New York “Tango After Dark,” the two-act showcase of dance and music at the Joyce Theater through Sunday, is a decidedly contemporary take on a style whose roots go back to 19 ...

The tango fuses New World, African, and European dance styles and is accompanied first by violin and harp and later by an accordion-like German import, the bandoneon. It takes hold in the brothels ...

Some of the most prominent tango orchestra leaders were bandoneon ... and he played the piano accordion. (Surprisingly, he has never learned the bandoneon, only built and repaired them).