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Tango facts for kids
The style of ballroom dancing is "One big idea: two people dancing as one"
The Tango is a dance which was created in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The musical style that was created with the dance is also called 'tango'. It is danced today in two versions. Neither version is 'better' than the other; they are rather different in style.
Argentine tango
The first tango dances and music was called tango criollo, or simply tango.
See full list on kids.kiddle.co Conversely, the milonga was a fusion of the Spanish-Cuban habanera and the imported European polka. During the first decade of the 20th century, some songs under the name of tango were recorded, but these recordings did not achieve great popularity. Tango facts for kids Kids Encyclopedia Facts. Even though the present forms developed in Argentina and Uruguay from the mid 19th century, there are earlier written records of Tango dances in Cuba and Spain, while there is a flamenco Tangos dance that may share a common ancestor in a minuet-style European dance.Today, there are various tango dance styles, including Argentine tango, Uruguayan tango and vintage tangos. The Argentine tango is probably closer to that originally danced in Argentina and Uruguay, though no details survive of its original form.
International tango
The tango is a standard dance in international ballroom dancing. This version was developed in England before WWII, mainly as a result of the work of Monsieur Pierre, a French dance teacher who lived in London.
The Tango is now danced in international competitions to a style first set out in English ballroom texts and regulations.
Images for kids
The dance of two Argentine tango street dancers in Buenos Aires.
Arja Koriseva at the Tangomarkkinat in Seinäjoki, Finland
World tango dance tournament in Buenos Aires
Ballroom tango illustration,
Casual Argentine tango dancing outdoors
See also
In Spanish: Tango (baile) para niños