[Tango-L] Watch it!

[Eva Swingo]

Hi,
The couple not dancing Charleston, remindes me of a strange fenomenon I have
encountered here in Sweden. It is a very rudimentary kind of Tango.
Sailers who had travelled the seven seas, including ports of Argentina and
Uruguay, brought these steps with them to Europe and Sweden, in the 1910s.

It is the basic basic ... 1-2-3-cross. 
Including the funny movement upwards as you cross. :D

I actually learnt this step(tango) more then 14 years ago,
from a folkloristic dance society, who see the cultural value of 
keeping it alive. They say the steps were noted down in the 1910-20s
And they have been keeping them alive ever since.

Part from this basic, they have 5 more step-kombinations for variation.
Including one - outrageoussly  ;-)  shocking! - where the leader swirles the
lady around, kind of turns her up-side-down, head down, when one leg rises
towards the ceiling. It usually creates butterflies in your belly and a lot of
laughter. A rose in your mouth would certainly fit in there!
 
This tango does not allow improvisations in the way we are used to today.
The beat is faster, like the Charlesone, fit for that era. 

I suppose that is why Ballroom tango (who must originally have originated from
this kind of travel influences?) also are danced to tango music of a comparably
faster beat.

Fun and charming, isn't it! ;-)

Eva



> "Igor Polk" <ipolk at virtuar.com> wrote:
> 
> This is Charleston: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzC1h2XnmwY&NR=1
> In the middle of the dancers, there is a couple dancing something slow. What
> is it they dance?
> That is my main question.
> 




      __________________________________________________________
Går det långsamt? Skaffa dig en snabbare bredbandsuppkoppling. 
Sök och jämför hos Yahoo! Shopping.
http://shopping.yahoo.se/c-100015813-bredband.html?partnerId=96914325