Tango

For centuries, song and dance have been a vital part in creating and expressing a community’s sense of identity. Through each, members are able to pass on traditions, make political statements, and express themselves. The tango and salsa styles of music and dance are prime examples of mobilities in Latin American music that help foster a sense of identity among the smaller communities, although each required international attention before earning recognition from its home country. Each style of…

is a country rich with culture and many traditions. The cultural activities are reflected in the different artistic expressions such as: painting, sculpture, music and literature. Argentina also maintains traditional dance and songs such as: the tango in Buenos Aires and folk traditions inland. One of the traditional holidays celebrated in Argentina is El Dia de Tradicion which means the Day of the Tradition. The Day of the Tradition is celebrated on November 10th of each year after a…

mind when you think of dancing is "Tango". This dance has been identified with Argentina and Buenos Aires over the years. Rio de la Plata is at the forefront as the birthplace of the tango. It is possible to say “Center of Tango” for Buenos Aires. Every year Tango hosts many events and festivals. While tango music was a magnificent period in the 1940s, in the 1960s and 1970s a new tango emerged that brought together classical and jazz music elements. The new tango, a contemporary trend, is…

Some of the dances were the Charleston the foxtrot the waltz the tango. The dances seemed to develop from cultures combining and dances, traveling from shore to shore. “People saw the new dances in Hollywood movies and practiced them to music from phonograph records or to radio broadcasts before going out on the dance floors of nightclubs or school gymnasiums.” (1920’s, 2017). Dances born from this craze were the Charleston, Waltz, Tango, Shimmy, Fox Trot, and the Texas Tommy. The Charleston was…

an activity everyone can do, whether it’s alone, with friends, or with a partner. Ballroom dancing,a traditional partner dance, which couples form in a closed dance position. Ballroom dancing has several different forms, The waltz, the swing, the tango, and the salsa. They each originated in several different places, such as Germany, Austria, and New York. Nobody would look at dance as a sport, but in competition, it’s considered a dance sport. During World War I, they considered…

was the most greatly imported from the U.S. was jazz. As with tango in the U.S., Argentinians interpreted and made use of jazz in different ways than those employed in the country of origin. They listened to jazz with varying attitudes, some critical, some complementary, and as their U.S. counterparts had done with Latin Americanism, Argentinians viewed jazz, and U.S. culture in general, as the other. Jazz was as exotic to them as tango was to people in the U.S.…

quieras (The day that you will love me) is a poem that was later turned into a song as well as the title for a 1935 musical film which starred the legendary tango singer Carlos Gardel, Spanish actress Rosita Moreno and another tango singer named Tito Lusiardo. The film was directed by John Reinhardt, produced by Robert R. Snody and written by the tango lyricist Alfredo Le Pera. The film tells the story of Julio Arguelles, the son of a wealthy Buenos Aires businessman, who wants to marry…

NSC in Brooklyn. This body awareness workshop taught and promoted the Latin culture while dancing and learning the history of the best known Latin social dances. Taught by our dance instructor Walter Perez, based on the exceptional dance idioms of Tango, Salsa, Merengue, Bachata, and Cha-Cha, all sessions/classes of this workshop focused on posture, body placement, alignment and musicality. To engage seniors, printed flyers got distributed and posted in the center and the community. In…

Buenos Aires is the capital of Argentina furthermore the second biggest city in Latin America. The metropolis with South America's busiest port is the economic, social and business focus of the nation. Buenos Aires renowned for Tango dance, music, bookshops, theaters, historical centers, bars and more is a most loved traveler destination. Here is a note on the mainstream touristy things to do or see in Buenos Aires. Square de Mayo is the real court in Buenos Aires where a large portion of the…

1 Introduction Enman invited the suppliers listed below to provide quotation for the supply of Electricity for Grannd Hyatt Hotel site located at 123 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC.  AGL  Origin Energy  Energy Australia  Simply Energy  Tango Energy  Red Energy  Alinta Energy  ERM Power There were four retailers who provided a quotation. A list of the retailers and what they quoted for is provided in Table 1. As the electricity price is extremely volatile the retails are not prepared…