Tango
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Tango in its most general sense refers to:
Tango, or TANGO may also refer to:
- Tango (dance)Tango (dance)Tango dance originated in the area of the Rio de la Plata , and spread to the rest of the world soon after....
, a social dance form including Argentine, Uruguayan, and international ballroom tango - Tango musicTango musicTango is a style of ballroom dance music in 2/4 or 4/4 time that originated among European immigrant populations of Argentina and Uruguay . It is traditionally played by a sextet, known as the orquesta típica, which includes two violins, piano, double bass, and two bandoneons...
, a genre of music that originated in Argentina and Uruguay
Tango, or TANGO may also refer to:
Works of music
- At least two compositions by Igor Stravinsky
- Tango (Patty Larkin album)Tango (Patty Larkin album)Tango is the fourth album by singer-songwriter Patty Larkin, and her first on High Street Records. Produced by Larkin and Will Ackerman in 1991 and distributed by High Street, it contained the following songs:-Track listing:# "Tango"# "Used To Be"...
, an album released in 1991 by American folk-singer Patty Larkin - Tango (Julio Iglesias album)Tango (Julio Iglesias album)-Chart performance:-Sales and certifications:-See also:*List of number-one Billboard Top Latin Albums from the 1990s*List of best-selling Latin albums in the United States...
, an album released in 1996 by Spanish Latin-singer Julio Iglesias - Tango (SONiA & disappear fear album)Tango (SONiA & disappear fear album)-Personnel:SONiA & disappear fear*Sonia Rutstein - lead vocals, guitar*Laura Cerulli - percussionist, drums, backing vocals*John Grant - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass, programming*Christopher Sellman - bassGuest artists...
(2007), World & Latin American music album - "Tango", a song on the 2006 album, Public WarningPublic WarningPublic Warning is the title of the debut album from UK hip hop artist Lady Sovereign released on 31 October 2006. The album, a mix of grime and hip hop, was originally due for release in November 2005 but was pushed back after Lady Sovereign was signed by Island Def Jam.In a press release, released...
by British grime-singer Lady Sovereign - Tango (Negative album)
- "Tango" (song)Tango (song)"Tango" is the title song from Serbian pop-rock band Negative's 2004 album Tango. It was released in 2004 as the first single from their third studio album, and has become one of their signature songs.-External links:*...
, the title track
- "Tango" (song)
Film
- Tango (1933 film), a film by Danish director George SchnéevoigtGeorge SchnéevoigtGeorge Schnéevoigt was a Danish film director, cinematographer, and actor of the 1930s and early 1940s....
- Tango (1980 film), an animated film by Polish director Zbigniew RybczyńskiZbigniew RybczynskiZbigniew Rybczyński is a Polish filmmaker who has won numerous prestigious industry awards both in the United States and internationally. He was also a teacher of cinematography, and digital cinematography. Currently he is a researcher of blue and greenscreen compositing technology at Ultimatte...
- Tango (1993 film), a film by French director Patrice LecontePatrice LecontePatrice Leconte is a French film director, actor, comic strip writer, and screenwriter.-Biography:...
- Tango (1998 film)Tango (1998 film)Tango is a 1998 Argentine tango film written and directed by Carlos Saura and photographed by acclaimed cinematographer Vittorio Storaro. The film is an Argentine and Spanish production.-Plot:...
, a film by Spanish director Carlos Saura
Organisations and companies
- Tango (telecom)Tango (telecom)Tango Services SA, a luxembourgian subsidiary of the belgian telco Belgacom Group, provides fixed and mobile voice services and DSL services in Luxembourg and Liechtenstein. As the second mobile operator in Luxembourg, the company markets its mobile offers under the "Tango" brand.Launched in 1998,...
, a mobile telephone operator in Luxembourg and Liechtenstein - T.TV, a television channel in Luxembourg formerly known as Tango TV
- TV6 (Lithuania)TV6 (Lithuania)TV6 is a Lithuanian terrestrial, satellite and cable television channel owned by the Nordic television company Viasat. It was launched on March 31, 2002. In September 2008, it changed its name from Tango TV to TV6....
