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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    Changing the World One Tango at a Time

     €17.00

    Author: Ray Sullivan
    206 pages
    ISBN 978-631-90507-3-8

    More than a guide or a “how-to” book, Changing the World One Tango at a Time is a series of observations that teach and confirm how we are all connected to each other…

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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.

Latest Books

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    Tango Passion and the Rules of the Game

     €16.00

    Author: Margareta Westergård
    210 pages
    ISBN 978-3-939871-09-5

    In this book, the strict rules, códigos, and behavioural patterns at the traditional milongas (dance halls) of Buenos Aires are described. They constitute a frame around the tango, which in its unique embrace, el abrazo, is danced here with more devotion and passion than in any other tango environment in the world.

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    Men’s Technique (by ftp)

     €15.00

  • 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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    Traces. Memories of Resistance (Argentina 1974 – 1983)

     €15.00

    Author: María del Carmen Sillato
    240 pages
    ISBN 978-3-939871-20-0

    This book brings together the unpublished works of survivors of State terrorism in Argentina. The painful past emerges on each page to be re-worked and approached from different angles; it invites reflection and is projected toward new audiences.

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    Changing the World One Tango at a Time

     €17.00

    Author: Ray Sullivan
    206 pages
    ISBN 978-631-90507-3-8

    More than a guide or a “how-to” book, Changing the World One Tango at a Time is a series of observations that teach and confirm how we are all connected to each other…

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    Advanced Classes July-August 2001 (CD Rom / by ftp)

     €22.00

  • Inside the show Tango Argentino

     €20.00

    Writer: Antón Gazenbeek
    248 Pages, 97 Photos
    ISBN 978-1-716-87995-1

    During the dark years of military dictatorship, Tango had fallen into oblivion all over the world, even in Argentina. The “Tango Argentino” tango show was the show that led to the worldwide revival of interest in Tango. He made his debut in Paris, then conquered Broadway and, later, the whole world…

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    The Quest for the Embrace

     €39.00

    Author: Gustavo Benzecry Sabá
    238 pages with illustrations
    ISBN 978-987-26509-6-4

    The Quest for the Embrace. The History of Tango Dance (1800-1983)
    In 2009, UNESCO declared the Argentine tango to be part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Preceding this honor, there is a long history of men and women that created the dance, giving form to a way of life.