[Tango-L] On dancing to non-tango music

[MACFroggy@aol.com]

I think the "confusion" in the old days is from using "tango" as a blanket 
term for all
dance music in 2/4 rhythm.

Cherie

http://tangocherie.blogspot.com/ 


In a message dated 2/3/08 5:19:12 AM, natiber at charter.net writes:


> Selling sheet music was big business during the Ragtime Era and it 
> was not uncommon for pieces of music to be listed as being 
> appropriate for a variety of dances.  For example, Vernon and Irene 
> Castle danced their famous “Castle walk” to “Tres Moutarde (Too Much 
> Mustard).” The original sheet music cover lists this as a “One or Two-
> step or Tango.
> 
> Here is Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers dancing the “Castle Walk” (One 
> Step) to “Too Much Mustard” in the movie “The Story of Vernon and 
> Irene Castle.” From all I have read, Irene Castle was on the set and 
> pressed the director not to take too many liberties with the costumes 
> or the period dance steps.
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuIHfs0S1Kc&feature=related
> 
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