Tango

The dance originated in lower-class districts of Buenos Aires and Montevideo in the 1890s and was exported to Europe and the US. At home it came into and out of fashion, not least because military governments banned the crowded dance halls that is the dance's traditional home.

 



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Image of Carlos Guardel, a popular tango singer whose fame was
enhanced by his early death in a airplane crash



Poster for the Tango School of Carlos Copello, a leading tango dancer of his time.
He still dances impressively at Tango Rojo, despite his advancing years. 

A female tango dancer awaits her partner at a restaurant in La Boca

Street Tango in San Telmo, Buenos Aires

 

 

 

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