the History of Tango

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The spread of Tango

The Tango consists of a variety of styles that developed in different regions and eras of Argentina as well as in other locations around the world. The dance developed in response to many cultural elements, such as the crowding of the venue and even the fashions in clothing. The styles are mostly danced in either open embrace, where lead and follow have space between their bodies, or close embrace, where the lead and follow connect either chest-to-chest (Argentine tango) or in the upper thigh, hip area (American and International tango).

In 1990, dancers Miguel Angel Zotto and Milena Plebs founded the "Tango X 2" Company , generating novel spectacles and that a great current of young people incline for the dance of the tango, an unusual thing at the time. They created a style that recovered the traditional tango of the milongas, renewed it and placed it as central element in its creations, doing an archeological search of the diverse styles of the tango.

Many shows toured around the world, such as Broadway Musicals Tango Argentino & Forever Tango, Tango X 2, and Tango Pasion among others.

Different styles of Tango are:

• Tango Argentino
• Tango Oriental (uruguayo)
• Tango Canyengue
• Tango Liso
• Tango Salon
• Tango Orillero
• Tango Milonguero (Tango Apilado)
• Tango Nuevo (New Tango)
• Show Tango (also known as Fantasia)
• Ballroom Tango
• Finnish Tango
  
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