tango dancing originated from Buenos Aires at the end of the Nineteenth

Century

 tango was the first couple dance in Europe that was based on improvisation
 before the tango, couple dance was sequence based, with every couple on the floor dancing the
same steps at the same time

first piece of music written and published in Argentina to be labeled a

“Tango” appeared in 1857 called "Toma maté, ché"
tango was the third dance in history to be performed with the man and
woman facing each other, the Viennese Waltz first, and the Polka second
Tango
earliest evidence of the tango being danced in Europe comes in the first
decade of the twentieth century in France
It is believed that the word Tango at that time probably referred to what is
now known as Tango Andaluz or Andalucian Tango, a style of music from
the area of Spain that is also home to the Flamenco, one of the most
popular types of music in Buenos Aires in the middle of the Nineteenth
Century

 decade that followed 1935 became known as the Golden Age of Tango
 it was this era that the dance evolved into the fusion of sensuality, sexuality and a battle for power
or control that it is famous for today

 tango dancing even impacted the fashion of the age tulip skirts became popular-opened at the
front and made it easier to dance in
 corsets and hooped skirts, the previous fashion, were not so easily maneuverable and fell out of
favor

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