Feb. 2, 2006 — -- Buenos Aires, Argentina, is the tango capital of the world. It's where the dance was born in the bordellos and immigrant neighborhoods in the late 1800s. The tango is improvised ...

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Now and then in Buenos Aires, I have the urge to rub against a man I’ve never met. When that occurs, I usually go to La Boca, the barrio that throbs with the afterglow of brilliantly colored paints ...

The oldest neighborhood in Buenos Aires, San Telmo feels like a small, bohemian town in the big city. Home to milongas (tango gatherings) and numerous specialty coffee shops, the heart of the ...

At the turn of the 20th century, the well-heeled porteños of Buenos Aires, out for an evening in the seedy port neighborhoods along the Río de la Plata, started noticing a dance they had never seen ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. This weekend dozens of couples from Argentina and the rest of the world are battling it out in Buenos Aires at ...

This August, Buenos Aires celebrates the 10th annual World Tango Festival, a two-week extravaganza of classes, dances and the World Championship compeition. Born in the brothels of Buenos Aires, tango ...

Tissiana Correia wheels and struts on the floor of Nuevo Gricel, a tango club in Buenos Aires, the skirt of her print dress belling out as she turns to embrace partner Rodrigo Yaltone. After ...