FILE – In this May 29, 2021 file photo, a couple dances tango in protest to demand to be allowed to dance in open spaces during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The closing of borders has prevented the arrival of tourists, the main source of financing for the local tango industry.
Chairs sit empty inside La Viruta Tango club that’s closed due to the COVID-19 lockdown in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, June 4, 2021. The empty, dark dance floor at the club is a symbol of the pandemic-induced crisis facing dancers and musicians of an art form known for close physical contact and exchanging partners.
Argentine tango dancer and director Mora Godoy poses for a picture in her bathroom decorated with pictures of her dancing in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, June 2, 2021. “It is very painful not to be able to dance,″ said Godoy, adding that some tango professionals had turned to taxi-driving and selling groceries to make a living during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.
FILE – In this May 29, 2021 file photo, a couple dances tango in protest to demand to be allowed to dance in open spaces during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in Buenos Aires, Argentina. According to the Federal Assembly of Tango Workers, some 40 tango clubs out of a total of 200 in Buenos Aires have closed permanently between 2020 and this year.
Posters of Argentine tango musicians, from right, Juan d’Arienzo, Tita Merello, Aníbal Troilo and Osvaldo Pugliese, decorate a stage at La Viruta Tango club, closed amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, June 4, 2021. Like other venues of its kind, the club has been closed since March 8, 2020, around the time that Argentine authorities decreed a strict quarantine in hopes of reducing the spread of COVID-19.
Tango dancer and musician Nicolas Ponce poses for a portrait as he plays the bandoneon inside a plant shop he started after the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown closed dance venues in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, June 4, 2021. The essence of tango, he said, is what makes it so difficult to perform in the current health emergency.
Tango dancer and musician Nicolas Ponce poses for a portrait outside the plant shop he started up after the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown closed dance venues in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, June 4, 2021. Although it’s a symbol of Argentine culture, tango does not get any specific subsidies.
Couples dance tango in protest to demand to be allowed to dance in open spaces during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, May 29, 2021. Argentine authorities have decreed a strict quarantine in hopes of reducing the spread of COVID-19.
FILE – In this May 29, 2021 file photo, couples dance tango in protest to demand to be allowed to dance in open spaces during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The sign at right reads in Spanish “We embrace tango. For outdoor milongas,” referring to the music genre.
FILE – In this June 6, 2021 file photo, a couple dances tango at a park amid the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Nostalgia for dance makes many tango dancers, or tangueros, defy restrictions with clandestine milongas in closed places or public spaces.
A table and chairs sit amid the empty dance floor of La Viruta Tango club, closed during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, June 4, 2021. “For those of us who make a living from tango, our self-esteem is on the floor,” said Horacio Godoy, a dancer, historian and club organizer who walked across the Viruta dance hall, which recreated the atmosphere of the 1940s era when tango became a wildly popular entertainment.
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — In a huge ballroom in a Buenos Aires basement, the tables are stacked. On the orchestra stage, the piano lid is closed near unplugged speakers and billboard images of tango celebrities.
The empty, dark dance floor at the Viruta Tango Club is a symbol of the pandemic-induced crisis facing dancers and musicians of an art form known for close physical contact and exchanging partners.
Like other venues of its kind, the Viruta club has been closed since March 8, 2020, around the time that Argentine authorities decreed a strict quarantine in hopes of reducing the spread of COVID-19. The club used to host hundreds of tango dancers between Wednesday and Sunday.
“For those of us who make a living from tango, our self-esteem is on the floor,” said Horacio Godoy, a dancer, historian and club organizer who walked across the Viruta dance hall, which, when in full swing, recreated the atmosphere of the 1940s era when tango became a wildly popular entertainment.
“We are more emotionally than financially bankrupt,” Godoy said.
Equally damaging has been the closing of borders, preventing the arrival of tourists, the main source of financing for the local tango industry. Tango tours abroad have also been canceled as Argentina continues to suffer high coronavirus caseloads more than a year after the pandemic began. There have been more than 80,000 confirmed deaths from COVID-19 in the country.
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