Why Sometimes Men Dance with Men in Argentine Tango
Posted by Esther Frances in Music & Music Players, tags: argentine tango, art, dance, dance entertainment, dance history, dancesport, Entertainment, history, men tango, Music & Music Players, tango, tango danceThe myth of how men started dancing tango with men has two variations; both around the theme of bordellos. The first variation relies on the boredom factor, while men were waiting to be ’serviced’ they had nothing else to do other than to refine their dancing skills. The second variation (only slightly less fanciful) has bordellos providing the waiting men with tango bands for their casual dancing amusement, while they waited. The sad truth is that while both variations undoubtedly did happen, it does not account for the large numbers of men who danced together, nor for the wide-scale acceptance of same-sex dancing, which is quite rare in other dancing cultures.

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