To the mail from Bristol (below) : Probably the Ballroom and Argentine tango were the same somewhere in Europe, but not everywhere (see "Why the English fail at tango" - an opinion of a British (!) lady from 1925 in "http://jantango.wordpress.com/2010/04/01/why-the-english-fail-at-tango/";). And they certainly were not at all the same in the area of Rio de la Plata where (I guess) in the Golden Age they even didn't know what a Ballroom Tango is. But probably some experts know the name of a porteño who won a championship in ballroom tango somewhere in the north of the equator
Best regards Valentin > Message du 09/06/11 10:28 > De : "[email protected]" > A : "Alexis Cousein" , "Tango-L" > Copie à : > Objet : Re: [Tango-L] The spread of tango > > Yes I see what you mean, but my understanding is that Ballroom and > Argentine tango were the same thing a century ago, and have developed > in different directions. > > > John Ward > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Alexis Cousein" > > To: "Tango-L" > > Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 12:15 PM > > Subject: Re: [Tango-L] The spread of tango > > > > > > > On 08/06/2011 13:06, [email protected] wrote: > > >> According to P.J.S. Richardson (History of English Ballroom > Dancing, > > >> 1945), > > > > > > Uhm - I think that given the list audience, people were looking > > > for information on the spread of *Argentine* tango, not ballroom > > > tango. > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
