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Neotango is a distinct genre of tango which goes beyond it both in music and in dance. It is a global movement in which the music includes tracks from all over the world, instrumental and vocal, distinct from the tango in that it includes only modern music recorded in the last 30-40 years, and can be danced using the tango's biomechanics.
Tango soon gained popularity in Europe, beginning in France. Superstar Carlos Gardel soon became a sex symbol who brought tango to new audiences, especially in the United States, due to his sensual depictions of the dance in film. In the 1920s, tango moved out of the lower-class brothels and became a more respectable form of music and dance.
These are danced to several types of music: Tango; Electronic tango-inspired music (Tango electronico) "Alternative tango", i.e. music that is an alternative to tango, or non-tango music employed for use in tango-inspired dance; The milonguero style is characterized by a very close embrace, small steps, and syncopated rhythmic footwork.
"Blue Tango" is an instrumental composition by Leroy Anderson, written for orchestra in 1951 and published in 1952. It was later turned into a popular song with lyrics by Mitchell Parish . Numerous artists have since covered "Blue Tango".
With his solos and accompaniment on the bandoneon, Piazzolla combined a musical composition much derived from classical music (which he had studied intensively in his formative years) with traditional instrumental tango, to form nuevo tango, his new interpretation of the genre.
The instrumental section of the Johnston Brothers rendition was used as the theme for Brick Top Polford in the 2000 movie Snatch. In 2014, contestants Jessica Richens and Zack Everhart Jr. danced to the song on the 11th season Fox dancing competition show So You Think You Can Dance .
His compositions tell us something of our contemporary life and dancing it relates much to modern dance. [19] While Argentine tango dancing has historically been danced to tango music, such as that produced by such orchestra leaders as Osvaldo Pugliese, Carlos di Sarli, Juan d'Arienzo, in the '90s a younger generation of tango dancers began ...
It was among the tango standards selected by Plácido Domingo for his 1981 album Plácido Domingo Sings Tangos.; Selected by Julio Iglesias for his 1992 album Calor and again for his 1996 tango tribute Tango and covered to French (Je oublie que je t'aime), Italian (se ora avessi un po' di te) and Portuguese (Sonho Triste) version * Sung by Luis Miguel for his 1997 album Romances.