


{"id":8463,"date":"2023-05-24T17:05:47","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T16:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.insightvacations.com\/?p=8463"},"modified":"2024-06-26T13:27:57","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T12:27:57","slug":"tango-argentina-dance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.insightvacations.com\/blog\/tango-argentina-dance\/","title":{"rendered":"8 things you never knew about Argentina&#8217;s iconic dance, the tango"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<p>One of the most influential and famous dances of modern history, tango originated in the streets of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Montevideo, Uruguay in the late 19th century. So important is this passionate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insightvacations.com\/destinations\/latin-america\/argentina\">Argentinian<\/a> dance, in 2009, the tango was added to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists.<\/p>\n<p>To get under the skin of this national art form, we spoke to Argentinian Travel Director Nicolas, himself a tango dancer and this week\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/insightful.insightvacations.com\/?utm_source=theartoftravel&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=+insightful-brand-2023&amp;utm_content=campaignarticle&amp;_ga=2.81446608.690155145.1684742887-1514804150.1678569802\">Insightful Destination Expert<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you step into a tango salon you see so many beautiful things in just one minute,\u201d he tells us. \u201cVisitors have told me it is like a Fellini movie, with his dreamy, fantasy world. It\u2019s quite amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Test your knowledge against Nicolas in our <a href=\"https:\/\/insightful.insightvacations.com\/\">Insightful trivia game<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/embed\/khVu2wnA0xI?feature=share\" width=\"315\" height=\"560\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<h3 class=\"legacy-post-title\">MEET NICOLAS<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"legacy-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insightvacations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/TD-Nicolas-2.jpg\" alt=\"post image\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<p>Argentinian Nicolas has worked as a Travel Director and local Tour Guide since 2001 and leads tours across Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Patagonia and Uruguay. A passionate dancer, like many Argentinians, tango has played a huge role in his life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI started with my first tango lessons when I was round 16 years old,\u201d Nicolas tells us. \u201cWe used to dance in a small neighborhood garage. Tango has this thing with us &#8211; sometimes you leave the tango, but you always come back. And for the last couple of years now, I&#8217;m dancing again, at least two or three times a week.<\/p>\n<p>For travel inspiration: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insightvacations.com\/destinations\/latin-america\/argentina\">Argentina destination guide<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<h3 class=\"legacy-post-title\">FEELS LIKE FLYING<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<p>\u201cWhen the tango gets inside you, it&#8217;s something that you start to need in a certain way.,\u201d says Nicolas of the Argentina dance. \u201cTo dance the tango is such a beautiful experience. When you get that feeling, it is similar to flying.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou get to have this amazing contact with people, often people you don\u2019t know, and it is a very special connection. And when the music starts, the rhythm and the dancing, it is a truly unique experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\"><a href=\"https:\/\/insightful.insightvacations.com\/?utm_source=theartoftravel&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=+insightful-brand-2023&amp;utm_content=campaignarticle&amp;_ga=2.88795996.690155145.1684742887-1514804150.1678569802|||\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"legacy-anemos-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insightvacations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IV-PAID-MEDIA-BANNER-GAME-1920x400_04.png\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<p>To take you on a journey through tango\u2019s fascinating history, here are eight facts you might not know about this exciting Argentina dance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<h3 class=\"legacy-post-title\">1. TANGO SALONS ARE KNOWN AS MILONGAS<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"legacy-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insightvacations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/820db254-0bd0-4330-92c0-e126a52d887a.jpg\" alt=\"post image\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<p>\u201cTango is a big thing here, and the places that we go to downtown we call \u2018milongas\u2019. The milonga is the tango salon where we go to dance,\u201d Nicolas says.<\/p>\n<p>With so many milongas in Buenos Aires alone, it is recommended to try as many as you can. In fact, the Argentines invented the verb \u2018milonguear\u2019 (\u2018touring milongas\u2019). Every milonga is different, each with its own unique scene.