In the last two decades of the 19th century, the dance known as the tango emerges out of the immigrant culture of Argentina's dockside slums. The tango fuses New World, African, and European dance ...

It is practised in the traditional dance halls of Buenos Aires and Montevideo ... songwriters, teachers of the art and the national living treasures who embody the culture of tango. Tango is also ...

“Tango After Dark” at the Joyce Theater ... of the most important choreographers America has produced. In dance, a wordless art, an improvised language of rhythmic noises helps choreographers ...

“Tango After Dark,” the two-act showcase of dance and music at the Joyce Theater through Sunday, is a decidedly contemporary take on a style whose roots go back to 19th-century ...

The art of tango is a social partner dance that originated in the late 1800s along the Rio de la Plata, the border area between Argentina and Uruguay. Its popularity has long since spread ...

There is a strong connection between music and dance, as both are social art forms. This means they ... The structure of Argentine tango music often has two or three parts which repeat in patterns ...

Tango without gender-defined roles. Women who dance with women. Men who are led by women. The queer milonga was introduced in Argentina at the beginning of the 2000s to break with the stereotypes ...

Similarly, Latin dance styles such as salsa, tango, and bachata have embraced influences ... In the realm of performance art, urban tribal fusion blends traditional dances like belly dance with ...