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BUENOS AIRES: Giorgio's House Tango Classes
posted by Blog Giorgio's House [13/09/2009 20:40]
Few days ago we went with some Guests to dance tango...yep...we offered them a Tango Class ...It was our gift :o)
It was so fun. We went to La Catedral del Tango in Sarmiento. Very easy to get from Giorgio's House. It's a nice place where you can learn Tango, eat something, dance or just listen to the music.
It was so fun... Lisa and John at the beginning were a little bit ashamed but after...wow...great Dancers!!! :o))
Tango is a musical genre and its associated dance forms that originated in Buenos Aires, Argentina and Montevideo, Uruguay, and spread to the rest of the world soon after.
Early tango was known as tango criollo, or simply tango
Argentine tango has been thrilling dancers for more than 100 years. Tango is loved by dancers and audiences for its beauty, passion, drama and excitement. Learning to dance tango socially is based on improvisational movement and respecting both your partner and the other dancers on the floor. The essence of Argentine tango is about life and, especially, about the relationship between a man and a woman
At a Tango milonga (a public Tango dance party), couples dance in a "line-of-dance" fashion; that is, counter-clockwise around the dance floor. The faster "lanes" are those toward the outside of the counter-clockwise line-of-dance. The slower "lanes" are toward the center, although at some milongas, forward movement can be very slow going regardless of within which lane you're dancing.
The exact origins of tango-both the dance and the word itself-are lost in myth and an unrecorded history. The generally accepted theory is that in the mid-1800s, African slaves were brought to Argentina and began to influence the local culture.
Argentina was undergoing a massive immigration during the later part of the 1800s and early 1900s
Most immigrants were single men hoping to earn their fortunes in this newly expanding country. They were typically poor and desperate, hoping to make enough money to return to Europe or bring their families to Argentina. The evolution of tango reflects their profound sense of loss and longing for the people and places they left behind
Carlos Gardel was the star that became the greatest champion of the Argentine Tango. His beautiful voice and macho looks made him Argentina's favorite sun and the measuring stick for generations to come.
Astor Piazzolla became the next tango superstar. He had the vision of tango "for the ear rather than the feet". He created numerous operas, concertos, theater and film scores. Piazzolla paved the way for a new age of tango to begin.
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