1. Let's Dance Armenian LETS DANCE ARMENIAN In every Armenian community worldwide, the traditional Western Armenian music and dance remained an important cultural factor in their community. These dances can wax and wane with amazing rapidity similar to the dance fads of mainstream America. http://www.armenianheritage.com/dasteps.htm

Armenian Dance In every Armenian community worldwide, the traditional Western Armenian music and dance remained an important cultural factor in their community. In the United States, this popular tradition is a synthesis of two dissimilar Western Armenian styles: the urban oriental style and the rural folk style. These styles were preserved and fostered in the U.S. for decades through the picnics of the "compatriotic unions," such as Sepastatsi Vanetzi and Kharpetzi In the late 1940s, the rise of the Vosbikian Band, followed by Artie Barsamian, the Gomidas, the Norikes, etc., heralded the American-Armenian "Big Band" era. A homogeneous style of American-Armenian music developed which incorporated elements of both urban and rural traditional music and contemporary American music; e.g., Jazz and Latin rhythms. Old songs were altered to fit this new brash sound, and new songs and a new American-Armenian dance form also developed. Some of the dance steps are traditional village dance steps that have been modified to fit the music; e.g., Bar Halay Tamzara Pompuri Sepastia Bar , and Laz bar . Other dance steps have been adopted and modified from other ethnic groups such as Greek and Arabic; e.g.

2. Grade Eight Arts Education - Unit Three - Dance Unit Three Traditions and Innovations Unit Three focuses on the dance of cultures and societies, past and present. the idea that, over the years, popular dance styles change. New dance fads sometimes quickly fade into the past. http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/artsed/g8arts_ed/g8du3ae.html

Unit Three: Traditions and Innovations Unit Three focuses on the dance of cultures and societies, past and present. It looks at influences and innovations in dance, how dance might transmit or question cultural values, and how dance is an integral part of life in Canada and beyond. Suggested Activities Possible Resources Talking About Dance The students will: discuss and analyse dance issues begin to develop the ability to research materials independently to increase their understanding of dance. Ask students what issues they can think of that are related to dance. Have students choose an issue and research it. If possible, students could interview people as part of the assignment. Resource materials on issues in dance, such as JOS Call Board, Dance Connection, What is Dance? For example, students could discuss censorship. Have students imagine that a dance performance has been banned. Set up a simulation where this issue is the topic of a radio phone-in show. A group of students could act as a panel of experts, while the others could be the callers. They could also interview people in the community about their views on censorship. Dance Reflects Cultures and Societies Teacher Information Teachers should be aware that the new Middle Level Physical Education curriculum will include an optional dimension of rhythmics and/or dance. The focus of dance in Physical Education will be on learning social and/or cultural dances. Arts Education and Physical Education teachers are encouraged to communicate so that experiences in the two areas complement one another. For example, the students could learn a particular dance in Physical Education and examine the same dance and its cultural traditions in Arts Education.

3. SDHS: Directory Of Specialists In Early Dance Carol Téten Expertise The history of social dance in Western culture; SpecialtiesSocial dance fads, their steps, and their relationships to social mores; http://www.sdhs.org/work/directory.html

Directory of Specialists in Early Dance Baroque dancer Paige Whitley-Bauguess in costume All those listed are current members of the Society of Dance History Scholars and have given permission to publish their names, notes on recent professional activities, and contact information. Their listing here does not imply endorsement by the Society of Dance History Scholars. Lisa C. Arkin Expertise: Nineteenth- and early twentieth-century dance, character ballet, folk dance Specialties: Instruction in period dance technique, performance, lecturing, dance history, choreography/staging Dance company: Institutional affiliation: Independent scholar Professional activities: Author, with Marian Smith, "National Dance in the Romantic Ballet," in Rethinking the Sylph: Perspectives on the Romantic Ballet, edited by Lynn Garafola (Wesleyan University Press, 1997). Author, "The Mazurka and the Krakovia: Two Polish National Dances in Michel St. Léon’s Dance Notebooks, 1829–1830," in SDHS conference Proceedings (1997). Author, "Continuity in National Dance Technique in Early Nineteenth-Century and Early Twentieth-Century Sources," in SDHS conference

4. Current Dance Fads? - SysOpt.com Discussion Forum Author. Topic Current dance fads? ablang. Senior Member http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/Forum17/HTML/001077.html

