The best "short" definition of "what is Tango"

[rui resende]

you can quote authors that you identify with!

I Start
what is Tango?

for me "El Tango es El Tango"

[newbie]

A BsAs couple dance which borrowed its features from various other dances.

Oh, did you mean that some poetry had to be included within the definition?

[Joe]

Surely someone from Montevideo would disagree...

[rui resende]

it can be personal ou you can bring poetry !
your choice!!

[newbie]

Agreed.
But then the definition stops being short because "Rio de la Plata" is longer than BsAs. Same for Gardel's birthplace, a Montevideo guy will disagree with the short def but his own def with the swap of babies is much longer.

[rui resende]

Not Many Pages....

[Angel HI]

Rui, I have to say that your posts have typically been the most unusual of all since I have been on the DF. But, you are fun. To answer the post.... see my signature lines.....

Tango: a dance; a culture; a feeling and emotion, that births a lifestyle.

[Heather2007]

Summing up tango in 2 words: "Mutual Consent"

[Zoopsia59]

A vertical expression of a horizontal desire

[calandra]

A vertical expression of a horizontal desire

Not for me based on what's on offer at my local milonga!

I'd say:
Pena, amargura, tristeza, dolor

[Ampster]

Summing up tango in 2 words: "Mutual Consent"

A vertical expression of a horizontal desire

All in the space of one tanda, with the right person.

:friend:

[sambanada]

Passion set to music

[Stillharbor]

Here's 2...

Can't live with ya, can't live without ya.

:twisted: :eyebrow:
A love-hate relationship.

[newbie]

Found somewhere:
"Tango is trying to caress the music with your feet." (Gavito)

Now I took classes with him and he favoured the heel-first step. I remember he asked a guy to walk and the guy walked in a very caressing way and Gavito ridiculed him. What are you doing? Ice skating?
It may be a translation of a translation, with maybe the original meaning being... lost in translation.

[calandra]

What someone else posted on another thread:

'A three minute date'

Just goes to show how good (or really terrible) a short span of time can be.

'Speed-dating for coordinated people'

[Zoopsia59]

'Speed-dating for coordinated people'

:uplaugh:

[Ampster]

The original "Dirty Dancing." :cool:

[opendoor]

The origin "... to be tang;)ent to someone .. "

[Zoopsia59]

Tango selects people. One day, tango says, “You”, and you never stop dancing. It gets you. (Oscar Mandagaran)

[TangoDiary]

Tango is like finding emotions