Outside Havana , the Festival del Tango de Gibara , Holguin \ is the most important international tango event in Cuba . Under the presidency of Elisa Hernandez , it has attracted a wide range of Argentine tango dancers as well as local performers . During the festival , there are tango classes available from both Argentine teachers and their hosts , practicas , demonstrations , tangothemed performances .
Santiago de Cuba , the second city of Cuba is the undisputed home of traditional Cuban music and dance , Circulo Amigos del Tango Argentino Ledesma is the oldest and most well established tango club in the city with regular classes , practicas and seminaries . Founded in 1984 by Don Hugo Sagredo Jimanez , it aims to develop among its members practice , promotion and dissemination of the tango music and dance . Classes are held every Friday .
Cuba offers many opportunities to practice and dance , from the El Ojo de Ciclon galeria of Leo D ’ Lazaro to Del Prado on Sundays , in front of La Union Arabe . If it rains , there is always the Academia del Tango on Calle Agustin Garcia . On Fridays , Pedacito de Cielo hosts evening practicas and milongas at the Academia del Tango Agustin Garcia . Gion Santana has begun a relatively new milonga called Ensueno that is also held there . So , dancers have a choice .
Cuba is , without question , the leading Caribbean island for the teaching and preservation of the tango . Here is where it all began for the peoples of the Crystal Isles . The Cubans are very proud of their musically inspired heritage , as can be noted by their deep immersion into many other world famous Cuban music and dance genres , such as danzón , rumba , and cha cha cha . With the reopening of travel opportunities for Americans , they will able to share their love of music and dance .
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