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Which Latin dance style did Irene and Vernon Castle and movie star Rudolph Valentino help popularize in the early twentieth century?

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Tango

Step-by-step explanation:

Tango is one of the most fascinating of all dances, the tango is a sensual ballroom dance that originated in Buenos Aires, Argentina in the early twentieth century. The tango dance is usually performed by a man and a woman, expressing an element of romance in their synchronized movements

  • Irene and Vernon Castle are the biggest media superstars of the World War I era
  • Husband-and-wife dance team who did more than anyone to change the course of social dancing in America
  • Attracted millions of middle-class Americans into ballroom classes, expanded the stylistic range of popular dance
  • Established an image of mastery, charisma, and romance
  • Made syncopated dance acceptable to the mainstream
  • Created a simple way to learn dances such as the fox-trot and the tango ( which achieved mass popularity in 1913 when the Castles introduced it in a broadway show the sunshine girl)
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