Subverting the norm, the band is an all-female orchestral ensemble from Melbourne that backs the enigmatic Argentinean vocalist Juan Veron de Astrada.  

The music the sextet plays would not be the same without dancing; either the audience can join in on the dance floor or watch it from their seat, but it is still integral to the show. 

“If you dance, you will appreciate the music on a whole other level,” La Busca guitarist Kirsty Pittman said.

“You just have to close your eyes and you can feel the music.”  

She said they play original compositions as well as more danceable, traditional songs from the 1930s – the “golden era” of tango.  

It is an experience many of those who love to move to tango in this country do not often get to witness.

“Often they have to dance to recordings, as there are not many bands in Australia that play this sort of music,” Pittman said.  

“I think we might be the only ones playing this traditional orchestral type of tango.” 

She enjoys it when members of the audience dance along and the band plans on running classes at Candelo before their gig, suitable for beginners, to teach some tango steps.

“I’ve played various styles of music over the years,” Pittman said. 

“There’s something very special when you’re playing and people are responding to it in a physical way.

“It just adds an extra dimension.” 

The band’s pianist and accordionist Amy Lynch said the first time tango stood out to her was when she went to Buenos Aires in Argentina five years ago.

“I realised I had heard tango before, but never really appreciated it,” she said. 

“Seeing it made me realise it is not just music, it is a living, breathing artform.

“It wasn’t something I had heard on a CD or the radio. 

“In Buenos Aires, so many people go out every night to go dancing.” 

Lynch, who is married to the band’s singer, said compared to the capital of Argentina the tango scene in Australia is small but still filled with passionate people. 

She said in Sydney and Melbourne there is still the chance to go dancing to tango every night, just not on the same scale as in South America. 

La Busca will perform at the Candelo Town Hall on February 11.

From 6.15pm a tango dance workshop for beginners and experienced dancers will run before a light supper and then concert will begin at 8pm. 

The cost is $40 or $25 for just the concert.