UBBFriend: Email This Page to Someone! SysOpt.com Discussion Forum SysOpt.community Current dance fads? profile register preferences faq ... next oldest topic Author Topic: Current dance fads? ablang Senior Member posted 09-10-2000 07:28 AM I was just watching this movie yesterday on HBO called "Looking for Lola". It was about this guy who was obsessed with the Macarena, and I was just wondering what is the current dance crazes these days? I know in the past EVERYONE had to do line dancing, and then the Macarena, but what is it now? The robotic dance? IP: Logged Snuffy! Senior Member posted 09-10-2000 07:45 AM I think these days in clubs, people just jump around and randomly shake their body parts around, and they call that dancing. IP: Logged Gomer Senior Member posted 09-10-2000 01:57 PM Looks like it may be the "post-crazy boogie." IP: Logged Member posted 09-10-2000 02:02 PM I dunno if this is considered a 'fad', but at raves and such...people dance with glowsticks in each hand and it looks reeeaaaalllly cool. It's called 'liquid dancing'. IP: Logged oblivion Ultimate Member posted 09-10-2000 02:56 PM Mostly freestyle dancing...I go to partys and sometimes clubs...I do liquid and freestyle,and some breakdancing......I know kids that would blow your mind with thier liquid style..........usually they do flowing mimes of different actions......with such smoothness and grace,that it is an experiance to behold..........

5. Back With Interest It's not hard. Ereck and I mastered it in seconds. We live in an agein which dance fads come just once in a blue moon. The last http://backwithinterest.blogspot.com/2002_12_29_backwithinterest_archive.html

get rid of this ad advertise here Who that is? Kenneth Burns Madison, Wisconsin krb1066@yahoo.com AIM screen name: ChicaCalienteTX Blogs that are important Ereck Bob Martin Steven Links that are important The Junkers Proud member of: eastside mad bloggers archives back with interest Wednesday, January 01, 2003 Sometimes songs move me deeply. I can't predict when a song is going to give me chills or even bring a tear, but it happens all the time. Get Ereck to tell you about the time we were out for dinner and I lost it as I extolled Blossom Dearie's recording of "Rhode Island Is Famous For You ." (I don't even need to be listening to a song for it to affect me.) "Thanks For The Memory" by Bob Hope and Shirley Ross has this effect on me, too. As do many other songs. So why did I get misty-eyed the third or fourth time I watched the video for "The Ketchup Song (Hey Hah)" ? It's just another bouncy pop song, hardly the first or last. Of course I don't understand the words, which are in Spanish, and the chorus is nonsense syllables, meaningless in any language. But there's something about that video, in particular. (Even though I think the song itself is endlessly clever. How can such a cheerful melody be in a minor key? It's a mystery.) It's the video that highlights what's truly important about "The Ketchup Song": the line dance that accompanies it. If you've seen the dance you know it, and if not, I won't attempt to describe it in much detail here. Suffice it to say, it's got a little shimmy, a little hand jive, and a little knee wobble. It's not hard. Ereck and I mastered it in seconds.

6. COMMENTARY allows for audience participation. Throughout rock and roll history,dance fads have always been popular. In fact, rock and roll http://rockwisdom.com/commentaries/commentary56.htm

CHAPTER COMMENTARY Music can be a positive influence in that it can help cultivate and develop the individual skills of the musicians and listening audience. First, the exposure to different human emotions, ideas, concepts, music, and literature styles provides an educational opportunity. Second, the process used to select and choose musical preferences can help develop decision making skills needed to establish individual identity and independence. Third, the material and selection process may help to develop individual talents, skills, and areas of interest. For some, music may become a talent to explore, a hobby, or an area of interest. Whether taken separately or collectively, all these factors can promote personal growth. Another way music can be positive is that can be used to promote social opportunities. Music can be used to bring together individuals with common interests and be used to promote social interaction and atmosphere, such as music for dancing. Dancing is one of the most enjoyable aspects of music because it allows for audience participation. Throughout rock and roll history, dance fads have always been popular. In fact, rock and roll started primarily as dance music to wilder and more complex versions of the Lindy and Jitterbug. In the 1960s, swing dancing was replaced by "free form" dancing, which gained popularity because it was easy to do and did not require a dance partner. Several popular dance fads emerged such as the Twist, the Stroll, the Watusi, the Mashed Potato, the Jerk, the Monkey, the Pony, and the Boogaloo. The 1970s and 1980s brought forward such dance crazes as Boogying, the Bump, the Pogo, Slam dancing, and Break dancing.

