The Historical Origin of Tango

Tango is said to be a secret dance between lovers. Men used to wear short knives when dancing. Although they don't wear short knives, dancers must have a serious expression, look around and watch out for being discovered. All other dances should be smiling. Only when dancing the tango, don't smile and have a serious expression. The body language of tango is very rich, and the standardized tango used in sports dance competitions is much simpler than the local tango in Argentina.

actually, the milonga in the tango is a relatively happy tango dance type, which originated from the passionate Habanera dance in Africa and the brisk Poca dance in Europe. Therefore, when male and female dancers cooperate with this lively and playful milonga music, they usually get rid of the deep sadness of the original Argentine tango and turn into the atmosphere of men and women playing with each other.

Tango dance originated from tangono, a folk dance in central and western Africa. In the 19th century, a large number of immigrants from Europe and Africa flooded into Argentina, and many people were temporarily stranded in Buenos Aires because they had nowhere to take refuge, so brothels and bars near the pier became the main places for them to indulge in debauchery and drown their sorrows. At this time, the song and dance forms brought by immigrants from European countries such as Spain and Africa merged with local indigenous culture to form tango, which was originally famous with the name "Baile Con Corte" (a dance with pause). Later, people who liked Buenos Aires changed this dance in two ways. First, they changed the so-called "Polka Rhythm" into "Habanella Rhythm", and then they called this dance "Tango".

When tangono was first introduced to America, it merged some Latin American folk dance styles, forming two kinds of tango dances, Mexican and Argentine. Later, tango was introduced to Europe, and influenced by European folk dances, it formed three kinds of tango dances: Spanish, Italian and British royal. The predecessor of the contemporary international standard tango dance is the British royal tango dance, which combines the essence of all kinds of tango dances in the world, and enjoys the reputation of "the king of dance" because of its strong and straightforward style. Tango dance has a beat of 2/4 and a speed of 33 bars per minute. Its basic rhythm is strong and exciting Peng Cha Cha | Peng Cha Peng Cha |, highlighting its drumming sound, mostly changed to Peng Peng | Peng De Er Peng |.

Tango, as a kind of national dance, has long been known to the public, but its moving and static dance steps, glance left and right eyes, and distant and strange music make tango put on a mysterious and strange coat.

The most striking feature of the tango dance step is the "crab walking cat step". When the dance steps need to move forward, the dancers move wildly; When the dance steps need to go backwards, the dancers move sideways and obliquely forward. At the same time, the dance steps of tango dancers are often fast and slow with the change of music beat, so tango is also called "the dance of instantaneous pause". In this way, the tango dance steps have formed the characteristics of wanting to advance and retreating, strewn at random, and moving and moving. In addition, the tango dancer pays attention to the vertical upper body, the heel of both feet is lifted, and the knees are slightly bent. All movements are the feeling of downward extension of strength, and the dance is very calm and powerful. When excellent tango dancers dance, we can hardly see the movement, only the position at the end of the movement, only the line, speed and the constantly changing center of gravity, which gives people a firm and angular feeling. Argentine tango is dominated by calf movements. Male and female dancers jump out a series of dazzling dance steps with skillful cooperation, and the intertwined limbs fully show the beauty of the human body. Tango dancers have serious facial expressions and stare at each other affectionately, but from time to time they quickly turn their heads and look around. There is also a legend about the origin of this action, saying that a sailor had a girlfriend before. But one day when they were dancing when they came back from the sea, the sailor found that his girlfriend was always turning her head, so he turned around and found that his girlfriend was looking at his new partner, and the sailor was suddenly jealous. From then on, male dancers quickly turned their heads to supervise the movements of their partners. The statement of the association.

However, apart from the unique and graceful body shape of the dancers, the biggest difference between the Argentine tango and the national tango is that the Argentine tango is emotional. In the eyes of Argentines, tango is like a war or struggle in which men and women voluntarily participate. The strong eye contact and physical contact between male and female partners is the soul of tango.

Argentine tango music is a mixture of African, Indian, Spanish, Latin and other dance elements, and it is also full of deep feelings like dance. The most typical band form of tango music is the rhythm played by piano and bass, and the melody played by hexagonal accordion and violin. Among them, the hexagonal accordion originated from Germany is the most distinctive tango instrument. From the melody of the hexagonal accordion, we can hear the deep homesickness of Argentines.

Immigrants come from different countries and regions in the world, and they bring different dances and music. Tango is a gorgeous flower that grows in this rich land.

Tango is a comprehensive art with unique style, which is dominated by Italian and Spanish styles, mixed with some rhythms of black music and dance, and integrates music, dance, singing and poetry.

Tango comes from humble origins. At first, it was only performed in a dilapidated warehouse or even a brothel in the port. The audience was an inferior person who sold coolies, so it was despised by the upper class. However, the charm of this art form is irresistible. By the beginning of the 2th century, tango had been generally accepted by the public, and its golden age came in the 194s, with a large number of songwriters, singers and dancers emerging.