| The tango is a hot, sultry dance full of strutting | | | | engage in their own conversation.The modern tango |
| proud men and softly flowing women. While it retains | | | | danced today is a much sanitized version of the |
| many elements of the other dances, it has its own | | | | original. Much of the original, passionate emotion which |
| movements which set it apart from the other | | | | first filled the dance was lost. There are no longer |
| dances. These are quick turns and jerky arms and leg | | | | the lust-filled gazes and women draped provocatively |
| movements most people are familiar with. When | | | | across the men. |
| dancing tango dance steps, it should be noted that a | | | | Many of its adherents enjoying the pulsing rhythm |
| proud, strong and quietly dignified expression and | | | | and variation in pace.Man and woman partners work |
| bearing is a hallmark of the accomplished tango | | | | around the dance floor in a generally |
| dancer. When Buenos Aires became the capital of | | | | counterclockwise way.First the man is dominant and |
| Argentina, immigrants flocked to its newly found | | | | demanding and then the woman is persuading and |
| prosperity. Here the combination of African, Indian, | | | | cajoling.Feet are kicked out to the sides as the two |
| Spanish and Eastern European cultures joined | | | | people argue in their dance. Then make up, only to |
| together to create a wildly emotional dance. The | | | | argue once more. This represents the more |
| word 'tango' is thought to come from an African | | | | argumentative segments of the dance as the two |
| drum beat 'tan-go. | | | | protagonists constantly clash and then ingratiate |
| And the dance tells the story of sensually charged | | | | themselves to each other. They work the floor in |
| emotions between man and woman.While it has | | | | the same counter clockwise way as other traditional |
| many similarities to other ballroom dances, the | | | | dances and forward and backward feet styles are |
| particular movements of the tango are different. | | | | the same.Modern clothes are very similar to other |
| There are some of the flowing movements, when | | | | types of ballroom with plenty of sequins and cut |
| both dancers follow each other's movement, but | | | | away dresses.They can be one piece outfits with |
| there are also quick jerky head changes from side to | | | | only slight glints of sequins at cuffs, or down the |
| side as if the dancers are slapping each other with | | | | sides. The dresses are very fitted with cut-away |
| stiff upper bodies. Upper body movements are | | | | sections and the skirts can be short and cut |
| structured and refined with pointing hands and stiff | | | | away.These are tight-fitting and in dark colors either |
| heads. Most of the time the upper body does not | | | | reds or greens. The dresses are provocative and can |
| move while the legs perform a frenetic routine of | | | | be cut away with slashed skirts to show off the |
| their own. Then the upper body becomes fluid, both | | | | kicks and leg turns. Learning tango dance steps can |
| dancers entwine as the male and female elements | | | | be a very intense, emotional experience! |