Hi there, The translation of Ballroom in Spanish is Salon. Therefore, Tango de Salon translates into Ballroom Tango.
In the treatise "Antologia del Tango" the researcher Ines Cuello mentions that when Tango appears other dances constitute the repertoire of Bailes de Salon (Ballroom Dances). Namely, cua¬drillas y lanceros; vals, polca, mazurca, Schottisch y boston; habanera; and the last ones polca militar, skating, roman dance y pas de quatre. Ines in her treatise classifies 3 types of Tango: Criollo, Liso, and de Salon. La Antología del Tango Rioplatense es una publicación del Instituto Nacional de Musicología Carlos Vega. This study covers the origins of tango until 1920. Bruno -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Valentin TIEDE Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2011 3:30 PM To: Tango-L Subject: Re: [Tango-L] The spread of tango 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/list _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