7. Daily Herald >> Crossing Centuries >> Our Nation Fads Harem trousers and the Ouija board. dance fads the fox trot and thetango. dance fads the Charleston, the black bottom and the shimmy. http://www.dailyherald.com/special/crossingcenturies/2a/3rest.asp

Tripping through the decades 100 years of pop America: The look, the lingo, the cars Quick take: A woman could get arrested for smoking in public. Fads: Ping pong and speeding. Fashion: Formal and romantic, with shoulders (both sexes) broad and padded. The look? Gibson Girl. Slang: Artillery (as in beans) ... atta boy! ... beat it ... Chi (Chicago) ... do the bear (court a girl) ... give the shake (as in hands) ... Gone through Hades with his hat off (audicious) ... lu-lu (excellent) ... on the marry ... scallywampus (a good for nothing) ... zowie! Driving forces: '01 Oldsmobile Runabout, Ford Model T. Reality check: It was a slower time, but not entirely innocent. Snow and coke were both slang for cocaine. Big debuts: Tinker toys and lincoln logs. Fads: Harem trousers and the Ouija board. Dance fads: the fox trot and the tango. Fashion: For women, a looser look with simple, straight lines - and ankles showing. For men, stripes: striped trousers for day wear, striped blazers at night. Slang: Oh, boy! ... give the glad hand (shake) ... baby vamp (a popular girl) ... crumb (an unpopular girl) ... the altar (toilet) ... keep your shirt on ... clout the sphere (hit the ball) ... hurry up and get born (get with it) ... get hep (or hip) ... snow again, kid, I've lost your drift (say it again). Driving forces: 1912 Cadillac.

8. Tom Saunders Playlist to Mess Around When You're Doing the Charleston (Label JSP CD 312) Comment Themost famous pure jazz band plays numbers based on popular 1920s dance fads. http://www.wwoz.org/playlists/1030851064-3962.html

WWOZ Playlist Show Name: Classic Jazz Show Title: Jazzy 1920s Month: Day: Year: Time Start (CST): Time End: Regular Show Host: Tom Saunders Sub Name: Dan Meyer Live or Recorded: Live Comments: All recordings from the 1920s (reissued on cds). A mix of pure jazz, and jazzy popular music of the time, showing how the two influenced each other. Paul Whiteman's Orchestra - "Charleston" Album: Nipper's Greatest Hits: the 20s ( Label: RCA 2258-2-R) Comment: The archetypal 1920s tune played by the most popular band of the decade Coon Sanders Nighthawks - "Everything Is Hotsy Totsy Now" Label: The Old Masters MB111/112) Comment: one of the best of what was sometimes called 'Collegiate Hot' style dance bands, popular nationally for their radio broadcasts Coon Sanders Nighthawks - "Flamin Mamie" Label: The Old Masters MB111/112) Comment: one of the best of what was sometimes called 'Collegiate Hot' style dance bands, popular nationally for their radio broadcasts Coon Sanders Nighthawks - "Mine All Mine" Label: The Old Masters MB111/112) Comment: one of the best of what was sometimes called 'Collegiate Hot' style dance bands, popular nationally for their radio broadcasts

9. Streetswing.com - Dance History Archives - Main Dance Index - D Drum Dance, n/a, c.1940s, Desi Arnez, La Conga,. Duck Trot, The, New York,1950, Cab Calloway, dance fads? Dune Dance, USA, n/a, n/a, $ Film of DuneDance. http://www.streetswing.com/histmain/z1d.htm

Home A B C ... XYZ Name of Dance Origin Date Creator/Choreo. Note /See Also D' Hammerschiedsg' sellen German n/a aka: Blacksmiths Apprentice Dance n/a DC Hand Dance Washington, DC n/a East Coast Swing , Pony Swing, Jive Dallas 2 Step Dallas, TX. Walk Walk Triple Triple Dallas Shuffle, Texas Two Step , Country Western dance Dance-a-la Graphonola USA c.1924 Albee Theater Dance After Husking n/a n/a Virginia Wheel Dance of Death Paris? Cemetery of the Innocents-Paris Dance Macabre, Halloween, Dance of the Demons, Dance Of The Shadows, Totentanz, Plaque Dance of the Demons USA n/a Halloween, Dance of Death, Dance Of The Shadows Dance of the Doves n/a c.1930s n/a Rosita Royce Dance of the Seven Veils Egypt? n/a Salome see Link Salome Belly Dance , Rope Dance, Burlesque , Striptease Dance Of The Shadows New York ? Fanny Essler Joan Sawyer , Dance of Death, Dancing in the Barn USA aka: Kentucky Jubilee / Military Schottische.

