We are staying home a lot more and we cannot just twiddle our thumbs. Some dance teachers have recommended taking a little time to improving your frame. When we think of dancing, most of us first think of feet! But, in reality, the upper body needs to be held in a strong frame. Better if you have a full length mirror at home. Put on a little music, so that the connection to the music can be felt more thoroughly, and the feet can move where desired. Just enjoy moving to the music. Just like the frame of a house, or the frame of a car, the entire structure is built upon good frame.
The Andalusian Tango, a very popular dance in Spain, 200 years ago. In getting independent minded, the high class Spaniards of Argentina imported teachers of the Andalusian Tango. At this same time the Indians and Mestizos were dancing the Milonga which was pre-Columbian and a quite different dance. Just step, step, step, more like the Filipino Tango of today. The Indians could not be made into servants but the Negro slaves could very readily do. They had no common culture, from different parts of Africa. And the many that served at the big balls adopted the music and many of the moves from the Andalusian Tango into their Negro communities.
There is a painting (which is proof to some) that shows the Negros dancing Tango. It was dated 1832 and labeled "El Tango de los Negros." Which was the Negro version of the Andalusian Tango. The Castles, Arthur Murray and Fred Astaire were all witness to this and made their erroneous conclusions. The Negros were dancing Tango before Argentina. Meanwhile the primitive Milonga was still being danced in the first half of the 1800s in Peru, Chile, Argentina and Uraguay. And it became highly accepted in the brothels throughout the lower part of South America. The upper class white contingent in South America refused to recognize the existence of Indian music and dance. That was strictly for the lower classes and Milonga was whorehouse music and dance.
"Social dancers believe there is always hope for a new day, hope
that the darkness won't always seem impenetrable."
The Andalusian Tango, a very popular dance in Spain, 200 years ago. In getting independent minded, the high class Spaniards of Argentina imported teachers of the Andalusian Tango. At this same time the Indians and Mestizos were dancing the Milonga which was pre-Columbian and a quite different dance. Just step, step, step, more like the Filipino Tango of today. The Indians could not be made into servants but the Negro slaves could very readily do. They had no common culture, from different parts of Africa. And the many that served at the big balls adopted the music and many of the moves from the Andalusian Tango into their Negro communities.
"El Dia Que Me Quieras" por Carlos Gardel
Patience, we shall dance again.
There is a painting (which is proof to some) that shows the Negros dancing Tango. It was dated 1832 and labeled "El Tango de los Negros." Which was the Negro version of the Andalusian Tango. The Castles, Arthur Murray and Fred Astaire were all witness to this and made their erroneous conclusions. The Negros were dancing Tango before Argentina. Meanwhile the primitive Milonga was still being danced in the first half of the 1800s in Peru, Chile, Argentina and Uraguay. And it became highly accepted in the brothels throughout the lower part of South America. The upper class white contingent in South America refused to recognize the existence of Indian music and dance. That was strictly for the lower classes and Milonga was whorehouse music and dance.
"Social dancers believe that hopeful thinking can get them out
of their fear zone and into their appreciation zone."
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