User:Krogus18/Tango

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Culture Shock was very apparent when the tango hit the new world in the 1900s the way of life was very conservative, the tango was not considered a conservative dance by any means. The tango was seen as extremely sexual for the culture of 1900. The tango also brought parts of cultures from Africa and also from Europe, both things that were new for the western world.

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Typically the tango is performed between a man and a woman, however the two have very different aspirations within the tango. Woman often looked to the tango to help them gain confidence and to help them find a potential relationship. Men however looked to the tango for intimate reasons, and were known to be flirty and sexually willing .Women, however, were primarily focused on the dance itself and became wealthy. As time went on and the tango culture changed, women and men often wanted to travel and compete and also teach tango classes and then both women and men are viewed as equals.

Gender Roles also plays a big part in the mechanics of tango due to the tango needing a leader. But in more recent times this is being challenged due to woman not wanting to be dependent on the male for the dance. In the early 1900s, there were often more male dancers than female so the dance was preformed between to men. This allowed for both men to learn the leading and following roles of tango and adapt to both lead equally in the dance. This changed the mechanics of the dance to be closer to two equally leading roles between men and women or same sex pairs.