The prototype of the tango originated from the Argentinean pastoralist men's stout and powerful solo dances, and in the process of its formation it was mainly influenced by the dances of black Africans.At the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century, the depreciation and sale of black slaves was prevalent in the Americas. At that time, a large number of African black slaves also appeared in the La Plata River. Their movements such as folding and twisting in the tango dance all originated from the movements of African dance. There was also a Spanish Andalusian influence.
Tango was initially a mass music, song and dance of the people at the bottom of the social class in Buenos Aires, when the workers on the docks or construction sites, the boatmen to the slums taverns and young girls drinking, dancing and singing, it was originally a form of self-entertainment of the "lower class citizens", can not reach the "hall of elegance", the "lower class citizens" can not be a form of self-entertainment. It was originally a form of self-entertainment for the "lower class citizens" and could not be recognized in the "hall of elegance". But in 1906, the representative of tango art Bilardo and other people brought this art form to France, and it was warmly welcomed by the people in Paris. After that, the Italian President Sarmiento trainer sailed all over the world, and the naval officers and men on board had to play tango music every place they went, which introduced tango music to the world, and made it start to become famous. At the same time, an Italian young man who had moved to Buenos Aires and loved tango very much, after his wedding to the daughter of the then President of the Republic, opened a family tango party, which was the first tango party held in the upper class at that time.
However, the middle classes embraced tango much later than this. As they still saw tango as something for taverns and brothels, parents did not allow their children to go tango dancing, let alone allow it into their homes. It wasn't until 1920, as the content of tango singing began to change and the advent of the romantic tango, that the culture made its way into middle-class homes.
There are many genres of tango , romantic tango, holiday tango, humor tango, modern tango and so on. Tango also gradually by the folk culture on the stage. But now the stage of the kind of gorgeous and elegant, passionate and unrestrained tango dance is not folk, but after the artistic processing, is a kind of special for Chip to appreciate the tango, the difficulty is very big. Tango's hometown can be specifically said to be Buenos Aires Boca. It's a dull old dock area, not a bit modern, with small art houses painted in garish colors on both sides of the street. Around the docks, you can find stores and vendors selling tourist souvenirs, with a wide range of tango-themed paintings, sculptures, clothing, and key chains. But the best part of the experience is watching a tango show in real life. It is only when you are in Argentina that you can truly appreciate its unparalleled charm.
Argentina's tango puts all the tango we've seen in the past, whether on stage or in movies and TV, to shame. With the rhythmic music, pairs of beautifully dressed men and women begin a dazzling performance. Actors of the beautiful and elegant costumes, dance steps sometimes soothing and elegant, sometimes as fast as a shooting star, those tacit understanding of the cross around, changing the beautiful shape, as well as dazzling kicks, spinning, folding, showing the youthful vitality and romance, showing the love brought by the God mingled with all the audience into a kind of drunkenness, a song and a dance are in the The song and dance ended with the bravura applause of "Bravo". If you don't want to pay to see tango in a theater, you can also go to a park, where you can enjoy tango everywhere. Weekend walk in the street park, you can often come across three or five groups of elderly people gathered together, a button accordion accompaniment, a few people singing, singing is the old tango, the singer emotionally, the listener will understand, sung to the wonderful place of the applause, the scene and the Beijing Park, the old opera fans singing Peking Opera paragraph of the same pattern. Only then do you realize the position of the tango in the lives of Argentineans.