Re: The dance called Tango

Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2003 03:51:44 +0000 (UTC)
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In article <email-address-deleted>,
Bruce Stephens <email-address-deleted> wrote:
>> The only two Tangos I'm familiar with are Argentine and
>> International. Are there others?
>
>BT is presumably Ballroom Tango, which could be International Tango or
>American Tango. There's also a tango popular in Finland, but that's
>probably not relevant.
American Smooth ballroom Tango is danced by far more people in the US
than the International Standard form of the dance. This American style
tango mixes many elements from Paso Doble and other ballroom dances
(rhumba fans? waltz pivots?) into its styling.
There's also a Chinese Tango, danced by a very large community in
California, to Oriental sounding Tango music. Not sure what part of
China this dance is from.
International Standard Tango technique was apparently strongly
influenced by German ballroom dance champions in the 1930's. A nice
circle, given that the Bandoneon, a German designed musical instrument,
is very often played in Argentine Tango music.
IMHO. YMMV.
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Ron Nicholson rhn @ nicholson . com http://www.nicholson.com/rhn/
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