3426  Blacks and tango (breif) (5)
My 2 cents: I feel I may have pressed the wrong buttons when discussing the subject of blacks or afro-argentines as creators of tango. However, I feel is good to question what is on the books or posted...

3427  Re. Blacks and tango (1)
Dear friends of the list, I need to clarify my previous clarification that clarified what I had originally clarified. I find Jean-Pierre's note very insulting, a misinterpretation...

3428  Sending notes under somebody else's name (1)
I received a notification that my note was distributed to the list, then a friend of mind sent me such note as I did not received it yet. He says: -Did you really write this? (just to make sure Alberto...

3429  Just ignore... (1)
***SIGH*** Apparently, our Sergio just moved to the same area as Hector and Anita (aka Alberto Paz?)... Part of the incriminated e-mail's header Received: from ibm61aec.bellsouth.net ([68.222.15.39])...

3430  Blacks and tango III (6)
Dear Bruno, Thank you for your honesty and integrity to acknowledge that you were at least partially erroneous when you said "tango was the creation of Black slaves". My initial answer... Hi Sergio: "Tango Testigo social" and also the...

3431  cortes y quebradas (5)
Simon Collier says: [Simon Collier, et al., "Tango!", pp. 46-47] "The distinctive features of the new dance-form [tango emerging from its precursor milonga] came entirely from the compadritos' parodistic...

3432  Kiss & Tango : A Dancers Memoir (1)
I thought the list might be interested in this Tango memoir. https://www.harpercollins.com/global_scripts/product_catalog/book_
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3433  Unwritten code of ethics (8)
To all tangueros: It is well known that most tangueros follow an "Unwritten Code of Ethics" while at the milongas, however, once in a while we come across a dancer American or otherwise who, because...

3434  Megamambósztár (1)
Avagy civilizáltabb országokban ilyen is van... https://www.bbc.co.uk/strictlydancefever/ Üdv á Ecsedy Áron *********** Aron ECSEDY Tel: +36 (20) 329 66 99 ICQ# 46386265 https://www.milonga.hu/ "Follow...

3435  Report on a report on dance competition. (1)
I didn't know that they taught (ballroom) tango in public schools in New York City, but apparently they do. The following is a URL for a National Public Radio story about an upcoming film on dance competition.

3436  Brothels and Tango thread - some guesses only (10)
I don't know the historical migration figures for the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, but my understanding has always been that:- When the Brits went to the Southern hemisphere, they tended...

3437  Ballroom dancing - jerky tango head movements (4)
Dear Nicole, You are right in that standardization was done by the English. However, the dances themselves were not invented by the English. See short history: https://www.dancerite.co.uk/Ballrom_dancing.htm...

3438  Cortes? (was: Quebrada) (2)
very I will not guarantee you that my explanation is completely correct, but let me try to remember how I once learned a "sudden suggestive pause" from Gloria and Eduardo Arquimbau. They were teaching...

3439  Tango, pride and prejudice (2)
Dear friends from Tango list It is very difficult to establish clear connections with black people and Tango music in Argentina . Also it is not good to say "I have a book from an author named Wilde...

3440  Brothels and Tango I (1)
Laurie says: "There is some evidence that in its early days Tango was associated with brothels (as well as with other places). What is still not clear to me is why this was so. After all, the men, who...

3441  Close Embrace in regular life (2)
Laurie, This is not related very much to your topic, but I'd like to share with you my memories. When I was a boy at school, yes, back in Russia, in Soviet Union to be more precise, we had dance parties...

3442  Is the milonga a style of dance? (3)
Hi, over here in the UK we current have a "light" TV dance program showing called "Strictly Dance Fever", in which amateur dance couples compete every week, dancing a different style. Now this week...

3443  Tango essence and existence (5)
There is a poem from argentine Jorge Luis Borges. He made a comment about this saying it was also about himself, a kind of self mockery for his abusive use of the rhetoric in his poetry. Only a great...

3444  Unsubscribing, Changing Mail Options, etc. on Tango-L (1)
With all this merriment related to tango, why would anyone want to unsubscribe from Tango-L? ;-) ;-) For those who have misplaced the file on how to change subscription options, it can be found in the...

3445  Why would anyone want to unsubscribe? (1)
Steve Brown quite appropriately (as usual) says: "With all this merriment related to tango, why would anyone want to unsubscribe from Tango-L? ;-) ;-)" ... and then Alberto Gesualdi, equally appropriately,...

3446  Waltz and Boston (2)
The invaluable Richardson devotes a chapter to the development of the Waltz from the Boston. I won't quote the whole thing (though I will send = a scan to anyone who is interested) but the main points...

3447  Waltz Boston--Desde el alma (1)
Dear friends from Tango list Desde el alma, was composed by Rosita Melo , and the original script reads "Vals boston" Sebastian Piana the composer and musician said about this music " when playing the...

3448  Crush on Dance Teacher (1)
Hello, Could you please help us with a POLL that we are conducting at DanceScape ... QUESTION: Have you ever had (or do you have) a CRUSH on your Dance Teacher? So far about 60% of our dance members...

3449  NA-C: Tara Shoes in Denver (1)
Tara Shoes will be bringing lots of new styles to the Denver Milonguero Weekend. Hope to see all our west coast friends while we're there. Best regards, Robin Tara Design, Inc. www.taratangoshoes.com

3450  Ban on Cortes And Quebradas (1)
David Koucky asked: My 2 cents: What I have read is that Cortes and Quebradas were a prohibited practice carried over from times that tango was associated with brothels, the underworld, and low class...