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There are at least two books with the same title.

Link to OP's book here.

I'll take it upon myself to paste OP's blurb from amazon.com here, just for background information.

> The author, William Derik Rawson, is from a famous Argentine family which helped to create the tango in the 1860's. The family even has its own famous old tango called "Tango Rawson". He has been dancing tango for twenty years around the world for fun and recently has been living in Paris for the past two years. Mr. Rawson has written his personal observations about the tango scene here in Paris. In the book he has made a list of the names and addresses of the current dance spots that are the most interesting, so travelers can find the best tango experiences quickly in just a few days. For the price of a cup of coffee you can take this e-book with you (on or off line from the Internet connection) and have a great time.

>"Tango Rawson" was composed in 1910 by Arolas and played during the Golden Age of Tango in Buenos Aires in the 1930's by the big orchestra of D'Arienzo ('You can find it on You Tube by cutting and pasting this link

>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYzaLWnXYbw

>His ancestor Doctor Guillermo Rawson, was a native born Argentine in 1821 from San Juan, Argentina, a big wine producing area, after his family moved from Boston, Massachusetts. Doctor Rawson became the Minister of the Interior in 1863 in the first elected government and founded the Argentine Red Cross and also founded Patagonia for the Welsh people from England to start a colony. The capital is the city of Rawson where Welsh is still spoken even today. He also founded the wealthy suburb of Recoleta and is buried in the center of the famous Recoleta Cemetery where Juan Peron and his wife Evita are also buried.

>The author, William Derik Rawson is a native Texan from Houston, Texas. He is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley in San Francisco, California and went to high school in Houston, Texas and also in Geneva, Switzerland so he has many native Parisian friends. He speaks English, French and Spanish. He also lived and danced in Buenos Aires, Argentina for five years from 2006 to 2011 and in Berlin, Germany from 2012 to 2014. He works on the Internet and travels the world, enjoying the tango. You can do it too! Dancing is fun.

If she's both a good dancer and attractive, she probably has leaders falling over themselves at the home milongas to get a dance with her. When that becomes the norm, anything less might feel like people don't want to dance with her. Also, she probably doesn't have to develop dance-getting skills at the home milonga.

Another idea...do guys from your group sit next to her? Often, if a guy comes in with a girl and they sit next to each other, even if they're just friends, it can be a dance-repellent.

I'd recommend this ebook for your group: https://www.amazon.com/Enjoy-Getting-Dances-You-Want-ebook/dp/B01N2K8E0G
It specifically addresses the phenomenon that dance skill and dance-getting skill are two separate beasts.

The above is solid advice.

This is one of those, "let's sit down over a beer and talk" subjects. I wrote an entire book, simply so that I don't have to condense it into a few paras.

You can get the first chunk of it free on the Amazon preview.

https://www.amazon.com/Enjoy-Getting-Dances-You-Want/dp/152146104X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1521640389&sr=8-1&keywords=oliver+kent

The only thing I would add is have a treat waiting for you at home. If the night sucks, it's good to know you've got a favourite dvd or chocolate waiting for you.

Yes. You can also get them pre cut, but I prefer cutting myself for a better fit.

Edit: wrong link

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I do! I was looking for it as well, and was only able to find it in print in this book: http://www.amazon.com/Tango-History-Obsession-Virginia-Gift/dp/143921462X

Here is a scan I made of the essay from the book: https://mega.nz/#!Ukd2UBQC!D5bv9gmhG0GuV52wuryT_EhBLeT_W5vFaxRhW0jgyE8

Sonia possetti has been represented as "following on from the legacy of Piazolla"

https://youtu.be/lh0x7BmTadw

Her partner Bolotin works in a similar vein:

https://youtu.be/kjMQbZQXubo

Lots of East Asian tango sounds very Piazolla-inspired, like Koh Sangji for instance:

https://youtu.be/V7Z3UJvqLGA

And everyone on this album who I haven't already mentioned :-)

https://www.amazon.com/Tango-Contempo-1-Various-artists/dp/B004SHJGNI

I lived in BA for a year just to study tango and Spanish.

If your current Spanish level is basic or non-existent, plan a multi year effort. Maybe start with r/Spanish guides.

If you know some already then these are two decent resources:
https://www.amazon.com/DICCIONARIO-DEL-HABLA-LOS-ARGENTINOS/dp/9500430282

https://www.amazon.com/Diccionario-Etimologico-del-Lunfardo-Spanish/dp/9870400035/

https://www.amazon.com/Letras-tango-Selección-1897-1981-Spanish/dp/9508980788