Talk:Tango (dance)
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Hello 195.92.67.66,
Creating the Tango (dance) page and moving the text from tango was a good idea, but the way you did it you left the page history attached to tango, which is a pity. By the look of it, you copied and pasted the orginal text into a new edit window. If however you had used the Move this page command on the lefthand menu bar, it would have copied both the original tango page and the accompanying history and talk pages to the new destination, a far preferable solution. It would have left a #REDIRECT tag in the original page Tango which you could have edited as you saw fit.
- -- Viajero 11:19 24 Jul 2003 (UTC)
I am going to move this piece
- As a result, the American Tango is believed by some to be inferior, and some American Tango teachers have introduced elements of technique borrowed from the International Tango. In International tango, sequences of figures and even entire dances are choreographed instead of improvised. This makes the dance less dependent on lead-follow technique and allows for more separation between the dancers.
to a more appropriate place, probably to Ballroom dance, since this equally applies to all ballroom dances. Mikkalai 16:56, 28 Nov 2003 (UTC)
The following piece is POV, while being a chaotic fighting a wrong windmill:
- While some of the sleezier downtown dance halls served the double purpose of being popular places to find prostitutes, it seems unlikely that the Tango was actually danced in brothels, though this is a common misconception. Because of the shortage of women, in the working-class areas men often danced with other men or with prostitutes.
The real issue not where tango was danced. Of course, it was danced in brothels, just as jitterbug, swing, charleston,polka, can-can, and many other dances. In modern times of "narrow specialists" it could be dificult to imagine that not infrequently brothels could have been "subsidiaries" of multi-profile establishments hostel/tavern/brothel/dance hall. But this is not the real controversy. A significant part of Tango lyrics in these times was about pimps, prostitutes, sex, booze, see e.g., Lunfardo. The question is whether it was a tribute to the exotics of the roots of tango, or it was true reflection of tango "demographics" of the times. Mikkalai 07:29, 8 Jan 2004 (UTC)
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Etymology of Tango
There is a possibility that "tango" may come directly from the Latin "tango" meaning "I touch."
- Do you seriously believe the porteños of Buenos Aires spoke the language of Cicero? Mikkalai 04:30, 25 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Edited External links
I'm new to this wiki thing. Just wanted to say, I removed the link to the video just now because it's a 404. :( Perhaps someone knows where it moved to...?
Some problems in chapter "Argentine Tango (Tango Argentino)"
The biggest part of this chapter is wildly biased. I am missing much objectivity in the comparison between argentine tango and ballroom tango. If noone objects I will move this section to a new headline "differences between argentine tango and ballroom tango", trying to morph it into some more objective comparison... dekay 09:12, 16 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Dance etiquette in Argentine tango and ballroom also differs.
What is the etiquette? Whats the difference Jackliddle 18:43, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- In fact is there any? They any pretty polite too me
- Dance Etiquette (http://www.utdallas.edu/~aria/dance/etiquette.html)
- Beyond Dance Etiquette (http://www.utdallas.edu/~aria/dance/beyond.html)
- yet more (http://www.allegroballroom.com/programs/etiquette.htm)
And the Argentian Tango people seem to think
- Argentine Tango Dance Etiquette (http://www.inscenes.com/etiquette.htm)
- TANGO DANCE ETIQUETTE MADE SIMPLE… (http://www.tangochicago.com/pages_html/etiquitte1.htm)
Jackliddle 19:01, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)
There is another part of "etiquette" that applies to the argentine version of the dance. It is based the need not to lose one's honor and mostly applies to asking a partner to dance. For example in argentina there is the "cabeceo" (spelling?), a way of asking with looks only - a way that makes sure you never need to hear a "no" as well as never be seen when you are rehected. Other topics of this "etiquette" are based on how to dance on a crowded floor - basically you never touch another couple on the floor and even if you do you try to recover so that your follower never even notices it - all comes down to providing your partner with the most pleasant dance possible. (reasons for this honor code see tango history, argentina history and latino mentality) ;) dekay 09:52, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- OK I see it like this. Argentinian Tango has this non-verbal communication for requesting/denying dances, International Ballroom Tango doesn't have this. The behaviour on a crowded dance floor seems identical between the two. Jackliddle 13:25, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Removed a POV comment from film list about "Shall We Dance" which stated that the original Japanese version was much better.