Leonardo Fandango
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| Born | 1959 Buenos Aires |
| Nationality | Argentine |
| Occupation | Tango dancer |
Leo is an Argentine Tango dancer born in Buenos Aires in 1959. He is a 2nd generation 'Milonguero' as his father was also a Tango teacher and organiser and Leo learnt his first steps from him at the age of 8 years old.
Leo has danced Tango throughout his life pausing only during the 1980s at the time of the dictatorship in Argentina when social meetings were banned.
When Tango was revived in the 1990s, Leo was there as part of the Nuevo generation who rediscovered the skills of the past dancers and breathed new life into them. He was part of the Nuevo movement and as a Milonguero appeared with his partner on Argentine TV.
With the success of the theatre shows that started travelling the world, Argentine Tango became a worldwide phenomenon and in 2001, Leo arrived in London in the UK. There he set up his School 'Tango Fandango', 'Fandango' was the name given to him by his father and was used by Leo as his professional stage name in Buenos Aires. [1]
Using his defined teaching methods created from many years of dancing Tango, Leo taught large numbers of people to dance Argentine Tango both in London and throughout the UK. With his methodology, he created his book, "The ABC of Argentine Tango", co written with his wife and partner Tracey Tyack-Acosta in 2015 and revised and updated in 2022. The book seeks to define and demystify the Argentine Tango and to help people understand this unique art form.[2]
Leo has taught and performed at many places throughout the UK. In 2012, He revived the Tango Suppers at the London Waldorf Hilton, the ballroom where the Argentine Tango was first introduced to the UK in 1910. [3] He has also performed at the prestigious Blackpool Tower Ballroom.
More importantly though, he has dedicated the last 30 years of his life to teach the social art form of the improvised Argentine Tango, a cultural movement which is now recognised as a UNESCO world heritage dance.
He is one of the most respected Milongueros currently residing in the UK. His links through his Tango family and unique memories of the great musicians such as Rudolfo Biaggi visiting his parents home when Leo was a child, makes him an important source of knowledge of Argentine Tango culture. He is able to give a rare insight into the social Argentine Tango as he was taught not just by his father but by his father's elderly friends, whose knowledge precludes anyone presently living today. In this respect he is one of the few teachers who can identify the old Argentine styles of the 'Canyengue' or 'Orillero' as he was also taught by an elderly gentleman as a child who knew the legendary 'Cachafaz'. Today, the only knowledge that is left of this dancer is a short film clip from 1933 although he is still revered as one of the all time greats.[4]
[5] <ref>https://www.berkshiretangoclub.co.uk</ref
References
- ↑ https://www.tango-fandango.co.uk
- ↑ The ABC of Argentine Tango
- ↑ https://famoushotels.org/news/mourby-of-london-to-tango
- ↑ "El Cachafaz".
- ↑ https://www.lat-s.co.uk
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