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Tango Canyengue is the purest essence of the beginning of tango. Its afro meaning is “walking with cadence" and it uses the original tango embrace. It is a sensual and enjoyable style of tango with a playful gait and rhythm. Its main characteristic is its musicality, as dancing canyengue precisely means to be in time, walking in the right musical tempo. Its movements are syncopated corresponding to 2 by 4 measure, played by orchestras such as Francisco Canaro, Julio DeCaro, Francisco Lomuto, Orquesta Tipica Victor, Tubatango and many others.
Canyengue uses body dissociation for the lead and focuses on walking with firm ground contact and with cadence, marking the rhythm with each step, changing weight in a way that is not seen but felt. Canyengue is unstructured, free of choreographed sequences, but is danced with rapid playful movements of the feet and flexible legs, agile steps linked to the rhythm and was the forrunner of the happy style of the milonga. Tango Canyengue encourages improvisation and enjoyment of the dance. All of that and more is.... Tango Canyengue!
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El Chamuyo by Orquestra Tipica Victor
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