[Tango-L] Ragtime Tango clip

[Dave Schmitz]

For more information, see the index 
 http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/dihtml/divideos.html

Under "Ragtime" are three Clips labeled "Argentine Tango".  Clicking a Clip leads to a detailed description including links to videos of all three.  An edited selection from the descriptions is given below.

Richard Powers of Stanford taught Ragtime tango around the USA, including in Denver.  He brings a wealth of knowledge, of history, of evolution of dance, of styles, riveting one's attention all the while.  Richard is also a founder of the tango movement in the USA which we now enjoy.  See this interview:
http://www.tangopulse.net/interviews/richard_powers.htm

Enjoy,
DJ Dave de Denver


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Video Clip 80
Ragtime Dance: Argentine Tango
Duration: 0:50

Information about Video Playback

Reconstructed by Elizabeth Aldrich. Performed by Cheryl Stafford and Thomas Baird, dancers; Boris Gurevich, piano. Music: "El Choclo" by A.G. Villoldo in The Mark Stern latest society dance folio for piano, New York, Chicago, London, Australia: Jos.W. Stern and Co., 1914.

This performance was based on a description found in the following manual:
Walker, C. The modern dances, (#161), p. 60 (1st Figure), p. 61 (3rd Figure), p. 61-62 (4th Figure) p. 63 (7th Figure)

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Video Clip 81
Ragtime Dance: Argentine Tango (1st figure-feet only)
Duration: 0:21

Reconstructed by Elizabeth Aldrich. Performed by Cheryl Stafford and Thomas Baird, dancers; Boris Gurevich, piano.

Music: "El Choclo" by A.G. Villoldo in The Mark Stern latest society dance folio for piano, New York, Chicago, London, Australia: Jos.W. Stern and Co.: 1914.

This performance was based on a description found in the following manual:
Walker, C. The modern dances, (#161), p. 60 (1st Figure--feet only)

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Video Clip 82
Ragtime Dance: Argentine Tango (4th figure-feet only)
Duration: 0:15

Reconstructed by Elizabeth Aldrich. Performed by Cheryl Stafford and Thomas Baird, dancers; Boris Gurevich, piano. Music: "El Choclo" by A.G. Villoldo in The Mark Stern latest society dance folio for piano, New York, Chicago, London, Australia: Jos.W. Stern and Co., 1914.

This performance was based on a description found in the following manual:
Walker, C. The modern dances, (#161), p. 61-62 (4th Figure) 



--- On Wed, 2/18/09, Trini y Sean (PATangoS) <patangos at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Trini y Sean (PATangoS) <patangos at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [Tango-L] Ragtime Tango clip
> To: "Tango-L" <Tango-L at mit.edu>
> Date: Wednesday, February 18, 2009, 10:21 AM
> A friend sent me this.  The opening suggests that it is the
> ragtime version of Argentine Tango.  The clip was made for
> archival purposes and appears to have been reconstructed
> from an early dance manual(s) from the Library of Congress.
> 
> http://lcweb2.loc.gov/musdivid/080s.mov
> 
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