“I like to describe DJ’ing as a way of story telling. One song is already a little story. Combining 4 songs gives a little chapter. The combination of the tandas during the night creates the whole story.”
DJ Bärbel Rücker | Tanzbar , 10th January 2013

Bärbel Rücker is one of the most famous DJs in Europe, [...]

I 1997 kom jeg (Bärbel Rücker) til at se filmen ”The Tango Lesson” af Sally Potter (se filmen “The Tango Lesson”). Jeg blev fascineret med det sammen af den argentinske tango og hvordan hovedpersonen kastede sig ud i at lære argentinsk tango.
Jeg tænkte med det samme: ”Jeg vil danse argentinsk tango. Jeg må lære det. [...]

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2012!
Frohe Weihnachten und alles Gute für das neue Jahr 2012!
Glædelig jul og godt nytår 2012!
Buon Natale e felice Anno Nuovo 2012!
Argentine Tango Teacher & DJ Bärbel Rücker | Tanzbar
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If you are a tango dancer, tango DJ or you are just interested in argentine tango music, you should definitely follow this blog:
“Tanda of the Week (TOTW)” written by Antti Suniala.
Every week you will find a new tanda of traditional argentine tango. Antti Suniala is a tango DJ himself and he presents his style of [...]

“This is why I started to dance tango”
In 1997, one of my fellow students from the University of Bonn, who was dancing a bit of Tango, asked me and another friend if we wanted to see The Tango Lesson. I didn’t know anything about the film, which was directed by and starred Sally Potter. It [...]

This year Carina Mele, an Argentinian tango dancer, sent me following message:
Hello everybody
Some time ago I had the idea of opening a new blog and finally I decided to accomplish my goal. Intend to make a blog grouping stories from all the over the world, in many languages.
The idea is that you send me your [...]

During my second stay in Buenos Aires (6 month in 2007) I was taking classes at Tango Brujo. In March 2007 Matthias Morin asked me to perform with him at the Tango Brujo Semester Party. We danced to Juan D’Arienzo with Héctor Maure “Si La Llegaran a Ver”.

Argentine Tango Teacher & DJ Bärbel Rücker | [...]