"The partner dance said to have originated
in the 1880s along the River Plate between Argentina
and Uruguay soon spread to the rest of the world."
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2016
New York City
Learn to tango to live music at
Stuyvesant Square with lessons led by certified instructor
Esmeralda from 6:00 to 6:45, dancing and music continues until 9:00 PM Sunday nights June through July 31st.
"The exact origins of tango, both the dance and the word itself are lost
in myth and unrecorded history."
"The generally accepted theory is that
in the mid-1800s, the African slaves who had been brought to Argentina or
their descendants began to influence the local culture. The word “tango”
may be straightforwardly African in origin, meaning “closed place” or
“reserved ground.” Or it may derive from Portuguese (and from the Latin
verb tanguere, to touch) and was picked up by Africans on the slave ships.
Whatever its origin, the word “tango” had acquired the standard meaning of
the place where African slaves and free blacks gathered to dance by the
time Argentina banned slavery in 1853."
(LINK)
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1935
Legendary Argentine Tango diva 'Gracie de Evita Peron', infamous
mistress of Argentine dictator & dance instructor 'Gaucho Marx', sings "Vamp of the Pampas"
by Richard A. Whiting & Leo Robin.
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