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The second series of Steps: Reunion titled "Steps: On the Road Again" aired on Sky Living in April 2012; the series followed the band as they embarked on their sellout 22-date UK tour. On 24 September 2012, the group confirmed they would release their fourth studio album Light Up The World on 12 November 2012, alongside a six-date Christmas ...
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 ]
A hands-free Tango step that the Castles originated; photograph from their 1914 bestseller Modern Dancing Vernon, the son of a pub owner, was born on 2 May 1887 and raised in Norwich , Norfolk. Initially training to become a civil engineer, he moved to New York in 1906 with his sister, Coralie Blythe , and her husband Lawrence Grossmith , [ 1 ...
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]
German Cornejo & Gisela Galeassi. Photo: Fuentes/Fernandez. German Cornejo & Gisela Galeassi are an Argentine tango dance duo. They have been dancing together since early 2011, currently dancing for German Cornejo's Dance Company [1] [2] (GCDC), performing as lead dancers for the company. , [3] Gisela and German won the title of World Tango Champions in 2003 and 2005, respectively, at the ...
Joseph Lynskey, who miraculously survived being pushed onto the path of a subway train on New Year's Eve, broke his silence to thank those who aided him.
Many tango steps are often borrowed from tango shows, but modified for the tight spaces and flow of other dancers around the floor. Many of these steps are part of tango nuevo. The shape of the steps can vary – for example, how the follower's body is curved during the step may change according to her interpretation of the music or the moment.
The band’s leaders said they chose songs that American audience members of all ages would enjoy, from Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off” and “Poker Face” by Lady Gaga to the Beach Boys ...