{"id":42786,"date":"2026-03-10T12:56:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T16:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/?page_id=42786"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:56:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T16:56:58","slug":"argentine-tango","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/reference\/pattern-dance-charts-descriptions\/argentine-tango\/","title":{"rendered":"Argentine Tango"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Music \u2013 Tango 4\/4<br>Tempo \u2013 24 measures of 4 beats per minute<br>\u2013 96 beats per minute<br>Pattern \u2013 Set<br>Duration \u2013 The time required to skate 2 sequences is 1:10 min.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/ArgentineTango.pdf\">Patterns, Step Charts &amp; Additional Information<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Argentine Tango is a sinuous dance and should be skated with strong edges and considerable \u00e9lan. Good flow and fast travel over the ice are essential and must be achieved without obvious effort or pushing. [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This tango is danced to the rhythm of Latin American tango music where the musical count is 1-2-3-4-and-1, etc. This differs from the Spanish tango rhythm of 1-2-and-3-4-1, etc. The many varied step sequences in this dance are complementary to the dramatic and romantic character of the music. Dancers must at all times be aware of the rhythmic timing and reflect this in the execution of steps and in expressive interpretation of the music. Prolonged free leg extension, upright, graceful carriage and good unison are needed for this dance. Where appropriate, rotations must be fast but controlled. The partners should make maximum use of the interpretive elements of the dance, including the short steps, quick turns and serpentine movements.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inventors \u2013 Reginald J. Wilkie and Daphne B. Wallis<br>First Performance \u2013 London, Westminster Ice Rink, 1934<\/p><p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Music \u2013 Tango 4\/4Tempo \u2013 24 measures of 4 beats per minute\u2013 96 beats per minutePattern \u2013 SetDuration \u2013 The time required to skate 2 sequences is 1:10 min. Patterns, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":34245,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_gspb_post_css":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-42786","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"et-pb-post-main-image":false,"et-pb-post-main-image-fullwidth":false,"et-pb-portfolio-image":false,"et-pb-portfolio-module-image":false,"et-pb-portfolio-image-single":false,"et-pb-gallery-module-image-portrait":false,"rpwe-thumbnail":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Team IDC","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/author\/idcadmin\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Music \u2013 Tango 4\/4Tempo \u2013 24 measures of 4 beats per minute\u2013 96 beats per minutePattern \u2013 SetDuration \u2013 The time required to skate 2 sequences is 1:10 min. Patterns, [&hellip;]","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P7GOSM-b86","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42786"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42787,"href":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42786\/revisions\/42787"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}