Before starting the circus, he used to teach salsa dancing and Argentine Tango in Denmark and Australia.

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The Argentine tango, too, invokes nostalgia and self-exploration, Frankenberg said.

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His sense of curiosity has driven him to experiment from everything from the Argentine tango to Chinese folk music, and he has brought musicians from around the world together with the sheer force of his personality.

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When Argentine musicians took tango to Paris at the beginning of the 20th Century, it quickly swept through the ballrooms of Europe.

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Organisers hope it will set the tone for an 18-day marathon that will return tango to centre stage in the Argentine capital for the first time since its 1920s heyday.

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The tango drew on stylistic influences from African, Spanish, Italian and traditional Argentine dance forms.

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Born in the brothels of Buenos Aires, tango embodies, perhaps more than anything else, the brooding sensuality and passion of the Argentine people.

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