[TANGO-L] Argentine and Ballroom Tango

[Sergio Vandekier <sergiovandekier990@HOTMAIL.COM>]

Igor asks:  "Sergio,

Do you want to tell that tango danced in high-class salons of Buenos Aires
in 1914 was not Argentine Tango?

Igor Polk"

I never said that. I said or implied that the tango as it came from the
periphery was "purified" of the so called "indecent moves" such as certain
"cortes and quebradas" so that it could be presented in society and taken to
the high class of Europe.

This modified tango was as Argentine as the prior one, even when this
variation was not acceptable in Argentine either. Argentine society only
recognized it  when it was accepted in Europe.

Actually a part of Argentine society has continued to show conptempt for our
dear tango till nowadays.

I hope that this explains your doubts.

Sergio

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