10. 7647. Agnes De Mille. Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations. 1988 And it is yours nightly. ATTRIBUTION On teenage dance fads, NY Times 10 Jun 63.SUBJECTS Communications the Arts Music Dance Artists Entertainers. http://www.bartleby.com/63/47/7647.html

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12. FolkFire Articles Archive, V5,n5 Primarily because they have not remained in the dance repertoire as a living traditionbut were only dance fads or crazes which are now done only by dance http://www.folkfire.org/v5n5.htm

FolkFire Articles September / October 1998 Hop on the Lindy A Dance of Our Own Home Index of Articles Hop on the Lindy by Patricia Dresler It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing. That swing! But what is it? It goes by many names: swing, jive, jitterbug, Imperial, the Balboa and Lindy. In 1943, Life magazine called it America’s first true folk dance. Folk dance, you say? Yes, if you define it as expressing yourself through rhythmically patterned movements in a style determined by regional tradition. Scholars in their research find several interpretations of a particular folk dance passing from one generation to the next and from one region to another. In contrast, dance masters pedagogically teach social dance. Folk dancing is an expression of the life, history, and psychology of a people and is a basic part of their culture. Swing fits these definitions. Emerging in the late 1920’s in Harlem, New York City in response to the jazz music that developed in the late teens and 20’s, swing grew out of the Charleston, Breakaway, Collegiate, Texas Tommy and Vaudeville dances. These dances in turn got their roots from the Cakewalk, Ragtime and Minstrel shows of the 19th century. Why aren’t any of these the first “folk dance” of the U.S.A.? Primarily because they have not remained in the dance repertoire as a living tradition but were only dance fads or crazes which are now done only by dance historians and re-creationists. Folk dances are dances of the people. By the late 20’s, the American people were in an ever-expanding village, as dances and music could be spread throughout the country by phonograph, radio and the movies. Local enthusiasts could now emulate the top dancers of New York or Hollywood, but they continued to develop their own styles reflecting the personality of each region.

13. Dance Auditions Opportunities Dance, Why Children Dance, Dance to Remember/Dance to Forget, Translating TraditionalDances for Theater, Dance in the Technological Age, dance fads and Manias http://www.thedancecouncil.org/calendar/Aud Jobs.html

14. Scott Wheeler Interviews CHUBBY CHECKER In the wake of his success with The Twist, Checker went on to promote a numberof less successful dance fads, including the Pony, the Fly, and the Limbo. http://members.aol.com/scottwheelerband/chubby.htm

Interview: CHUBBY CHECKER By Scott Wheeler (originally published in The Enterprise newspaper, Brockton, MA. USA on June 17, 1988) After a 23-year hiatus from the hit parade, Chubby Checker is climbing the charts again with a new version of his 1961 blockbuster, "The Twist." The new record, which also features the Fat Boys, a top rap duo, is #79 on the Billboard charts this week, and an accompanying video is being shown regularly on MTV. The record player is still there in the cellar, its needle now worn down to a nubbin, and so is Chubby’s record. I decided they could stand one more bout of work on this special occasion. When I reached Chubby on the phone at his manager’s office in Philadelphia I cranked up the record player and played him a few seconds of "The Twist," explaining that I had first played that very record at that very spot 28 years earlier. "Wow!" Chubby exclaimed, laughing heartily. "What has happened to Chubby Checker in the past four months has been just amazing," he told me. "The Fat Boys record is something God dropped down out of the sky for me because I’d worked so hard. "What turns me on," he continued, "is to walk into a sold-out venue. The audiences are so much the same as they were in the ‘60s. It’s just an amazing thing. I can’t explain it, but I hope it never stops.

