Tango

General Information:
Origin: Buenos Aires Argentina.
Dancing Styles: Argentine Tango, Uruguayan Tango, Ballroom tango (American and International styles), Finnish tango, Chinese tango, and vintage tangos.
Activities related to Tango dancing: figure skating, synchronized swimming.
Feeling: Dramatic feeling, cultural associations with romance & love.

The Argentine tango

ü Consists of a variety of styles that developed in different regions and eras of Argentina and Uruguay.
ü Developed in response to many cultural elements, such as the crowding of the venue and even the fashions in clothing.
ü The styles are mostly danced in either open embrace, where lead and follow connect at arms length, or close embrace, where the lead and follow connect chest-to-chest.

Different styles of Argentine Tango are:
· Tango Canyengue
· Tango Liso
· Tango Salon
· Tango Orillero
· Tango Milonguero (Tango Apilado)
· Tango Nuevo
· Show Tango (also known as Fantasia).

These are danced to several types of music:
· Tango
· Vals (the tango version of waltz)
· Milonga (a related dance that usually has a faster tempo)
· Tango Electronico
· "Alternative Tango," i.e. non-tango music appropriated for use in the dance