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Argentine tango has evolved along with society,\u201d Nicolas explains, \u201cso the milongas are quite different to back then when I first started to dance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You may also enjoy reading: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insightvacations.com\/blog\/brighten-up-your-vacation-in-the-worlds-most-colorful-cities\/\">Brighten Up Your Vacation in the World\u2019s Most Colorful Cities<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<h3 class=\"legacy-post-title\">2. TRADITIONS ARE CHANGING<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<p>\u201cNowadays in many milongas you can dance with whoever you want to dance with,\u201d says Nicolas. \u201cGenerally, no one minds if it is two men or two women.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this Argentina dance, traditionally the man was always the leader and the woman the follower, but lessons nowadays are often more open. They don&#8217;t identify the roles with a gender. They just ask who wants to learn how to lead and who wants to learn to follow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c20 years ago, you would\u2019ve had to ask permission to dance with someone of the same sex in a milonga. Though some are still very traditional, in general if you want to dance with someone you just get on and dance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you like dance, you may also be interested in: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insightvacations.com\/blog\/cristina-heeren-foundation\/\">Discover the art of flamenco with the Cristina Heeren Foundation<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<h3 class=\"legacy-post-title\">3. THE WORD TANGO CAME FROM SLAVES<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"legacy-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insightvacations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Large-La-Boca-Caminito-86363381.jpg\" alt=\"post image\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<p>\u201cThe world tango comes from the Afro-Argentine and Afro-Uruguayan community. It is important to know that throughout the Rio de La Plata region there were slaves,\u201d Nicolas explains.<\/p>\n<p>The Rio de La Plata region includes southeastern Bolivia, southern and central Brazil, the entire country of Paraguay, most of Uruguay, and northern Argentina.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe word tango comes from the places where these afro communities used to dance. But the name at that time was Tambo.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<h3 class=\"legacy-post-title\">4. TANGO IS A MUSIC AND DANCE, AND WAS FIRST IMPROVISED<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"legacy-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insightvacations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Large-Accordionist-hand-playing-the-accordion-1311516399.jpg\" alt=\"post image\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<p>\u201cThe first tango music recorded was in the 1880s,\u201d Nicolas tells us. \u201cIt started here in Argentina with the immigrants \u2013 at first it was a popular music for immigrants and the poor communities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Argentina and Uruguay, the biggest wave of immigrants was from southern Italy and southern Spain. But people from all over also came to live here. So when they met to make music, there was one from Spain maybe with a guitar, another from Italy also with the guitar but playing differently. It was Eastern Europe that introduced the violin and also the accordion, one of the core instruments of tango music.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, the tango was at first an improvised music, as was the dance. It was later on that it became more orchestrated.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\"><a href=\"https:\/\/insightful.insightvacations.com\/?utm_source=theartoftravel&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=+insightful-brand-2023&amp;utm_content=campaignarticle&amp;_ga=2.88795996.690155145.1684742887-1514804150.1678569802|||\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"legacy-anemos-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insightvacations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IV-BANNER-BLOG-1920x400-Argentina.jpg\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<h3 class=\"legacy-post-title\">5. TANGO WAS ACCEPTED INTO HIGH SOCIETY THANKS TO THE FRENCH<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"legacy-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insightvacations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Large-Young-couple-dancing-Tango-in-street-200213137-001.jpg\" alt=\"post image\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<p>\u201cIn the 1880s Argentina was a big metropolis and it was home to some very rich families. And their children went out to the tango salons to dance; it was very popular at that time,\u201d says Nicolas. \u201cBut the rich families didn&#8217;t like that their children were going out to dance tango.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was common for the wealthy to live six months in Buenos Aires and six months in Europe. And the children took the records to Europe when they were travelling. This resulted in the tango becoming extremely popular in France for the 1890s. When the tango was accepted in France, Argentinian high society saw it as a celebrated Argentina dance and started to dance the tango as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBuenos Aires high society at the time was always reflecting Europe. You see it in the architecture and the way that people dress. So, if the tango was successful in Europe, they danced it here.