Fandango
Fandango is a lively partner dance originating in Portugal and Spain, usually in triple metre, triple meter, traditionally accompanied by guitars, castanets, tambourine or hand-clapping. Fandango can both be sung and danced. Sung fandango is u ...
is a term that originally described a style of folk dance and music.
Fandango may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
Film
* ''Fandango'', a 1928 film featuring
Anita Garvin
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''Fandango'' (1949 film), a French musical film
* ''Fandango'', a 1969 film directed by
John Hayes
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''Fandango'' (1985 film), an American film directed by Kevin Reynolds
* ''Fandango'', a 2000 German film directed by
Matthias Glasner
Music
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Fandango (Mexican band), a 1984–1991 girl group
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Fandango (American band), a 1970s pop rock band
* Nick Simper's Fandango, a 1977–1983 British band featuring
Nick Simper
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''Fandango'' (Herb Alpert album), 1982
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''Fandango'' (The Phoenix Foundation album), 2013
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Fandango!
''Fandango!'' is the fourth album by the American rock band ZZ Top, released in 1975. The album's first side consists of selections from live shows, with the second side being new studio recordings. A remastered and expanded edition of this ...
'', an album by ZZ Top, 1975
* "Fandango", a song by DJ Quik from ''
Trauma'', 2005
* "Fandango", a song by Pain of Salvation from ''
Remedy Lane
''Remedy Lane'' is the fourth album by Swedish progressive rock band Pain of Salvation, released in January 2002. It is a concept album focusing on a character's search for self-discovery. It was described by Allmusic as Pain of Salvation's brea ...
'', 2002
Other media
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''Fandango'' (game show), a 1983–1989 American game show
* "Fandango", an 1891 poem by
Vilhelm Krag
* Fandango Ballroom, the fictional dance hall in the musical ''
Sweet Charity
''Sweet Charity'' is a musical with music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Dorothy Fields, and book by Neil Simon, based on the screenplay for the 1957 Italian film '' Nights of Cabiria''. It was directed and choreographed for Broadway by Bob Fosse sta ...
''
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Grim Fandango'', a 1998 video game
Companies
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Fandango (Italian company), an entertainment company
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Fandango Media
Fandango Media, LLC is an American Box office, ticketing company that sells Ticket (admission), movie tickets via its website and its mobile app. It also owns Fandango at Home (formerly owned by Walmart and originally known as Vudu), a streaming ...
, an American ticketing company and provider of film, television, and streaming media information
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Casino Fandango, a hotel and casino in Carson City, Nevada, US
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Club Fandango, a live music promotions company based in Highbury, London, UK
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Label Fandango, a record label run by Club Fandango
Other uses
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Fandango (color), a colour in the fuchsia range
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Fandango (wrestler)
Curtis Jonathan Hussey (born July 22, 1983) is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler, signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he is a member of The System (professional wrestling), The System and performs under ...
, Curtis Jonathan Hussey (born 1981), American professional wrestler
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Fandango on core, data corruption in computer memory due to a runaway pointer
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Fandango Pass, Warner Mountains, Modoc County, California, US
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Fandangos (snack), a brand of puffcorn sold in Brazil
See also
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Fanny Dango (1878–1972), British comedienne, singer and actress
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