[Tango-L] Tango Pedantics

[Nina Pesochinsky]

If you really want to know about Petroleo and his contribution to 
tango, talk to Mingo Pugliese the next time you are in BsAs.  He and 
Esther have carried his legacy through the decades.  (444 Cochabamba 
was a legendary place for many years, where Mingo had his amazing 
practica).  The cross for the woman and the turns as we know them 
9with sacadas and entradas) owe much to Petroleo for their existence.

Vince, why don't you go and study the Tango-L archives?  You might 
really enjoy the posts and get many answers to frequently asked questions.:)

Best,

Nina


At 06:21 PM 12/2/2008, Joe Grohens wrote:
>Vince said:
> > So Petroleo improved tango and thus it evolved. About when did this
> > all happen?
>
>That's what some people say, and apparently what Petroleo himself
>thought. I take it with a grain of salt, but Petroleo is definitely
>someone worth researching.
>
>See:
>
>- http://www.todotango.com/english/creadores/petroleo.asp
>
>- http://www.planet-tango.com/elfiru/petroleo.htm
>
>He danced from 1928-1988.
>
>I always imagined that this innovation period of Petroleo was in the
>1940s, but I don't know really know the dates.
>
>I remember an interview with Carlos Copello (which I can't find at the
>moment) where talks about his early days dancing before he became a
>performer (so I guess, early 1980s). Copello says he worked in a
>produce warehouse during the day. At night he would be at a practica,
>where Petroleo was inventing all kinds of crazy things. He would come
>from there to work. (If anyone recognizes this interview and can send
>me the link I will be grateful.)
>
>Anyway... so perhaps Petroleo was innovating into the 1980s. I don't
>know.
>
>In one of the Trenner tour tapes (1992?) he interviewed Lampazo, who
>said that (paraphrasing) "everything we dance today was started by
>Petroleo." The interview was at Cochabamba 444, so perhaps it is a
>regional tango they are talking about.
>
>
>
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