When tango first emerged, the church banned it because it was the music of the “immoral” factions of society. It was no longer banned when the coup of 1930 occurred, but there was censorship of lyrics that supported populist ideas and used lunfardo, the slang of the working classes in Buenos Aires and Montevideo.

1 : a ballroom dance of Latin American origin in ²/₄ time with a basic pattern of step-step-step-step-close and characterized by long pauses and stylized body positions also : the music for this dance. 2 : interaction marked by a lack of straightforwardness the suspect’s tango with police.

Tango is a style of music that originated in Argentina and Uruguay, influenced by both regional folk music and European classical dance music. Both Uruguayan and Argentine tango dance music is composed in the easily danceable time signatures of 4/4 and 2/4. Tango music can be instrumental, or it can feature a vocalist.

There are two types of tango dance practiced today -original Argentinian tango, and Spanish Andalusian Tango (danced by single women) that reached Central America during conization period.

Social integration, the purpose tango fulfilled in the 19th century might be the reason behind its 2nd growth around the world in modern days. Tango at its origin filled a feeling of loneliness, and nowadays it still helps bring people together.

Tango is known as being one of the more difficult dances to learn, yes. The timing can be hard to master. However, everyone’s body is different. Certain styles might be easier for certain people to pick up based on their anatomy.

Rich people, successful people, arrogant people and superficial people, for instance, like the beauty of tango but don’t embrace its purpose. Instead, they use tango to celebrate their life, to glorify their success, to show off their style, to display their ego, and to boast their superiority.

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Read on to learn about eight different styles of tango from all around the globe.

• Argentine Tango.
• Ballroom Tango.
• Salon Tango.
• Tango Nuevo.
• Finnish Tango.
• Uruguayan Tango.
• Tango Apilado.
• Show Tango.

Tango is one of the most famous and influential dances in the world. Originating in Buenos Aires in the 18th century, tango brought together working class European immigrants, indigenous Argentinians and former slaves. As a result, tango has shaped Argentinian culture and society.

Argentine tango has no basic step. It is a totally improvisational dance. Ballroom tango has an 8 count basic which is slow, slow, quick, quick, slow. Argentine tango is often danced in close embrace, or salon style.

Argentina was such a mixture of cultures and many of them were poor, uneducated, and strangers in a new land, the Tango was their creation, and their contribution to the history of Argentina. But the dance itself also reflects the paternal nature of society at that time as well.

1. Mikhail Baryshnikov. Mikhail is a soviet-born Russian American dancer, choreographer.

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The Most Difficult Dances in the World – Shall we dance?

• Ballet en Pointe. The Pointe technique in classical ballet is perhaps one of the most difficult moves to execute.
• Synchronized swimming. This is indeed difficult simply because it entails more than just a simple dance.
• Capoeira.
• Aerial Dance.
• Can-can.
• Sayaw sa Bangko (Dance on top of a Bench).