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 The History of Tango - 150 years of Tango Dance and Music History
Tango Music is as old as Jazz, and the variety of the music is as wide.
Tango was the first couple dance ever seen in Europe that involved improvisation.
For the first century of its history, while Tango music struggled for and then achieved respectability, the dance was neglected by historians and academics.
http://www.history-of-tango.com   (450 words)

  
 Tango History
Most Tango music phrased to 16 or 32 beats of music.
The dance was soon considered immoral with its flirting music!
As time elapsed and the music became more subdued, the dance was finally considered respectable even in Argentina.
http://www.centralhome.com/ballroomcountry/tango.htm   (528 words)

  
 WELCOME TO THE E-Z THIRTY MINUTE DANCE COURSE
Tangos are played in 4/4 time - each bar of music has 4 beats.
In the Tango, dancers draw upon an arsenal of different dance figures improvising as the dance progresses.
VALS: Tango "Style" music danced to the good old 1-2-3 Waltz rhythm.
http://nfo.net/dance/tprimer.html   (2497 words)

  
 Argentine Tango Weblog - Igor Polk
I have 2 CDs of her: "Piano Music by Ernesto Nazareth" and "Habaneras, Milongas, Tangos".
The more I listen to it the more I can feel..I do not understand how it was possible to create such music, which is so dense, so reach, the more I listen to it the more I deepen into it..
They danced the style they knew before with figures more specific to Canyengue with the Canyengue music.
http://www.virtuar.com/tango/tango_weblog.htm   (7193 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Tango!: The Dance, the Song, the Story: Books: Artemis Cooper,Maria Susana Azzi,Richard Martin,Simon ...
The evolution of tango as a dance and music is covered, from its birth in the slums of Buenos Aires to its growing familiarity in world dance and music circles.
Tango is more than just music and dance.
I am one of those people who are always looking for recommendations for music, and I was pleased to see a two-page listing of tangos, which are available on compact disc.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0500016712?v=glance   (1157 words)

  
 Daniel Trenner
The dance progresses as a smooth walk around the floor and dancers have the possibility to listen to and interpret the music.
Without them the tango dance will lack its full musicality and emotional range.
Inventive ways of using the known vocabulary to interpret the music is judged to be superior dancing.
http://www.bridgetothetango.com/daniel/ar_tango.html   (1122 words)

  
 The Argentine Tango in Boston
Tango Paradiso, Springstep, 98 George P. Hassett Drive, Medford, feature live music by Lia Davis & Roberto Cassan.
Tango Break, Springstep, 98 George P. Hassett Drive, Medford.
http://tango.havetodance.com   (1284 words)

  
 Tango
It derives from the payada de contrapunto, in which two singers (payadores), accompanying themselves on the guitar, improvised on different topics in a competition-like practice.
Small ensembles formed by flute, violin, and guitar gave the rural milonga a peculiar timbre that the first tangos would keep.
The guitar accompaniment was structured over "spread" tonic and dominant chords, as in this example:
http://www.lafi.org/magazine/articles/tango.html   (1315 words)

  
 TANGO DANCE ETIQUETTE
What to say when you have to leave and dance a particular song with the person you came
song or treats the dance with you as his private performance, not giving you the opportunity to    
a.  “I’m sorry to disappoint you, but I always dance this particular song with________”.
http://www.tangochicago.com/pages_html/etiquitte1.htm   (2603 words)

  
 Ernesto's Tango Page
Neotango: hundreds of younger dancers like to listen and dance not only to the beautiful traditional tangos but also include newer less melancholic music.
Tango and beyond - tango programs by CBC radio sites, Vancouver, Canada
Go to a local milonga (= tango dance event) and look, listen, and talk to the people there (for addresses see below).
http://members.ping.at/kdf-wien/tango   (963 words)

  
 TANGO DANCE page 1
They weren't the youngest or the handsomest couple on the dance floor.
But, the other night at a weekly tango-dance we have here in Vancouver, I was watching people dancing (Argentines and non-Argentines) and on occasion one dance couple would grab my attention.
Para bailar bien el tango tenés que tener instinto.
http://www.tango.montreal.qc.ca/cbc/TANGO_PT2/Tango_2.html   (848 words)

  
 Todotango.com - Argentine Tango: Lyrics, Scores, MP3, Music and CD's
Todotango.com - Argentine Tango: Lyrics, Scores, MP3, Music and CD's
http://www.todotango.com   (10 words)

  
 Tango our dance - part 1
This concept is unique to the exhilarating experience of improvisation on the dance floor and unfortunately for many confused dancers in this country, is commonly replaced with the ballroom concepts of leading and following.
Adding to the mystification of the "unstructured and improvisational dance," are the myriad of traveling “teachers” who carry suitcases full of steps, judgments and ego.
Second, both the man and the woman must learn and understand the concept of marking (La marca).
http://www.planet-tango.com/tutorial/dance-01.htm   (1128 words)

