TRENNER'S TANGO ARCHIVE
WHO WHAT WHEN?
Scroll down to view our short montage videos detailing various aspects of the archive and for more information: the TTA Team and financial future of the Archive.
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INSTRUCTIONAL
CLASSES
Filmed by BttTV (Bridge to the Tango Television) during the Tango Revival.
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PERFORMANCES
From the Revival era across Buenos Aires, the USA, the Netherlands and more.
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MILONGAS
(SOCIAL DANCING)
FOOTAGE
Step back in time to the Salones (dance halls) of the Revival (Renovación) in Buenos Aires.
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"THE BEST OF SOLO TANGO"
Rare footage from the Argentine TV Station screenings of Revival Milonguer@s.
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-THE TTA TEAM-
WHO WORKS AT THE ARCHIVE?
We're Daniel & Margot - more information on us below!
The Archive, however, is a product of so many talented, generous, hard-working people.
From the artists who worked with me, Daniel, back in the 80s and 90s, to everyone who has helped behind-the-scenes to get the Archive to where it is right now to be shared with the world.
You know who you are and I am so grateful for your help bringing this project alive to share - thank you.
Find out more about us below and scroll to read in detail about the plans for profit sharing, supporting Tango organizations on the ground in Buenos Aires, and reinvestment as and when the Archive becomes profitable.
DANIEL TRENNER
ACCIDENTAL ARCHIVIST & TANGO REVIVALIST
Followed love to Buenos Aires in 1986
Studied Tango with the Milonguer@s featured throughout the archive
I took my camera with me everywhere in the 80s and 90s and passed it around at milongas, performances and classes and said "Film everything!"
Began Bridge to the Tango Tours in Buenos Aires
Became a touring Tango teacher and performer
Now, after caring for my parents as they passed, I've settled teaching and hosting guest artists and residencies for touring artists in Florence, MA, USA
Listen to my Tango discovery story on the right
MARGOT
MAX
SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING & RIGHT-HAND MAN
I met Argentine Tango & Daniel on my first day of class at Mount Holyoke College in 2017
After 3 classes I approached Daniel, "Daniel, I want more!"
Tango TA assisted Daniel for 3 years in College with his private lessons, university classes and Tango clubs
I haven't stopped dancing and studying since!
Began teaching Argentine Tango in London in the Summer of 2024
I also study and perform Tanztheater
Check out my Archive story and future on the left
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PROFIT SHARING WITH TANGO ORGANIZATIONS & REINVESTMENT IN THE ARCHIVE
How will the Archive support the future of Tango and pay homage, giving back to the lineage of Tango seen throughout the Archive?
We acknowledge that the economic prospects for Argentinians in Argentina are challenging and even more so for artists, teachers, and organizers.
When Daniel filmed the classes, performances, and instructional videos that constitute the Archive back in the 80s & 90s, every participant who taught, performed and worked as staff were paid well. Daniel’s companies and projects have always paid the contributing artists and staff at minimum a living wage (if not more) in all of the locations in which we worked and will continue to do so.
There was hope for even more profit through royalties during the age of The (prior) Tango Catalogue, but more money never materialized in those times. In 2000, with the election of George W. Bush, the Catalogue failed, our Argentina and Cuba Programs were canceled, and Daniel was the victim of a gang attack on the street in CA that left him with injuries from which he is still recovering decades later.
Moving forward it is our wish that the Archive will become a unique and profitable resource for the worldwide Tango Community. We feel that the best way to make good on our promise to share in future wealth is to give back directly to the people on the ground today, in Buenos Aires, who are working diligently, under difficult circumstances, to keep Tango alive and evolving in the Tango’s birthplace and home.
We are committed to profit sharing with organizations in Buenos Aires that directly support the organizers of Social Dancing, the teachers of innovative pedagogies, and the performance artists, creators and performers. We are in conversation at present with our collaborators in Buenos Aires who will help us bridge to and connect with organizations with whom to collaborate with and support.
The Tango is a World Heritage whose home is Buenos Aires. We are dedicated to building upon Tango resources and will continue to do so. Subscriptions serve as financial support for this whole continuum for how we can support Tango Art and Community.
As and when the Archive becomes profitable beyond covering its costs, we will make transparent the earnings and how they are shared among paying staff, re-investing in the Archive, and supporting Tango organizations in Buenos Aires.
If you are curious how you can help our project or the Tango organizations we will futuristically support, please do get in touch with us at trennerstangoarchive@gmail.com.
