Tango Dance

Whenever we hear the names of well-known songwriter Carlos Gardel, composers like Mariano Mores and musicians like Osvaldo Pugliese and Ástor Piazzola, we think about the Argentine Tango. This is the traditional and social dance of Argentine.

The word tango denotes a location exactly where African slaves and totally free blacks gathered to dance. The admixing of the immigrants from different regions of the world in Argentina in the nineteenth century resulted in the amalgamation of new cultural traditions in the country in the fields of music and dances.  The accustomed  polkas, waltzes and mazurkas had been mingled with the renowned habanera from Cuba and the candombe rhythms from Africa.

In that era, most of the immigrants have been single males and came to Argentine for obtaining the very good fortunes in their economics. And becoming away from their families in the exile situations they created Tango as the expression of their esoteric, agonizing and desperate thoughts.

But with the passage of time it place tremendous effects on the common public as it was adapted by all the segments of the society.  Specially when the elite of Argentine moved to the other nations of the globe , they introduced them to the Argentine Tango and it got planet recognition.

These days, there are many types of Tango including Uruguayan tango, Ballroom tango(American and International types), Finnish tango, and vintage tangos.

Argentine tango dancing includes numerous designs that created in diverse regions and eras. This is performed in an embrace that can differ from really open, in which leader and follower connect at arms length, to quite closed, in which the connection is chest-to-chest, or anywhere in in between.  The movements in Tango are related to walking with a companion and music. The speed of the dance is an critical factor whilst dancing. The dancers normally keep their feet close to the floor as they walk, the ankles and knees brushing as a single leg passes the other. It  is danced counterclockwise around the outside of the dance floor.

Stage tango is recognized as fantasia and is a lot more theatrical and embellished than social tango. Watching it reside is an wonderful knowledge whilst enjoying the Tango Orchestra as well. The beats of bandoneon put so compelling repercussions to the listener.