Morgan Zaccardo Homework #3 The Rioplatense Tango The history and development of tango can be divided into three stages, the first stage being La Guardia vieja, or Old Guard, which lasted until 1920. During this time, tango had emerged as a genre of instrumental music. The form during this time consisted of three parts, with different sections (ABC). This form usually uses four instruments: flute, violin, guitar and bandoneon. The most famous tango ever written is from this time period, Gerardo
right arm around her. The Tango is the third dance to use this hold for couple dancing. The Viennese Waltz is the first dance done in this couple hold. It was very popular in Europe in the 1830’s. Couple dancing before the Viennese Waltz was very formal and did not involve a lot of physical contact just mainly holding hands. About 10 years after the Viennese Waltz came the Polka. Also taking Europe by storm, the Polka became the newest craze to use this scandalous new hold. Tango was extremely different
around his own figure, a crowd begins to form, and soon there are more couples that join into this social dance. This is the scene for the beginning of the Argentine tango. The tango was not always the elegant dance reserved for famed ballrooms, but rather, it had its début on the streets of Buenos Aires with the poor of Argentina. Tango was the result of a booming agricultural economy with no one to work for it. The poor of Argentina were simply the already poor immigrants from Europe who sought a
The word tango is most likely from African origin and referred to popular music and dance celebrations that the slaves performed throughout the Caribbean and Atlantic coastal regions. The genre overlapped with milonga, candombe and the Cuban habanera. During the 20th century, around the time that the urbanized samba emerged in Brazil, the tango emerged as an independent dance genre. The rioplatense tango arose in poverty stricken areas known as arrabeles in the outskirts of Buenos Aires and Montevido
United States of America, there once was this dance that evolved in a slave state known as South Carolina, Charleston, and a dance called Argentine Tango that evolved in america after being brought into the nation through global expansion. Both of these authentic dances exemplify a specific movement of techniques that gives the dance its power and name. Tango gives us a sensational feel that articulates adequate movements and creates richer, profound appearance. The Charleston dance brings out the joy
around his own figure, a crowd begins to form, and soon there are more couples that join into this social dance. This is the scene for the beginning of the Argentine tango. The tango was not always the elegant dance reserved for famed ballrooms, but rather, it had its début on the streets of Buenos Aires with the poor of Argentina. Tango was the result of a booming agricultural economy with no one to work for it. The poor of Argentina were simply the already poor immigrants from Europe who sought a
Buenos Aires, Argentina and Montevideo, Uruguay a new genre of music was evolving. This new genre of music eventually came to be called the Argentine Tango. Tango music evolved from the interaction of many different cultures, and it continues to evolve and branch out into many subgenres. Beginning around 1880 the first traces of the Argentine tango were beginning to fall into place. (History 2005) This occurred through the convergence of music of the many cultures which were found in the area. Immigration
“Just move the body it also mean exercise”. Exercise has many benefits with your body, it’s help you to strong body and healthy. A lot of people know about this point but they rather ignore it. Now, there is a new activity, it uses music to take that and use a few time, also known as ballroom dance. That is a sport and is enjoyed both socially and competitively around the world. Arcangeli’s 1994 study found the following: Dance was regarded as having a bearing on health in number of ways. On one
SWOT ANALYSIS Running the SWOT Analysis on The Crystal Ballroom – Sizzling Salsa Workshop, we can see there are multiple dimensions to the ballroom, including both positive and negative aspects. The ballroom has several unique strengths which could be utilized to improve performance and attract more customers. Salsa has been a relatively untapped area within the Crystal Ballroom, so this creates an opportunity for our product. There has been a shift on perception on salsa and ballroom dancing
of you are aware of local gang? When it comes down to it, the Tango Blast is the most powerful gang in the DFW. Consisting of an estimated 15,000 active members, they are also the largest in the area. Today, I will be informing you about the activity of the Tango Blast in the DFW area, how they operate and what they do. However, first I’d like to give you a brief introduction to the group for a little bit of hindsight. The Tango Blast is a clique that started forming sometime within the 1970s-1980s