, also known as Tango TV in Lithuania - Command Post TangoCommand Post TangoCommand Post Tango , is a 5 billion dollar top secret facility covering over and over above and below ground military bunker U.S. Government real property. It is the Theater Command Post for the Combatant Commander, UNC/CFC/USFK and State Department Korea...
, a U.S. military installation in South Korea
People
- TanguitoTanguitoJosé Alberto Iglesias , better known as Tango or Tanguito, was an Argentine rock composer and singer...
(1945–1972), a.k.a. Tango, Argentine singer-songwriter - Tom TangoTom TangoTom Tango and "TangoTiger" are aliases used online by a well-respected expert in baseball sabermetrics and ice hockey statistical analysis. He runs the Tango on Baseball sabermetrics website and is also a contributor to ESPN's baseball blog TMI .In 2006, Tango's book The Book: Playing the...
, a sabermetrician
Performing arts
- Tango (Balanchine)Tango (Balanchine)Tango is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine to Stravinsky's Tango for Piano Forte arranged 1953 by the composer...
, a ballet by George Balanchine based on a Stravinsky composition - Tango (Martins)Tango (Martins)Tango is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster Peter Martins to Stravinsky's Tango for Piano Forte arranged 1953 by the composer. The premiere took place September 14, 1983 at Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen; the NYCB premiere was in February, 1984.- Original cast : *Heather...
, a ballet by Peter Martins based on a Stravinsky composition - Tango, a 1964 play by Sławomir Mrożek
Places
- Tango ProvinceTango Provincewas an old province in the area that is today northern Kyoto Prefecture facing the Sea of Japan. It was sometimes called , with Tamba Province. Tango bordered on Tajima, Tamba, and Wakasa provinces....
, Japan, an old province in today's northern Kyoto Prefecture - Tango, a neighborhood in Glan, SaranganiGlan, Sarangani-Barangays:Glan is politically subdivided into 31 barangays.* Baliton* Batotuling* Batulaki* Big Margus* Burias* Cablalan* Calabanit* Calpidong* Congan* Cross* Datalbukay* E...
, Philippines - TangovTangovTangov is a village in the Astara Rayon of Azerbaijan....
, Azerbaijan - Tango MonasteryTango MonasteryThe Tango Monastery is a Buddhist monastery located to the north of the capital city of Thimphu in Bhutan, near Cheri Mountain. It was founded by Lama Gyalwa Lhanampa in the 13th century and built in its present form by Tenzin Rabgye, the 4th Temporal Ruler in 1688. In 1616, the Tibetan, Shabdrung...
, near Thimphu, Bhutan
Publishing
- Tango MagazineTango MagazineBased in New York City, Tango Magazine was a national lifestyle magazine focusing on love and relationships. First published in the spring of 2005, the magazine was published by Tango Media, a privately held company owned by Andrea Miller...
, a U.S. magazine for adult women under 40 - Tango (comics)Tango (comics)Tango is a comics anthology published in |Melbourne, Australia by Cardigan Comics. As of December 2009, there have been nine issues of Tango, published intermittently since 1997, and an additional compilation The Tango Collection, published in 2009 by Allen & Unwin.-Overview:Tango is described as...
, a comics anthology published in Australia since 1997
Software
- Tango (tax software)Tango (tax software)Tango is a tax software product from H&R Block. Tango launched in February 2007. The price for tax preparation and federal and state e-filing is $70. Tango is a flash-based application and allows users to store their private data either on H&R Block's servers or on their own computers. It includes...
, a tax software application from H&R Block - Dalim TangoDalim TangoDalim Tango was a color retouching package aimed at the repro and prepress markets. It ran on Silicon Graphics workstations, and was first released in 1993. Support continued until Dalim filed for bankruptcy in late 1998.-Features:...
