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Tango
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Argentine Tango was born as the people's dance. Recently,
it has gone full circle - it moved from the rough streets and brothels of
Buenos Aires, through the elitist academies and glittery ballrooms of high-societies
in both Argentina and Europe, then to Hollywood 
films
and theatre stages, before moving back to ordinary people of all ages across
the world.
Steeped in eroticism and the soul's longing for home, The Argentine Tango has been a powerful expression for all those who are looking for a sense of belonging. Belonging to someone, somewhere, something…
The Argentine Tango originated in Buenos Aires at end of the 19th Century[1880 approx]. The city was a melting pot of cultures - The slave trade had brought with it the sounds of the African drumming dance 'the Candombe', which blended with the music of the Payadores or native folk singers, and dances such as the Polka, and the Mazurka brought by european settlers created a highly rhythmic dance known as the 'Milonga', later the arrival of the 'Habanera', from Havana, Cuba [ which was also known as the Tango andaluz] slowed and moderated the Milonga into an embryonic form of the Tango.
