Argentine tango vs national standard tango

Tango is said to be a secret dance between lovers. Men used to wear short knives when they danced. Although they don't wear knives, dancers must look serious, look around and be alert to being found. All other dances should be smiling. Just don't laugh when you tango, but look serious. Tango is very rich in body language, and the standardized tango used in sports dance competitions is much simpler than the local tango in Argentina.

The dance steps of the national standard tango have been standardized by the Royal British Dance Association, and these dance steps have only changed a little in style in recent decades. Argentine tango is a gradually evolving dance and music form, which constantly changes every dance floor in Argentina and other major tango centers in the world. Argentine tango still depends on innovation. Although dance teachers usually use some fixed dance steps or routines to teach, even in such a fixed routine, the angle, speed and even quality of each step can be changed (the dance steps can be interpreted smoothly, jump, quickly, etc ...). Although the Argentine tango is mainly developed on the dance floor, the Argentine government holds the Argentine tango competition in Buenos Aires every year, attracting players from all over the world to participate.

Hug (or hug, Abrazo)

A remarkable difference between Argentine tango and national tango lies in the form and feeling of grip. According to the national tango, the upper body of both partners should bend outward away from each other, while maintaining cross-sectional contact and deviating from half body position to the left.

In Argentine tango, it is almost the opposite: two people's breasts are closer to each other than the cross, and there is often a contact point at the chest level (the specific position varies according to the height and the proximity of the two sides). Are you online? Close the grip? In the middle school stage, the chest of the leader and the follower are completely attached together, and the heads are in contact with each other or close together. Are you online? Open the grip? In order to get the best communication, two people can have as much space as they want, but both sides must maintain complete contact through arm in arm. Even in the most? Open? Argentine tango dancers don't open their upper bodies outward away from each other when they hold the racket. Both partners will maintain their own axes instead of relying on each other to maintain stability. Whether it is open or closed, the grip of tango is not rigid, but relaxed, just like a hug.

March (or walk, Caminando)

Another difference is that when the follower leaves his left foot, the leader is free to leave his left foot. This phenomenon is often called. Cross? Or? Inconsistent (or? Travel across systems? ), what does this have in common with the general? Parallel? Or? Is it consistent? The mode of travel is relative. In the national standard tango, cross-system? It is considered an incorrect step (unless the leader and followers are facing the same direction). Moreover, the flexibility of grip allows the team leader to change the center of gravity from one foot to the other while keeping the center of gravity of the follower unchanged, which is another major difference from the national standard tango. In the national standard tango, the change of the center of gravity will automatically cause the change of the partner's center of gravity.

music

Argentine tango music is more diverse than the national standard tango music. In the past century, a large number of tango orchestras have created a huge number of tango music. Not only is there a lot of music, but also the styles of these different tango bands are quite different, which makes it easy for Argentine tango dancers to tango all night without feeling monotonous. Disari, Darrenzo, Troilo and pugliese are four representative Argentine tango orchestras. They are a dance band with dancers. For tango, the soul of its music is portrayed in the melody, but on the other hand, a clear rhythm is also necessary. Tango has a clear and repetitive stress or beat, a strong 2/4 beat tango rhythm, and two stresses every four beats. Astra? AstorPiazzolla expanded the traditional tango chords and melodies and moved the tango music from the dance floor to the concert hall. His works tell us more about contemporary life, and the corresponding dance also incorporates more contemporary dance elements.