THE LATEST DANCES.

King Country Chronicle, Volume XVII, Issue 1730, 26 September 1922, Page 2

THE LATEST DANCES.

TANGO UP TO DATE.

RAGE OF DANCE HALLS

A revised version of the tango will be the rage of the dance halls in the coming London season. The intricacies which made the old tango a thing for experts only, and had the effect of turning the average ballroom into a temporary home for wallflowers of both sexes, has been removed.

Anyone who can dance at all can tackle the revised version. "It is almost as simple as a waltz, and resembles that old favourite in that there is a constant circulating and forward movement," said Mr Charles d'Albert, secretary and vice-president of the Imperial Society of Dance Teachers.

The new steps are quiet and graceful. There is no shoulder swinging. Beginning with a preliminary walk-ing-step, there are five movements— Argentino, El Paseo, Vuelta, Media Vuelta, and Dentelles.

Argentino is a forward movement, almost like the fox-trot, and El Paseo a moving side step. Vuelta is similar to the reverse waltz movement, and the Media Vuelta is like the first three steps of the reverse. Dentelles is a sort of pivotting movement to get either half of wholly round the partner. The form of the dance is entirely left to the dancer's discretion and' ability. There is ample scope for brains. The dancer can evolve whatever figures he likes out of these different combinations. There is no fixed quantity, as in the case of the old quadrilles or lancers. "The waltz," added Mr d'Albert, "is again coming back to favour, and is now done with a kind of hesitation movement.

"The fox-trot has very little change in it, but the one step has quite fallen into disfavour. There was so very little variety about the latter that it could hardly be called a dance at all. It was merely walking about, and is happily very little seen now. "Paris is in the grip of the new tango. They will have noth'ing else there. They have the advantage over us for the moment, in that orchestras and bands have lots of music for it in their repertoires."