when did the tango become popular
First they changed the so-called Polka rhythm to the Habanere rhythm and secondly they called it Tango. In 1907 the dance was introduced in France; by 1912 it crossed the channel to England. The dance was so popular in France and England that Tango teas became the rage. It was danced in the United States first by the Castles who elevated it to a dance accepted in any ballroom, by purifying it of its coarse associations and turning it into a thing of beauty.