Sentence examples for traditional tango from inspiring English sources

Eduardo Tami, flutist, and Mariano Castro, pianist, performing traditional tango music by Astor Piazzolla.

Drawn from performers in New York and Argentina, this troupe performs dance that blends traditional tango and modern-dance forms.

But Councilwoman Margaret Chin, who represents Lower Manhattan, said Mr. Bloomberg's proposed cuts were large enough this year that the traditional tango might be thrown off kilter.

In traditional tango one leads and the other follows, one decides and the other acquiesces, the one is always male and the other is always female.

Most of his dancers — six couples, basically, each night — are very good, and, looking at them, you get to see how traditional tango can be done, handsomely, in six different tones.

Le Grand Tango, Spanish El gran tango, single-movement piece for cello and piano by Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla that expresses the spirit of nuevo tango ("new tango"), a melding of traditional tango rhythms and jazz-inspired syncopation.

"We'll roll up and start knocking on dance halls and saying 'Can we have a wedding here?' But at the moment, we're lacking traditional outfits -- tango outfits -- and the ablitiy to tango". In terms of planning each wedding, the couple relies on the kindness of local vendors and word of mouth referrals while they travel.

At a recent class Mr. Segura and Mr. Gazenbeek watched closely as same-sex couples practiced the syncopated strides, close embraces and entwined legs of traditional Argentine tango.

But purists need have no fear: the guest artists Guillermina Quiroga and Cesar Coelho, as well as Natalia Hills and Gabriel Misse, will perform traditional Argentinian tango too.

Mr. Bocca, an international ballet star and principal dancer with American Ballet Theater, will perform with six male and two female dancers from his Ballet Argentino company in "Boccatango," choreographed by Ana Maria Stekelman, a longtime collaborator who is known for her blend of traditional Argentine tango with ballet and modern dance.

From then on, more traditional-looking tango dancing took over, and the results were delightful.