[Tango-L] The spread of tango

[romerob@telusplanet.net]

Hi,

This is in reference to johnofbristol at tiscali.co.uk who wrote:
.....but my understanding is that Ballroom and Argentine tango were the same 
thing a century ago, and have developed in different directions.

And to Alexis Cousein who says that "Ballroom Tango" as introduced in the UK is 
a very different (and very narrow) animal from "Tango danced in ballrooms in 
BBAA".

Here is bit more information:

>From La Coreografia del Tango by Ines Cuello, Antologia del Tango.

>En el área rioplatense, algunos manuales de danza incluyeron la coreografía 
del tango con posterioridad a la aparición en Europa de las metodizaciones 
realizadas por los especialistas en bailes de salón. Así lo advierte uno de sus 
auto¬res en nota a pie de página: "Las teorías de los bailes anteriores son 
extraídas de las revistas que recibimos periódicamente de Europa y N. América y 
los bailes los enseñamos con extricto (sic) rigor a dichas teorías." 6<

Translation:

In the rioplatense area (Buenos Aires/Montevideo) some of the dance manuals 
included the choreography of Tango after the appearance in Europe of teaching 
methodologies by specialists of ballroom dances. This is claimed by one of the 
authors at the footnote of the page: "The theories of the mentioned dances are 
extracted from magazines we receive periodically from Europe and North 
Ameraica, and the way we teach these dance are with strict rigor to the said 
theories." 6

 
6 Vignali Marcelo. El baile contemporáneo (1900 a 1918). Suplemento a la 3ra. 
edición de la obra Salón de Baile. Montevideo. Vita Hnos y Cia, (1918?) p. 57.<


Bruno
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Alexis Cousein
Sent: Friday, June 10, 2011 2:16 AM
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On 10/06/2011 04:45, romerob at telusplanet.net wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> The translation of Ballroom in Spanish is Salon. Therefore, Tango de Salon
> translates into Ballroom Tango.
>
Literally, yes. But terms like "Tango de Salon" and "Ballroom tango"
soon acquire secondary meanings that are more important than the
literal one (especially "Ballroom", which tends to mean something
different from just merely 'danced in a ballroom').

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballroom_dance

As you can see, "Ballroom Tango" as introduced in the UK
is a very different (and very narrow) animal from "Tango
danced in ballrooms in BBAA".
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