Selling sheet music was big business during the Ragtime Era and it was not uncommon for pieces of music to be listed as being appropriate for a variety of dances. For example, Vernon and Irene Castle danced their famous “Castle walk” to “Tres Moutarde (Too Much Mustard).” The original sheet music cover lists this as a “One or Two- step or Tango.
Here is Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers dancing the “Castle Walk” (One Step) to “Too Much Mustard” in the movie “The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle.” From all I have read, Irene Castle was on the set and pressed the director not to take too many liberties with the costumes or the period dance steps. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuIHfs0S1Kc&feature=related _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
