Gotta Tango addresses the fundamental questions about learning to dance the Argentine tango socially: what to learn? how the choreographic elements fit together? where to start? what to pay attention to? what to add to the personal music collection?

In sum, it is an in-depth reference book on a structure of the Argentine tango. The bonus of Gotta Tango is the collection of great essays on the history of dance and music, the major orchestras of the Golden Age and the physical conditioning for dancing Argentine tango.

Alberto Paz and Valorie Hart are the master teachers from Planet Tango, New Orleans, LA, USA. Once they were very confused students themselves. When Alberto and Valorie become teachers, they decided to undertake the project of putting some "rhyme and reason" into the process of learning and teaching the tango.

Valorie and Alberto spend a long time in Buenos Aires, watching and quizzing many respected old-time milongueros. They dug in the archives. Gotta Tango is the result of the research.

The book is thoughtfully organized, clearly written and well-illustrated with numerous diagrams and a companion DVD.