4652 The existence of dance schools in Buenos Aires
Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2006 18:42:18 -0300
From: "Janis Kenyon" <Jantango@feedback.net.ar>
Subject: [Tango-L] The existence of dance schools in Buenos Aires
during the 1940s
To: "Tango-L" <Tango-L@MIT.EDU>
<<Tango classes - and teachers - are merely a recent invention. As Christine
Denniston wrote on the subject of learning in the Golden Age v. today:
there was no such thing as a Tango teacher and no such thing as a
beginners' Tango class before the Tango revival began in the mid 1980s.>>
There was a magazine called El Alma Que Canta, founded in 1916 and published
in Buenos Aires during the 1940s. I have a copy of issue No. 1310 dated
April 6, 1948. The magazine (sold for 20 cents) contains lyrics of tangos
and photos of tango singers. There is also advertising to learn how to
dance. Domingo Gaeta advertised that one can learn to dance by "mail" or
personally: tango de salon, tango fantasia, paso doble, corrido, milonga,
fox trot, swing, vals, ranchera, rumba, bolero, conga, boogie boogie, samba,
american tap and obtain a diploma. The ad reads: in a few days you can
learn to dance in your own home during free time, without help from anyone
or music, without a partner and without spending much, created by professor
Gaeta, the most prestigious Argentine professor. Ladies and gentlemen from
8 to 65, for only one peso you can receive by return mail at home and in any
country, complete brochures with lessons for these dances, well illustrated
with step drawings, couples and figures. Also advice and teachings about how
to act in society, dances, etc. Studio Gaeta is the best and most luxurious
in south America and is situated in downtown in its own building of four
floors where I teach. Cangallo 1610 (near Corrientes and Nuevo de Julio),
Buenos Aires.
We may not consider Studio Gaeta a tango school as we know them today,
however, where there is a demand, there is someone ready to supply it.
There had to be someone teaching tango in Buenos Aires before the late
1980s.
Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2006 02:42 +0000 (GMT Standard Time)
From: "Chris, UK" <tl2@chrisjj.com>
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] The existence of dance schools in Buenos Aires
during the 1940s
Cc: tl2@chrisjj.com
Janis wrote:
> > April 6, 1948 ... The ad reads: in a few days you can learn to dance
> in your own home during free time, without help from anyone or music,
> without a partner and without spending much, created by professor Gaeta
> where there is a demand, there is someone ready to supply it.
Someone /claiming/ to supply it, sure. ;)
> There had to be someone teaching tango in Buenos Aires before the late
> 1980s.
If you've any historical evidence to support that, I'd be interested to
hear about it.
Chris
-------- Original Message --------
*Subject:* [Tango-L] The existence of dance schools in Buenos Aires during the 1940s
*From:* "Janis Kenyon" <Jantango@feedback.net.ar>
*Date:* Sun, 5 Nov 2006 18:42:18 -0300
<<Tango classes - and teachers - are merely a recent invention. As Christine
Denniston wrote on the subject of learning in the Golden Age v. today:
there was no such thing as a Tango teacher and no such thing as a
beginners' Tango class before the Tango revival began in the mid 1980s.>>
There was a magazine called El Alma Que Canta, founded in 1916 and published
in Buenos Aires during the 1940s. I have a copy of issue No. 1310 dated
April 6, 1948. The magazine (sold for 20 cents) contains lyrics of tangos
and photos of tango singers. There is also advertising to learn how to
dance. Domingo Gaeta advertised that one can learn to dance by "mail" or
personally: tango de salon, tango fantasia, paso doble, corrido, milonga,
fox trot, swing, vals, ranchera, rumba, bolero, conga, boogie boogie, samba,
american tap and obtain a diploma. The ad reads: in a few days you can
learn to dance in your own home during free time, without help from anyone
or music, without a partner and without spending much, created by professor
Gaeta, the most prestigious Argentine professor. Ladies and gentlemen from
8 to 65, for only one peso you can receive by return mail at home and in any
country, complete brochures with lessons for these dances, well illustrated
with step drawings, couples and figures. Also advice and teachings about how
to act in society, dances, etc. Studio Gaeta is the best and most luxurious
in south America and is situated in downtown in its own building of four
floors where I teach. Cangallo 1610 (near Corrientes and Nuevo de Julio),
Buenos Aires.
We may not consider Studio Gaeta a tango school as we know them today,
however, where there is a demand, there is someone ready to supply it.
There had to be someone teaching tango in Buenos Aires before the late
1980s.
Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2006 00:20:24 -0300
From: "Brian Dunn" <brian@danceoftheheart.com>
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] The existence of dance schools in Buenos Aires
during the1940s
Janis wrote:
"There had to be someone teaching tango in Buenos Aires before the late
1980s."
Yet more data -
"At the time of the revolution [of tango dancing in the 1940's], Mingo
[Pugliese] points out, few milongueros were professional. Cachafaz and Ain
had given lessons in the 1920's, [and] Mendez and El Negro Pavura ran
studios..."
"Tango - The Art History of Love" - R.F. Thompson, pp. 249-250
All the best,
Brian Dunn
Dance of the Heart
Boulder, Colorado USA
www.danceoftheheart.com
"Building a Better World, One Tango at a Time"
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2006 00:31:09 -0800
From: romerob@telusplanet.net
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] The existence of dance schools in Buenos Aires
duringthe 1940s
> There had to be someone teaching tango in Buenos Aires before the late
1980s.<
Here is one,
>From Maria's curriculum:
Year 1982, *Maria del Carmen Silingo, primera (1st) profesora (instructor) de
tango "Casa del Tango", La Plata.
Creadora del metodo de tango danza tradicional books 1, 2, 3 (1989-1991)
And book 4 (1989)
* Maria was Pepito Avellaneda's student.
Cheers,
Bruno
