Los Hermanos Macana

Breathtaking and witty tango interpretations

Though only in their early twenties, the Argentine brothers Enrique and Guillermo De Fazio have already become a legendary dance couple: “Los Hermanos Macana.” They are famous worldwide for their breathtaking and witty tango interpretations. With their full-length two-man shows they thrill their audiences at Tango, Dance and Theatre festivals from America to Europe and Australia.

They couldn’t have chosen a more striking stage name: The term macana comes from the Lunfardo, the language of the harbor quarters of Buenos Aires and means “a witty guy” and also “one who’s just got it.” And that’s exactly what they are: playful and comical but with an incredible technical brilliance, a unique couple bursting with ideas and energy, not just because they are two men dancing tango together.

Yet “Los Macanas” are everything else but a “modern couple.” Deliberately they call themselves traditional tango dancers. Thus they take up an important part of tango history, when at the beginning of the last century men danced with each other, a consequence of the lack of ladies in the immigration country Argentina.

In their classes they teach with a lot of fun and empathy and of course with technical perfection: a pure joy for their students.