- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: Indiana University Press; annotated edition edition (13 Aug 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0253219051
- ISBN-13: 978-0253219053
- Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 14.1 x 1.4 cm
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- #52 in Books > Music, Stage & Screen > Performing Arts > Dance > Tango
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"... a delightful text, illuminating the fascinating convergence of cultural influences that produce an art form." ForeWord "Freelance choreographer Baim sets Argentina's cultural jewel, the tango, in an elegant, scholarly study that draws from primary-source materials such as dance instruction manuals, sheet music, and contemporary newspapers and periodicals... Performing arts and popular culture collections will have the most receptive audiences; recommended." Library Journal
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In "Tango: Creation of a Cultural Icon", Jo Baim dispels common stereotypes of the tango and tells the real story behind this rich and complex dance. Despite its exoticism, the tango of this time period is a very accessible dance, especially as European and North American dancers adapted it. Modern ballroom dancers can enjoy a "step" back in time with the descriptions included in this book. Almost as interesting as the history of the tango is the cultural response to it: cities banned it, army officers were threatened with demotion if caught dancing it, clergy and politicians wrote diatribes against it. Newspaper headlines warned that people died from dancing the tango and that it would be the downfall of civilization. The vehemence of these anti-tango outbursts confirms one thing: the tango was a cultural force to be reckoned with!
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Nice try, but uninformed
12 Nov 2007
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Baim is to be commended for writing a book on a topic that is woefully ignored by English-language publishers. (The only allegedly non-fiction works on Tango published in English in recent memory are the academically dishonest "Tango: The Art History of Love" by Thompson, and the self-congratulatory "Kiss and Tango" by Palmer.)
Unfortunately, Baim seems to be confused as to the differences among Argentine Tango, which this book purports to be about, and the two forms of ballroom tango, International Standard Tango and American Smooth Tango. It appears that, while she is aware that there is a tango that's done in ballrooms, she isn't at all clear that (a) they aren't the same dance and/or (b) that the figures aren't interchangeable in some way.
In fact, the book is heavily padded with a lengthy appendix on ballroom tango figures, cribbed without comment from an almost-century-old book. The material is completely obsolete as a description of modern ballroom tango, and was never an accurate description of Argentine tango figures.
Unfortunately, Baim seems to be confused as to the differences among Argentine Tango, which this book purports to be about, and the two forms of ballroom tango, International Standard Tango and American Smooth Tango. It appears that, while she is aware that there is a tango that's done in ballrooms, she isn't at all clear that (a) they aren't the same dance and/or (b) that the figures aren't interchangeable in some way.
In fact, the book is heavily padded with a lengthy appendix on ballroom tango figures, cribbed without comment from an almost-century-old book. The material is completely obsolete as a description of modern ballroom tango, and was never an accurate description of Argentine tango figures.
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