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  2. History of the tango - Wikipedia

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    In Argentina, the word Tango seems to have first been used in the 1890s. In 1902, the Teatro Opera started to include tango in their balls. [11] Initially tango was just one of the many dances practiced locally, but it soon became popular throughout society, as theatres and street barrel organs spread it from the suburbs to the working-class slums, which were packed with hundreds of thousands ...

  3. Tango - Wikipedia

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    Tango is a partner dance and social dance that originated in the 1880s along the Río de la Plata, the natural border between Argentina and Uruguay.The tango was born in the impoverished port areas of these countries from a combination of Argentine Milonga, Spanish-Cuban Habanera, and Uruguayan Candombe celebrations. [1]

  4. Argentine tango - Wikipedia

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    Two dancers of Argentine tango on the street in Buenos Aires. Argentine tango is a musical genre and accompanying social dance originating at the end of the 19th century in the suburbs of Buenos Aires. [1] It typically has a 2 4 or 4 4 rhythmic time signature, and two or three parts repeating in patterns such as ABAB or ABCAC.

  5. Alberto Paz - Wikipedia

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    Lamas and Binda attacked the accepted myth that tango is simply a provocative, sexual dance from the bordellos of 19th Century Buenos Aires. They presented a new history of tango as a social movement originating in the lower and working classes of Argentina in response to the many dictatorships the country has experienced. [33]

  6. Ballroom dance - Wikipedia

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    Tango is a flat-footed dance and unlike the other dances, has no rise and fall. Body weight is kept over the toes and the connection is held between the dancers in the hips. Ballroom tango, however, is a dance with a far more open frame, often utilising strong and staccato movements. Ballroom tango, rather than Argentine tango, is performed in ...

  7. Dancing With the Stars’ 500th Episode Special: Songs and ...

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    Dancing With the Stars is traveling back in time to commemorate the show’s milestone 500th episode. The season 33 cast will celebrate the long-running ABC competition series on Tuesday, November ...

  8. Tango music - Wikipedia

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    Early bandoneón, constructed ca. 1905. Even though present forms of tango developed in Argentina and Uruguay from the mid-19th century, there are records of 19th and early 20th-century tango styles in Cuba and Spain, [3] while there is a flamenco tango dance that may share a common ancestor in a minuet-style European dance. [4]

  9. 'Family Matters' Star Jaleel White Marries Tech Exec ... - AOL

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    Yes, he did do that! Jaleel White and Nicoletta Ruhl have tied the knot.As first reported by People, the Family Matters star, 47, and the tech executive said "I do" on May 4 at the ritzy Riviera ...