Antonio Todaro

Antonio Todaro was a great inventor and creator of tango figures and steps. His style of tango was strong, masculine, fast, and powerful. It was not a slow, soft, romantic tango like many people dance today. In Todaro's style, the man was very powerful and so was the woman. He was little concerned with the basic walk of a social tango. Antonio once remarked that he was going to Europe to teach "his" tango, he was very proud of the speed, agility, and acrobatics of his technique. Todaro often practiced and invented new steps with other men like Raul Bravo. One man led and the other followed, and then they switched. Out of these practices evolved a very strong, one could say almost "A-sexual" style of tango in which there was no masculine and no feminine. Both partners were equally strong. A man could do a woman's step, and a woman could do a man's step. It was a very creative, free style of dancing Tango.