Hammam Shafie

Presents

“MILONGA”

Argentine Tango

Tango History, Tango Music, Tango Styles, Tango Technique

Episode I

The Rehearsal

rehearsal, a prelude to a TV program we are working on called “Milonga”. Milonga is a term used to describe a gathering of people in a dance hall with one common interest, to dance the Argentine Tango and of course socialize. Argentina was undergoing a massive immigration during the later part of the 1800s and early 1900s. The intermixing of African, Spanish, Italian, British, Polish, Russian and native-born Argentines resulted in a melting pot of cultures, and each borrowed dance and music from one another. Traditional polkas, waltzes and mazurkas were mixed with the popular habanera from Cuba and the candombe rhythms from Africa.

The  purpose of this TV program is to indulge you, our audience as we showcase the past and present of one of the fastest-growing dance movements in the US today, “Tango Passion”. The great orchestras of the golden age of tango produced most of the music that is played for social dancing today.  During the golden age of tango, the most popular orchestras were led by Juan D'Arienzo, Carlos Di Sarli, Osvaldo Pugliese, and Anibal Troilo, and their music is still prominently featured at milongas in Buenos Aires and throughout the world.

The story revolves around how the “Argentine Tango” dance evolved and “blossomed to seduce the world today ". The emphasis will be on the History, Music and the various Styles of the dance, performed by some of the diehard Tango addicts in Los Angeles.