Pablo Veron was the choreographer and principle dancer of Sally Potter’s movie, The Tango Lesson. In this interview in El Tangauta, published in both English and Spanish) he discusses some of the debates and dilemmas in Argentine Tango today, such as whether and how to differentiate styles of dancing with the term “nuevo” (new), and what has happened with the emergence of pedagogies for teaching and the “industrialization” of tango. The interview beautifully articulates why improvisation is the soul of tango.

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