Cacho Dante

Cacho Dante was a tango dancer born in 1939 ^[5]. According to one account, he learned to dance as a teenager in the 1950s with his family at milongas in Flores, and later danced downtown ^[1]. The same source states that he stopped dancing for more than twenty years during the dictatorships of the 1960s and 1970s ^[1].

In the late 1980s he was invited to teach in Buenos Aires, and he subsequently toured with Susana Miller ^[1]. He wrote at least two texts on tango, dated in Amsterdam in 1996 and in Buenos Aires in 1998 ^[2][3]. He appeared in Sally Potter's film 'The Tango Lesson' ^[4]. He died in August 2019 ^[1].

History

Cacho Dante was born in 1939 ^[5]. A biographical account gives approximate dates for his early life in tango: he learned to dance as a teenager in the 1950s, together with his family, at the milongas of Flores, and afterwards danced in the downtown milongas ^[1].

The same account states that he stopped dancing for more than twenty years during the dictatorships of the 1960s and 1970s ^[1]. The dates of this period are given only approximately ^[1].

In the late 1980s he was invited to teach in Buenos Aires ^[1]. He then toured with Susana Miller ^[1]. He died in August 2019 ^[1].

Writings

Dante wrote 'A Brief Definition of a Milonguero', dated Amsterdam, 17 September 1996 ^[2]. He also wrote 'The Tango and Trapeze Acts', dated Buenos Aires, November 1998 ^[3]. The content of these texts is not summarised in the available material ^[2][3].

Film

Dante appeared in Sally Potter's film 'The Tango Lesson' ^[4]. The available material does not describe the nature of his role in the film ^[4].