[Tango-L] The spread of tango

[romerob@telusplanet.net]

Hi there,

The translation of Ballroom in Spanish is Salon. Therefore, Tango de Salon 
translates into Ballroom Tango.

In the treatise "Antologia del Tango" the researcher Ines Cuello mentions that 
when Tango appears other dances constitute the repertoire of Bailes de Salon 
(Ballroom Dances). Namely, cua¬drillas y lanceros; vals, polca, mazurca, 
Schottisch y boston; habanera; and the last ones polca militar, skating, roman 
dance y pas de quatre.

Ines in her treatise classifies 3 types of Tango: Criollo, Liso, and de Salon.

La Antología del Tango Rioplatense es una publicación del Instituto Nacional de 
Musicología “Carlos Vega”. This study covers the origins of tango until 1920.

Bruno
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Valentin TIEDE
Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2011 3:30 PM
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To the mail from Bristol (below) :
Probably the Ballroom and Argentine tango were the same somewhere in Europe, 
but not everywhere (see "Why the English fail at tango" - an opinion of a 
British (!) lady from 1925 in "http://jantango.wordpress.com/2010/04/01/why-the-
english-fail-at-tango/"). 
And they certainly were not at all the same in the area of Rio de la Plata 
where (I guess) in the Golden Age they even didn't know what a Ballroom Tango 
is. 
But probably some experts know the name of a porteño who won a championship in 
ballroom tango somewhere in the north of the equator

Best regards
Valentin



> Message du 09/06/11 10:28
> De : "johnofbristol at tiscali.co.uk"
> A : "Alexis Cousein" , "Tango-L"
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> Objet : Re: [Tango-L] The spread of tango
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> Yes I see what you mean, but my understanding is that Ballroom and
> Argentine tango were the same thing a century ago, and have developed
> in different directions.
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> John Ward
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> From: "Alexis Cousein"
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> To: "Tango-L"
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> Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 12:15 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Tango-L] The spread of tango
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> > On 08/06/2011 13:06, johnofbristol at tiscali.co.uk wrote:
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> >> According to P.J.S. Richardson (History of English Ballroom
> Dancing,
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> >> 1945),
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> > Uhm - I think that given the list audience, people were looking
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> > for information on the spread of *Argentine* tango, not ballroom
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> > tango.
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