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Tango is one of the most influential and famous dances of the modern history, originating from the streets of 18th century Buenos Aires in Argentina and Montevideo in Uruguay as the favorite dance of the European immigrants, former slaves, working and lower classes of people.
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] .
Tango, a distinctive tango dance and the corresponding musical style of tango music, began in the working-class port neighborhoods of Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Montevideo (Uruguay); on both sides of the Rio de la Plata.
Historian Simon Collier, in his book Tango, refers to the first eyewitness description of the dance in 1877, when the African Argentines were seen doing an improvisation of the candombe they...
Argentine Tango as a dance and musical form developed in Buenos Aires at the end of the 19th Century, and arrived in Europe and then the US in the first decades of the 1900s. This is the mode of dance that evolved into Ballroom tango.
Tango, ballroom dance, musical style, and song. The tango evolved about 1880 in dance halls and perhaps brothels in the lower-class districts of Buenos Aires, where the Spanish tango, a light-spirited variety of flamenco, merged with the milonga, a fast, sensual, and disreputable Argentine dance;
Omar García Brunelli provides a solid historical overview of tango music, dance, and poetry. He first broadly lays out tango’s African, European, Argentine, and Uruguayan origins in the Río de la Plata region of South America, then focuses on the musical changes that took place through time.
Tango, the passionate dance that evokes images of sultry nights in Buenos Aires, has a rich and fascinating history. From its humble beginnings in the late 19th century to its modern-day interpretations around the world, tango continues to captivate and inspire.
One of the most fascinating of all dances, the tango is a sensual ballroom dance that originated in Buenos Aires, Argentina in the early twentieth century. The tango dance is usually performed by a man and a woman, expressing an element of romance in their synchronized movements.
Tango continued to spread worldwide throughout the 1920’s and 1930’s: the dance appeared in movies and tango singers travelled the world. The 1930’s was referred as ‘the Golden Age’ in Argentina.
Argentine Tango was born in the streets of Buenos Aires (Argentina) and nearby Montevideo (Uruguay) somewhere in the very late 19th Century. Tango was influenced by many cultures; the African candombe, Cuban habanera, the Austrian waltz and many other folk dances.
We will examine the story of the dance, from its earliest stages, through its worldwide success before and after the First World War, the Golden Age from the mid 1930s until the coup in Argentina in 1955, the dark ages of Tango when the dance was pushed underground and persecuted, and the fabulous Tango renaissance which has spread the dance ...
In the last two decades of the 19th century, the dance known as the tango emerges out of the immigrant culture of Argentina's dockside slums. The tango fuses New World, African, and...
This history of Tango Dance is based on many years of study and research in Buenos Aires. The subject is a huge one, and the memories of great dancers have rarely been recorded.
Traces the history and origins of Tango, its music, poetry, from all generations of Tango dance. Female documentary narrator. Background music can be found at...
Argentine Tango, a dance of deep emotion and complexity, has a rich history rooted in the cultural melting pot of Buenos Aires: Late 19th Century Origins: Originating in the late 1800s, Argentine Tango began in the lower-class districts of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
With a deep multi-cultural history originating in the streets of Buenos Aires, Argentine tango is so much more than a dance style. Often referred to as ‘a secret danced between two people’, the form relies on intuition and connection to create an artistic experience infused with spirit, sensuality, and charisma.
See current Argentine tango Detroit, MI events calendar including Utica, Troy, Birmingham featuring daily classes, free lessons, milongas, performances & shows.
What is “We Call It Tango”? “We Call It Tango” is an immersive show that embodies the magic of tango. Over the course of three spellbinding acts, two talented tango dancers perform alongside talented musicians as they journey through 13 famous tangos.
Elena Vais, Randy Fisher present Argentine Tango Open Air Milonga at Shain Park. 07/08/2014
But it was truly only the beginning of Jamison’s decades-long career atop modern dance, onstage and off. As Ailey’s hand-picked successor beginning in 1989, she led his namesake company for ...
There are few images more indelible in the history of American dance: Judith Jamison, regal and passionate in white leotard and long ruffled skirt, punching the air in “Cry” — Alvin Ailey ...