A Playful Rhythm Enterprise is a company dedicated to teaching and promoting Argentine Tango in the United States.
Argentine Tango is the traditional social dance of Argentina. It is a unique cultural phenomenon expressed by dance and music; it draws its essence from the immigrant experience of generations of residents of the city of Buenos Aires. This melting pot city combined Native American, African, and European folk influences to create a South American version of Jazz or Blues culture complete with its own dialect of Spanish (lunfardo) and a centuries old oral tradition of storytelling (the payador) preserved in tango lyrics and poetry. The Argentine Tango exists as an important facet of a very rich culture.
"A strange spell of a love made rhythm
That opened paths without any laws other than hope,
A mixture of anger, of pain, of faith, of absence
Crying in the innocence of A Playful Rhythm."
"El Choclo", Angel Villoldo and Enrique Santos Discepolo.
5 Greene Place, Lafayette, CA 94549.
Telephone: (415) 412-1866
A Playful Rhythm Enterprise is proud sponsor of:
Marcelo is a milonguero, Argentine Tango dancer, choreographer and instructor.
He started to dance Argentine Tango when he was 20 years old and have never stopped since.
He specialized in traditional tango music from 1930's and 40's.
As instructor, he brings the dance style from the milongas of Buenos Aires, focused on the connection between partners and to the music.
His teaching method is based on exercises and explanations that make students understand the fundamentals of the dance.
He has taught and performed in Argentina, USA, Canada and Europe.
Currently based in San Francisco, California, he goes back to his native Buenos Aires several times a year to teach and give exhibitions at some of the most important milongas, such as Salon Canning, Confiteria Ideal, Nuevo Chique and Cachirulo.
