RHYTHM OF

TANGO
Sophia Macasaddu
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 Tango can help you focus.
 It improves your sense of time and develops your social skills.
 The skills being exhibited by the dancers such as self-confidence,
style, and creativity are tools to express one’s feelings, building up
a new relationship with your partner.
History
 It was first performed in the nineteenth century by a solo woman.

 The Andalusian tango was later done by one or two couples walking
together using castanets.

 It was said to be an immoral dance because of the close body contact

of the dancers and the flirtatious skirts worn by female performers.
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 Buenos Aires, Argentina started the ballroom tango

 It spread all over Europe in the 1900s and became popular in New
York from 1910 to 1911.

 Tango became a hit in 1921 because of Rudolph Valentino.

 Tango finally became reputable in the public.

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 The quick rise in its popularity enabled this famous dance to quickly
expand out of South America, becoming a commonplace in Europe,
North America and the rest of the world.

 With the rich history, numerous types and styles, and incredible
appeal, tango dance remains one of the most popular dances in the
entire world.
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ORIGIN

 The exact origin of the word ‘tango’ cannot be located entirely, and
many modern historians believe that several events and words shaped
the name of this dance.

 No matter what its exact origins are, the words “tango” and “tambo”
started being used for naming dance and musical gatherings of slaves
in the region of River Plata.
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Two types of tango dances practiced today:

- Original Argentinian tango
- Spanish Andalusian Tango (danced by a single woman)

- It reached Central America during conization period.

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Original Tango- was given birth by the mix of styles that were brewing
in the port cities and lower-class districts of Buenos Aires and
Montevideo.

Andalusian Tango- was performed by one or two pairs of woman with

castanets, with very strong public frowns and fears that this mix of tango
and flamenco was immoral and very flirty.
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 Today it is believed that one of the first composers of Tango music
was Juan Perez who authored songs such as Dame la Lata (Give me
my pay).

 Other popular early tango songs were El Tero and Andate a la

Recoleta (Go away to Recoleta).
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Tango in Other Countries

 North American-Tango- This type of dance feature faster tempos and

uses 2/4 and 4/4 rhythms such as one-step. Usually, it is not even
danced to the tunes of traditional tango music and can be enjoyed
with other popular music styles.

 Uruguay Tango- Uruguay became one of the oldest places where the
tango was adopted and danced in public.

- One of the well-known Uruguayan tango song is “La Cumparsita”

which was produced in 1919 by Montevideo composer and writer
Gerardo Matos Rodriguez.
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Finnish Tango- Tango arrived in Finland in 1913 by traveling musicians,
where it immediately found great popularity that enabled it to not only
stay but morph into a brand new form of Finish tango that has several
differences from traditional Argentine or Ballroom tango styles.