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s how the tango became accepted by high society in Argentina and started The Golden Age of Tango in the 1930s.<\/p>\n<p>You may also enjoy: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insightvacations.com\/blog\/seven-beautiful-buildings-buenos-aires\/\">7 of the most beautiful buildings in Buenos Aires<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<h3 class=\"legacy-post-title\">6. CARLOS GARDEL, THE SINGER, TOOK TANGO AROUND THE WORLD<\/h3>\n[anemos_single_image]\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<p>\u201cThe Golden Age of Tango is regarded as from the mid 30s to the late 50s. At that time in Buenos Aires, every salon was playing tango,\u201d Nicolas tells us. \u201cOne of the greatest singers was Carlos Gardel. He stared in a lot of movies in America and became famous worldwide and that&#8217;s also how the tango started to travel around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gardel was the first singer to adopt the tango as a form of popular song, previously it had been entirely instrumental dance music. Born in Toulouse, France to a poor and unmarried mother, Carlos Gardel was tango&#8217;s first superstar. He is still considered one of its most enduring performers and is revered as an icon in Argentina ever since his tragic death in a plane crash at the age of 45.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<h3 class=\"legacy-post-title\">7. ROCK AND ROLL ALMOST KILLED TANGO<\/h3>\n[anemos_single_image]\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<p>\u201cIn the 1960s there were musical influences that almost killed tango,\u201d says Nicolas. \u201cFirst it was the clerical music of Argentina, another popular rhythm from our country. And then foreign music from the UK and the US, such as rock \u2018n\u2019 roll.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArgentinian rock was also rising up, so young people almost stopped dancing tango. And the milongas started to lose customers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen, in the 1980s, there was a famous show that went to the United States called \u2018Tango Argentino\u2019. They went to perform in New York for two weeks and stayed for two years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe tango started to rise again and new musicians emerged. One of the greatest masters was \u00c1stor Piazzolla who was very successful outside of Argentina and became a great tango hero here.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen since the 1990s, the tango exploded again and nowadays you have milonga full of people every day of the week. \u201c<\/p>\n<p>You may also be interested to read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insightvacations.com\/blog\/coach-travel-in-2023\/\">Why coach travel is the smart option to take in 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<h3 class=\"legacy-post-title\">8. ANYONE CAN DENJOY THIS ARGENTINA DANCE<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"legacy-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insightvacations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Large-Couple-dancing-tango-in-Caminito-La-Boca-Buenos-Aires-Argentina-157332652.jpg\" alt=\"post image\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<p>\u201cOne of the things that I always like to say to the people is, \u2018don&#8217;t be scared of tango\u2019\u201d, Nicolas says with a big smile. \u201cIt&#8217;s just a dance. It\u2019s not open-heart surgery! And it is for no one else, this Argentina dance is just for you. So just enjoy it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTango is a dance for all ages, you can see people in their 70s dancing with 20-year-olds. The tango salons are often small with around 20 couples. So, you\u2019re not only dancing with your partner, you\u2019re dancing with everyone there. It\u2019s just amazing and very welcoming.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you start to learn the first steps of tango, you are just walking to the rhythm of the music. It\u2019s not what you see when you watch \u2018Performance Tango -that what we call the tango of the stage. I dance \u2018Social Tango\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople from all over the world come here to Buenos Aires to dance tango. I have danced with people from Japan for example. We\u2019ve never met, we don&#8217;t speak the same language but it\u2019s like we have known each other forever.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is the magic of tango, and I believe that it&#8217;s a very great experience. Any visitor should go to one of these salons, at least for one hour.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<p>Witness the magic of Argentine tango for yourself on one of our<a href=\"https:\/\/www.insightvacations.com\/en-us\/destinations\/latin-america\">South America vacation packages<\/a><em>.<\/em> You&#8217;ll enjoy the best tango show in Buenos Aires on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insightvacations.com\/tours\/argentina-uruguay-brazil-discovery\">Argentina, Uruguay &amp; Brazil Discovery<\/a> tour. Enjoy a private demonstration and performance by professional tango dancers and musicians in the Tin La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<p><em>You can also test your travel knowledge against Nicolas and other Insightful destination experts. 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