Types of Tango

Tango is one of the most incendiary, romantic dances. Uncontrollable energy, clarity of lines and rhythm, all this ideally describes tango. To date, tango has many kinds. Among them there are both classical, ball directions, and ardent, passionate Argentine. Perhaps the most extraordinary is Finnish. How can you characterize this dance in general? It perfectly combines passion and rigor, fervent aggression and extraordinary tenderness, lightness of feelings and severity of lines. Tango is a dance of contrasts, these are feelings that are transmitted through the movements. Perhaps this is why tango has won millions of fans around the world.


Argentine tango and styles

The most brightly performed to date is performed for different music. Basically, dance is distinguished by basic movements and tempo. At the present time, many dancers do not give preference to a single species, but use different, often new ideas. The main criterion for any kind of tango is the embrace. It is from its distance (open or closed, otherwise close) is the key factor. For the open - a characteristic wide range of movements, albeit - partial touching the shoulders of partners. The most popular types of tangos today:

Tango Milongero

Its start from the 40-50's. It is characterized by a performance in an inclined position and in the connection of the partners' shoulders. Milongero is a very intimate style, here the woman is very close to the partner, usually so that her left hand is just behind the man's neck. For this type of tango is characterized by strong embraces and a permanent upper contact for good turns or ochos. The main step, so called "ocho kortado." This style is very suitable for loving couples. Here everything is built on inner harmony and respect. The partner, as it were, listens to the other with the help of dance movements. Milongero opens many possibilities for those who are not afraid of experiments.

Tango Salon

He is characterized by some vertical position of the dancers. Embrace is inherent in closeness or openness, but still with a bias (from the center of the partner). In position V, the trend is also the same: the woman's left shoulder is closer to the right shoulder of the man than her right to his left. With a close dance, the arms are relaxed, the dancers can perform certain movements.

Club style of tango

It is a striking example of the combination of two styles, namely salon and milonguero. For him, close embraces during the turns.

New Tango or Tango Nuevo

His birth is an analytical approach for a detailed study of the structure of dance. It is a series of new movements, combinations of steps. Nuevo - tango with openbodies, great importance is given to each of the partners. Dancers preserve their own axis.

Tango Orillero

Very maneuverable form of tango, for dancers is characterized by the preservation of a large distance between themselves and steps outside of the embrace. This style is characterized by some playfulnesses, as well as a chic appearance. Tango Orillero can be danced with both open and close embraces.

Kazhenge

The historical form of tango. It is characterized by a shift in position V, close embraces knee flexion during the movement. Particular attention is paid to the steps.

Tango Liso

From the side it seems the most simple. A series of certain steps and something like a walk, which was called the Kaminada. There is nothing complicated. This style prefers simplicity and clarity. Its basis is basic steps and figures. It is solitary of complex turns and figures.

Tango show "Fantasy"

This style of tango, which is often used on stage. A bright combination of different styles, complementing interesting elements, open arms, this is what is characteristic of Fantasy. Tango Fantasy requires high energy costs, high technology skills, excellent flexibility and a good sense of your partner.

One of the most interesting and unusual is Finnish-speaking .

It originated in the territory of Finland, after the Second World War. Its creator is rightly considered Toivo Kärki. This style characterizes its slowness and rhythmicity. It is almost always in a minor. What is most interesting, finskotetango on the expanses of the country of the same name is considered an art for men. The peak popularity of this style on the expanses of Finland falls on the 60s, when Rayo Taipal recorded a tango titled "Fairy Land".

The incipient degeneration of Finnish tango in the 90s gave birth to a new wave of admiration for this dance. Tango began to appear everywhere in the cinema, in TV programs, articles, etc. It should be noted that every year in the small town of Seinäjoki, the fees of Finnish tango fans are passed.

What is characteristic for this style? First of all, this is a ballistic character. Vfinsk Tango has a tight contact in the hips, following the clarity of the lines and the absence of characteristic sharp movements of the head.

Ballroom tango

Perhaps, the one and only knowledgeable styles. This is a sport dance, which became mandatory in the program of international competitions and competitions. Ballroom tango is essentially a rigorous dance. There is no improvisation here, as in Argentine. There are a set of certain norms and rules: following certain lines, the position of the body and the head of the dancers, strict execution of the necessary elements and a mnogopodobnoe. The musical accompaniment for this dance is the same - laconic and precise. This tango can not be called melodic and smooth, compared with the other above styles.