tango, the dance of the night

Tango, the Dance of the Night, records the world of the milongas traditional Argentinean tango halls and their patrons, the milongueros. The milongueros constitute a unique sub-culture that has its own highly encoded rules of behaviour. These codes are a reflection of a certain street-smart, bitter, melancholic yet passionate view of the world, with its particular ethical and aesthetic values.

Each night at the milonga is a dramatic cycle in itself, an erotically charged arena where issues of power and gender are played out. Fleeting relationships, alliances, rivalries, jealousies and games of seduction occur, leading to the encounters on the dance floor. At the milonga, class, age and physical appearance recede. The dancing is what counts, the connection between body and body, the feeling for the music.