Recently we had someone recommending scholarly research to separate fact from
fiction in the origins of Tango and other dances. Sounded good to me. Now we
have
the opposite extreme. Miles can look at 2 very modern 21st century videos of
Canyengue and Kizomba and recognise their common roots in
The rivers of culture often divide far back in time. They may meet
again, but sometimes it is just morphological coincidence.
From all these videos, Kizomba seems more closely related to salsa
and african club dancing than it is to tango.
African club music got back to Lisbon following the c
Hi,
After watching this clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRw62Ouq-0A (and related clips)
And this clip.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1CMOvOTCZ8 (and related clips)
In my neophyte tango mind, there can be no doubt that the two dances
are connected by a very clear thread.
Tango's roots
For those of you not looking at the press of oz:
SMH has an article about tango, tourism and argentina:
"Tango makes a comeback, for tourists"
http://www.smh.com.au/news/south-america/tango-makes-a-comeback-for-tourists/2008/02/05/1202090407920.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1
Seems to be big, b
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/weekinreview/03barri.html?ex=1359694800&en=0df89df52a977b69&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page.
http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
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Does anyone know what Marcela Duran is doing these days?
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I wrote:
"Milonga has more incesant drive than tango (quadruple-time and silent
beats are de-emphasized) etc."
This statement is incorrect. Quadruple-time beats potato-and-beans of
milonga. They are expressed by dancing milonga traspie.
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Oleh Kovalchuke
http://www.tangospring.com
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Many years ago when jazz pianist Billy Taylor was on an extended
engagement on the West Coast and jazz pianist Art Tatum was living and
playing on the West Coast, the two would hang out together in after-hours
clubs, where bands often played informally all night long.
One night Taylor and Tatum
What ha, Jake?
actually, the rules on www.tango-l.com now say 4 postings a week, the 2 a
day thing is what I remember from the old set of rules...
>> Now if people could remember that Sharukh said [...] that the 2 or so
>> postings a day-rule is still there
> Ha!
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Hi all,
Astrid wrote:
> Now if people could remember that Sharukh said [...] that the 2 or so
> postings a day-rule is still there
Ha!
(Anyone want to answer Igor's other question-- who invented the 8-count
basic? Or my question: why? I once heard it may have been Todaro, but I
don't recall th
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