related to Argentine tango figures. Figures of Argentine tango are elements of Argentine tango. On the basis of several instructional tango books published...
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Argentine tango is a musical genre and accompanying social dance originating at the end of the 19th century in the suburbs of Buenos Aires. It typically...
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Argentina and Uruguay. The tango was born in the impoverished port areas of these countries from a combination of Argentine Milonga, Spanish-Cuban Habanera...
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Lock step (dance move) (section Ballroom dance figures)
Among the basic figures of Argentine tango there is a similar "la cruzada" ("crossing) position of the legs. There are several dance figures with names involving...
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the first Argentine written reference is from an 1866 newspaper that quotes the song "La Coqueta" (an Argentine tango). In 1876, a tango-candombe called...
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tango dance tournament (in Spanish: Campeonato Mundial de Baile de Tango, also known as Mundial de Tango) is an annual competition of Argentine Tango...
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Astor Piazzolla (redirect from Astor Piazzolla tango)
was an Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player, and arranger. His works revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style termed nuevo tango, incorporating...
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tango, an established variation of the Argentine tango but whose rhythm follows the ballroom tango, is popular in Finland. Rock music from Argentina,...
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Milonga (dance) (category Tango in Argentina)
Argentine tango but permits a greater relaxation of legs and body. Movement is normally faster, and pauses are less common. It is usually a kind of rhythmic...
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Tango in the Night is the fourteenth studio album by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, released on 13 April 1987. As a result of Lindsey Buckingham's...
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The culture of Argentina is as varied as the country geography and is composed of a mix of ethnic groups. Modern Argentine culture has been influenced...
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Last Tango in Paris (Italian: Ultimo tango a Parigi; French: Le Dernier Tango à Paris) is a 1972 erotic drama film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. The...
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in the 19th century the Afro-Argentine population declined sharply due to several factors, such as the Argentine War of Independence (c. 1810–1818), high...
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Homer Ladas (category Tango dancers)
bandoneon solo and Christina performed aerial silk. Figures of Argentine tango Kim-Mai Cutler, New tango trades cheek to cheek for fast moves, The Wall Street...
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Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of 2,780,400 km2 (1,073,500 sq mi)...
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century. Italian community in Argentina, along with Spanish immigrants, became a major part of modern Argentine society. Argentine culture has significant connections...
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Julio de Caro (redirect from National Tango Day)
(December 11, 1899 – March 11, 1980) was an Argentine composer, musician, and conductor prominent in the Tango genre. His father opened a conservatory in...
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Susana Rinaldi (category Tango singers)
Rinaldi was born on December 25, 1935, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is an Argentine tango singer better known as "La Tana." Her recognition is notable...
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by Argentine bands or artists mostly in Spanish. Argentine rock was the earliest incarnation of Spanish-language rock. It began by recycling hits of English-language...
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Mariano Mores (category Argentine tango musicians)
Mariano Mores, was an Argentine tango composer and pianist. Mariano Martínez was born in the San Telmo section of Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1918. When he...
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Sarcione. ¡Tango! thus became the first feature film produced by Argentina Sono Film and also marked the beginning of the sound era in Argentine cinema....
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Milonguero style (category Tango dance)
Milonguero is a style of close-embrace tango dancing, the name coined by Susana Miller and Oscar "Cacho" Dante from the Argentine word "milonguero". Milonguero...
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Ballroom dance (redirect from History of ballroom dance)
Ballroom tango, however, is a dance with a far more open frame, often utilising strong and staccato movements. Ballroom tango, rather than Argentine tango, is...
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Rioplatense Spanish (redirect from Argentine Castellane)
of the Argentine variants but usually not the other way around. Despite this, people in Santiago, Chile, value Argentine Spanish poorly in terms of "correctness"...
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Pacha González (category Tango musicians)
Pacha González (born in Buenos Aires in 1975) is an Argentine tango singer and songwriter. Pablo “Pacha” González was born in Buenos Aires in 1975. As...
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Practica (event) (category Tango dance)
A práctica (a practice session) is an informal event where Argentine tango, Salsa or Bachata is danced. Prácticas are often held regularly (often weekly)...
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Ben Molar (category Argentine male film actors)
25 April 2015) was an Argentine author, composer, musical producer, and talent scout. He created the National Day of the Tango, held annually on 11 December...
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the European immigrants and their descendants. Argentine tango is a hybrid genre, result of the fusion of different ethnic and cultural elements, so well...
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boom", as the main genre of national popular music, together with tango. In the sixties and seventies, the popularity of Argentine "folklore" expanded and...
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the line of dance. Examples are waltz, foxtrot, polka, samba, Argentine tango. Compare spot dance, slotted dance. A dance connection by means of visual...
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