The show 'Tango & Candombe' is already playing at the Thalia Spanish Theatre every Friday (8 pm), Saturday (3 pm & 8 pm), and Sunday (4 pm) and will keep doing it throughout the entire month of June.

"Candombe! Tango Negro" proves Sly & the Family Stone's observation that to get people dancing, all you need is a drummer. Well, make that three: This musical, brought to you by GALA Hispanic ...

Candombe's Living Legacy "Candombe! Through June 27 Tango Negro" GALA Hispanic 202-234-7174 Theatre. June 11, 2004. By Dan Via. CLEARLY, Hugo Medrano has a thing for authenticity.

Historian Simon Collier, in his book Tango, refers to the first eyewitness description of the dance in 1877, when the African Argentines were seen doing an improvisation of the candombe they ...

Most tangueros agree that African influences were strong in Argentina in the 19th and early 20th centuries, when tango’s roots were watered by the candombe societies, resulting in the quickstep ...

While it isn’t completely convincing that tango’s ancestry is as much African as it is Spanish, it does introduce a fascinating dance genre, Candombe, which is unfamiliar to most Americans ...

Tango academies and tourism have become a world craze. Two of Uruguay’s most typical cultural expressions, tango and candombe (*) were declared on Wednesday part of the world's Intangible ...

I n the bohemian district of Almagro in Buenos Aires, the wistful notes of the tango classic “Vida Mía” drift out a window of a small cultural center. Inside, on a makeshift dance floor ...

TANGO NIGHTS In NYC to Feature The National Ballet Of Kosovo And The Ajkun Ballet Company . Performances will take place on May 23-24-25-30-31 and June 1.

Tango was born in poor, immigrant neighborhoods, with hybrid rhythms inspired by Afro-Uruguayan “candombe,” Cuban “habanera,” and the “milonga” music of ranchers.

Argentina, which is one of the most beautiful countries in South America, is famous of a number of things including some of the best beef in the world, great soccer teams such as Boca Juniors and R… ...