  
 Dance Tango for Maximum Pleasure
Tango Music is amazingly varied and has a rich and complex history.
Browse our list of recommended Tango orchestras and CDs
Tango was only the third dance in human history to be done in what we now think of as the only possible hold for couple dancing - the man and woman face each other, with the man holding the woman's right hand in his left, and with his right arm around her.
http://www.totaltango.com   (157 words)

  
 Tango (dance) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Music and dance elements of tango are popular in activities related to dancing, such as figure skating, synchronized swimming, etc., because of its dramatic feeling and rich opportunities for improvisation on the eternal topic of love.
The musical styles that evolved together with the dance are also known as "tango".
Tango is a social dance form that originated in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tango_(dance)   (152 words)

  
 Richard Lipkin's NY Tango Page
Dance Center; 199 Lafayette Street, 2nd floor (between Broome and Kenmare Streets) 212-431-
- All Night Milonga $15, $10 for SO students; 9pm Intermediate lesson, dancing 10pm-5am, midnight show
, with live music or show, hosted by Gayatri Martin 212-725-1078 Basic Lesson 7:30-8:30; Intermediate/Advanced Lesson 8:30-9:30; Dancing from 9:30 to late.
http://www.newyorktango.com/#DanceManhattan   (735 words)

  
 StreetSwing's Dance History Archives - TANGO Dance Page - Main1
Spanish, el Paseo; French, le Promenade) is used as a variety to figures as most dances back then were basic walking dances.
$ 1997 - The Dance, The Song, Story
Carlos Gardel (1890-1935) is known to help make the Tango Popular to the masses with his Tango Compositions that made the dance accepted thru its music to the masses.
http://www.streetswing.com/histmain/z3tango1.htm   (1656 words)

  
 Where to dance Argentine Tango in San Francisco
Most tango dancers in SF do not like dancing with non-tango music.
Non tango music does not have this rhythm.
You will never learn tango dancing with non tango music.
http://www.virtuar.com/tango/where.htm   (888 words)

  
 Argentine Tango Dance Etiquette
This is social dance, go to the track if you want an aerobic workout.
Save your instruction for a "Practica", that is, a dance practice session.
If you are not dancing, show respect to those who are by not walking through the busy dance floor and by staying clear of the dance space.
http://www.inscenes.com/etiquette.htm   (1062 words)

  
 DanceWeb: Find UK Tango Dance Class, Tango Dance Event, Tango Dance Lesson and Tango Dance News
The MIA is a UK trade-only association, the only one servicing and representing the interests of all UK businesses selling musical instruments and asso...
Rumba is the spirit and soul of Latin American music and dance.
This Dance is emotional, dramatic yet very easy to learn and loads of fun to dance.
http://www.danceweb.co.uk/tango   (905 words)

  
 Tango NJ - Learn to Dance Argentine Tango in New Jersey
They are recognized and respected figures on the dance floors of New York City.
Tango NJ - Learn to Dance Argentine Tango in New Jersey
A century later, there are milongas (dances) every night of the week in New York City, and opportunities do dance Argentine Tango in most major cities around the country and the world.
http://www.sepiastudios.com/tango   (541 words)

  
 Philadelphia Argentine Tango Events
" benefit for Temple's Center for Research in Dance Education will include a "Mightly Milonga" with live music for dancing, silent auction, refreshments, decor and international level performances.
Close embrace tango, focus on posture,connection and musicality.
Argentine Tango Music Workshop for Dancers and Musicians with Los Chantas Tango Quartet
http://www.voicenet.com/~michaelv   (1499 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - 'Kiss & Tango': Dance of love
Desire is awakened but not quenched in an endless foreplay — a foreplay that is never consummated by sex."
Beware: Kiss and Tango is like a siren's song.
She writes, "Tango is that place where he is always strong and she is always beautiful 24/7." They break up, and Palmer quits her job and leaves for Buenos Aires to study the tango.
http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/reviews/2005-07-20-kiss-and-tango_x.htm   (519 words)

  
 Argentine Tango Dancing - Introduction
You will also learn a little bit about one of the most important parts of any dance - its music.
The "steps" of a dance are the most visible part of it, so every new student is eager to learn them.
Even after the first lesson, for instance, you should be able to go to a tango dance party, dance for the entire evening, and have a good time.
http://home.att.net/~larrydla/basics_0.html   (386 words)

  
 Yvonne Meissner, Argentine Tango dance
He walks the music while singing it in your ear and smiling like the sun.
A touch is aimed at listening to the respond and feedback of the other person, showing respect for the feelings of the other.
The characteristics that are typical for her stile of dancing derive from the Canyengue, which she learnt from her second mayor teacher Pocho Pizarro from 1994 onwards.
http://www.torito.nl/yvonne   (2674 words)

  
 BailaTango Syracuse, NY - Argentine Tango School
UPDATE: Saturday Milonga with Live Band and Belly Dance performance by Hanna
If you want to meet friendly people and have good time Milongas are just for you.
What do we need to know before we go to Milonga(Tango dance night)?
http://www.bailatango.com/syracuse   (101 words)

