Tango: A History of an Obsession

Tango: A History of an Obsession
by Virginia Gift

Tango: A History of an Obsession
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Author: Virginia Gift
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-04-22
ISBN: 143921462X
Number of pages: 476
Publisher: BookSurge Publishing

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Book Review: I love this book!
Summary: 5 Stars

Having read all, and I mean ALL, the tango books written (I have been a professional tango dancer and teacher for the past 14 years) I was truely amazed when I read Virginia Gift's book....it was a new and refreshing look at the history of Tango from the perspective of the obsession people have with this dance and the history of that obsession. As historian from many years and a tango dancer herself, Virginia was able to capture this history in a way that a non-tango dancer could not.

I love this book so much that I purchased a supply of 200 so far and give one to each of the students that enroll in my beginner boot camp. They love getting such a beautiful gift and have told me how much they have enjoyed reading this book.

I hope everyone that dances tango takes the time to read this book. Even after reading all the other books out there I learned quite a few new things about this dance that I am so passionate about and truly "obsessed" by!

Summary of Tango: A History of an Obsession

Delving into five hundred years of political, social, and cultural mores, the author offers a chronology of the evolution of the Tango as intricate as the dance itself. Readers are invited into a world as remarkable as it is compelling. The Tango originated in the slums of Buenos Aires as a partnered dance between two men and evolved into the most sophisticated, elegant and physically demanding social dance. Originally relegated to the lower classes, it eventually earned its place as a respected art form, embraced by millions of dancers and spectators around the world. From Argentina's early colonial period of the 16th century through civil and world wars, the rise and fall of dictatorships and democracies, to its years of near-disappearance and then resurrection, the history and mystic of tango has been captured in this meticulously researched book.

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