A mysterious fascination is in the air every time the ritual is repeated. The couples come closer, cheek to cheek, and body to body. The first chords of the bandoneón (large concertina) resonate and the dancers are carried away by the melody.
She, in a skirt with a well-planned slit, high hells and black stockings. He, with gel in his hair, dressed in a suit and a kerchief round his neck.
It is the passion awakened by the old tango spirit.
She seduces, he leads, and the tango takes them as if they were an indivisible unit, almost a single body.
It is said that dancing tango is to walk with “firuletes”, a complicated tango movement, through which the dancers show their skills. In each beat the music a foot is moved – that is to say, a step is followed by another one rhythmically – resembling what we do while walking.
The first tango telling a story, “Mi Noche Triste”, was written in 1917, music by Samuel Castriota, lyrics by Pascual Contursi, first recorded by Gardel. Poetry was linked to the lyrics and the tango-song was born. From that time on, many learned poets contributed with their inspiration.
Thus, the tango would conquer the world from its De la Plata river birth place, as an intimate, clandestine, temperamental and whimsical artistic expression.
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