ABSTRACT
The average English Leader looks upon the Tango as a dance full of eccentricities, and probably regards it as extremely difficult to acquire. English dancers have endeavoured to capture this “atmosphere” by the introduction of an unnatural and rather cramped type of hold together with the use of a very relaxed movement, the resultant dance being both “creepy” and ungainly. The introduction of a more staccato action considerably enlivened the dance, and, although the tendency to exaggerate this action brought forth a certain amount of criticism, its influence remains. Tango music is so attractive that the moderate dancer will be well repaid for the time spent in learning a few of the simple basic figures. The hold in the Tango is rather more compact than in the moving dances. The reasons for the absence of Rise and Fall and Body Swing in the Tango also account for the lack of Body Sways.
