Tango (dance)

Tango is a social dance form that originated in Buenos Aires, Argentina and Montevideo, Uruguay. The musical styles that evolved together with the dance are also known as tango. Early tango was known as tango criollo or simply tango. Today, there are many tango dance styles including Argentine tango, ballroom tango (American and International styles), Finnish tango, Chinese tango, and vintage tangos. Argentine tango is often regarded as the "authentic" tango since it is closest to that originally danced in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Tango in film

Argentine tango is the main subject in these films:

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• The Tango Bar (1988), starring Raúl Juliá
• The Tango Lesson (1997), starring Sally Potter and Pablo Verón, directed by Sally Potter
• Tango (1998), starring Cecilia Narova and Mía Maestro, directed by Carlos Saura Here is an exciting video clip of this movie online
• Assassination Tango (2002), starring Robert Duvall, Rubén Blades and Kathy Baker, directed by Robert Duvall

A number of films show ballroom tango in several scenes, such as:

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• The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921), starring Rudolph Valentino and Alice Terry, directed by Rex Ingram.
• Last Tango in Paris (1972), starring Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci.
• Scent of a Woman (1992), Al Pacino as blind Colonel dances Argentine Tango.
• Strictly Ballroom (1992), directed by Baz Luhrmann
• True Lies (1994), starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis, directed by James Cameron
• Happy Together (1997), directed by Wong Kar-wai
• Moulin Rouge%21 (2001), featuring Ewan McGregor and "El Tango de Roxanne"
• Le Tango Des Rashevski (2002)
• Shall We Dance (2004), starring Richard Gere, Jennifer Lopez and Susan Sarandon, directed by Peter Chelsom