THE NEW TANGO.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LI, Issue 16869, 26 October 1925, Page 2

THE NEW TANGO.

A SLIDING DANCE OP TOUR STEPS. TWICE AS FAST AS THE OLD ONE. LONDON, Sept. 10.—It is now evident that the Tango—or, to be precise, the French Tango, which is quite different from the pre-war Tangcr—will be dominating the London hallrdoms within the next few weeks. The musical director, of a leading West End hotel told a Daily Mail reporter that during the coming winter the French Tango will equal the foxtrot in popularity, though both the waltz and the Charleston will find a place on, dance programmes. The Tango, however, will', he predicted, bo the dancing event of the winter. He added: —

It is perhaps a pity in some ways that this French Tango was not given another name, for it has little in common with the old Argentine Tango. It is infinitely simpler, ancl is, in fact, as simple as the fox-trot itself. It is a placid, sliding dance of four steps, though it is twice as fast as the pre-war Tango. 'The suspicion of a pause between the steps suggests the Tango spirit. j Even the best syncopated band cannot capture the rhythm of the Tango, and for that reason the,first Tango band to visit London since 1913 will be arriving here at the end of this month. The spirit of the Tango is already reflected in some of the newest evening gowns. At Deauville—where the Tango was supreme—some of the evening gowns were startling in their length and fulness. The “sheath” gown, as the Parisienne has found, does not lend itself either in grace or comfort to the half-lazy, pulsating movements of the Tango.