Re: [TANGO-L] Brothels and Tango thread - some guesses only

[Bruno <romerob @TELUSPLANET.NET>]

Laurie wrote:
>I don't know if that is true, but it would obviously explain the growth of
brothels. However, why should they be associated with Tango?<

My 2 cents:
The dance academies that flourished between 1860 and 1870 were very popular
among immigrants because it facilitated the contact with women. These places
sold alcohol, were discreet brothels, and source of fights and scandal.

It is in these academies of dance where the music was played with guitars,
and candombe instruments of the time -- drums, masacallas, hueseras and
tacuaras -- to the rhythms the musicians could come up with playing from
memory. The musicians being challenged to play different rhythms which were
written in 6/8 played the music in 2/4.

It is in the dances academies where the Tango music and choreography was
experiemented.

The most famous academies of dance were located in Solis and Estados Unidos,
Pozos e Independencia, and in Carmen Varela in Plaza Lorea.

Best regards,

Bruno 

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