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There are a wide variety of Tango sites, both in Perth, throughout Australia and world wide. Below are some links you may find useful (all links open in a new window).

Perth

• The Tango Salon
  The Tango Salon was Perth's first studio dedicated to the promotion and instruction of Latin American styles of dance. Since its formation, the founder, Juan Rando, has travelled throughout the world developing the skills to dance and teach these styles of dance here in Australia.
• Kulcha, Fremantle
  Kulcha Multicultural Arts of Western Australia was established in 1983 as the Ethnic Music Centre and is today the state’s peak presenter of multicultural arts and Australia’s leading world music venue.
• Perth Theatre Company
  Perth Theatre Company has been producing professional theatre in Western Australia since 1983. Founded as SWY Theatre Company in 1983 by graduates from the specialist Theatre Arts course at John Curtin Senior High School, the Company quickly gained a reputation for excellence and award-winning work. They are producing a show called "Tango" in April 2005.
• Latin American Cultural Association
  LACA is a non-profit organisation that takes an active interest in all aspects of fostering, developing and promoting Latin American culture in Australia.
• Music@Curtin
  Music@Curtin is a University body that brings music to the Curtin Community. For two decades, Music@Curtin (previously the Curtin Recitals Committee) has been the body that the University Departments have recognised as providing music on campus. In addition to the indoor and open-air concerts which we put on most weeks, there are opportunities in exhibition openings, and departmental dinners.
• The Planet
  The Planet, on Radio National, searches out good, heartfelt, inspiring music from around the world. Good players don't put music into little boxes, so we don't either. You'll hear jazz, blues, folk styles, art music and more in a show artfully arranged for radio. This program is presented by Lucky Oceans (Tues-Fri) and Doug Spencer (Mon).
• The Tango Club
  The Perth Tango Club is a free group and network for all tango lovers in Perth, and supports the mainstream of tuition and events in the metro Perth area. It provides a resource of creative ideas, music and information. The Club holds a practica at the Leederville Town Hall every Wednesday. Once a month, Cuarteto Farol holds one of their practice sessions at the Practica.

Australia

• Australian Tango Festival
  The Australian Tango Festival, September 29th - October 2nd 2005, presented by Solo Tango & Sidewalk Tango. A host of tango teachers from all across Australia, together with international guest stars Claudio Hoffman and Pilar Alvarez from Buenos Aires are joining forces from 30th September to the 3rd October, to share knowledge, experience, talent and fun over the four days.
• Solo Tango
  Since 1996, after separating from the Centro Argentino, Natalia and Alberto Cortez created "Solo Tango" with the aim of teaching and diffusing the techniques of tango to the people of Melbourne.
• Back to Back
  Fabio Robles and Ana Andre are some of the foremost exponents of Argentinian Tango in Australia. Based in Melbourne, they have traveled all over the world, expanding their expertise.
• Sidewalk Tango
  Based in Melbourne, Sidewalk Tango teach a variety of Argentinian tango styles and are also one of the co-sponsors of the Australian Tango Festival in Melbourne.
• Club De tango
  'Club de Tango' is currently Sydney's longest running Tango school, and Lisa and Peter have taught hundreds of people to Tango the authentic way. Both have extensive training and experience from many of the Masters of Tango Argentino and have danced at the finest Milonga's in Buenos Aires . They incorporate current teaching methods used by the top dancers in Buenos Aires and over the past seven years Lisa and Peter have been the main contributor in establishing the tango scene in Sydney.
• Southern Cross Tango
  In South Australia, Adrienne & Andrew Gill, teach and perform the tango. They have taught countless numbers of urban and rural South Australians how to dance tango in regular weekly classes at Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced/Performance levels.
• Patio de Tango
  Patio de Tango is dedicated to teaching and promoting Argentine Tango in Sydney, Australia.
• Abrazo Tango
  Tango Abrazo is a school dedicated to teaching the beautiful, elegant Argentine Tango, based on the teaching methods and philosophies of Gaston Valdes, one of Australia’s leading exponents of the dance. The school is based on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland.