Argentine Tango
Welcome to the world of beautiful Argentine Tango and Vancouver Tango Community!
Argentine Tango is a partnered social dance and musical genre originated in the end of the 19th century in the suburbs of Buenos Ares, Argentina. It is in fact very different from the ballroom tango in its posture, embrace, vocabulary and intention of dancing – Argentine tango is an improvisational dance based on particular movements and step combinations which each dancer is interpreting in his/ her own way. It is not common to compete in Argentine Tango as it is first of all a social dance which allows to combine leisure dancing, listening to beautiful rich tango music with socializing and keeping your body fit.
While there is always a leader and a follower in Argentine Tango this dance allows certain freedom of expression and space for creativity and even some innovation. Music can usually be interpreted in various ways and that adds to the pleasure of dancing as each person has unique musicality.
There is often some therapeutic element in tango dancing, apart from offering opportunity to have some physical exercise it helps developing a good posture, balance, coordination, aerobic capacity; often helps improving self-esteem, confidence, social skills, leadership skills and partner connection as well as traits like patience, tolerance/loyalty, self-acceptance, persistence, respect for diversity of people, as well as intuition, sensitivity, sense of rhythm and playfulness.
The process of developing as an Argentine tango dancer is pleasant yet challenging. You can learn a lot about yourself and other people. Tango is a group dance in some way as all the couples are supposed to keep moving around the dance floor counter clockwise. That requires some navigation skills, you can find links on where to read more about it on our "Links for an Aspiring Dancer" page.
Argentine tango is a dance where adopting comfortable embrace and improving in partner connection are probably the most important aspects of enjoyable tango dancing. There is also the social aspect of belonging to a community, the emotional aspect of connecting with your dance partner while dancing to beautiful music in a nice ambience of a milonga (tango party), as well as spiritual aspect of connecting to the beauty of dance, with some experience and practice you may be lucky to reach that special state of tango dancing when it feel like a special meditation.
Tango teaches to live in the moment, appreciate what you have now, today, tonight, being ready to let go of your past and future, when each day is bringing new experiences, small discoveries and you can be a co-creator of that joy.
We hope that you will enjoy your exciting Argentine Tango experience!
Best regards,
MagicTango Team
© MagicTango
Argentine Tango is a partnered social dance and musical genre originated in the end of the 19th century in the suburbs of Buenos Ares, Argentina. It is in fact very different from the ballroom tango in its posture, embrace, vocabulary and intention of dancing – Argentine tango is an improvisational dance based on particular movements and step combinations which each dancer is interpreting in his/ her own way. It is not common to compete in Argentine Tango as it is first of all a social dance which allows to combine leisure dancing, listening to beautiful rich tango music with socializing and keeping your body fit.
While there is always a leader and a follower in Argentine Tango this dance allows certain freedom of expression and space for creativity and even some innovation. Music can usually be interpreted in various ways and that adds to the pleasure of dancing as each person has unique musicality.
There is often some therapeutic element in tango dancing, apart from offering opportunity to have some physical exercise it helps developing a good posture, balance, coordination, aerobic capacity; often helps improving self-esteem, confidence, social skills, leadership skills and partner connection as well as traits like patience, tolerance/loyalty, self-acceptance, persistence, respect for diversity of people, as well as intuition, sensitivity, sense of rhythm and playfulness.
The process of developing as an Argentine tango dancer is pleasant yet challenging. You can learn a lot about yourself and other people. Tango is a group dance in some way as all the couples are supposed to keep moving around the dance floor counter clockwise. That requires some navigation skills, you can find links on where to read more about it on our "Links for an Aspiring Dancer" page.
Argentine tango is a dance where adopting comfortable embrace and improving in partner connection are probably the most important aspects of enjoyable tango dancing. There is also the social aspect of belonging to a community, the emotional aspect of connecting with your dance partner while dancing to beautiful music in a nice ambience of a milonga (tango party), as well as spiritual aspect of connecting to the beauty of dance, with some experience and practice you may be lucky to reach that special state of tango dancing when it feel like a special meditation.
Tango teaches to live in the moment, appreciate what you have now, today, tonight, being ready to let go of your past and future, when each day is bringing new experiences, small discoveries and you can be a co-creator of that joy.
We hope that you will enjoy your exciting Argentine Tango experience!
Best regards,
MagicTango Team
© MagicTango