The
Tango is Argentina's cultural contribution to the world. Which
has come to represent the essence of Latin style. The music
emphasizes themes of desire, loneliness, passion, despair,
and jealousy, and its sensual dance moves are memorable for
their images of intertwined limbs and Latin machismo.
Around 1880, in the bars,
gambling houses and brothels of Buenos Aires, lonely men spent
time socializing, drinking, gambling, looking for some romance
in the company of women of ill repute, trying to step to the
music. This gave rise to the new dance, tango. This proximity
of the bodies in public was considered to be scandalous.
By 1913, the tango had
become an international phenomenon in Paris, London and New
York. There were tango teas, tango train excursions and even
tango colors most notably orange. This passionate dialogue
of bodies with its spice of physical and emotional danger
was a challenge to dance and a pleasure to watch. The Argentine
elite who had shunned the tango were now forced into accepting
it with national pride. It took several years for tango to
become socially acceptable. The tango spread worldwide throughout
the 1920s and 1930s. The dance appeared in movies and tango
singers traveled the world.
The tango has sprung loose
from the cliche image frozen in international competition
dancing and Hollywood films. Instead, as danced by masters
to authentic, haunting music of sophisticated rhythms and
textures, tango reveals itself as a wonderfully supple instrument
of expression.
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