History of Tango
The man and woman face each other, with the man holding the woman's right hand in his left, and with his right arm around her. The Tango is the third dance to use this hold for couple dancing. The Viennese Waltz is the first dance done in this couple hold. It was very popular in Europe in the 1830's. Couple dancing before the Viennese Waltz was very formal and did not involve a lot of physical contact just mainly holding hands. About 10 years after the Viennese Waltz came the Polka. Also taking Europe by storm, the Polka became the newest craze to use this scandalous new hold. Tango was extremely different from anything that came before it, and was the biggest influence on all couple dancing in the Twentieth Century. The story of tangos evolution is a mystery but, what is known is that it was immigrants coming into Argentina who brought these new couple dances with there more intimate hold. The first piece of written music that called itself Tango was written and published in Argentina in 1857. "Toma mate, che" was the song. In this period the meaning of Tango probably meant Tango Andaluz, Andalucian Tango, a style of music from eastern Europe mainly Spain.The origin of the word "Tango" in Argen
Other acts were for two men to fight for the love of a woman where it would always end in death. When Juan Peron rose to power in 1946 the tango again reached the pinnacle of popularity in Argentina, as both he and his wife Evita embraced it wholeheartedly. More then just frustrated love, it is also said to speak of death and pain. No one can deny it," Was a famous line by Enrique Santos Discepolo a philosopher/singer of tango. The show toured the world and stimulated a revival in Europe, North America and Japan that we are part of today. Even some titles in the tango referred to characters in the world of prostitution. Some say the word "tango" comes from the Latin word tangere (to touch. There were tango teas, tango train excursions and even tango colors-most notably orange. Tango's fortunes have always been tied to economic conditions and this was very true in the 1950s. the women used "bumper", which was a sort of padding, to not rub to closely to the male dance partner. Nowadays the Tango is something of high class or upper society.
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