At a Glance
Tango was bourn in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 1880. Actually Tango was danced in the brothels and bordellos on the back street of Buenos Aires. That time those ‘illegal brothels’ became known as Academies de dance. So if the police raided the joint, it appeared to be ‘dancing instruction’ going on.

  It was Compadritos ( the street man, small time villains, petty criminals and pimps) and Compadres – (the local men of some means, sometimes shady dealings, slightly better off than the compadritos who tried to emulate them) who  launched the Tango.The dance probably started out as some form of acting out of the relationship between the prostitute and pimp.
The antique Argentine Tango was influenced by the Tango Habanera. The Tango Habanera came about from two types of Tango: the Milonga with its influence in the guajira flamenca and the Tango andaluz or Tango flamenco. The Milonga was danced and played by country side people of Argentina. The Tango Habanera was an amalgamation of the Habanera and the Tango Andaluz or Tango Flamenco.