Tango

Question 1

Where was the Tango dance born?

Answer 1

A sensuous dance born on Rio de la Plata in Buenos Aires amid the slums in a multiracial setting.

Question 2

The earliest form of the name tangoo is a

Answer 2

onomatopoetic renditions of the sounds of drums

Question 3

Tango orgin

Answer 3

African

Question 4

The tango has passed through many

Answer 4

evolutions

Question 5

During the Tango’s formative stages it was a combination of ______, ________, and ____________.

What three dances?

Answer 5

• Candombe (syncopated African dance)
• Habanera (eighteenth-centruy European dance)

-Milango (indigenous argentine dance)

Question 6

The tango music was introduced to ____ and ____ by _________ after __________.

Where was tango music introduced? Who introduced it? and after what?

Answer 6

Paris, and the Riviera
By wealthy south americans after World War 1.

Question 7

Tango was the rage of

Answer 7

Paris

Question 8

Tango spread from Europe to

Answer 8

North America

Question 9

what year was the new age of the Tango?

Answer 9

1990’s

Question 10

___________ are found in major cities around the world.

Answer 10

Tangueros

Question 11

Devotees

Answer 11

attend workshops, organize weekly dances, practice and improve their skills while sharing feelings of excitement about dancing the argentine tango

Question 12

Tango style

(3 S’s)

Answer 12

Smooth, Sophisticated, Suave

Question 13

Tango style relies on

Answer 13

improvisation, and communication between partners

Question 14

The Tango DOES NOT execute

Answer 14

Pre-learned step routines

Question 15

Tango time signature:

Answer 15

2/4 & 4/4

Question 16

Tango rythym is

Describe the beat

Answer 16

a deliberate accented beat that is easily distinguished

Question 17

Few dancers have trouble

Answer 17

following the tango rythym

Question 18

There is a calculated contrast between the

Answer 18

slow promenade beats of the first measure and the staccacto of the tango break in the second measure

Question 19

Tango is characterized by a

Answer 19

-deliberate glide
-not sliding the foot on the floor
-long reach from the hip with a catlike smoothness
-ball of the foot on the floor
-knees remain straight

Question 20

Describe the speed of the break

Answer 20

QQS

Question 21

The ____ gliding ______ and ________ break makes the tango distinctive

Answer 21

Slow, beats and sharp

Question 22

Restraint is achieved by the use of

what movement? what break?

Answer 22

-continuous flow of movements
-controlled stylized break

Question 23

dancers should strive to reach the effect of

Answer 23

floating. (avoid looking stiff)

Question 24

In the long reaching glide the feet should

Answer 24

pass each other close together

Question 25

The draw in the tango is exceuted

Answer 25

slowly, taking the full length of the slow beat to bring feet together

Question 26

The follow should synchronize the action of

Answer 26

drawing her step with that of the lead

Question 27

The body and head are carried

Answer 27

high

Question 28

follows hand reaches right shoulder in a

Answer 28

blade like straight line @ shoulder blade level