{"id":11733,"date":"2025-11-15T14:11:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T06:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=11733"},"modified":"2025-11-15T14:11:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T06:11:32","slug":"late-night-tango-at-hong-kongs-fringe-club-draws-those-longing-for-human-connection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=11733","title":{"rendered":"Late-night tango at Hong Kong\u2019s Fringe Club draws those \u2018longing for human connection\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"


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It is just before midnight on a weeknight, and the Fringe Club in Hong Kong is alive with a very different kind of energy from the rowdiness of nearby Lan Kwai Fong.<\/p>\n

Here, a group watches in awe as a polished couple dances the Argentine tango.<\/p>\n

The duo, Kyoko Wakao and Hsu Tzu-han, are the guests of Alison Lam, a Hong Kong banker who dedicates much of her time to promoting tango and organising regular workshops for veterans and newbies alike.<\/p>\n

There are not enough hours in the day for most people in Hong Kong, Lam says, which is why she usually holds her \u201cBlue Moon Milonga\u201d workshops \u2013 a milonga is a social gathering for tango dancers \u2013 late at night.<\/p>\n

There is plenty of energy in the Fringe Club room. Dancers of all ages \u2013 some in office wear, others dressed for comfort \u2013 have been sweeping their feet and each other across the dance floor since 8pm. Now, four hours on, their attention is firmly focused on the performance by Wakao and Hsu.<\/p>\n

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Kyoko Wakao (left) and Hsu Tzu-han perform at the Fringe Club in Hong Kong. Photo: Sun Yeung<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
The Hong Kong tango community is tiny compared with those in other parts of Asia. The century-old dance was introduced to the city only in the 1990s, when Anne Decortis \u2013 a Belgian working for Medecins Sans Frontieres<\/span> in Hong Kong, and a tango aficionado \u2013 started flying in tango masters to give irregular lessons in the dance-starved city.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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