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Cacho Dante1939-2019

Cacho Dante was a well-known milonguero, who shared the close embrace 'milonguero style' tango outside of Argentina. He learned the tango as a teenager in the 1950's from his parents, his aunts and uncles, and from his cousins in the neighborhood milongas. His father was an orphan, who, as a child, sold garlic on street corners in El Abasto, the neighborhood of Carlos Gardel. His father was a milonguero, all of the family danced tango, Cacho's family roots were in the Golden Age culture of tango. (ReporTango)

As a teenager, Cacho only danced in his local Flores neighborhood, when his father confronted him, "Do you want to get married?" Cacho said no, then the father said, "Then why are you dancing here?" "Well, because I know the girls," Cacho replied. "Stop messing around," said his father, "and go downtown." (PractiMilonguero)

So Cacho went into the heart of tango, downtown Buenos Aires, and learned to dance at the larger milonga salons. Dancing on the crowded floors of the large milongas demanded a closer embrace and a more controlled dance than the less crowded floors of the suburbs. It was there that Cacho refined his dance to the great orchestras of the 50's. (PractiMilonguero)

The Argentine dictatorships of the 1960's and 70's felt threatened by the large gatherings of people at the milongas. They harrassed and arrested the young men who attended the milongas, and Cacho gave up and stopped dancing for over 20 years. (ReporTango)

When the dictatorships failed and tango returned, Cacho and other older milongueros returned to the salons. Their dance skills, which had been supressed for an entire generation, were sought out by younger dancers trying to learn tango. (PractiMilonguero)

References

Cacho Dante on Wordpress, https://cachodante.wordpress.com

This site was maintained by Cacho Dante. It contains articles and interviews that he published as well as videos of his dance. (Accessed August 29, 2019)

Cacho Dante, Tango and Trapeze Acts, November 1998, reposted in Cacho Dante on Wordpress. https://cachodante.wordpress.com/2008/06/10/the-tango-and-trapeze-acts/

In Transit with Cacho Dante. From ReporTango, February 2002 Reposted by Cacho Dante on Wordpress at

https://cachodante.wordpress.com/2008/06/10/in-transit-with-cacho-dante/ (Accessed August 29,2019)

Tango Commutor: 'Cacho' Dante Friday 30 March 2012

http://tangocommuter1.blogspot.com/2012/03/cacho-dante.html (Accessed August 26, 2019)

Tango Commutor: 'Cacho' Dante Monday, 21 December 2009

http://tangocommuter1.blogspot.com/2009/12/cacho-dante.html

YouTube Video: Armando Lindner Cacho Dante in Seattle 2004

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7sPLZdqF7g

YouTube Video: Armando Lindner Cacho Dante (2) in Seattle 2004

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTUdKm4wCbk&t=135s

YouTube Video: Interview with Oscar "Cacho" Dante at PractiMilonguero, March 7, 2012. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=311&v=vuralwF3naU

Facebook: Cacho Dante's Page https://www.facebook.com/Cacho-Dante-49079175993/

Cacho was asked to teach in the late 1980's in Buenos Aires. He was soon invited to join Buenos Aires-born tango dancer Susana Miller in Europe. Thus began a world tour that would last the rest of his life. He taught the entire culture of tango, together with its codes. His 1998 essay Tango and Trapeze Acts is a classic and a must read for any serious student of tango.