Tango is mainly influence from European and African culture. At the beginning , tango is just one of the dances in 20th society, but it begin popular as theaters and street barrel organs. dancers and orchestras from Buenos Aires travelled to Europe in 20th century, therefor, the European tango craze appeared at Paris, the followed by London, Berlin and other European capital cites. Here is a video about Tango in today's London street.
Not only the London style , Tango has variety of styles that developed in different area. There are some different types of Tango:
- Tango argentino
- Tango canyengue
- Tango camacupense (Angola)
- Tango Oriental Uruguayan tango
- Tango liso
- Tango salon
- Tango Vals
- Tango orillero
- Tango milonguero (Tango apilado)
- Tango Nuevo (New Tango)
- Contact tango
- Show Tango (also known as fantasia)
- Ballroom tango
- Finnish tango
This is the video about finish tango, which is mainly performed in minor keys and reflecting established conventions in Finnish folklore, and it was first performed in Finland in 1913. Finnish Tango has a close contact in the pelvis, upper thighs, and the upper body, which is differ from other forms of tango dances.
If you are interested in Finnish Tango, Click here to know more about its history and characteristic:
http://composers.musicfinland.fi/musicfinland/FIMIC.nsf/0/b07de6da87c46640c2257506005199fe!OpenDocument&Click= by Jutta Jaakkola, Finnish Music Information Service, trans. Susan Sinisalo, May, 2000, retrieved July 10, 2014
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