The roots of Close Embrace Tango Salon Dancing, harken back to the decades of military rule, when tango either fled Argentina, or moved underground into much smaller venues. When the Tango's revival began the open embrace dancers ruled for a time. Maria Villalobos and Pedro Tete Rusconi introduced the Apilado (Close Embrace) Style to the next generation, and in the early 90s it caught fire.

Here we have Tete and Maria, Tete later on with Silvia Ceriani, Toni O'Connell with Elina Roldan, Elina teaching the follower's technique accompanied by Daniel Trenner, and Daniel teaching the style with Rebecca Shulman.