Daniele and tango biography for kids

Tango facts for kids

A couple dances Argentine tango. Notice the space between the partners in this style
This is a ballroom tango.

Daniele and tango biography for kids All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles including the article images and facts can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise. In the late s, composer and pianist Fernando Otero continued to add elements to the innovation process which had started decades ago, expanding the orchestration and form while including improvisation and atonal aspects in his work. The Tango is a dance which was created in Buenos Aires , Argentina. One song that would become the most widely known of all tango melodies also dates from this time.

The style of ballroom dancing is "One big idea: two people dancing as one"

A social tango at a charity event

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 In the second half of the s, a new movement of tango composers and tango orchestras playing new songs was born in Buenos Aires. Angel Villoldo's tango "El Choclo" was first recorded no later than in Philadelphia. Tango music and dance have become popular throughout the world. All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles including the article images and facts can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise.

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