15. About The Savoy Ballroom A long succession of dance fads were launched from the Savoy that swept the nationand overseas in response to ever changing music trends from dixieland http://www.savoyplaque.org/about_savoy.htm

*About the Savoy Ballroom.* See the historical timeline The staff of 90 permanent employees at the Savoy included musicians, waiters, cashiers, floor attendants, porters and administrative assistants. There were also hostesses with whom a visitor, mostly from downtown, could dance for a dime or be tutored on the latest steps, as well as a team of bouncers clad in black tuxedos and bow ties. The bouncers were ex-boxers, basketball players etc., who would rush in on a moment's notice and put out any person. Over 250 name and semi-name bands were featured at the Savoy. The house bands included those of Fess Williams, Chick Webb, Erskin Hawkins and Al Cooper's Savoy Sultans, just to name a few. The two bandstands allowed continuous live music all night, and provided the stage for the famous battles of bands. The most famous, and one of the most highly publicized, was the battle of Chick Webb vs. Benny Goodman, when both bands were at the crest of their popularity. Future Be-bop stars like Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Art Blakey and Thelonious Monk played there too. As a matter of fact, Teddy Hill, who later became a manager at Minton's Playhouse, also led a house band at the Savoy at one point. A long succession of dance fads were launched from the Savoy that swept the nation and overseas in response to ever changing music trends from dixieland, ragtime, jazz, blues, swing, stomp, boogie-woogie, hop to countless peabody, waltz, one-step, two-step and rhumba variations. Among the countless dance styles originated and developed at the Savoy were: The Flying Charleston, The Lindy Hop, The Stomp, The Big Apple, Jitterbug Jive, Peckin', Snakehips, Rhumboogie and intricate variations of the Peabody, the Shimmy, Mambo, etc..

16. The 5th Avenue Theatre - Hairspray Clark made the most of this popularity. He'd ask the kids about favorite songs andclothing trends and highlighted new dance fads as soon as they cropped up. http://www.5thavenuetheatre.org/hs_danceshows.shtml

TEEN DANCE SHOWS They Had a Good Beat and Were Easy To Dance To The Twist In response to this youth movement, a new TV craze hit the airwaves. Programs like Your Hit Parade , in which Raymond Scott's orchestra and the Hit Paraders performed popular songs like Que Sera Sera and I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus , were replaced with rock-and-roll shows that played music "the kids" liked, featuring live (or lip-synched) performances, and plenty of dancing. Local shows popped up from Los Angeles to Rhode Island, including The Art Laboe Show Dave Sennett's Dance Party Six-Five Special Dig This! Oh Boy! Drumbeat and Cool For Cats . The king of them all was, of course, American Bandstand American Bandstand began in 1952 as a local Philadelphia program called Bob Horn's Bandstand American Bandstand . The first national show aired on August 5, 1957, and debuted Jerry Lee Lewis' Whole Lotta Shaking Goin' On . The show soared to instant, nation-wide popularity for good reason: it was the first show teens watching at home could relate to. Bandstand was the Bandstand kids were the models against which they measured themselves. The kids on

17. TUP: Miller, Norma: Swingin’ At The Savoy - Print in American cultural history and race relations, as it glorifies the popularizedhome of the Lindy Hop, and the birthplace of such memorable dance fads as the http://www.temple.edu/tempress/titles/1214_reg_print.html

A celebration of a life of dancing the Lindy Hop Swingin' at the Savoy The Memoir of a Jazz Dancer Norma Miller with Evette Jensen paper 1-56639-849-5 $21.95, Sep 00, Available cloth 1-56639-494-5 $39.50, Available 304 pp 6x9 "This is an important book, bringing some much-overdue attention to the swing dancers who along with the musicians defined the era." Robert Tate Jazz Now Dancer, award-winning choreographer, show producer, stand-up comedienne, TV/film actress and author, Norma Miller shares her touching historical memoir of Harlem's legendary Savoy Ballroom and the phenomenal music and dance craze that "spread the power of Swing across the world like Wildfire." It was a time when the music was Swing, and Harlem was king. Renowned as 'the world's most beautiful ballroom" and the largest, most elegant in Harlem, the Savoy was the only ballroom not segregated when it opened in 1926. The Savoy hosted the best bands and attracted the best dancers by offering the challenge of fierce competition. White people traveled uptown to learn exciting new dance styles. A dance contest winner by fourteen, Norma Miller became a member of Herbert White's world-famous Lindy Hoppers and a celebrated Savoy Ballroom Lindy Hop champion. Swingin' at the Savoy chronicles a significant period in American cultural history and race relations, as it glorifies the popularized home of the Lindy Hop, and the birthplace of such memorable dance fads as the Big Apple, Shag, Truckin', Peckin', Susie Q, Charleston, Peabody, Black Bottom, Cake Walk, Boogie Woogie, Shimmy, and tap dancing.

