IT REALLY DOES TAKE TWO

This week we learn to dance the basic steps of Tango with our partners Marcelo Solis and Mimi Mehaouchi from Escuela de Tango de Buenos Aires (http://www.escuelatangoba.com). Argentina's greatest musical pride is tango, a passionate music and accompanying form of dance that arose along the border between Argentina and Uruguay in the late 19th century. Tango music is a fusion of many influences, such as Spanish-American Contradanza, Cuban Habanera (with its African rhythmic influences), the Eastern European polka, music of rural gauchos (cowboys) and folk music from Italy. Tango is passionate, formal and intensely artistic -- there are people who take their tango very seriously and consider the dance the highest form of high art. Most of the rest just find it dramatic and fun, and enjoy the spirit of the dance, especially when joining others at a milonga which is a place/event where many come to tango.