professional teaching path begins here.

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    3. 1996Stella Baez: Becomes Ernesto Balmaceda's partner in dance and, by their own accounts, in life, around a year after he began teaching at Club Almagro.

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    4. 1996Ernesto Balmaceda: Stella Báez becomes his partner in dance and, by his account, his wife, about a year after he started teaching at Club Almagro.

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Dancers filmed here

On TangoTube, with the videos whose titles name it · our data

  • Damian Rosenthal4
  • Vanessa Fatauros4
  • Claudio Gonzalez2
  • Stefano Giudice2
  • Fatima Vitale1
  • Céline Ruiz1
  • Letizia Messina1
  • Sebastián Arce1
  • Giselle Anne1
  • Alberto Colombo1
  • Sebastian Bolivar1
  • Christian Marquez1

Filmed here

On TangoTube, with the videos whose titles name it · our data

  • NORA Y JUAN CARLOS TANGO TORINO (CLUB ALMAGRO) ITALIA 20112011 · 4,102 views
  • Inaugurazione al Club Almagro2009 · 3,769 views
  • LOS TOTIS -- VIRGINIA GOMEZ CHRISTIAN MARQUEZ CLUB ALMAGRO2024 · 1,610 views
  • JAVIER RODRIGUEZ E FATIMA VITALE AL CLUB ALMAGRO2018 · 1,587 views
  • Torino Tango Festival 2025 (sat day milonga @ Club Almagro) - Italy2025 · 1,496 views
  • TANGO TORINO NORA Y JUAN CARLOS ITALIA CLUB ALMAGRO2011 · 1,394 views
  • Torino Tango Festival 2025 (thu pre-party @ Club Almagro) - Torino, Italy2025 · 1,232 views
  • LETIZIA MESSINA & DEMETRIO SCAFARIA Bailan al club ALMAGRO2024 · 1,133 views

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When it opened, events held here.

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Medrano club milonga where the top dancers of the 1990s gathered, until it closed in 2000 and Niño Bien inherited its role.

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