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| Thank you for visiting Commuter Cars' web site.You may have seen us driving the Tango prototype around Spokane or racing it at Woodburn, Oregon (sans body) and wondered "what the heck is that thing?!"This site, which will be updated when the Tango is complete, will try to provide all the information you're looking for.The Tango, the first vehicle produced by Commuter Cars, will be a prime example of what we believe the future of commuting will be.Our requirements of this car (safety, etc.The Tango prototype is nearly complete except for a paint job, some interior work, and the inevitable future modifications.Tango with its new Zenith Blue Metallic body shortly.Please contact Rick or Bryan Woodbury for more information.Tango is a musical genre and its associated social dance that originated in Buenos Aires, Argentina and Montevideo, Uruguay and spread to the rest of the world soon after that.Early tango was known as tango criollo, or simply tango.Today, there are many tango dance styles, including Argentine Tango, Uruguayan Tango, Ballroom tango (American and International styles), Finnish tango and vintage tangos.What many consider to be the authentic tango is that closest to that originally danced in Argentina and Uruguay, though other types of tango have developed into mature dances in their own right.Music and dance elements of tango are popular in activities related to dancing, gymnastics, figure skating, synchronized swimming, etc.History
2 Tango styles
2.The dance originated from the mixture between the native population and European immigrants, especially Italian, French and Spanish.The music derived from the fusion of various forms of music from Europe, Africa and the Americas.Jorge Luis Borges in "El idioma de los argentinos" writes:"Tango belongs to the Rio de la Plata and it is the son of Uruguayan "milonga" and grandson of the "habanera".The word Tango seems to have first been used in connection with the dance in the 1890s.In the early years of the twentieth century, dancers and orchestras from Buenos Aires and Montevideo travelled to Europe, and the first European tango craze took place in Paris, soon followed by London, Berlin, and other capitals.Towards the end of 1913 it hit New York in the USA, and Finland.The term was fashionable and did not indicate that tango steps would be used in the dance, although they might be.Tango music was sometimes played, but at a rather fast tempo.Instructors of the period would sometimes refer to this as a "North American Tango", versus the "Rio de la Plata Tango".By 1914 more authentic tango stylings were soon developed, along with some variations like Albert Newman's "Minuet" Tango.Yrigoyen government in 1930 caused Tango to decline.Tango declined again in the 1950s with economic depression and as the military dictatorships banned public gatherings, followed by the popularity of Rock and Roll.This show made a revolution worldwide, and people everywhere started taking tango lessons.They create a style that recovers the traditional tango of the milongas, renews it and places it as central element in its creations, doing an archeological search of the diverse styles of the tango.At the end of 1998 Milena Plebs dissociates herself of this company to initiate a road of personal investigation of diverse facets of tango dance.Forever Tango, Tango X 2, and Tango Pasion among others.Tango consists of a variety of styles that developed in different regions and eras of Argentina and Uruguay as well as in other locations around the world.Different styles of Tango are:
Tango Argentino
Tango Oriental (uruguayo)
Tango Canyengue
Tango Liso
Tango Salon
Tango Orillero
Tango Milonguero (Tango Apilado)
Tango Nuevo
Show Tango (also known as Fantasia)
Ballroom Tango
Finnish Tango
These are danced to several types of music:
Tango
Vals (the tango version of waltz)
Milonga (a related dance that usually has a faster tempo)
Tango Electronico
"Alternative Tango," i.The "milonguero" style is characterized by a very close embrace, small steps, and syncopated rhythmic footwork.The complex figures of this style became the basis for a theatrical performance style of Tango seen in the touring stage shows."Tango Nuevo" has been popularized in recent years by a younger generation of dancers.The embrace is often quite open and very elastic, permitting the leader to lead a large variety of very complex figures.Tango" music, in addition to traditional Tango compositions.Ballroom tango illustration, 1914.Ballroom tango, divided in recent decades into the "International" (English) and "European" styles, has descended from the tango styles that developed when the tango first went abroad to Europe and North America.English Tango was first codified in October 1922, when it was proposed that it should only be danced to modern tunes, ideally at 30 bars per minute (i.Subsequently the English Tango evolved mainly as a highly competitive dance, while the American Tango evolved as an unjudged social dance with an emphasis on leading and following skills.The tango spread from the dominant urban dance form to become hugely popular across Finland in the 50's after the wars.The melancholy tone of the music reflects the themes of Finnish folk poetry; Finnish tango is almost always in a minor key.Tango Nuevo
