Nevertheless, the Tango still seemed shocking to many people. In the s, the guidelines were created for the International ballroom style. Shortly thereafter, Tango competed with new styles of dance like the Foxtrot and Samba. Tango began to lose its popularity in Europe, and excitement with dancing as a whole was also lost due to the new affixation of films with the creation of movies.
Although it lost popularity it Europe, it gained ground with the upper and middle class citizens of Argentina. Argentine upper class adopted the dance as their own. The dance shifted from the lower class to the high society dance palaces. Unfortunately, around the year , a combination of the Great Depression and restrictions coming from the overthrow of the government in Argentina caused the decline of the Tango.
The next regime made it widely popular again and reversed the fate that seemed to slay the Tango. It had more ups and downs over the decades but finally revived on Paris Broadway in the s. Although the Tango has had quite the roller coaster of a history, it has received its place as a classic ballroom dance. It is popular internationally and is found in most, if not all, major cities. Each culture that dances the Tango brings its own flavor and spirit to the dance.
Argentine Tango is danced socially and creates a lead-follow relationship between dancing partners. Today, there are several styles of Tango and Tango music that are roughly divided into subcategories of traditional, new, and alternative. It is believed that dancers who know one style can easily pick up another style of Tango because some of the principles are the same. I'm not racist, I hate everybody equally; especially fat people. Quick Membership. Boost brought to you by:. Popular articles.
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New Forum Posts. Your whole When did I say Half the time Vermont has a The tango's sensual nature appalled society in early 20th century Argentina. See an image? The Tango Early s 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 European dance styles and is accompanied first by violin and harp and later by an accordion-like German import, the bandoneon.
It takes hold in the brothels of Buenos Aires, where it is sometimes danced by pairs of men, sometimes by prostitutes and their companions. The steps are sexual and aggressive, the music permeated with longing and despair, as the dancers act out the ritualistic relationship of prostitute and pimp.
Proper Buenos Aires society considers tango an indecent entertainment associated with violence, illicit sex, and the lower classes.
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