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Tango logo #10101) Adios Muchachos 2) American lifestyle magazine 3) Amusement ride 4) Announcing tea dance 5) Argentine dance 6) Argentinian export 7) Australian comic strip 8) Ballet by George Balanchine 9) Ballet by Peter Martins 10) Ballroom dance 11) Ballroom dance for two 12) Ballroom dancing 13) Ballroom staple
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Tango logo #10101) Ballet 2) Ballroom dancing 3) Dance
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Tango logo #21002• (n.) Any of various popular forms derived from this. • (n.) A difficult dance in two-four time characterized by graceful posturing, frequent pointing positions, and a great variety of steps, including the cross step and turning steps. The dance is of Spanish origin, and is believed to have been in its original form a part of the fandang...
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tango logo #21003ballroom dance, musical style, and song. The tango evolved about 1880 in dance halls and perhaps brothels in the lower-class districts of Buenos ... [6 related articles]
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Tango logo #22730A social dance in 2/4 time, which after originating in Spain, developed in Argentina, where it was influenced by black dance style and rhythm. See also History of Tango and Argentine Tango History.
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Tango logo #22730Continental/English There are essentially three types of Tango - Argentine, American and International Style. Argentine Tango: (arrabalero) A dance created by the Gauchos in Buenos Aires. It was actually an attempt on their part to imitate the Spanish dance except that they danced it in a closed ballroom position. The Tango caused a sensation and ...
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Tango logo #20524Slang for a terrorist. So named after the military's designation for the letter 'T' (Tango) in the phonetic alphabet.
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Tango logo #20972Tan'go noun ; plural Tangos . [ Spanish , a certain dance.] (a) A difficult dance in two-four time characterized by graceful posturing, frequent pointing positions, and a great variety of steps, including the cross step and turning steps. The dance is of Spanish origin, and is believed to h...
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Tango

Tango logo #24177Popular music from the Rio de la Plata region dating back to 1885-95, defined by a 2/4 rhythm until the 1920s when a 4/8 rhythm became common. A popular dance originating in the mid-19th century. The exact origins of Tango are a historical mystery.
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Tango logo #21217Tango is a cultivated variety of potato.
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Tango logo #21217The tango is a dance that developed from an old Moorish gypsy dance from central Africa which was taken to Central America by African slaves and from there it became popular in Argentina where it was influenced by European rhythms and developed into a fashionable ballroom dance in around 1910.
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Tango logo #22813(International) An International Ballroom dance that branched away from its original Argentine roots by allowing European, American, Hollywood, and competitive influences into the style and execution of the dance. Dance partners hold the classic dance position, with top line held away and legs and hips held close, unlike Argentine tango, in ...
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Tango logo #204571. A word possibly of Bantu origin, like the term 'tumba', frequently used by the Spanish with the activities of black peoples. 2. Music and dance genre most popularised by Argentines. 3. Used interchangably with the word 'habanera' to describe the rhythm which emanated from Havana.
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tango logo #23155probably from Ibibio tamgu
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tango logo #20400[n] - music written in duple time for dancing the tango 2. [n] - a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin 3. [v] - dance a tango
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tango logo #20974 noun a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin
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tango logo #21221Dance for couples, the music for which was developed in Argentina during the early 20th century. The dance consists of two long steps followed by two short steps then one long step, using stylized body positions. The music is in moderately slow duple time (2/4) and employs syncopated rhythms. Similar to the habanera, from which it evolved, the ...
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tango logo #21784 an Argentinian couple dance in duple meter characterized by strong syncopation and dotted rhythms.
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tango logo #23908a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin
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tango logo #23909a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin
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