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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.

664 of 891 couples, most danced first. Swipe for the next.

24 Performances · 2009–2025

Alejandro Barrientos & Rosalia Gasso

Alejandro Barrientos · Rosalia Gasso

In 46% of their Performances, Alejandro Barrientos & Rosalia Gasso danced Francisco Canaro; the average couple, 6%.

Orchestra known in 13 of 24 Performances. The line is the average couple.

The periods they dance most

Share of the 11 Performances whose record we can date.

  • Canaro · Later years 1939–196436%
  • D'Arienzo · Faster with Polito 1938–193936%
  • Canaro · With Charlo 1927–193218%
  • Lomuto · With Omar and Díaz 1939–194318%
  • Troilo · Energetic 1941–19449%

Their records

  1. Esta noche de lunaFrancisco CanaroCarlos Roldán
    3 dances
  2. Milonga del recuerdoJuan D'ArienzoAlberto Echagüe
    3 dances
  3. EmocionFrancisco Canaroinstrumental
    2 dances
  4. Parque PatriciosFrancisco LomutoFernando Díaz
    2 dances
  5. Te aconsejo que me olvidesAníbal TroiloFrancisco Fiorentino
    1 dance
  6. Don JuanCarlos Di Sarliinstrumental
    1 dance
  7. Noche de estrellasFrancisco CanaroErnesto Famá
    1 dance
  8. Mi dolorJuan D'ArienzoOsvaldo Ramos
    1 dance

Couples who dance most like them

  • 80% alike
  • 80% alike
  • 80% alike
  • 79% alike
Their Performances on the couple page

1,094 couples have 15 or more dated Performances (65,981 Performances). We know the orchestra of at least one Dance in 65% of them, and the recording’s period in 47%; 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.