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Tango
Origins- from below references The Argentine Tango is the origin, although others may lay claim, of our modern tangos, arising from Habaneras, and Guardia Vieja in the 1850's-1900's and gaucho folk dances. Some of the early sheet music being labeled tango-milongas, tango-habaneras or tango-criollo. This music was in 2/4 time. The primary orchestras of this period were Aduardo Arolas, Roberto Firpo, Juan “Pacho” Maglio, Quinteto Criollo Atlanta, and Vincente Greco. The habaneras rhythm endured, and in large is responsible for the tango's feel. The "Golden Age of Tango" reigned from 1925-1935 to 1955. Within the tango genre are three types or forms of music: tango, milonga and vals (waltz in 3/4) Music- Since the 1935 or so, Tangos are usually written in 4/4 time. A Tango has 5 sections made up of 4 phrases. A phrase consists of 8 measures (containing 4 beats), so each section has 32 beats. In addition, there may be a short introduction and short Coda at the end. Frequently, the melody is a 'call and response' with a rising call first, and then answered with a descending melody line. Lots more information a Tangology101 and more history Total Tango. The Blue Tango is an iconic skate dance tune. And it has the characteristic Tango throb. It is an instrumental composition by Leroy Anderson, written for orchestra and published in 1952. Some skate dance notes indicate counting 1,2,3,4. A tango does not have a regular 1,2,3,4 like a march, but musical accents in a tango are frequently on 1, 3 and 4. In the below score, red colored notes are what the skater would count. The (2) means there is no musical note there, but it's absence accents the beat. Notice the 3,4,1 pause, 3,4,1 pause..... in the lower rhythm staff. The skater must hear the 3,4 and start on the '1' to be 'in time' with the music, and in this tango, hear the long held chord in the melody to start 'in phrase'.
Two-Step
Origins- from StreetSwing As with many dances, the Two Step was an evolution of a variety of dances. When the Two Step was first created is debatable, but we do know that the Two Step emerged in part from the Foxtrot and the One Step. In the early 1800’s, what is now known as the “two step” was called the “valse a deux temps”. The dance consisted of a series of chasse's, forward or sideways with a skip in each step. Although done in three steps, the Two Step got it's name from the two Quick Steps used. Also known as a two beat Waltz, it is said that this two beat Waltz is the origin of the chasse-like movement of the current Two Step. By 1847, writer Henri Cellarius expressed that the dance should be called the “deux pas” or “two step.” These dances were nothing like the Texas Two Step done today. The Two-Step was a simple dance that caught on with the public when John Phillip Sousa came out with the "Washington Post March " in 1891. The old quadrilles, glides and reels were cast aside in favor of dances such as the Two-Step. However the 'Collegiate foxtrot' was the parent of the Texas Two Step (also see Collegiate Foxtrot for a better and obvious description.) The Collegiate Foxtrot was done in the late 1910's and was later revived during the early 1940's in the square dance Community. [ed. the Collegiate is also the name of a skate dance invented by Inez Van Horn and Perry Rawson ca. 1939 and done to 4/4 Foxtrot music] Music - The Two-Step comes from the "Valse a' deux temps" (waltz) or Deux Temps for short. The dance consisted of a series of chasse's, forward or sideways with a skip in each step and was done to 2/4 or 4/4 time (basically a triple step or Quick-Quick-Slow). Although done in three steps, the Two Step got it's name from the two Quick Steps used. |
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Dance Pattern |
Comment |
Music |
Roller Tempo |
Ice Tempo |
Inventors |
When / First Performed |
TANGOS |
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Old |
Blues/Tango/ |
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Tango |
96 |
96 |
Patrick T. Savage |
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Tango, Argentine |
96 |
96 |
Reginald Wilkie/Daphne Wallis |
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Old |
Tango/Barn Dance |
104 |
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Tango |
100 |
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Tango |
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108 |
Walter Arian |
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forward |
Tango |
100 |
104 |
James Francis |
University Skating Club, Toronto, Canada, 1951 (ice) |
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forward |
Tango |
100 |
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Carl Henderson |
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Tango |
104 |
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Elspeth Muller |
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Pre-Gold? |
Tango |
100 |
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Joseph Carroll |
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forward |
Tango |
100 |
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Tango, Argentine |
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turns |
Tango |
100 |
108 |
George Muller |
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Tango |
100 |
108 |
Paul Krechow & Trudy Harris |
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Tango |
100 |
108 |
Trudy
Harris & Paul Krechow |
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Pre-Gold? |
Tango |
100 |
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Katie Schmidt |
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Silver |
Tango |
104 |
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Ronnald E. Gibbs |
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forward |
Tango |
100 |
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Tango |
100 |
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Mark & Evelyn Berrios |
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Tango |
100 |
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Tango |
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100 |
Howard Nicholson |
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forward |
Tango |
100 |
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border |
Tango |
100 |
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Tango |
100 |
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Bronze |
Tango |
100 |
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Robert Irwin & Ringeisen |
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forward |
Tango |
100 |
104 |
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Tango |
100 |
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Tango |
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108 |
Edith & Arthur F.Preusch |
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forward |
Tango |
100 |
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Robert Irwin & Roger |
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Old UK |
Tango/Foxtrot/Waltz |
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Tango |
100 |
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Joseph K. Savage |
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turns |
Tango |
100 |
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Tango |
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108 |
George Muller |
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Tango |
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108 |
Hubert Sprott |
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Tango |
100 |
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Benny Randal |
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Tango/Blues |
112 |
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Monty Readhead |
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Tango |
112 |
112 |
Pakhomova, Gorschkov & Tschaikowskaja |
Moscow, Russia, 1974 |
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Tango |
100 |
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Pat Graney |
USARS 2001 |
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Tango |
108 |
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George Muller |
Orig Dances 1952 |
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Old USA |
Tango |
100/108 |
120 |
Rawson |
SDD 1942 |
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forward |
Tango |
100 |
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Gladys & George Werner |
Gerri's easy list |
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TWO-STEPS |
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Forward |
Two-step or Polka |
108 |
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George Muller |
published ca 1952 |
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Two-step or Polka |
116/118 |
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George Muller |
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turns |
Two-step |
104 |
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Dutch roll style |
Two-step/Foxtrot |
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104/108 |
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The Two-steps |
Old USA |
Two-step |
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