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Dancers

What dancers dance to

The orchestras each couple dances to, as a share of their Performances, and the couples who choose alike. Open a couple to hear the records they dance most.

146 Performances · 2011–2026

Leonel Mendieta & Natalia Hassan

Leonel Mendieta · Natalia Hassan

In 27% of their Performances, Leonel Mendieta & Natalia Hassan danced Juan D'Arienzo; the average couple, 25%.

Orchestra known in 60 of 146 Performances. The line is the average couple.

The periods they dance most

Share of the 37 Performances whose record we can date.

  • Biagi · First orchestra 1938–194232%
  • Pugliese · Maciel shines 1954–196716%
  • D'Arienzo · Slowing down 1940–194414%
  • D'Arienzo · Faster with Polito 1938–193914%
  • Troilo · Late years 1961–197514%

Their records

  1. Viejo portón

    Rodolfo Biagi · Teófilo Ibáñez

    6 dances
    1938

  2. Dichas que viví

    Rodolfo Biagi · Andrés Falgás

    6 dances
    1939

  3. Recuerdos de la Pampa

    Juan D'Arienzo · Alberto Echagüe

    3 dances
    1939

  4. Milonga del 83

    Juan D'Arienzo · Alberto Reynal

    3 dances
    1940

  5. Jamás retornarás

    Miguel Caló · Raúl Berón

    3 dances
    1942

  6. Trenzas

    Aníbal Troilo · Roberto Goyeneche

    2 dances
    1971

  7. Inspiración

    Juan D'Arienzo · Instrumental

    2 dances
    1967

  8. Miedo

    Juan D'Arienzo · Héctor Mauré

    2 dances
    1940

Couples who dance most like them

Their orchestra is known in only 41% of their Performances, too few to compare them with other couples.

Their Performances on the couple page

1,093 couples have 15 or more dated Performances (65,864 Performances). We know the orchestra of at least one Dance in 65% of them, and the recording’s period in 46%; only those count. 891 couples with ten or more are shown. A Performance with several orchestras counts for each, so a couple’s shares can add up to more than 100%.

From TangoTube’s videos: who danced, and what the Dances were danced to. “Alike” compares the shares of couples whose orchestra we know in at least half their Performances.