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San Telmo neighborhood, 1920.

Dancers, 1950.

Dancers, San Telmo neighborhood, 2004
Around the middle of the XIX century, on the outskirts of the city of the Buenos Aires shores, a social group began to develop using elements coming from diverse places. They were comprised of gauchos and immigrants. Both groups needed an identity that would define them. From this quest and coming together, the Tango emerged.
First it was the dance. In the first place, it was a way of dancing that faced and challenged everything that had ever been seen before. They embraced while dancing, improvising figures. These characteristic aspects of the dance were directly associated to what they looked for. There was never a set position. They were prepared to change at any time.
 

The Tango evolved and was made "famous" there during the '10's. Not only was it made famous in Buenos Aires , but in Paris the Tango fever was felt. Many dance halls in the high Parisian society adopted this style of dancing for its sensuality and eroticism that ruled in the Bohemian atmosphere of the city of lights. Buenos Aires , at that point accepted the Tango as part of its city life.

 
During the 20's the figure of Gardel began to be imposed on the stages of Buenos Aires and the world. Later after a tour of France , in 1929, Gardel returned victoriously to Argentina , consecrated as the "The Creole Thrush.
At the end of the 30's, the choreography of Tango began to change. In the great milongas the steps became smoother and the figures simpler. It began to proliferate the dance academies and the street kid had begun to mix company with the rich children.
The decade from '45 to '55 could be considered the golden Tango age. The typical great orchestras would tour accompanied by the dancers; all of Buenos Aires lived the rhythm of Tango.
With a great leap, the end of the XX century came. With more than a hundred years of history already made, the Tango remains alive in Buenos Aires . Every night many milongas from the most diverse styles appeared. Eighteen-year-olds would dance with other teenagers in the 70's and the essence of Tango turns into this magic of dancing bodies.
 

 

 
 
*Fuente: Portal de Turismo, Subsecretaría de Turismo del Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires www.bue.gov.ar
   
 
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