PRESENTED BY: SHED LOEL SANDOVAL

- Tango is a ballroom dance that branched away from its

original. Argentine roots by allowing European, American,
Hollywood, and competitive influences into the style and
execution of the dance. The present day ballroom tango is
divided into two disciplines: American Style and
International Style. Both styles may be found in social and
competitive dances, but the International version is more
globally accepted as a competitive style. Both styles share a
closed dance position, but the American style allows its
practitioners to separate from closed position to execute
open moves, like underarm turns, alternate hand holds,
dancing apart, and side-by-side choreography.
 American Style Tango

- American style tango's evolutionary path is derived

from Argentina to the United States, when it was
popularized by silent film star Rudolph Valentino in
1921, who demonstrated a highly stylized form of
Argentine tango in The Four Horsemen of the
Apocalypse. As a result, the Hollywood style steps
mixed in with other social dance steps of the times
began this branch away from the Argentine style.
Meanwhile, the tango was also making its own
inroads into Europe. Following the English
standardization of their version of tango, Arthur
Murray, a ballroom dance instructor in the U.S., tried
his own hand at standardizing the ballroom dances
for instruction in his chain of social dance schools.
This looser social style was referred to as American
style by the English.
 - In 1912 tango was introduced to British
audiences, showcased in the successful
musical comedy The Sunshine Girl.
Concurrently, the dance became popular
elsewhere in Europe, particularly in Paris,
and Europeans began to inject their own
culture, style and technique into the dance.
In an effort to teach a standardized version
of the tango, the English eventually codified
their own version of tango for instruction in
dance schools and for performance in
competitions in 1922. The resulting style was
referred to as English style, but eventually
took on the name International style, as this
became the competitive ballroom version
practiced around the world.
 - Eventually, championships in the international style
tango were organized all over Europe with numerous
participating countries. Adjudicators were able to judge
against a standardized syllabus and book of techniques,
thereby creating a more objective means of picking the
champions, even though artistic interpretation remains an
important element of competition. Initially, the English
dominated the International style tango, but eventually,
technicians from other backgrounds, most notably the
Italians, have chipped away at the English standard and
created a dynamic style that continues to raise the
competitive bar.
 Tango Music Tango is a style of music in
2/4 or 4/4 time that originated among
European immigrant populations of
Argentina and Uruguay (collectively, the
"Rioplatenses"). It is traditionally played
on a solo guitar, guitar duo, or an
ensemble, known as the orquesta típica,
which includes at least two violins, flute,
piano, double bass, and at least two
bandoneóns. Sometimes guitars and a
clarinet join the ensemble. Tango may be
purely instrumental or may include a
vocalist. Tango music and dance have
become popular throughout the world.
The bandoneon, an accordion-like
instrument closely associated with tango.
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