Graham Guy

Neotangology

Arts EN ↓ 9 episodes

Buenos Aires in the mid-1930s. A man and a woman, both ready to dance and to share the next ten minutes of music in a gentle embrace. Their eyes meet fleetingly across a crowded dance hall and the man raises his eyebrows questioningly. After the briefest of hesitations the woman nods. The connection is made, and he walks across the floor to offer her his hand. Argentine tango is a dance with a turbulent and passionate history, but are the stories all true? And how can a dance so linked to a particular time and place be relevant now a century later and halfway around the world? In Neotangology,...

Author

Graham Guy

Category

Arts

Podcast website

neotangology.dance

Latest episode

Dec 12, 2025

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Episodes

Milongas and the Codigos 12.12.2025

Tango social dances are full of mysterious and often hard to understand rules, but a lot of them make more sense if you view them in their historical context.

Intangible Cultural Heritage 12.12.2025

How does the grant of Intangible Cultural Heritage given to tango apply to modern interpretations of the dance?

Tango Nuevo and Neotango 31.10.2025

The origin of the terms Tango Nuevo and Neotango, and how they are used in the tango community.

Tango Argentino - The Tango Revival 30.10.2025

In the 1980s one event was to change the course of tango history, and no-one saw it coming.

When Tango Stopped 17.10.2025

When a change in the political situation in 1950s Argentina coincides with a global phenomenon, something has to give.

The Origin of Tango 10.10.2025

From the early origin of tango in the late 19th century to the mid 1950s.

My First Tango 03.10.2025

Graham talks about his first ever introduction to tango, and wonders how Sheila stopped his father from dancing.

Introduction 03.10.2025

Graham introduces himself and tells you a little bit about why he is writing this book and what he hopes will come from it.

Prologue 03.10.2025

An introduction to Neotangology.

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