Tango - dancing a story of love

Enjoy a beautiful interpretation by German Ballejo and Magdalena Gutierrez to the song Este Es El Rey by the Juan D'Arienzo orchestra. **For The ACT students, this is your "homework". 😉We hope you are inspired. Watch their musical interpretation (timing, pauses, flow). See how many elements you recognize that you've already been dancing in class. Since Este Es El Rey is an instrumental, we've included lyrics, translation and a link to the song ​Tú below.

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​Tú
Tango 1949
Music: José Dames
Lyrics: José María Conturs

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​2017 Cover version by Romantica Milonguera - ​youtu.be/M459eYw1zB8

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​Llegaste como un rayo deslumbrante de luz...

​¡Yo andaba por el mundo sin amor ni quietud!
¡Mis ansias ya se habían refugiado
entre las ruinas de mi pasado!
Traías en tus ojos... en tus labios... tu voz...
la cálida promesa de un destino mejor...
mis manos y tus manos se encontraron
y nuevamente palpitó mi corazón.

Tú...
con la magia de tu amor y tu bondad...
Tú...
me enseñaste a soreir y a perdonar...
¡Ves...
yo era un grito de rencor
en el trágico final
de mi desesperación!
Ves...
todo aquello se esfumó
como brumas en el mar
al llegar la luz del sol...
Tú...
milagrosa musiquita de cristal...
Tú...
me enseñaste a sonreir y a perdonar!

Qué tristes eran todos mis momentos sin ti...
me ahogaba la tortura de rodar sin morir.
Cansado de mis penas y mi hastío
y de esos viejos recuerdos míos...
Tus besos... tus ternuras... tu emoción y tu fe
hicieron el milagro de borrar el ayer...
aquel lejano ayer ensombrecido
que nunca... nunca... nunca más ha de volver.​

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You arrived like a dazzling ray of light...

I’d been going through life loveless and restless!
My anxiety had already taken refuge
among the ruins of my past!
You had in your eyes... on your lips... your voice...
the warm promise of a better fate...
my hands met your hands
and my heart beat again.

You...
with the magic of your love and your kindness.
You...
you taught me to smile and to forgive.
You see...
I was a bitter cry
in the tragic ending
of my despair!
You see...
all of that looked
like sea spray
when the sun lights it up...
You...
miraculous crystal music...
You...
You taught me to smile and forgive!

How sad were all my moments without you.
I was smothered by the torture of living without dying.
Tired of my sorrows and my weariness
and those old memories of mine...
Your kisses... your tenderness... your emotion and your faith
created the miracle of erasing yesterday...
that distant yesterday
that never... never... never will return.​

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