TANGO LESSONS

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TANGO LESSONS!!

• During INSME 2006, you will have the opportunity
  to experiment one of the most important symbols
  of our culture TANGO

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A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY

• TANGO needs no mayor description. Everybody
  associates it with elegant dancers, beautiful
  women in tight dresses and sensual movements.

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• But there is another kind of Tango, which is the
  original one heavier, sadder (you could call it
  the 'River Plate Blues'). It sounds more like
  classical music. Here in Uruguay you will know
  both of them the romantic and the original
  one.Tango lyrics always deal about 'life
  problems' Jealous women swearing revenge to the
  men who 'betrayed' them abandoned men yelling
  for their lost beloveds. Love, hate, passion and
  madness are predominant
• But the power of TANGO lays in transforming all
  those existential problems in pure energy and joy
  of life. And, of course You never dance Tango
  alone ...

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IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF CARLOS GARDEL

• The unforgotten idol is Carlos Gardel, a kind of
  Uruguayan James Dean, who had a brilliant career
  and died young in an accident. In the late
  twenties and early thirties, he did movies with
  Paramount Pictures, being the first 'Latin Lover'
  and heartbreaker in the upcoming film industry.
  Always smart, always perfectly dressed and
  styled, that was his trademark.

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TANGO FOREVER YOUNG

• Tango is more than 100 years old. The first Tango
  was composed in 1886. The 'hymn' of Tango - "La
  Cumparsita" was written in 1917 by the Uruguayan
  Gerardo Matos Rodríguez.
• As happened with almost all popular dances,
  during its first decades, TANGO was considered as
  'dirty' and 'not suitable' by the upper social
  classes. It was first danced in prostitute
  houses, where the working ladies used the erotism
  of Tango as a powerful marketing strategy .
• 'Honest' women were not supposed to dance Tango.
  Therefore, men danced Tango - with other men.
  They did this to 'practice' and to teach the
  unexperienced for their late night adventures.

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• This changed during the twenties, when Tango
  became socially accepted and conquered all the
  dancing halls. The fourties was the 'Golden
  Decade' of Tango, in Uruguay and Argentina.
• Tango never died. On the contrary In the 80ies
  and 90ies, it had a strong comeback, finding also
  many followers in Europe and Northamerica where
  Tango schools spread like mushrooms.
• Here in Montevideo, you will find several places
  to dance TANGO, but firstyou can take some
  lessons!

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RATES

• US 10
• p/lesson, p/person
• Lessons will be at the Radisson Victoria Plaza,
  and they last 1 hour.