there!” “Dont give up!” “I cant reach! My foot is slipping!” In a whole other country, in a state i've never been in, a new city, on top of the highest wooden tower i've ever seen. The United States of America. Kentucky. Campbellsville. The Tango Tower. My first day at Tim Hortons camp Kentahten, out of every place 12 year old me went to this, was the hottest place and the hottest day i've ever experienced. Waking up at six in the morning. Singing the Canadian national anthem and trying
A firestorm of controversy broke out last week after Last Tango in Paris director Bernardo Bertolucci's old interview resurfaced on the internet. In the 2013 video clip, the director revealed the infamous 'butter' scene in the film was shot without the consent of then 19-year-old Maria Schneider . In the scene, Marlon Brando uses butter as lubricant while having simulated sex with Maria. The Hollywood controversy also reminded us of a similar story that unfolded in Bollywood decades ago. The actor
from “I felt raped,” and even more from “he raped me.” In order to protect victims effectively, we can´t point the finger hysterically in all directions, however this week the trending topic has been the culture rape exemplified in the movie Last Tango in Paris. Any person, but most especially any woman, should abstain from disagreeing or accept the public consequences. But what I have been reading reminds me the old game of sitting with friends in a circle to whisper to the one sitting on your right
piece really meant a lot to me since this composer is from Uruguay and my family is from Uruguay, specifically my father. So I am just glad that my family enjoyed it because I dedicated my performance to them. The tango is a form of dance and the piece apparently does not conflict with tango at all. It actually involves a horse race and this man in love with women and gambling. At the horse race, there is a prestigious young new horse ready to make a name for himself and there is also an old horse who
Bernardo Bertolucci Bernardo Bertolucci is an expressionist filmmaker in the sense that the style of his films transgresses the realities of everyday life and the traditional cinematic way of depicting it. He achieves this through many techniques such as original camera shots or compositions that only we, behind the camera, could see. Bertolucci also paints his films in a light that creates a surrealist or "metarealist" mood and aura. The Conformist is shot with camera angles that evoke an
Bernardo Bertolucci’s Last Tango in Paris had a unique treatment of female sexuality. Both the plot and the characterization throughout the film lend to both the empowerment of female sexuality, as well as the degradation. Through observing power struggle of the sexes, the pleasure involved in sex, and the consent required for sexual acts, it is clear that he created a dynamic world in which the raw emotion of human sexuality could be explored thoroughly. One wonders, had Last Tango been produced in our
“And all the children who came to the zoo could see Tango and her two fathers playing in the penguin house…” (Richardson). This scene comes from the children’s book, And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell. This excerpt briefly tells that the theme of this story is about an unorthodox family structure that consists of a homosexual couple. Richard and Parnell use this picture book aimed for four to eight year olds to simply describe the real love story of two penguins, Silo and
In the "Widower's Tango", the relationship between Pablo Neruda and Josie fell apart due to jealousy, distrust, anger, mental abuse, the threat of death, Neruda's infatuation. Pablo Neruda was deeply in love with a woman named Josie, who reciprocated his affection, and they became lovers. Despite their feelings for one another, the bond between them was broken. Josie was too in love with Neruda. She was clingy and worried that Neruda would leave her; however, her fears would be founded, for Neruda
As Jens Lange and Jan Crusius has refer in their article, “The Tango of Two Deadly Sins: The Social-Functional Relation of Envy and Pride,” they said that, “Envy is a negative emotional response to a situation in which someone lacks another’s superior quality, achievement, or possession and either desires it or wishes
The tango is a major influence of the culture of the Argentine people and became their national dance. Now the dance is one of the ways people identify Argentina. It is important to understand how this dance became to be and the impact it made in Argentina because of it’s importance in Argentina and the influence it has made around the world. The Tango originates from the 1800s but has relevance to this day. This topic is worthy of investigation because much of the history of the tango is laced with