ABRAZOS is a publishing house with headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany and Córdoba, Argentina; since 1999 it has been publishing books about Tango and Argentina literature in English, German, Italian, French, and Spanish. In addition, its founder, Daniel Canuti, teaches, gives shows, and inspiring lectures on tango.


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    Tango Queer Buenos Aires

     €16.00

    Author: Mariana Docampo
    130 pages
    ISBN 978-987-47617-4-3

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    All dance spaces (with their traditions, their physical requirements, their gendered performances) can be thought of as political devices for the body and its practices. They are cultural zones where possible forms of life are rehearsed—often in an unconscious way. They set in motion new probable and improbable relationships among bodies.

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    TANGO. An anxious quest for freedom

     €20.00

    NEW edition revised and updated

    Authors: Gloria and Rodolfo Dinzel
    152 pages with illustrations
    Translated by Martin Harvey
    ISBN 3-9807383-5-3

    For the first time a literary work on tango dynamics attempts to dialogue about the technical and theoretical aspects of this dance, that is ¨porteña¨, and shows us to the world.

Latest Books

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    I Am Tango

     €20.00

    Author: María Oliva
    134 pages illustrated with photos
    ISBN 978-3-939871-25-5

    I Am Tango. Biography of Maria Nieves
    “Tango dance has something very special: it’s the communication within the couple. That is why when we dance it we feel an endless number of emotions, such as love…and hate. I was born to dance tango and I will die for my tango.”

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    The Structure of the Dance 1 (by ftp)

     €22.00

  • New Glossary of Tango Dance + DVD

     €40.00

    Author: Gustavo Benzecry Sabá
    96 Pages with photos + 1 DVD showing 285 Tango words and movements.
    ISBN 978-987-24481-8-9

    New Glossary of Tango Dance. Key Tango Argentino dance terms
    The New Glossary of Tango Dance comes is the result of a 10 year long thoughtful research. Its first edition, published in 2004 was an outstanding success. It´s demand all over the world made it be re-printed several times.

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    Blackness in Tango

     €15.00

    Writer: Mónica María Fumagalli
    64 pages with colour illustrations and Photos
    ISBN 978-3-939871-43-9

    Blackness in Tango. A story of love hidden in the notes
    Slaves took part in the founding of Buenos Aires and in the wars that shaped its destiny. One of the first bandoneón players in history was the son of slaves: it’s difficult to imagine tango as a creation indifferent to the presence of Blacks.

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    Boleos 2 (CD Rom / by ftp)

     €15.00

  • TANGO. An anxious quest for freedom

     €20.00

    NEW edition revised and updated

    Authors: Gloria and Rodolfo Dinzel
    152 pages with illustrations
    Translated by Martin Harvey
    ISBN 3-9807383-5-3

    For the first time a literary work on tango dynamics attempts to dialogue about the technical and theoretical aspects of this dance, that is ¨porteña¨, and shows us to the world.

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    Women and Tango

     €15.00

    Author: Mónica María Fumagalli
    64 pages with colour illustrations and Photos
    ISBN 978-987-48170-4-4

    Angels of the hearth, cabaret demons. Women and Tango
    Women have always been the at the center of tango’s poetic…

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    I wanted to dance

     €15.00

    Author: Ricardo Plazaola
    120 pages with 35 photos
    ISBN 978-987-24481-7-2

    I wanted to dance. Carlos Gavito: Life, passion and tango

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    CARLOS EDUARDO GAVITO (4/27/1943 – 7/1/2005) was born in La Plata, Argentina. He spent his youth in the barrio of Avellaneda (to the south of Greater Buenos Aires) and the rest of his life circling the globe.