Tango

Ballroom tango is the most foolproof, easy to learn style of tango. This is the style of tango you'll dance when you're out dancing at an event where the dj plays a variety of music.

This style of tango is learner-friendly, and it's handy to know, since there are many current pop tunes that are great for dancing ballroom tango.

Argentine tango is very different, with irregular tempos and very specific tango music, and requires a sincere investment of months and years to learn to do it well.

Ballroom tango, divided in recent decades into the "International" (English) and "American" styles, has descended from the tango styles that developed when the tango first became popular and went from Argentina to Europe and America.

he dance was simplified, adapted to the preferences of dancers, and incorporated into the repertoire used in International Ballroom dance competitions. English Tango was first codified in October 1922, when it was proposed that it should only be danced to modern tunes, ideally at 30 bars per minute (i.e. 120 beats per minute - assuming a 4/4 measure).

Subsequently the English Tango evolved mainly into a style used in competitive dancesport, not in social settings, while the American Tango evolved as an unjudged social dance with an emphasis on leading and following skills.

This has led to some principal distinctions in basic technique and style. Nevertheless there are a few competitions held in the American style, and of course mutual borrowing of technique and dance patterns happens all the time.