In the late 1990s a new style of tango dancing began appearing worldwide.Gotan Project released their first tango fusion album in 2000, quickly following with La Revancha del Tango, released in 2001.Bajofondo Tango Club, a Rioplatense music band consisting of seven musicians from Argentina and Uruguay, released their first album in 2002.Tanghetto's album Emigrante (electrotango) appeared in 2003 and was nominated for a Latin Grammy in 2004.These and other electronic tango fusion songs bring an element of revitalization to the tango dance, serving to attract a younger group of dancers.Argentine, Uruguayan and Ballroom Tango use very different techniques and vocabularies, to the point where some consider them related in name only.In Argentine tango, the steps are typically more gliding, but can vary widely in timing, speed, and character, and follow no single specific rhythm.The Argentine Tango's frame, called an abrazo or "embrace," is not rigid, but flexibly adjusts to different steps, and may vary from being quite close, to offset in a "V" frame, to open.The Ballroom Tango's frame is more rigid, higher in the elbows and with tone in the arms.There is a closed position as in other types of ballroom dance, but it differs significantly between types of tango.In Argentine Tango, the "close embrace" involves continuous contact at the full upper body, but not the legs.In Ballroom tango, the "close embrace" involves close contact from the top of the ribs down to the pelvis or upper thighs.In Argentine Tango, the ball or toe of the foot may be placed first.In the International style of Tango, "heel leads" (stepping first onto the heel, then the whole foot) are used for forward steps.Argentine Tango features other vocabulary foreign to ballroom, such as the parada (in which the leader puts his foot against the follower's foot), the arrastre (in which the leader appears to drag or be dragged by the follower's foot), and several kinds of sacada (in which the leader displaces the follower's leg by stepping into her space).Finnish tango is closer to the Argentine than to Ballroom in its technique and vocabulary.Adios Buenos Aires (2005), directed by Arne Birkenstock
A number of films show ballroom tango in several scenes, such as:
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921), starring Rudolph Valentino and Alice Terry, directed by Rex Ingram.Last Tango in Paris (1972), starring Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci.Death on the Nile (1978), Peter Ustinov and Olivia Hussey tango whilst David Niven is the unfortunate partner to Angela Lansbury's rather eccentric version of the dance.Scent of a Woman (1992), Al Pacino as blind Colonel dances Argentine Tango.Strictly Ballroom (1992), directed by Baz Luhrmann
Addams Family Values (1993), Raul Julia and Anjelica Huston dance a tango so passionate that it literally burns the floor and makes all the champagne bottles in the nightclub pop their corks.Jones, and Richard Gere, directed by Rob Marshall includes a song titled "The Cell Block Tango" and is accompanied with a dance."Tango:Maureen" to describe their emotional relations and issues over a promiscuous girl they both dated.Laura Malmivaara, directed by Aku Louhimies.Tango Kabaree (2001), starring Martti Suosalo and Aira Samulin, directed by Pekka Lehto.All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.Tango is a style of music that originated among European immigrant populations of Argentina and Uruguay.Earlier forms of this ensemble sometimes included flute, clarinet and guitar.Tango music may be purely instrumental or may include a vocalist.The first Tango ever recorded was made by Angel Villoldo and played by the French national guard in Paris.Early tango was played by immigrants in Buenos Aires.The first generation of tango players was called "Guardia Vieja" (the Old Guard).The complex dances that arose from this rich music reflects the habit of men to practice tango together in groups, expressing both machismo and sexual desire, leading to the distinct mix of sensitivity and aggressiveness of the form.Tango soon began to gain popularity in Europe, beginning in France.Superstar Rudolph Valentino soon became a sex symbol who brought the tango to new audiences, especially in the United States, due to his sensual depictions of the dance on film.He was also one of the precursors of the Golden Age of tango.Golden Age
