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Venue

Usina del Arte

2012: 12013: 12014: 12016: 12017: 12019: 12022: 12025: 12026: 9
2012’202026
performances filmed, by the year danced· our videos

2012: 1, 0; 2013: 1, 0; 2014: 1, 0; 2016: 1, 0; 2017: 1, 0; 2019: 1, 0; 2022: 1, 0; 2025: 1, 0; 2026: 9, 0

The music danced here

The recordings most danced here, on film. The bar is how often each is still danced everywhere we index.

  1. Pavadita

    Alfredo De Angelis

    43 dances
    1958

  2. Invierno

    Francisco Canaro · Roberto Maida

    128 dances
    1937

  3. No nos veremos nunca

    Juan D'Arienzo · Alberto Echagüe

    70 dances
    1944

  4. Canción de cuna

    Osvaldo Fresedo · Ernesto Famá

    19 dances
    1928
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Opening and closing

Our venue records; each note says what the year counts

Opened
2012Main hall inaugurated 23 May 2012; building dates from 1916 (Wikipedia).

By decade

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

  1. 2010s

    1. 2014Alberto Podestá: Celebrates his 90th birthday with a concert at the Usina del Arte.

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    2. 2014Héctor de Rosas: Records with the Orquesta Típica Sans Souci and sings with it at the Usina del Arte.

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    3. 2019Hugo Mastrolorenzo: Dances in the Buenos Aires Tango Festival's homage to Rubén Juárez at the Usina del Arte in August.

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    4. Aug 18, 2019Ernesto Franco: 90th-birthday concert at the Usina del Arte.

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  2. 2020s

    1. May 17, 2024Suyay Quiroga: Dances with the Orquesta del Tango de Buenos Aires (conductor Juan Carlos Cuacci) at the Usina del Arte.

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    2. May 17, 2024Jonny Carvajal: Dances with the Orquesta del Tango de Buenos Aires (conductor Juan Carlos Cuacci) at the Usina del Arte.

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    3. Aug 14, 2024Bruna Estellita: Closes the opening concert of Tango BA 2024, Usina del Arte.

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    4. Aug 14, 2024Julian Sanchez: Closes the opening concert of Tango BA 2024, Usina del Arte.

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    5. Aug 22, 2026Johanna Copes: The Copes Tango Show performs at the Usina del Arte during the city Festival de Tango.

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    6. Aug 27, 2026Pancho Martinez Pey: Sits on a jury for the Mundial de Tango pista quarter-finals (27 August, Usina del Arte).

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    7. Aug 28, 2026Milena Plebs: Honoured for 40 years in tango at Tango BA / the World Tango Championship, Usina del Arte, Buenos Aires (28 August): a talk with Corina de la Rosa, DJ Nel Mastro and Compañía Rumores de Milonga, and a milonga danced with Juan Malizia and Javier Rodríguez.

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    8. Aug 29, 2026Andres Laza Moreno: Judges the Mundial de Tango semifinal at the Usina del Arte.

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Dancers filmed here

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Filmed here

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Data: recordings, facts and sources

Converted power station in La Boca used as a stage of the Buenos Aires tango festival, e.g. 2016 and the 2024 closing concert.

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Avenida Don Pedro de Mendoza 501

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