[TANGO-L] Dancing Argentine tango to other music.

[Philip Seyer <philipseyer @ILOVEMUSIC.COM>]

I was recently helping a couple about to be married prepare for a wedding
dance reception. They had picked out music they loved and wanted to dance to
it.  None of the traditional ballroom dances would work: waltz was
definitely out because it was in quadruple meter. Rumba didn't work, neither
did nightclub two step. Then it came to me: Argentine tango! This worked
great and they learned it quickly although they had never done any partner
dances before. But the music was definitely not Argentine tango music.

Has anyone else had the experience of using Argentine tango dance steps to
non-Argentine tango music? What was it like?

You can see a short movie clip showing what I'm talking about here:
http://www.ilovemusic.com/argentine_tango.htm (click on the SECOND photo to
start the video)

The clip shows Ken Delmar dancing Argentine tango steps with Elaine Sirois.
They are dancing in a San Francisco nightclub as local musicians (guitar &
bass player) improvise some jazz tunes.

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