18. Untitled Document dance fads come and dance fads go but Folk Dancing outlives them all. NO DANCINGEXPERIENCE IS NECESSARY. Come with or without a partner, all are welcome. http://www.lancslinks.org.uk/content/areas/chorley/folkdancing.htm

FOLK DANCE CLUB Are you Bored with Television? Would you like to make New Friends? Are you free on a Wednesday Evening? Come and Try us First four weeks free CHORLEY AND ADLINGTON FOLK DANCE CLUB St James' CE Primary School Devonport Way, Off the lower part of Eaves Lane, Chorley Wednesday from September to May 7.45 until 9.45 pm Dance Fads come and Dance Fads go but Folk Dancing outlives them all. NO DANCING EXPERIENCE IS NECESSARY Come with or without a partner, all are welcome FOR MORE INFORMATION TELEPHONE Margaret Joyce Rosemary Marjory

19. Closingup The fun, fast, partnered dance still intimidates some, but it thrills many who havebecome jaded by the 80's and 90's dance fads jumping by yourself, moshing http://www2.kenyon.edu/Depts/IPHS/Projects/swing1/dance/closingup.htm

And the Dance Goes On... The Musician/ Dancer Dynamic The spread of Swing popularity Racial Issues Continuing popularity of Swing Which came first, swing dance or swing music? Like the chicken and the egg, we may never really know. The dynamic relationship between musician and dancer seems to obscure the answer. However, as Howard Spring notes in his article Swing and the Lindy Hop, the first public references to the Lindy Hop were in 1928, just before the music started to change. He feels this suggests that originally it was the dance that set off changes in the music. For example, the musicians began to use fewer "two bar breaks", which interrupted the momentum of the music, during the 1930's as swing dance gained popularity. Versions of classic songs like the "King Porter Stomp" by Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra became "riffier" with a more driving beat. However, as Swing solidified, the dancers took from the musicians in much the same way as musicians took from dancers. Frankie Manning, Savoy lindyhopper, reported that he would often "catch" ideas from the band while dancing and the drummer or soloists would "catch" his steps - often reinforcing the beat or adding drum shots. Likewise, with the introduction of aerials, tempos rose because flights could be more easily executed with a driving beat behind them. The excitement of both performers - musician and dancer - reinforced the other. The phenomenon created was intoxicating and rapidly spread in popularity.

20. Messages a dance scene in a movie. Hit movies launch dance fads all the time.Remember Grease (rockabilly), Saturday Night Fever (hustle http://pachome1.pacific.net.sg/~kace/tango/motd/20011114.htm

[14/11/2001] WHAT INSPIRES YOU If you ask a dancer what inspired him/her to start learning the dance, chances are most will credit a dance scene in a movie. Hit movies launch dance fads all the time. Remember "Grease" (rockabilly), "Saturday Night Fever" (hustle), "Dance with Me" (latin), "Salsa" (salsa), "Lambada The Forbidden Dance" (lambada), "Flash Dance" (breakdance), "Only The Strong" (capoeira), "Dirty Dancing" (mambo), Swingers (swing), any Fred Astaire/Gene Kelly musical (american ballroom), "The King and I" (polka). Even if some are excruiciatingly bad movies, they deserve the credit for exposing a huge global audience to a particular type of dance. The latest tango movie from Hollywood, "Assasination Tango", has been completed and is now awaiting a 2002 release date. It's directed by and starring tango aficionado Robert Duvall. A pity Andy Garcia could not be in it, as originally planned. Without big stars, the movie seems unlikely to attract a mainstream audience. The dance sequences will definitely not disappoint though as they were choreographed by Miguel Zotto of Tangox2. Still on tango films : Here are some movies with tango theme or scenes that started many tangueros on their discovery: - "Tango" produced by Carlos Saura (spanish) - "The Tango Lesson" produced by Sally Potter (english) - "Tango Bar" starring Raul Julia (english) - "Scent of a Woman" starring Al Pacino (english) If you haven't had a chance to watch these, you will have a golden opportunity in December. We will be screening some of these movies in conjunction with the Tango Day celebration on Dec 11. Details to be announced soon.

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