Tango!: The Dance, the Song, the Story

by Simon Collier, Richard Martin, Artemis Cooper

Traces the history of the tango, describes dancers and musicians associated with the dance, and looks at the tango in art and movies

208 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1995

Reviews

[Ramya]

A large colorful coffee table book with surprising more academic thoroughness of referencing than expected. However, disappointing that written in mid-1990s there is still an unnecessary emphasis and stipulation that tango's birth and origin were from brothels! Just as we don't understand jazz as a form that was raised and nurtured in Southern brothels but as a hybrid of musical sensibilities becoming something unique -- so too is tango a synergy of different dance aesthetics and music!

[Glenn Robinson]

Wonderful book that provides information for just about anything and everything one would want to know about Tango. The history, the personalities, the recordings and much, much more. Glossy large photos added to the history. Well researched, not dry. If the Tango interests you, then this is a good book.

[Eva]

Ett stort Presentverk, fullt med fotografier och historia.
Hundra år av kulturell utveckling.

[TrumanCoyote]

Eye-opening account of a movement both musical and social. Had to skip that last chapter though (it was way too freakin' pompous!).