Tango

Wow! How beautiful the tango is- we enjoyed the show at the venue “Tango Porteño.” If you’re curious, “porteño” is the term to refer to someone from Buenos Aires.

Michael and I thought the house band- was fantastic and were highly skilled musicians! The tango dancers themselves were phenomenal also!

We noticed there wasn’t a program, which was interesting.

The show began with a solo act, a tango dancing magician doing slight of hand tricks with cards- was amazing.

There were several tango dance numbers, each differently themed in costume and set, featuring a different members of the tango dance team.

Interesting, at one point there was a trio, who danced quite differently with a rhythmic tapping of their feet / drumming with instruments, and a symbol behind them.

Michael and I found out through research the symbol represents the concept of circle of life being interconnected- and its Bulgarian. We learned that there were a lot of Bulgarians that immigrated to seek asylum here in Argentina.

We also learned from our tour guide, Rafa, that historically the Tango actually has its roots from Arabia / Africa-and was brought as a cultural influence from the African slaves.

I took several videos but am limited per post so you’ll notice 3 posts about our evening enjoying the show.

Suffice it to say, the beauty of this cultural blend and history to what it is today, Argentina-Porteño is lovely and fun to learn about. We have really enjoyed Argentina.Read more