This style of Tango is thought to have been demonstrated in Paris in around 1906, but was so different from the other dances of the time it was considered somewhat obscene. It was modified to ...
Due to its risque nature, a "cleaned up" version of the dance was created and this became known as the more acceptable Ballroom Tango. The dance is more sensual and intimate than the Ballroom Tango.
In the last two decades of the 19th century, the dance known as the tango emerges out of the immigrant culture of Argentina's dockside slums. The tango fuses New World, African, and European dance ...