  
 TANGO dancing in Sydney, Australia - PATIO de TANGO dance classes and Milongas in Sydney Australia.
It was there that he grew to love the music and dance of Tango Argentino.
The learn tango emphasis when dancing Argentine tango is on the connection between the leader and follower, musicality and improvisation.
In contrast to learning and dancing Latin stage or fantasy Tango, the social Tango dance is entirely improvised.
http://www.patiodetango.com.au   (791 words)

  
 Argentine Tango Dance History
The rhythm of the guitars playing the Tango flamenco or andaluz could not be reproduced in orchestra instruments and with the piano, so the Tango andaluz or flamenco was modified with the habanera rhythm.
World recording companies set up offices in Buenos Aires, which resulted in mass recordings of Tango orchestras and singers.
Based on the very few historical records left to trace the roots of the Argentine Tango, most of the historical information contained in Silingo's books are from newspapers, books and her family roots and connection to the Argentine Tango music.
http://www.centralhome.com/ballroomcountry/argentino_tango.htm   (614 words)

  
 TANGO ROSA
Dance Tango, Watch Tango, or just Listen to the
We wish the TANGO to inspire you as it has
Let us grow together and be one of the best in dance as well as socially!
http://www.tangorosa.com   (98 words)

  
 Sonny's is home to the best dance floor in Greater Seattle
Saturday Night BBQ/Potluck and Dance with Luciana at Sonny and Nancy Newman's house
Sonny's is home to the best dance floor in Greater Seattle
Luciana Valle is justly famous around the world for teaching tango in a clear, powerful and energetic style.
http://www.tangoseattle.com   (195 words)

  
 Tango, Our dance - Table of contents
Three days of classes, captured live, unrehearsed, improvised, edited for your personal enjoyment.
The information is based on their own experience, first as students of the dance and second as teachers of Argentine Tango around the United States.
This is a series of articles published periodically in El Firulete, The Argentine Tango Magazine by Alberto Paz and Valorie Hart.
http://www.planet-tango.com/ourdance.htm   (177 words)

  
 La Milonga - Tango in New York
the ones we need on a crowded dance floor.
Here the idea is not to acumulate more fancy steps, but to perfect those that define Argnetine tango–
You will learn how to be a confident leeder, a graceful follower.
http://www.dancetango.com   (210 words)

  
 Tango Cambridge - Tango Bar Dance School
Cambridge Tango is a fun thing, alive in its own way.
Well we have many web pages devoted to this that you will find on the side menu of this web page, but in a few sentences what we aim to be is: fun, sociable, elegant, relaxed, musical, free, controlled, comfortable.
London is about 1 hour and 15 minutes drive from Cambridge, so people sometimes go there and vice versa.
http://www.cambridgetango.com   (351 words)

  
 Open Directory - Arts: Performing Arts: Dance: Tango
Tango Argentino de Tejas - Includes reviews of instructional videos, guides to tango music and tango articles.
Tango-L is an international listserv for email discussions on tango related topics.
Open Directory - Arts: Performing Arts: Dance: Tango
http://dmoz.org/Arts/Performing_Arts/Dance/Tango   (154 words)

  
 Tango - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
The Tango Desktop Project, a project to create a consistent user interface for Open Source software
Tango (1998 film), starring Cecilia Narova and Mía Maestro, directed by Carlos Saura
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tango   (144 words)

  
 ARGENTINE TANGO SINGAPORE
Sydney - International Tango Festival 10-14/may, six top maestros, live music, and tango in front of the Sydney harbour!
Coming dance movies: Mad Hot Ballroom, Take the Lead
Coming TV dance shows: Dancing with the Star, Ballroom Bootcamp,
http://www.tangosingapore.com   (144 words)

  
 Tangueros Atlanta Home Page
You can dance love, rage, happiness, pleasure, every mood.
The tango is Argentine, but it belongs to all those who understand its feelings and its codes."
The tango is not a dance to demonstrate ability but rather an interpretation of feeling.
http://www.tango-atlanta.com   (106 words)

  
 The Saratoga SAVOY
The Saratoga SAVOY, center of dance, Saratoga Springs NY
http://www.saratogasavoy.com   (9 words)

  
 Tango Zen: Walking Dance Meditation
The Retreat will take place in El Mirlo Blanco Center, approximatly 150km from Madrid.
very lover of tango should read this book.
Copyright © 2006 TangoZen House Inc. All rights reserved.
http://www.tangozen.com   (47 words)

  
 Argentine Tango London, South London, Surrey, Wimbledon, Argentine Tango Dance Classes
Argentine Tango London, South London, Surrey, Wimbledon, Argentine Tango Dance Classes
The purpose of this site is to give you information of regular
http://www.tango-fandango.co.uk   (23 words)

  
 "Welcome to Tango-Wear - We sell Tango Dance Shoes directly from Argentina."
"Welcome to Tango-Wear - We sell Tango Dance Shoes directly from Argentina."
http://www.tango-wear.com   (21 words)

  
 Tango Dress Dresses
Find dance wear, dresses, salsa dresses, tango dresses and more.
http://www.edressme.com/tango.html   (55 words)

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