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.

Two of Uruguay’s most typical cultural expressions, tango and candombe (*) were declared on Wednesday part of the world's Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by the United Nations Educational, ...

CLEARLY, Hugo Medrano has a thing for authenticity. When the GALA Hispanic Theatre's artistic director set out to build a show around Uruguay's candombe music, he didn't stop at poring over academic ...

The documentary, “Tango Negro: The African Roots of Tango” details the African roots of Tango, the famed Argentinean music/dance genre. Music journalist and host of Beat Latino, Catalina Maria Johnson ...

It is widely known that most American vernacular dances have African roots. But what about the tango? An invigorating new musical revue, tellingly titled “AfroTango,” attempts to demonstrate that ...

The tango grew up among the multicultural mix of Agentina's poor and underprivileged masses of the mid-19th century. Said to have borrowed elements from the music of the black African population, the ...

Chiara Ajkun's newest choreography comes to New York after the outstanding success in Kosovo. A master in powerful physicality, emotional expression and rich narratives, she created a unique blend of ...

On its recent album Mar Dulce, the South American music collective Bajofondo draws inspiration from the Rio de la Plata, an area bordering the Argentine and Uruguayan frontiers known for its ...

“Florencia Gonzalez performance (…) was again one of the most interesting and enjoyable acts, with the right balance between school and street, between north and south, between the past and future of ...

Samba, Latin Jazz, Candombe and Tango. Celebrating the launch of Matzner's new album Tamborilero and Solidaridad Tango's vinyl launch of their debut album DISTANCIA. Followed by a Milonga hosted by DJ ...