[Tango-L] seven second dance sequence

[Ilene Marder]

the shoulder sacada was really cool...!!!

larrynla at juno.com wrote:

>Richard Lipkin, who provides the incredibly helpful www.NewYorkTango.com website, writes -------->
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>Here is a clip from the Argentine film "La voz de mi ciudad" with Mariano Mores and orquesta playing Taquito Militar. There is a seven second dance sequence at 2:53 which is performed in such a different way.
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>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAHiISotwo0
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>Can anyone explain it? Is it merely a film choreography of no great historical value? or is it an example of an obscure or forgotten style?
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>This is a swing variant.  Nowadays we only have two major varieties, east coast (Rock and Roll, etc.) and west coast, but in the times when Mariano Mores became famous there were dozens, including some that were extremely compact because of the huge block-sized crowds who danced swing.
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>Notice at the very beginning when several other musicians chimed in?  Those sounds were right out of Benny Goodman etc.
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>This video is a cut-down version.  The original is longer and includes some beautiful shots of downtown BsAs in full night action, cars and buses and trucks zipping by in time to the music.  Maybe some huge cargo ships at dock providing fog-horn-like accompaniment in place of a tuba.  And a pair of professional tango dancers on a traffic island doing stuff we've seen in modern tango shows.
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>Larry de Los Angeles
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