bournemouth tango
Bournemouth
Argentine Tango is an improvised social dance with a rich musical heritage! It's
a musical genre and a social dance. Its lyrics and music are marked by
nostalgia, expressed through melodic instruments including the bandoneon. 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 intermixing of African, Spanish, Italian, British, Polish, Russian
and native-born Argentines resulted in a melting pot of cultures, and each
borrowed dance and music from one another. Traditional polkas, waltzes and
mazurkas were mixed with the popular habanera from Cuba and the candombe rhythms
from Africa.Tango is one of the most beautiful, elegant, and sensual of partner
dance.The modern tango is the result of this melting-pot.