For more news and videos visit ☛ http://english.ntdtv.com<br />Follow us on Twitter ☛ http://twitter.com/NTDTelevision<br />Add us on Facebook ☛ http://on.fb.me/s5KV2C<br /><br />Buenos Aires dance group, Tango Fire, performs in one of Manila's largest hotels and impresses dance enthusiasts. Known as "Argentine Tango" the style has a strong following and is attracting ever more students.<br /><br />A troupe of professional Argentine Tango dancers from Buenos Aires ignited Manila's passion for dancing on Tuesday after performing near-acrobatic renditions of a once frowned upon dance in Argentina.<br /><br />Dancers from Tango Fire wearing outfits from the 1930s, dance to the sound of a quartet of musicians playing concertinas known as bandoneon.<br /><br />Hundreds who watched were amazed and inspired by the performance.<br /><br />Tango easily establishes a connection between the dancers and the audience.<br /><br />[Gisela Galeassi, Tango Fire Dancer]:<br />"I think tango is important in all the parts of the world because it is a dance where the couple is connected by passion. People are drawn to it and appreciate dancing."<br /><br />[German Cornejo, Dance Partner, Lead Choreographer]:<br />"The secret is the intimacy produced by the language between the two bodies."<br /><br />Argentine Tango requires a chest-to chest embrace rather than a push to the waist, followed by longer strides and a combination of footwork taken from other social dances.<br /><br />Dance enthusiasts attend the nightly Milonga clubs and hook up with amateur and professionals to learn more about Argentine Tango.<br /><br />[Zachary See, Tango Dance Student]:<br />"I think this dance is really fun, and I think it's more exciting than the waltz because it's livelier, and you get to interact more with your partner because there's more body contact between the two."<br /><br />The dance had its roots in the 19th Century, along the ports of Buenos Aires when prostitutes danced in front of the sailors in the early morning hours after work.