, Dalim's product for colour retouching during the 1990s - TANGOTANGOThe TAco Next Generation Objects control system is a free open source object-oriented control system for controlling accelerators, experiments and any kind of hardware or software being actively developed by a consortium of synchrotron radiation institutes.TANGO is a distributed control system....
a CORBA based control system worked on by various European institutions - Tango PCB and Tango Schematic, early Computer-Aided EngineeringComputer-aided engineeringComputer-aided engineering is the broad usage of computer software to aid in engineering tasks. It includes computer-aided design , computer-aided analysis , computer-integrated manufacturing , computer-aided manufacturing , material requirements planning , and computer-aided planning .- Overview...
programs - Tango Desktop ProjectTango Desktop Project]The Tango Desktop Project is an open-source initiative to create a set of design guidelines and to provide a consistent user experience for applications on desktop environments. The project has created a set of icons known as the Tango Icon Library, which is described as a "proof of concept"...
- Tango (VOIP Software)Tango (VOIP Software)Tango is a VOIP chat service for smartphones, tablets, and PCs....
Transport
- Tango (boat)Tango (boat)The Tango is also known as the Armored Troop Carrier . It was used by the Mobile Riverine Force in the United States army in the Vietnam War. Tangos were mounted with 30 and 50-caliber machine guns, Mk 19 rapid fire grenade launchers, and 20-millimeter cannons. They were used to transport the...
, also known as the Armored Troop Carrier, used in the Vietnam War - Tango class submarineTango class submarineThe Russian Tango class submarines were the successors to the Foxtrot class submarine based in the Black Sea and Northern Fleet areas. The first of the class was completed in 1972 at Gorky. A total of 18 were built in two slightly different versions...
is the NATO code name for the Russian Project 641B Som submarine class - Tango (tram)Tango (tram)The Tango is a light rail vehicle and tram made by Stadler Rail. It is currently available in high-floor and 70% low floor. It is in use in Bochum, Basel and Lyon. An order of 32 vehicles has been placed by the city of Geneva in December 2009....
, a tram type produced by Stadler Rail - Commuter Cars TangoCommuter Cars TangoThe Tango is an ultra-narrow electric sports car initially designed and built by Commuter Cars, an American company based in Spokane, Washington, that sells this car worldwide for $108,000....
, an electric vehicle manufactured in Spokane, Washington, USA - SEAT TangoSEAT TangoThe SEAT Tango roadster is a concept car presented at the 2001 Frankfurt Motor Show, designed by a team directed by Walter de Silva with the contribution of SEAT's chief of exterior design, Steve Lewis...
, a roadster concept car built by the Spanish car maker SEAT - Japanese battleship TangoJapanese battleship TangoThe Russian battleship Poltava was a Petropavlovsk-class battleship of the Imperial Russian Navy. She was one of eight Russian pre-dreadnought battleships captured by the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905. Poltava was built at the Galernii Island shipyard, one of a...
, a pre-dreadnought battleship originally known as the Poltava
Other uses
- Tango (drink)Tango (drink)Tango is a carbonated soft drink sold primarily in the United Kingdom and Ireland and from 2010 in Sweden, Norway and Hungary as well, first launched by Corona in 1950. Corona were bought by the Beecham Group in 1958, and Beecham Soft Drinks were bought by Britvic in 1987...
, a soft drink manufactured in the United Kingdom - Letter T in the ICAO spelling alphabet
- TangosTangosTangos is a flamenco palo closely related in form and feeling to the Rumba. It is often performed as a finale to a Tientos. Its compas and llamada are the same as that of the Farruca and share the Farruca's lively nature. However, Tangos is normally performed in the A Phrygian mode.Tangos is...
, a flamenco musical form - Adidas Tango, a type of football designed by Adidas
- Air Canada TangoAir Canada TangoAir Canada Tango was a low-cost branch of Air Canada, which was established in 2001 to offer no-frills service on some of Air Canada's routes and to reduce operating costs at the struggling main company...
, a defunct low-cost airline launched by Air Canada - Tango 01, the call sign of the Boeing 757 presidential aircraft in Argentinas Agrupación Aérea Presidencial
- Tango (satellite), also known as Cluster 4, an ESA satellite