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Tango cities

Each city's tango told on its own map, chapter by chapter, every line with its source.

  • 1870–2026 · 6 chapters

    Buenos Aires
    1. Arrabal and port
    2. From the outskirts to the Centro
    3. Radio, records and cabarets
    4. The Golden Age
    5. The silence
    6. The return

  • 1900–2026 · 3 chapters

    Amsterdam
    1. The theatres
    2. A newsreel from Haarlem
    3. Schools and Tangomagia

  • 1900–2026 · 2 chapters

    Athens
    1. Greek tangos
    2. Schools and milongas

  • 1900–2026 · 3 chapters

    Berlin
    1. Tango fever
    2. The return
    3. Filmed: Embrace Berlin

  • 1900–2026 · 4 chapters

    Finland
    1. The fever
    2. Fading, and the kings
    3. Seinäjoki's Tangomarkkinat
    4. Filmed: Tampere

  • 1918–2026 · 3 chapters

    Istanbul
    1. Pera and the dancing masters
    2. Records and singers
    3. Filmed: the festivals

  • 1900–2026 · 4 chapters

    London
    1. Tango teas
    2. Palais and ballroom
    3. The first milonga
    4. Filmed: the Tangoto Cup

  • 1935–2026 · 3 chapters

    Medellín
    1. 24 June 1935
    2. Guayaquil and the Casa Gardeliana
    3. Festival Internacional de Tango

  • 1924–2026 · 3 chapters

    Mexico City
    1. From a Mexican revue
    2. The golden age of cinema
    3. Exile, Condesa and Roma

  • 1800–2026 · 6 chapters

    Montevideo
    1. Tango before tango
    2. Cafés and a march
    3. The salon tango
    4. Voices across the river
    5. A festival, a hymn, a heritage
    6. Filmed: the championships

  • 1986–2026 · 2 chapters

    Montreal
    1. The first teachers
    2. The bandoneon

  • 1900–2026 · 3 chapters

    Moscow
    1. The ban
    2. Suspect style
    3. Filmed: the festivals

  • 1914–2026 · 1 chapters

    Munich
    1. The carnival ban

  • 1900–2026 · 4 chapters

    New York
    1. Exhibition dancers
    2. A boy from Little Italy
    3. Broadway and Central Park
    4. Filmed: New York's festivals

  • 1900–2026 · 4 chapters

    Paris
    1. The craze
    2. Orchestras and a film studio
    3. Paris sends it back
    4. Filmed: the milongas

  • 1900–2026 · 2 chapters

    Rome
    1. The Quirinal and the Pope
    2. Milonghe and an embrace

  • 1850–2026 · 3 chapters

    Rosario
    1. A river port
    2. Libertad Lamarque and Gardel's visit
    3. Gardel's tour and the Casa del Tango

  • 1915–2026 · 2 chapters

    São Paulo
    1. Gardel in São Paulo
    2. Filmed: the Brazilian qualifier

  • 1900–2026 · 3 chapters

    Tokyo
    1. From Yokohama to Tokyo
    2. The orchestras
    3. Min-On to Asia

  • 1914–2026 · 3 chapters

    Vienna
    1. The ban and the fiasco
    2. The city ball
    3. Festivals and the Hofburg ball

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