History of Tango with Gloria & Eduardo Arquimbau

During the Stowe Tangofest, in Stowe, Vermont, on 23 July 2006. Gloria and Eduardo Arquimbau, who are part of tango history themselves, demonstrating how tango developed over time. Coming from milonga, in the early 20th century tango was danced to relatively fast paced music on dirt floors of whorehouses and on the street (therefore no elegant gliding sweeps etc, just steps); then the music and the dance became slower and the steps more elegant (however still basically a walk, without figures); after becoming very popular in a more reglemented and "sophisticated" style in Europe and particularly France, it finally was also embraced by the middle and upper classes of Argentine society, but following the more "sophisticated" and fashionable (but less passionate) style which was taught in Europe. Tango in the 1940s included more turns and figures in close or more open (elastic) embrace and the "fantasia" style (demonstrated here), which evolved from this, included added steps and adornos for both partners requiring occasional complete breaking of the embrance with separation of the partners. In the 1950's, the more current "salon" tango style developed with less decorations, playing with the rhythm of the music in close embrace, suitable for crowded dance floors. However the stage tango style further developed from tango fantasia of the 40's, incorporating, jumps, lifts and elements of ballet and modern dance.
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• Argentine
• tango
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• milonga
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• milonguero
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[2010ladywisdom]

Los maetros de verdad! Bravo!

[adleytsang]

Thanks for sharing, it is fun to see all these changes.