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The Argentine Tango — As Demonstrated by Mr. George Grossmith (Chappell & Co., London, 1912)
Publisher: Chappell & Co., Ltd., 50 New Bond Street, London W. (Toronto: 347 Yonge Street; Melbourne: 235 Flinders Lane; New York: 41 East 34th Street). Copyright MCMXII (1912) by Chappell & Co. Ltd. Sheet-music dance instruction bound with 'The Argentine (Tango Dance)' from the musical play *The Sunshine Girl* (music by Paul A. Rubens), as danced by Miss Julia Sanderson and Mr. Vernon Castle in the West End premiere. From the Richard Powers collection (POWERS 1912_Argentine_Tango.txt). Predates the Castle 1914 manual *Modern Dancing* (LOC-1914-CASTLE) by two years and documents the early formative period of Vernon Castle's Argentine Tango exhibition style — the proto-Castle vocabulary as it appeared on the London musical-play stage one year before Castle's NYC ascendance. Four numbered movements (Forward Tango Walk with toe-in cross, Backward Tango Walk with toe-in pivot, Crossover with Body-Turn Reversal, Knees-Together Tango Step with Outward Sweep) plus two named variations (Behind-the-Lady Hand-Hold position; Click-and-Kick foot-bring-up). All turns must be made to LEFT only — the structural restriction that Castle 1914 later removed.Year: 1912Family: chappell-atCatalog: local
Dance manual/reference by Chappell & Co., Ltd., 50 New Bond Street, London W. (Toronto: 347 Yonge Street; Melbourne: 235 Flinders Lane; New York: 41 East 34th Street). Copyright MCMXII (1912) by Chappell & Co. Ltd. Sheet-music dance instruction bound with 'The Argentine (Tango Dance)' from the musical play *The Sunshine Girl* (music by Paul A. Rubens), as danced by Miss Julia Sanderson and Mr. Vernon Castle in the West End premiere. From the Richard Powers collection (POWERS 1912_Argentine_Tango.txt). Predates the Castle 1914 manual *Modern Dancing* (LOC-1914-CASTLE) by two years and documents the early formative period of Vernon Castle's Argentine Tango exhibition style — the proto-Castle vocabulary as it appeared on the London musical-play stage one year before Castle's NYC ascendance. Four numbered movements (Forward Tango Walk with toe-in cross, Backward Tango Walk with toe-in pivot, Crossover with Body-Turn Reversal, Knees-Together Tango Step with Outward Sweep) plus two named variations (Behind-the-Lady Hand-Hold position; Click-and-Kick foot-bring-up). All turns must be made to LEFT only — the structural restriction that Castle 1914 later removed. (1912). Imported from local collection.