The "Golden Age" of tango music and dance is generally agreed to have been the period from about 1935 to 1952, roughly contemporaneous with the big band era in the United States."King of the beat" for the insistent, driving rhythm which can be heard on many of his recordings."El flete" is an excellent example of D'Arienzo's approach.Canaro's early milongas are generally the slowest and easiest to dance to; and for that reason, they are the most frequently played at tango dances (milongas); "Milonga Sentimental" is a classic example.Beginning in the Golden Age and continuing afterwards, the orchestras of Osvaldo Pugliese and Carlos di Sarli made many recordings.The 1970s saw Buenos Aires developing a fusion of jazz and tango.Piazzolla and his followers developed Nuevo Tango, which incorporated jazz and classical influences into a more experimental style.Tango development has not stopped here.The following examples are not filed under "Tango Nuevo" since such classification is usually done with hindsight rather than when still undergoing development...These recent trends can be described as "electro tango" or "tango fusion", where the electronic influences are available in multiple ranges: from very subtle to rather dominant.Tanghetto and Carlos Libedinsky are good examples of the subtle use of electronic elements.The music still has its tango feeling, the complex rhythmic and melodious entanglement that makes tango so unique.Their sound features electronic elements like samples, beats and sounds on top of a tango groove.Tango dancers around the world enjoy dancing to this music, although many more traditional dancers regard it as a definite break in style and tradition.Still, the rhythmic elements in Gotan Project's music are more complex than in some of the other "electro tango" songs that were created afterwards.Bajofondo Tango Club's beats are more regular, more dominant.The rhythms are less complex but the tango feeling is still there.Hybrid Tango, Tangophobia Vol.Tango Crash (with a major jazz influence), NuTango.Tango Fusion Club Vol."Tango Fusion Club" in Munich, Germany, "Felino" by the Norwegian group "Electrocutango" and "Electronic Tango", a various artists' CD.In 2004, the leading world music label, World Music Network, also released an authoritative collection under the title The Rough Guide to Tango Nuevo.Kevin Johansen is another new tango artist who has a number of songs that combine folkloric and pop music with a milonga rhythm in such a way that it is barely recognizable until trying to dance tango to the music.Musical impact
The tango has become part of the repertoire for great classical musicians.Tangos recording with bandoneonist Olivier Manoury.Domingo and Marcelo Alvarez have performed and recorded Tangos.Many popular songs in the United States have borrowed melodies from tango: the earliest published tango, El Choclo, lent its melody to the fifties hit Kiss of Fire.Muchachos became I Get Ideas, and Strange Sensation was based on La Cumparsita.External links
Clarin:The new Generation of Tango (Spanish)
Extensive information about Golden Age tango recordings
History of the early years of tango music citing key examples
Neotango.All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.Originating in Spain or Morocco, the Tango was introduced to the New World by the Spanish settlers, eventually coming back to Spain with Black and Creole influences.In the early 19th Century, the Tango was a solo dance performed by the woman.The Andalusian Tango was later done by one or two couples walking together using castanets.The story of Tango as told is that it started with the gauchos of Argentina.Rudolph Valentino then made the Tango a hit in 1921.Styles vary in Tango: Argentine, French, Gaucho and International.Still, Tango has become one of our American 'Standards' regardless of its origin.The Americanized version is a combination of the best parts of each.First, the dance must fit the music.Phrasing is an important part of Tango.Most Tango music phrased to 16 or 32 beats of music.Tango music is like a story.It contains paragraphs (Major phrases); sentences (Minor phrases); and the period at the end of the sentence is the Tango close.For exhibition dancing, a Tango dancer must develop a strong connection with the music, the dance and the audience.The Tango is the easiest dance.If you make a mistake and get tangled up, you just Tango on.Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis.See also Argentine Tango History, Tango Syllabus.Watch free Tango clips on our Tango Videos page.Sally Potter or Tango History at Wikipedia.Buy instructional Tango Videos and DVDs and History of Dance in our video store.Recommend this Tango History page to a friend. |
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