[Tango-L] Watch it!

[Robin Tara]

I think that these people are doing a dance called the "Peabody"


> From: Eva Swingo <eva_swingo at yahoo.com>
> Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:07:52 +0200 (CEST)
> To: <tango-l at mit.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Watch it!
> 
> 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.
>> 
> 
> 
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