4530  Hay Que Aprenden Bailar and Syncopation

Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 22:59:16 -0400
From: "David Koucky" <davidkoucky@msn.com>
Subject: [Tango-L] Hay Que Aprenden Bailar and Syncopation
To: <tango-l@mit.edu>

The Lomuto tune Hay Que Aprenden Bailar is a real stitch. The vintage dancers among you may recognize this speed as right for a Charleston or shimmy. A brief mention here about ragtime dance, the central method of dancing seems to be based upon the one step. Over time, one step variations would go in and out of popularity. The animal dances are this sort of thing. Turkey trots, grizzly bear, etc. The animal dance that seems to have stuck is of course the fox trot.

The fox trot became so popular that soon every thing seems to have turned into a fox trot. It is worth noting that there was no standard pattern for the slow and quick steps that comprise this dance. Standardization comes later. This may be one reason for the great popularity, early fox trot was adaptable.

Tango began to filter into this mix. The result was a noticeable improvement in the variations.

Here is something to discuss. The fox trot was all the rage in Paris. The Castles (among others) were teaching this and learning Parisian Tango. I would like to know if others have some observations about how Fox Trot may have influenced Golden Age Tango. Recall that even the Carlos Gardel Films tend to show little Tango and Fox Trot in the night clubs. I wonder if Hollywood Fox Trots caused changes at Buenos Aires Milongas?