For the first week of 2019 we chose a charming Tango - danced by the beginning young professional Tango dancers - at the Hungarian Tango nightclub named "Tango Harmony" located in Budapest, Hungarian capitol. The nightclub - sumptuously set up and decorated - features a light colored hardwood floor being "the star" of the club in its own right. The Tango orchestra accompanying the dancers - also named "Tango Harmony" - does a great, professional job.
The video was uploaded by Tango Harmony YouTube producer on Nov. 21 - 2012 - and its titled: "La Cumparsita - Alejandro Beron - Veronica Vazquez". The dancers are Latin even though the Hungarians can also dance a good Tango - especially the top Hungary Tango champions who compete on international level.
However - if you watch some other dancers from that Tango Harmony club - and you can tell the Hungarians by their different last names with the order reversed in terms of them using the last name first then the first name even in their informal, "non-military" formats - you will notice their dancing moves - not too impressive - stiff and "wooden" looking. You can easily tell the beginners in Tango by the way they move - especially when they handle their ladies/partners - sometimes the beginners/gentlemen handle their female partners as if they were moving the heavy furniture. Still - it's great that they learn to dance. They must realize that unless they spend several years - a few times per week in the studio - they will continue to move in a bit heavy fashion - like the amateurs - but they are interacting with people and having fun - learning - which is great for anybody.
Back to the video - in a nutshell - "La Cumparsita" an immortal, glorious Tango tune was originally composed as a military march by an unknown Uruguayan composer Geraldo Matos Rodriguez who - wisely - took the advise of Roberto Firpo - a famous Argentinian Tango composer, arranger and a top Tango orchestra leader - circa 1923 - who set "La Cumparsita" to the Tango rhythm - and the rest is history. "La Cumparsita" - quickly became one of the most beloved Tangos of all times. The title "La Cumparsita" loosely translates to mean - "A Small Music Band".
The young professional dancers in the video we chose - show tons of promise - they move with lightness and fun while they are relaxed - not flustered at all by a few minor mistakes they make. Notice her hands - which never take the shape of the "claws" as she embraces her partner. This "claws" factor can be seen frequently even when the most accomplished female Tango dancers perform. Another positive side to her dance is that her lovely, gold colored dress matches her gold colored dancing shoes with the rest of her costume like her slip and her panties all matching in color; all those undergarments show whenever some advanced Tango moves are executed.
Not to get side tracked or anything like that - but I would like to have as many dollars in my bank as many times I watched the most accomplished ladies Tango champions - not only making "claws" while holding their partners - but also wearing a black dress - with the light colored shoes and hose and pink undergarments which show during the advance maneuvers of Tango; the black dress should be matched by black shades of all the rest of the dancer's - apparel - otherwise - all that pseudo "esthetic"/clashing colors - phenomena - fits to the elegant and sensuous Tango - like a proverbial "fist to the nose".
At any rate - its the last week of 2018 - we are still counting on some white New Year's Eve since we didn't get any snow on the hills for Christmas 2018. Our New Year's wishes to all of us - are for a very Happy, Healthy and Prosperous 2019 - with many good dances - in life and on the dance floors! We'll be together again in the New Year 2019 - a week from today! As always - have a good week and we shall meet again - next week - which will be in the New Year 2019 - same channel - same place!
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