Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 ...
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]
The term "tango" was originated from Afro-Argentine dance forms, and black people are still connected to tango well into the 20th century. [8] Tango developed with expression of political struggles by black community and was loved by many immigrants who lived in shanty town and wished to change their socio-economic situation.
Tango development did not stop with tango nuevo. 21st-century tango is referred to as neotango. These recent trends can be described as "electro tango" or "tango fusion", where the electronic influences range from subtle to dominant. Tanghetto and Carlos Libedinsky are good examples of the subtle use of electronic elements. The music still has ...
Tango is a folk culture of music and dance with more than 100 years' history. Its origin was in the South American immigrant cities of Buenos Aires and Montevideo, but with touring musicians and stage shows, has spread around the world rapidly. In over 90 countries there are groups of hard-core afficionados who turn tango into a lifestyle.
Derek Hough and Mark Ballas rounded out this season of Dancing with the Stars with a bang!. In a special performance, Hough took the stage with his best friend on Nov. 26 for the season 33 finale ...
It is unclear on the birthplace of tango, though musicologists collectively agree that it most likely originated in Germany in 1860 as a form of religious music in organless churches. [6] Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges believes the genre to have originated in brothels in the country, though editors of World Music: The Rough Guide (2000 ...
The "True Lies" star said that the action hero's toe-stepping ways caught her flat-footed on the set of the 1994 James Cameron blockbuster.