the shoulder sacada was really cool...!!! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Richard Lipkin, who provides the incredibly helpful www.NewYorkTango.com >website, writes --------> > >Here is a clip from the Argentine film "La voz de mi ciudad" with Mariano >Mores and orquesta playing Taquito Militar. There is a seven second dance >sequence at 2:53 which is performed in such a different way. > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAHiISotwo0 > >Can anyone explain it? Is it merely a film choreography of no great historical >value? or is it an example of an obscure or forgotten style? >__________________________ >This is a swing variant. Nowadays we only have two major varieties, east >coast (Rock and Roll, etc.) and west coast, but in the times when Mariano >Mores became famous there were dozens, including some that were extremely >compact because of the huge block-sized crowds who danced swing. > >Notice at the very beginning when several other musicians chimed in? Those >sounds were right out of Benny Goodman etc. > >This video is a cut-down version. The original is longer and includes some >beautiful shots of downtown BsAs in full night action, cars and buses and >trucks zipping by in time to the music. Maybe some huge cargo ships at dock >providing fog-horn-like accompaniment in place of a tuba. And a pair of >professional tango dancers on a traffic island doing stuff we've seen in >modern tango shows. > >Larry de Los Angeles > >_____________________________________________________________ >Find great deals from qualified plastic surgeons. Click now! >http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2111/fc/Ioyw6iifdxQIelcImd0ZdzOecsjrGqT6HVrR3838E5O0SyTiBzxMrw/ > > > >_______________________________________________ >Tango-L mailing list >[email protected] >http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l > > > _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
