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Capítulo Dos p.2	'The Dance Lesson'

Social Courtesy
Querés bailar?
-Do you want to dance?

Sí, gracias.
-Yes, thank you.

Uno más?
-One more?

Cómo no.
-Yes, please.
(literally "How not?")

Tango Terms

abrazo -embrace
(as in, dance hold)

amague -from amagar-
To make a threatening motion. An amague is used as an embellishment either led or done on one's own and may be used before taking a step. An example of an amague may be a beat (frappe) before taking a step.

barrida - sweep -
A sweeping motion. One partner's foot sweeps the other's foot. Also called llevada.

barrio -a district, neighborhood

boleo -from bolear-
To throw - A boleo may be executed either high or low. Keeping knees together, with one leg in back, swivel on the supporting leg.

caminar -to walk-
Everyone should practice tango walks until they are properly mastered. The walk is similar to a natural walking step but placing the ball of the foot first instead of the heel. The body and leg must move as a unit so that the body is in balance. Walks should be practiced for balance and fluidity.

corte -cut-
In tango corte means cutting the music either by syncopating or holding several beats.

cruzada -cross-
A cruzada occurs anytime a foot is crossed in front or in back of the other.

desplazamiento - displacement - Displacing partner's foot or leg using one's leg or foot.

dibujo - drawing, sketch - A dibujo is done by drawing circles or other small movements on the floor with one's toe.

Angel Villoldo
and Alfredo Gobbi, were the first genuine Argentine tangueros to come to Paris. Thay arrived in 1907 to make records, for at that time Paris was acknowledged to have the most modern recording facilities and techniques. The rise of the tango coincided with these advances in sound quality, no longer did music and voices sound like they came from beyond the grave. In France they recorded some of the best known early tangos, including Villoldo's
'El choclo'
which opens and closes this show.

Lista de música, primera parte:

1.VILLOLDO, Angel          MCGILL RECORDS750035-2
     El Choclo                          Track 3
     Arminda Canteros, piano            2:54
     ["TANGOS-ARMINDA CANTEROS"]   

2.CASTELLANOS, Pintin               RCA/BMG INT'L 3170-2-RL
     La Punalada                        Track 12
     Juan D'Arienzo y su Orquesta Tipica   2:00
     ["16 GRANDES TANGOS FOR EXPORT"] 

3.RODRIGUEZ/CONTURSI/MARONI         MUSIC HALL MH 10.018-2
  La Cumparsita                       Track 11
     Carlos Di Sarli and his Orchestra   3:00
     ["MILONGUERO VIEJO"]              

4.ANON                              HARLEQUIN HQ CD 34
     Cuando Silba El Viento              Track17
     Mercedes Simone, singer             3:15
     with accompaniment                 
     ["TANGO LADIES"]

5.REZZANO/BAYARDO                 MUSIC HALL MH 10.018-2
     Duelo Criollo                      Track 5
     Mario Pomar, singer                2:24
     Carlos Di Sarli and his Orchestra       
     ["MILONGUERO VIEJO"]

6.CANARO, Francisco               BLUE MOON  BMCD 99902
     Arrabalera                          CD 1,Track 8
     Francisco Canaro's Quinteto Pirincho    2:38
     with unidentified vocalist             
     ["ANTOLOGIA DEL TANGO ARGENTINO"]

7.GALUCCI/VELAZQUEZ              BLUE MOON BMCD 99902
     Yo Soy de San Telmo                CD 4,Track 6
     Roberto Ruffino, singer            2:12
     Carlos Di Sarli and his Orchestra      
     ["ANTOLOGIA DEL TANGO ARGENTINO"]

8.MORES, Mariano                RCA/BMG INT'L 3170-2-RL
     Taquito Militar                    Track 3
     Francini-Pontier and their Orchestra    2:16
     ["16 GRANDES TANGOS FOR EXPORT"]

Foot Notes:

In 1917 the young Uruguayan G. H. Matos Rodriguez composed a marching tune for the student federation of which he was a member and discovered that it could easily be turned into a tango.
He and his friends took the piece to Roberto Firpo, then performing with his band at a Montevideo café. A few deft touches,
and the tune became
'La cumparsita',
the most famous tango of all time.

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