History

The Academia Nacional del Tango (UK) was formed on the 12th of November 1998 and the main aims of the organisation include:

to work in close co-operation with tango teachers, dance schools, tango artists and promoters in Britain and throughout the world.
to promote the music, lyrics and dance of tango.
to act as a resource for the understanding of the origins and development of tango.
to sponsor and facilitate teaching and exhibition visits to Britain by exceptional tango dancers and musicians from Argentina and around the world.
to promote and organise the London Tango Festival as a celebration of tango and to help establish London as a centre of tango in Europe.