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Ngesikhathi esikhulu kakhulu sokuvela komdanso emlandweni waseMelika (1910-1914), iTango yavela okokuqala. Kwaba khona lapho umphakathi owawuthanda umdanso ngenxa yamaphethini ayo athakazelisayo, angenakulinganiswa, nacashile afaka isandla sothando kwezomdanso wezwe. I-Tango ayinayo imvelaphi echazwe ngokucacile: kungenzeka ukuthi yavela e-Argentina, eBrazil, eSpain, noma eMexico, kepha yavela ngokusobala kumdanso wokuqala wabantu baseSpain, iMilonga, kanye nemikhondo yozalo lwamaMoor nama-Arabhu. ITango yaqala ukwaziwa kanjalo, ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20 e-Argentina. Kwakudanswa, nokho, ngaphansi kwamagama ahlukahlukene kulo lonke elaseLatin America.

Eminyakeni ethile kamuva, abantu base-Argentina noma “ama-gauchos,” badansa uhlobo olushintshiwe lweMilonga ezitolo zokudlela ezinhle zaseBuenos Aires. Intsha yase-Argentina neyaseCuba kamuva bashintsha igama (nesitayela) laba yiTango okwamukeleka kakhulu emphakathini. AbaseCuba bayidansele ngezigqi ze-habanera ebezivumelaniswe futhi zafihla isigqi seMilonga esiyisisekelo. Kuze kwaba ngemuva kokuthi ibanjiwe eParis futhi yaphinde yangeniswa e-Argentina, lapho umculo ubuyiselwe kwisitayela sendabuko.

Sekuyiminyaka engaphezu kwengu-60, isigqi seTango ezine sishaye sakhuthazela futhi saqhubeka nokujabulela ukuthandwa yonke indawo njengoba umculo ungowezinhlobo eziningi zezinhlobo ezingaphansi. Kuyo yonke imidanso eye yaba khona ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20, yiTango kuphela eqhubeke nokujabulela lokhu kuthandwa okungaka. I-Tango ngumdanso oqhubekayo lapho ukunyakaza kwe-staccato kwezinyawo namadolo agobekayo kugqamisa isitayela esimnandi somdanso. ITango ingenye yemidanso yama-ballroom ebunjiwe kakhulu. Kuyamangalisa ngokuwela okulinganisiwe nezinyathelo eziguquguqukayo kanye namakhefu amile. Mhlawumbe isizathu esiyinhloko sokuthandwa kwayo kabanzi ukuthi idansa eduze nomlingani.

Sebenzisa ngokunikezwayo kwethu okuyisingeniso okukhethekile kwabafundi abasha, futhi uxhumane noFred Astaire Dance Studios namuhla. Sizokusiza uthathe isinyathelo sokuqala sokuya endleleni entsha yokuphila nejabulisayo.